Amph Agents of SHIELD Discussion Thread (and Slingshot)

Nah, they said midseason...

 

Even though Radcliffe had it coming, that end for him was pretty eery.

Even though they were just programming, I feel bad for people in the framework like Hope, Ward and Trip.

Any story where the world is ending, piece by piece, and there's nothing you can do to stop it, has always given me the chills.
The whole fade away to nothingness.

 

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Ending seemed kinda reminiscent of the last season of Agent Carter...menacing powerful villain brought down in the last few minutes in a rather anticlimactic fashion.

 

That's the drawbacks of having a television budget. What should have been something like the final battle in "Ant-Man", instead is reduced to a few minutes.

 

i was ready for it to be over

 

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I'm sure going to miss AIDA/Ophelia, she became such an interesting character in this arc. And that cliffhanger!! Geez it's going to be a painful wait until season 5...

 

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i wasn't liking the SHIELD are fugitives again storyline. I feel liked i've seen that before not too long ago.

 

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Was that Ward in the beginning of the finale? The one who found Yoyo first and ended up shot by Radcliffe? It sure looked a lot like him.

 

Finally was able to watch the last episode and I totally called what went down!

 

Good for you! I guessed the

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Rider inside Coulson but not Gemma being an LMD. Thought her "murder" was Whedon's way of wrenching us once more, the stinker. The sight of AIDA knocking back some booze is what shall sustain me through the long, dry AOSless summer.

 

Agents of SHIELD has always done a good job with the season finale episodes. I wonder if the next season will be tied-in with the Inhumans. I would think there has to be a close tie-in with the Inhumans, unless the Inhuman are in a different timeline from Agents of SHIELD.

 

It's possible that after "Inhumans" ends, we'll see Blackbolt or one of his people guest starring on AOS.

 

I liked the finale for it's epic sprawl, Ada's last stand, and Doctor Radcliffe's final moments. I am surprised they shut down the framework entirely, thought they could keep it around as a handy alt-verse for story purposes. I will admit I don't quite know how Fitz was able to make LMD Jemma in, like what seemed like minutes? Where did he get the resources for it / how was he able to build one without Radcliffe? Also while I think it's awesome that Ghost Rider had to take Ada out I don't quite know why it had to be Coulson Ghost Rider? Just for the finale to have more dramatic impact and involve the main characters? Otherwise, like I said, it could have been just the crew kicks back, has snacks and lets Ghost Rider do his thing. Although, to be fair, they did establish that Ada kept hightailing it out of there the second she saw Robbie.

The space ending I thought, if this was the last episode with no S5, I would have thought they were leaving Coulson in space for Infinity War tie in. Which could still happen. Because now we have Season 5. Maybe more SWORD and less Earthbound stuff, which would be nuts.

 

If Coulson reappears in the movies, how do they explain him to the audience members who haven't followed AoS? Just lie and say he's a clone? LMD? Or that his wound in Avengers 1 wasn't fatal and he didn't die after all?

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: "Agent Coulson, how are you alive?"

PHIL COULSON: "I went to Tahiti. It was a magical place."

 

Thor should already know that Son of Coul is alive, if he ever talks to Lady Sif.


I wonder if Marvel even has the rights to SWORD since it first appeared in Astonishing X-Men and led by Abigail Brand who is half mutant.

 

I think an Easter Egg can be used. I remember Star Trek: Into Darkness had an R2D2 Easter Egg.