My whole thing about the One-Shots, which I love, is that they should relate to the main film they're included in.
In Thor, the first One-Shot was made. Called The Consultant, it showed Coulson and Sitwell talking about trying to convince Colonel Ross not to hand over The Abomination to S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of the Avengers Initiative. By using Tony as the consultant sent in to "talk" Ross into handing over Blonsky Consultant successfully tied together Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk and (if we assume the cafe the agents talk in is in New Mexico) Thor.
But in Captain America: The First Avenger, we get the One-Shot A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer where Coulson stopped at a gas station on his way through New Mexico and thwarted a robbery. It was cool to see some Coulson action, but all we got for MMU Easter eggs were a Roxxon reference and the New Mexico licence plate. There was nothing that connected it to Cap or any of the other Marvel movies.
Then came The Avengers, and the One-Shot Item 47. It was a cool story of how two regular citizens use a working piece of Chitauri tech, and had some great Agent Sitwell action. It tied into Avengers easily and even referenced Coulson's "passing", but had no references to any of the other Phase One films. (But wouldn't it be cool if Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Bradford...heck even Titus Welliver...showed up in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?)
And now we're getting Agent Carter with the IM3 release. My hope? We see more of Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, and some detail of how S.H.I.E.L.D. gets started. But the appearance of Zodiac? As in...Zodiac Key? That could be interesting...
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