Agents of SHIELD

[Crabbok 9,869]

Anyone watching?  

[KennedyHawk2 490]

Me

[Conandoodle 1,817]

Worth watching?

[Crabbok 9,869]

Pumped about Edward James Olmos joining the cast.  

 

 And for the record: I think that Mockingbird's secret assignment is related to the Skrull.  I think the Skrull have been infiltrating Earth now for awhile and that will be used to explain a bunch of crazy stuff.   They showed Ward in next week's episode as well... and I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled one of these "He's been GOOD all along - he just was a TRIPLE agent, really working to weed out Skrull operatives on all sides"

[Dagonet 7,246]

Worth watching?

 

Season 1 takes a few episodes to get up to steam, but around ep 8 it starts picking up the pace.

[Crabbok 9,869]

All in all it's not really a good show.   But because the films are good, and there are tie-ins, I feel like I HAVE to watch.   It is getting better, but very slowly.  

[VanorDM 11,599]

I like it. But it's a bit heavy on the secret stuff IMO. Every episode so far has either eluded to, included a hit of, or explained the 'big secret' that is currently part of the story arc.

Now granted it's a show about secret agents. But every time they finish off one mystery there's another one already happening. This latest one has the potential to have so many twists, turns and 'what was really happening'... that it could realistically sink the whole series.

Shield has been destroyed, only it hasn't, because the real shield has always been a secret group within shield which was actually part of Hydra, but the real shield know about hydra, and Fury was a puppet to draw out the real enemy...

Just too contrived if that happens to be true.

[Crabbok 9,869]

And Coulson was an ettempt to draw out the Real SHIELD, which was infiltrated by Skrull, and Nick Fury knew that, which means that Coulson's SHIELD was actually the MOST TRUE REAL SHIELD all along, .....  and Tony Stark was kidnapped by Aliens and now he's pregnant.

[Sergovan 1,440]

It can be a challenging show to watch sometimes. I wish they did more of the "find weird powered humanoid doing something and take him out or convert him into an assest" thing, then have the whole mystery background stuff get dropped in bit by bit over the season for the big reveal at the season finale.

 

I'm getting tired of the team within a team within a team thing.

[treybert 893]

I heard somewhere that a lot of season 1 was just filler until Captain America 2 came out. So things really don't get interesting until after those events.

 

It's not bad though once you get past that point. Not the best show on TV, but worth it if you have spare time. I find it very odd they're using Shield to cue up The Inhumans...... a movie set for 2019. 2019!

[VanorDM 11,599]

I find it very odd they're using Shield to cue up The Inhumans......

If you're talking about one of the villains from the show this week, he's not Blackbolt. They both have sonic powers, but not the same abilities.

Blackbolt would destroy the whole state of Wisconsin if he shouted like that, perhaps even most of North America.

[treybert 893]

Yea I know he's not blackbolt, but the plot still introduces the inhumans.

 

The Inhumans are introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., revealed in "Who You Really Are" as part of an experiment by a rogue faction of the Kree to create genetically altered soldiers on various planets. The Inhumans are only surviving specimens as the faction were killed by the Kree Emperor, continuing the Terrigenesis with the remaining Diviners. The episode "The Things We Bury" featured a slow-aging Inhuman named Jiaying (portrayed by Dichen Lachman) who helped young Inhumans control their abilities as revealed in the episode "Aftershocks." She was the wife of Calvin Zabo before she was killed in the vivisecting experiments conducted by Daniel Whitehall. In the episode "What They Become", a recurring character named Raina, believing she was meant for greater purpose, causes the Terrigenesis of herself and Skye, revealed to be an Inhuman herself.[54] In "Aftershocks," Raina is horrified to find herself in a thorn-covered form (and suffering from constant pains) and attempted suicide after Calvin abandoned her. But Raina ends up being saved by an eyeless teleporter Inhuman named Gordon (played by Jamie Harris), who was alerted to her Terrigenesis. The Terrigenesis also alerted Kree who attempted to kill Skye and erase the Inhumans' existence in "Who You Really Are". The second season will also introduce another Inhuman named Lincoln (played by Luke Mitchell) who helps Skye understand her heritage.

