Enthusiasm for Marvel properties on TV is usually never low, despite how middling their shows can get. ABC’s “Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D,” isn’t good, but it’s still on the air. “Agent Carter” is/was a great character and everyone loves Hayley Atwell, but sorry, it was pretty unwatchable. Netflix shows for Marvel can be really sketchy too (“Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist”), but fans seem to love them nonetheless. But ABC and Marvel finally have a big problem on their hands with the “Inhumans” and it may be too late to fix.
“Inhumans” thus far has been met with a lot of skepticism and suspicious, but the new Comic Con trailer from San Diego premiered tonight and the reactions are pretty damning.
iO9 described the trailer as “meh.”
Eric Vespe from geek-friendly site Ain’t It Cool News ripped the trailer to shreds.
Saw the Inhumans trailer at the IMAX tonight. I say this as a big Marvel fan: that show looks laughably, outrageously, aggressively awful. pic.twitter.com/3JVxflBYmg
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) July 21, 2017
And the reactions so far are not kind.
I thought I heard someone vomiting in the room next to mine; Turns out it was just @Marvel releasing the first Inhumans trailer.
— superboy (@dichosojosh) July 21, 2017
They released another trailer for Inhumans, with music to spice it up and it only looks worse
— ✭ what bar fight? ✭ (@bodybyOreos) July 21, 2017
the new inhumans trailer is better than the first trailer but it still looks really bad
— tayla (@DAlSYQUAKE) July 21, 2017
Why does the Inhumans trailer look like it was made by the same people who made JAG?
— Witch Impmoji (@CertainImp) July 21, 2017
Every time the Inhumans drop a trailer that CGI looks a worse and worse every time
— Your Sensai (@KDuchiha) July 21, 2017
That was a damn fine #Inhumans trailer! Restored my faith in the show and that maybe they'll do my favorite characters justice.
— Alexander Seeman (@abductodude) July 21, 2017
Here’s an encouraging one.
100% less embarrassing than that last trailer. #Inhumans https://t.co/dE8wd3kfJc
— Phineas Ishikawa (@Phin68) July 21, 2017
Inhumans trailers from #SDCC is way better than the teaser. But this show still looks 90's SYFY bad: https://t.co/VnT8dZGb8j
— Vinny Parisi (@Vincent_Parisi) July 21, 2017
You can't fool me with your cool trailer music, Inhumans, you still look bad, but at least women speak a bit and Medusa's shitty hair moves.
— Flame ON. Literally, (@vilevelns) July 21, 2017
I don't see how any of these Freeform shows are going to do well… but they can't be as bad as that Inhumans trailer, right? https://t.co/f9cTWL1gkE
— Sara Sorrentino (@SaraSorrentino) July 10, 2017
You don’t even need to understand Portuguese to understand this response.
acabei de ver o trailer de inhumans pic.twitter.com/395f98JsWr
— leandro (@obiwankenobiu) July 21, 2017
We all know #Inhumans will look terrible just by that poster pic.twitter.com/bTlNNwiAQR
— Faiz. (@faizrahimm) July 21, 2017
Marvel’s Jeff Loeb was joined onstage by cast members Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon, Serinda Swan, Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Ken Leung, Ellen Woglom, Sonya Balmores and Mike Moh, director Roel Reine and showrunner Scott Buck tonight at Comic Con to unveil the new trailer.
“The Inhumans” is essentially a super hero tale of a Royal Family. Here’s the official synopsis, because I’m not explaining this shit.
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Marvel’s Inhumans explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where they are greeted with surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them. Now they must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home before their way of life is destroyed forever.
“Marvel’s Inhumans” debut’s September 1 on IMAX screens and it’ll be the first live-action show to have done so. Its theatrical run is scheduled for two weeks prior to the series’ September 29 premiere on ABC. But if fan response is any indication so far, those IMAX ticket sales could be extremely soft. At least the reactions sound a little better than they did the last time a trailer was released. A few new posters below as well.
