Amph Agents of SHIELD Discussion Thread (and Slingshot)

They said they wouldn't have to worry about using it on friend or foe- it might have phased her, but it's unlikely it'd stop someone who can shrug off a shotgun blast at point blank range and not be deadly to a normal human.

If it had been May, I'd have the same criticism.

But if you're referring to the love zombie cliche in general, I don't dislike it because of whom it's affecting, I dislike it because it's always executed horribly and never explores the interesting concepts that could be done so with such a premise.

Instead, it's an arbitrary way to get main friends/coworkers/teammates to fight each other without coming up with a good reason and/or a means to highlight an empty "go ladies!" sentiment that generally seems to reveal a poor opinion of women roles on the part of the writer/producers because they can't come up with anything more meaningful.

But, to this episode specifically, it's not so bad here compared to past genre shows- it's not played up too campy, but it's still somewhat empty.

 

I'd have to double check but it might not matter-didn't Loki shrug off bullets in Avengers' opening? (Yes, some hit armor but they all couldn't have missed).

 

I enjoyed this one. I was able to ignore Ward's idiot ball moment (moments?) for the most part because I was having fun.

And now I want to watch Thor.

I was glad to see Skye's role in the show minimized a bit and her presence reduced to what she does best...computer skills. If she had cried at the end, I was going to want to throw something at my TV, but thankfully that didn't happen.

 

Some set photos of the Dethlok costume have surfaced:

Spoiler

Though presumably there is more to it that'll be added via CGI.

I just rewatched the last few episodes from Seeds onwards- not only is it a good run of good episodes but I've been paying particular atteention to May and the way she reacts around Coulson- particularly when he talks about " no more secrets" and developments regarding what he knows. Though a few of her reactions, on the surface, were about her and Ward, there's definitely enough there for them to play up the angle from the end of the last episode- and she may even have brought up her and Ward as a "secret" to feed Coulson to throw him off the trail out of fear he might be suspecting her ulterior motives.

 

It could be either-like I said, it could very well be literal reactions with a retroactive angle.

 

Though I think we should clarify that the most major spoiler there is actually just his own fan theory and his pre-emptive research to see if his character was linked to that theory in some way.

 

In this article there's a brief mention that they already have plan s for where the show will go in Seasons 2 & 3, which I believe this the first indication of any plans for the series past the first season.

Also interesting that Fitz & Simmons were inspired by Casey Affleck and Scott Caan's characters in Ocean's 11.

 

The Marvel Universe waits for no one, son.

I think they're assuming a much, much larger opening for Cap 2 than Thor 2 (less competition, better reviews, more hype, more Avengers-related and Avengers-like) and, thus, planning on more people having seen Cap 2 that weekend than with Thor 2.

Beyond that, this first episode of this max-event might not be set entirely after Cap 2- we don't know the timespan of events for TWS yet, but it's quite possible the first episode of these back-7 episodes will take place concurrently to the opening half hour or so of TWS (the recent hints of Fury missing or under cover might support this possibility) and, thus, wouldn't be ruining the ending of the film- but by time episode 2 or 3 rolls around, they'll have caught up to the film and the full impact of TWS's events can be explored and it will have been a few weeks now since the film came out.

 

The cellist has been cast: Amy Acker (another Whedon alumni).

EDIT- also covered in VLM's link above.