[VanorDM 11,599]

but the plot still introduces the inhumans.

Hadn't seen all that before, but cool

[Conandoodle 1,817]

I gave it 3 episodes ... good show, good mix of interesting story and action. I can see that it could become a regular drama and grind itself down to a slow death ... a la Battlestar Galactica.

Will definitely see out the fist season though .. once I finish Spartacus (GREAT SHOW!!!!) 

[Sithborg 11,644]

Anyone watching?  

 

Nope. Typical Marvel fair, which I am bored with. 

[Punning Pundit 4,746]

Season 1 started bad, but slowly got better. The line "no, he's _dreamy_" marked the point (for me) when it got fun. I wouldn't have lasted that long had I not been told it eventually got good.

I'm waiting to binge watch Season 2. In the mean time Agent Carter is fantastic. Starts good, and doesn't lose steam.

[Hobojebus 11,341]

First season was weak until cap 2 came out then it got a lot better with the hydra storyline.

Second season has been solid from the outset and is setting up scavengers 2 nicely.

Just remember it's a comic book show its meant to be fun not super gritty an realistic.

[Audio Weasel 3,659]

I'm watching, but I'm still in the first season (for the record, I did not read any of the other posts in this thread for fear of spoilers.  I know I'm close to where I should watch Winter Soldier before continuing.

[GroggyGolem 2,848]

Been watching since the beginning. It continues to improve.

 

I'm really glad they don't have a Lana/Laurel/Lois/Iris type character that is boy-crazy and constantly changes her mind about everything because she has no clue what she truly wants. "I'm mad at you." *10 seconds later* "I love you." *next episode* "I'm mad at you again." Every character makes their choices and sticks with them, for better or worse.

 

In fact, I'm glad the characters themselves put their mission first rather than being solely focused on being with someone like other superhero shows *Seriously CW, Stahp it with that crap.*

 

Sure, they aren't all about their mission and everything and they have their own faults and issues which is what makes them interesting.

 

for instance,

 

Skye has extreme anxiety issues and is not sure what will happen to herself but is so dedicated to Shield that she sticks with them to figure things out rather than just leave the team. This choice is difficult due to basically everyone treating her like she isn't part of the team anymore, save for Agent May.

Fitz has changed a lot but he still feels like one of the best characters on the show. He's not afraid to tell it how it is even if that doesn't win him any points in the failing relationship that he has with Simmons.

Simmons was lashing out a lot because she was in love with Trip. She needed to blame something so she blamed anyone with superpowers. This leads to Skye and Fitz distrusting her due to basically adopting a very Nazi-like mentality of "we need to eradicate them". Really, it feels like she's become the new villain (or character you love to hate) of the series. She's following the classic villain path of "I got hurt in the past so my entire world view has shifted from being good to openly admitting I want to commit murder and I feel no remorse for it".

Coulson continues to try and solve problems but shows himself inept and the wins that the team has are very close calls. He doesn't seem to care at all that Simmons is becoming evil. He doesn't really even seem to be very proactive at his job, which is what Shield is typically supposed to be. He reacts to everything, lets the villains set the pace for their missions. He's not a good leader but he's doing the best he can with the little experience he's got.

May believes in the chain of command and structure so much that she will follow Coulson's idiot plans. Once those plans start to endanger others is when she decides to act on her own, putting the safety of others above all else.

[GroggyGolem 2,848]

As a follow-up.

 

I don't really care for the british guy.

Mac was interesting only when he was interacting with Fitz.

Mockingbird is... idk... okay? The trouble with introducing a super-spy-type into a series about spies is that you really don't trust anything the spy character says or does at face value.

[Punning Pundit 4,746]

I should add that Agent Carter was amazing from scene 1.

[Robin Graves 6,054]

Meh I'll pass. Avengers are cool. Nick fury is.. well he's played by Sam Jackson. The rest of SHIELD, I couldn't care less.