Amph Agents of SHIELD Discussion Thread (and Slingshot)

I believe Radcliffe mentions LMDs were an old SHIELD project he was basing his work in in last season finale's epilogue.

 

So, interesting winter finale.

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The teams back together (except for one, kinda) and we have the new LMD plot starting in Jan.

Kinda a shame Aida went bad but hopefully that can be attributed to the Darkhold and not the LMD program as a whole.

And now we have the Slingshot web series starting next week to hold us over until AOS returns...

 

I think it's safe to say that GR is likely to be back by the end of the season, given that whatever is going on with Aida is tied to the Darkhold and dimensional portal technology.

EDIT- In fact, Reyes's return has been confirmed, as well as the information that LMD is only the second of three "story pods" this season, so it won't be the entirety of the remaining of the season.

"We have three different [story] pods this season, and they will all feel distinctly different. We’re moving into a new pod. That doesn’t mean [Robbie] is gone or that he will not be involved at some point, but it will definitely have a different feel.”

EDIT 2- all 6 episodes of Slingshot are online now- looks like it almost totals the runtime of half an episode (looks like its about 25 minutes-ish).

Here's a link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLDe0CguuqcMBVtZJk0iCNoSblixvAt4BY&v=1xgQUoVfiL8

 

Keep in mind that we're only 8 episodes into a 22 episode season, so there's still 14 episodes to go (and the finale will probably be a double length episode again). LMD could last 6-8 episodes and still leave a similar amount of episodes for the last story pod (since the last 6-9 episodes tend to be the finale arc for each season).

 

Or Luke Cage, for that matter.

 

Finally got around to watching Slingshot. It has some nice bridging material since the main story is set between Seasons 3 & 4 (only the frame story in episodes 1 & 6 are set "now"). The action and story is mostly straight forward but Mack, the director and Yo-yo are served well. For a webseries it's not bad but it wouldn't have been a strong standard episode.

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But it did manage to get a Stan cameo in, lol

 

ABC "bullish" on AOS, Season 5 likely.

Apparently the adjusted ratings numbers this season have held steady despite the time slot change.

 

We haven't heard anything on Damage Control for awhile- it wasn't nixed like MW when the ABC heads switched up, but other Marvel projects in development for at least as long are still actively being developed- like the John Ridley drama project also mentioned in that link (he's working on a new script draft currently). Plus, I think Damage's premise is unique enough to distinguish it from Powerless. There's room for more than one superhero comedy show if they're distinct enough.

 

Damn.

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I would have preferred they not turn Radcliff into a villain but it raises the question of whether or not Aida had been affected by the Darkhold or if she was entirely under Radcliff's direction/ruse the entire time.

Also disapointed to have Mack get on the Salvation hate-train when T3 is still sitting there, ripe for the picking (on).

Still, gotta love his insurance policy