INHUMANS: 5 Ways Marvel Can Still Salvage The Franchise After Its Disastrous IMAX Debut

Inhumans has been an unprecedented disaster for Marvel so we've come up with some major solutions for how ABC can now save the franchise before it ends up alongside the likes of Elektra and Green Lantern.

By JoshWilding - Sep 03, 2017 08:09 AM EST

Filed Under: Inhumans

Marvel's Inhumans premiered on IMAX screens on Friday and, well, the response has not been good. Fans and critics alike have found fault with the series and with a few weeks to go until it premieres on ABC, it's easy to imagine the buzz surrounding it being so bad that ratings are worse than the reviews!

So, with the damage already done, what can ABC do to save the series? All eight episodes are now in the can and it's probably too late to do anything about those, especially with it set to hit the network on September 29th. Below, you'll find what we believe are the best solutions to save the Inhumans.

Don't worry, there aren't any SPOILERS for the first two episodes so you can read on without risk!

5. Fire Scott Buck (And Jeph Loeb While You're At It)

This isn't necessarily an Inhumans specific solution but it would certainly help Marvel TV in the long run! As you may recall, I praised Iron Fist in my review of the first six or seven episodes but things rapidly went downhill from there and even those did only a mediocre job of introducing the world to Iron Fist when you look back on them as part of a bigger picture. The fact is, Buck dropped the ball on the hero and left fans disappointed but he didn't irreparably damage Danny Rand in the same way as the Inhumans.

Thanks to Buck, these characters could very well now go the same way as the Fantastic Four has at Fox and that's just not right when they have so much potential. Buck needs to be kept away from all future Marvel TV shows - he's responsible for the only two small screen entries into the Marvel Cinematic Universe which have been panned - and while we're at it, Jeph Loeb should be fired too. These shows are making a lot of mistakes under his mediocre direction and it's time that this division gets some new blood to set things right.

It sounds like season two of Iron Fist is going to redeem the hero (after his appearance in The Defenders served as damage control for those disappointing first thirteen episodes) thanks to a costume and better action scenes. Could a second season of Inhumans do the same? A soft reboot of sorts might be just what the series needs, with the royal family finally wearing their comic book counterpart's costumes as well as a new creative team who actually understand these characters and can deliver a decent story.

Whether or not viewers will have any interest in checking Inhumans out even with some significant changes is hard to say, especially when regular television viewers are so fickle. The odds are already stacked against the series as it airs on a Friday night against some stiff competition and Marvel and ABC will have to work hard to win viewers back once all is said and done. However, significantly shaking things up with a better thought out second season could lead to some sort of redemption and stops the heroes gathering dust on a shelf!

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3. Just Put Them In Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Or Something

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. still isn't doing particularly well in terms of ratings but the series is still trucking along and rather than waste the Inhumans characters, Marvel might as well just have some of them appear here. It's become apparent that the likes of Black Bolt and Medusa are really nothing special, so them deciding to join this team to help quell Inhuman related threats on Earth would probably work quite well and they'd fit right in with the rest of the characters in the series because they're not all that noteworthy either.

Maximus could even be used as a season long big bad and those cheap looking sets featured in Inhumans could probably be reused a fair bit here. In fairness to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the show has delivered some strong stories in recent years so the team working on this one might be ABC's best option to save the characters. The series hasn't always done a good job when it comes to costumes (just look at Deathlok) but if it leads to Black Bolt and company finally looking like comic book characters, then let's get them on this show ASAP.

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2. Reboot It For The Big Screen

The original plan was for Inhumans to be brought to the big screen but that changed and the decision was made to rush out a small screen version instead. On the surface, it didn't seem like a terrible idea, especially as following Black Bolt and the royal family over the course of an entire season felt like an even better fit for the characters than a two-hour adventure in theaters. Unfortunately, Marvel's TV division has dropped the ball despite all that talk of the show having a big budget and movie feel thanks to IMAX cameras.

None of what makes the Inhumans comics great is on display and so now might be a good time to go back to the drawing board and let Kevin Feige save the franchise. The problem with this is that moviegoers would be confused to suddenly see a totally different version of the heroes pop up on the big screen, especially when Inhumans is supposed to be set in the MCU. Give it a decade or so, though, and this could work as the bad taste this show has left in people's mouths will probably be forgotten by then. What a long wait...

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1. Cancel It...For Now?

This would be an embarrassing move for Marvel but it might just be the best decision they could make at this point. Based on what we've seen in the first two episodes of Inhumans, it's impossible to imagine the show suddenly getting better in later instalments and with so much bad buzz and that terrible Friday night timeslot, chances are pretty much no one will be tuning in a few weeks from now anyway. So, why not just cancel the series and reshoot the next six episodes with a totally new direction and feel?

It would be an expensive decision to make but ABC has clearly cut corners on the show because the costumes and sets are so poor so it might be worth their while to finally throw some cash at Inhumans so it can return in January with a new feel and focus. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, this probably isn't a particularly realistic suggestion but it is one of the smartest. To save face, Marvel might just be better off cancelling it sooner rather than later and claiming that it was only ever intended to run for one season!

Do you think Inhumans can be saved? What did you think of those first two episodes? As always, be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments section down below.

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Comics2filmjunk - 9/3/2017, 8:10 AM

I would prefer an article on the 5 ways josh wilding can suck a rock off and take his own baby batter up his poop shoot.

chewie - 9/3/2017, 2:46 PM

@Comics2filmjunk - that was.....so descriptive. Hahahahahaah

RolandD - 9/3/2017, 3:33 PM

@Comics2filmjunk - Banning coming in 54321…

UltimateTypeface - 9/4/2017, 4:53 AM

@Comics2filmjunk - i am not sure what that means but Josh Wilding is trash journalism. He is a click slut. He knows what buttons to press to get fanboys fired up.

"How can Marvel save their franchise"

What a crock of shit.

He should be ashamed of himself, I think this site would be better of without his toxic crap.

I feel bad I gave him a click - I never will again.

MrDandy - 9/3/2017, 8:15 AM

I get firing Scott Buck, but Joeff Loeb??? Why? Have we forgotten all the good stuff he has put out?

1. Daredevil season 1
2. Jessica Jones
3. Agent Carter season 1
4. Daredevil season 2
5. First 2/3 of Luke Cage
6. Defenders
7 Agents of SHIELD S2-4
8. Legion

Have there been missteps. Yes. Should he have never trusted Buck. Hell yes. But he's been producing some quality stuff with a lot of balls to juggle.

Battabing - 9/3/2017, 8:23 AM

So, what did Inhumans make this weekend?

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