Since Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is beginning to introduce the Inhumans, this opens the door for many possibilities and advantages for the MCU. For the first time AOS can pave the way for the movies rather than vice versa. How you ask? Mainly because Marvel can use the Inhumans as their version of the mutants/X-Men, of course not being the same thing. And by reason of the Registration Act being a means to regulate and authoritize superhuman activity, the incidents that arise involving the existing Inhumans on Earth can be the basis of the public's agitation with gifted creatures.
I mean just envision the potentiality here, we already saw Simmons last episode brought to tears over the thought of inhuman abilities being contagious. Raina is already stirring up a little commotion. We've already witnessed how dangerous she can be (having killed a few people) and that's just ONE Inhuman. What if the citizens were enlightened of what type of being she is? What if throughout Season 2 and 3 more Inhumans are introduced and they aren't the nice kind? So far, the Inhuman with no eyes (believed to be The Reader), Skye {Daisy Johnson/Quake}, and Raina are the Inhumans we've seen. Although AOS can fluently add new Inhumans to the show, hell probably every fresh episode if they wanted to. So what if with each circumstance or confrontation between SHIELD and the Inhumans/Hydra, every occurence results in destructive consequence, slowly adding up and climactically resulting in the Superhuman Registration Act? Can you see where I'm going with this?
My thing is, we of course are aware at this point that in some manner, the ramifications/events of Age of Ultron will lead directly to Civil War. BUT, I feel what happens in AOU won't be enough, or at least wouldn't be as developed as it COULD be if Marvel additionally constructed this more through Agents of Shield. I know I know, "how do you know it won't be developed enough in AOU if you haven't seen it?" I get that. Here's my reasoning : Granting we can assume there will be plenty of destruction, unrest, and anguish by the end of AOU, most of that would likely be aimed at Tony Stark, considering he is the man responsible for Ultron, so that's more oh his arc. Besides, and I'll just go ahead and say it: The elephant in the room here is that Ultron isnt even superhuman! He's a robot! Haha. The Registration Act is regarding being fed up with GIFTEDS, not machines. It's actually gifted individuals that save the world from Ultron. This is why I feel like AOU events aren't the STRONGEST augmentation of Civil War that can be done from now until 2016. And this is why the magnitude of the build-up should rest on Agents of Shield's shoulders, it's just the most logical and efficient way to do this.
I know that one small dilemma that comes with developing the Registration Act through AOS is that not all of the general audience watches it, so a lot of the background of how it came to be would be missed by those who go to see Civil War yet don't follow AOS. But it's okay, they don't have to see the show or the build-up that came with it, just know that it exists. They can always catch up on that a later time in the event they choose to. The important thing is it is the MOVIE'S job to at least touch on how the Registration Act was formed. The beauty of Captain America : Civil War is that in view of it being part of a now well-established Marvel Cinematic Universe, time doesn't need to be wasted on a lot of things such as character establishing (with the exception of Black Panther and possibly Spider-Man) {although Panther will be partly established in AOU even}, introducing settings, conflicts, stories, etc. A good amount of this has already been covered in the MCU. For instance, Steve and Tony clashed the majority of the Avengers, we already know the two are generally not fond of each other, which will feed heavily into their political clash. And from the looks of that AOU leaked clip of them arguing back in October, that element of their relationship will be even more expanded upon once again before Civil War arrives. Furthermore, whichever sides the characters choose in Civil War will be largely based off actions these heroes took in previous movies, and conditional to personalities, philosopies, mottos, and morals that have already been throughly explored. That's the allure of a monumental cinematic narrative such as the MCU.
So you see this is why I recommend AOS take on the challenge, I mean , this is one of the huge advantages of a connected universe. Why not develop the Registration Act over the course of a TV series that stretches dozens of hours and could certainly manage it? This way, by the time Civil War starts we can get straight to the conflict. What I would suggest however, is that the begining of Civil War briefly rehashes some of the build-up that was thrown in AOS. Something along the lines of public interviews of civilans expressing their distaste of the Inhumans/gifteds (based off of incidents that of course occured in Season 2/3 of AOS) News reports, clips of public protests, reporters talking about crimes of the Inhumans that were never met with justice, obviously speak on the outcome of Ultron and how Stark has publicly apologized for the AI, made a deal with the government to run SHIELD with Maria Hill under the government's terms (including backing the Registration Act) etc. etc. And then BAM, Civil War conflict is ready and rolling.
Okay guys, thanks for reading! I definitely appreciate your patience and don't hesitate to thumbs up if you like my suggestions, and PLEASE let me know what you think below. Again thank you!