Amph Agents of SHIELD Discussion Thread (and Slingshot)

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I think that's just speculation and hoping. It was moving and breaking down when there were just known SHIELD agents only in the room (prior to Gordon's attack). So unless we are saying that one of those agents is also an Inhuman, it's not a direct conclusion to draw.

 

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I took the opposite approach. I felt it went for Simmons because she was alone and not Inhuman but a regular human. If the device is meant to destroy Inhumans it may just have been waiting for a normal human host to attach to/take over. So Simmons is going to turn into an Inhuman Terminator thing

 

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It's Kree weapon against the abomination known as the Inhumans. Gemma is going to be Captain Marvel and wipeout the Inhumans.

j/k

However, it wouldn't surprise me if is was a Kree weapon against in Inhumans. I wonder if the Kree dude will return to hunt down the other Inhumans like he did Skye.

 

There's a lot that I love about this episode, - the direction was really great and the fight choreography was so damn awesome i get the feeling they stole some stunt people from Daredevil - what stands out days later is Cal's "THIS IS ME CALM!" line and his emotional finale. Although it took a while to wrap it up at the end, the Simmons getting sucked into the whatever was an awesome final twist. I will also say I pointed out pages ago:

while I wasn't 100% on the money (lets say 90%), I do think it's clear Ward set up to lead Nu-Hydra (since the movies seem to be finished with HYDRA as Civil War seems to be as not-Hydra centric as you can get, and there doesn't seem to be any room for Hydra stuff in the phase 3 landscape) so Hydra antics vs SHIELD will be self-contained basically to the TV series from now on, with Grant Ward leading the way.

 

I think this gif that was posted over at io9 sums it up rather well honestly about Ward.

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In regards to Hydra, from what I know that storyline has been closely tied to CAP. I wouldn't be surprised to see something in regards to Hydra pop up in CAP 3. Probably something that happens in relation to Hydra popping back up that causes the rest of the events of Civil War. The cast list for CAP 3 I think had the actor who plays Rumlow listed as returning, so there is some indication that the organization will make an appearance of sorts. Though I do believe this will probably be the final film for Hydra to be involved. After this it seems like it would be time to shift towards preparing for Thanos to arrive, which is really the endgame for phase 3. In phase 3 there will be GotG and Thor: Ragnarok, both of which the movies for have been tied to infinity stones in their plot. As to the other phase 3 films, I don't see Black Panther or Captain Marvel tying into preparing for Thanos, and Inhumans comes out after the Infinity War films.

With all that said though, AoS will most likely start building up towards Civil War. I think it is likely that Ward will probably make life as difficult as possible for everyone else on the show and play a part into building into the events for Civil War on the show. They have pretty much set him up to be one, if not the, main antagonists for the first half of next season at least.

 

Hydra still has some big characters left. Not sure if Madam Hydra/Viper is being saved for a movie or if the show could use her. If the show uses her that would seem to indicate the movies are dropping Hydra as a movie threat. If she doesn't show up in the show I'd assume they are saving her to be the villain in a future movie with Hydra resurgent

 

Wasn't Viper was in The Wolverine too? ahhhh! The complications!

Anyway, I think when AoS is all said and done (or up for contract renegotiations) I believe the uber Big Bad of the series will be Grant Ward so having him run Hydra is a way to keep him in that place.

They could always bring Dr. List back, he was neat and had more lines / menace in his AoS appearances than his 3 or 4 lines in Age of Ultron. I think he was one of the random goons who were subdued by Iron Man at the start of the flick.

 

I'm thinking Whitehall is done. I think they want to move towards an antagonist that is original to the show. But, it is a comic book based show so you never know.

 

Upon rewatch, major angst alert when

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Fitz is flustered asking Simmons for a dinner date, leans nervously/casually on the lock containing the Big Black Lavalamp, thus unlatching it. Upon his departure to Make Big Plans, she reaches to latch it, then ...

 

Technically, yes. But it was an entirely different character from the comics version. Marvel could get away with using her since she started out as a Cap villain before she moved onto other foes and had clashes with Wolverine during his solo adventures, as well as the various X-teams in general.

 

I'd like to know why there were no alarms or sensors to alert anyone that it was unlocked. I mean come in. Local museums have more security for their hometown relics.

 

I love the idea of the Kree object being a symbiote, kinda works too. I had this odd "Portal to another dimension" vibe from it, though. Doctor Strange in the pipeline, time to ramp up the magic in the MCU?

 

Can you expand on the portal stuff, Al?

 

Despite Skye's new martial skills I am glad it looked like May would have beat her if not for Skye's power. I love seeing Skye and May beat the hell out of people.

Good grief, Palicki is gigantic compared to most of the cast. Ward used her to set a Bobbi-trap, har har.

So, Skye's mom is Selene/not-Selene? Wink wink say no more. Next thing you know there will be this dude named Jason Winters who can shoot Optoid Blasts from his eyes. He'll be the leader of the A-People with such characters as Badger, Big Metal Guy, Ghost-Girl, and Fire-Bird Lass...she's from Phoenix, Arizona.

The only appearance of Mr Hyde I have in comics is where he went against Daredevil in the usual "Normal fights superstrength because super strength is too slow". But it's cool they brought him in. His look and mannerisms reminded me of the old man hulk from the 70's tv series.



So that was Multiple Man but girl? Fun fact I found in a recap; that was Palicki's stunt double.

So, Hell's Hydras?

 

Hmmm, Cal is now

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a veterinarian with Adoption Days, so will we see Lockjaw soon??

 

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The Whedons are U-boats to shipping.

 

Makes sense that May would have beat her if not for the Quake powers given that May likely was the one to teach Skye those martial arts skills. May's the kind that probably would keep a thing or two in her back pocket in case she needed to take the student out.

Yep, pretty much. The only couple on a Whedon run show that ever got any sort of happily ever after was Victor/Sierra on Dollhouse, and let's face it, that's probably only because Fox killed the show in it's second season.

 

Not just that, but May's been doing this for years and Skye's only had like a year under her belt. She's good, but it takes time and continual practice to reach the level of someone like May.

 

Bout a month old but anyone see Clark Gregg on Kimmel flat-out ask the Avengers to show up on his show? They seemed nice about it, at least!

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/clark_gregg_agents_of_shield_invitation_avengers_kimmel-2015-04