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Funny to think about what Marvels TV footprint looked like just five years ago, isnt it?
Superheroes were scarce on the boob tube in the summer of 2013.
For the folks behind Captain America and Iron Man, television was a wasteland.
Now, were drowning in televised Marvel product.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Add on the fact that DC has its own armada of seven (!)
Just try the Gina Prince-Bythewooddirected, Joe Pokaskipenned pilot.
This being a non-Legionsuperhero show, the core conceit is a smooth pill to swallow.
Neither has any control whatsoever over these meta-human traits.
Rather than amaze their possessors, these new powers terrify them.
In other words, welcome to adolescence.
Its a world into which the viewer slides comfortably and doesnt want to leave.
The originalCloak and Daggercomics were, like most Marvel tales, set in New York City.
Joseph delivers the line with a potent mixture of outrage and despair, confidence and resignation.
The shots are claustrophobic and the child actors trigger a paternal panic in the viewer.
Theres a mysterious explosion and, soon afterward, Ty sees a light emanating from Tandys car.
He swims to it while a black, oily fog creeps through the water.
Our final image before the title card is these two tiny limbs in a desperate vertical grip.
Its a nightmare cross-faded into a fairy tale, and its not soon forgotten.
Cloak and Daggerdoesnt overly rely on such moments.
The powers appear rarely, and thus retain their shock and impact when they do.
Yet the showisweird, in its unique way, which keeps it from descending into mere teen-angst drama.
