Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[Jim_Campbell]

What happened to "getting us talking"?

You talked. I got bored. ;-P

Cheers

Jim

[Professor Bear]

SO IS YOURE FACE

[Mardroid]

I'm llking it too.

Particularly liked the magic window gag. Heh. Come on, that was funny!

[Pop Culture Bandit]

I don't think the Fitz and Ward held onto the car as it passed over them, the 'sleeping bag' they were in was magnetic so it picked them up when the truck passed overhead. Although I'm sure there's just as many continuity holes in that approach too!!

I'm really enjoying it - It's advanced leaps and bounds from the initial two episodes and is beginning to develop nicely with some ongoing mysteries and recurring enemies.

Here's my detailed review of the latest episode:

http://popculturebandit.blogspot.com/2013/11/review-agents-of-shield-1x07-hub.html

[dracula1]

Wow! episode 8.... Great tie into Thor 2. Keep watching true believers.

[IndigoPrime]

So what if you haven't watched Thor 2, but will probably get round to it on rental? Is this new episode full of spoilers? Does it even make sense?

[Jim_Campbell]

So what if you haven't watched Thor 2, but will probably get round to it on rental? Is this new episode full of spoilers? Does it even make sense?

Yes, it makes sense. No, there are no spoilers for Thor 2.

Cheers

Jim

[Grant Goggans]

My problem with the show is that I don't mind the actual agents like many of you guys do.  It's their agency that leaves me cold.  SHIELD really is an evil, manipulative, awful organization.  It's so wrong-headed, since the original comic was actually named to cash-in on UNCLE but there's none of the fun or lightness or sense of "hey, these are the good guys" with SHIELD itself that I want to see.  This is "hey, we're SHIELD and we'll do whatever we want and that includes sacrificing two of the lead characters with no extraction plan because we're THAT badass and bloodthirsty."

My own extraction plan is to wait until one of the four competing ongoing subplots finally gets resolved and decide then.  We watch it on demand because it's not on at a convenient time for us; it's very easy to forget to do that.

[willthemightyW]

My problem with the show is that I don't mind the actual agents like many of you guys do.  It's their agency that leaves me cold.  SHIELD really is an evil, manipulative, awful organization.  It's so wrong-headed, since the original comic was actually named to cash-in on UNCLE but there's none of the fun or lightness or sense of "hey, these are the good guys" with SHIELD itself that I want to see.  This is "hey, we're SHIELD and we'll do whatever we want and that includes sacrificing two of the lead characters with no extraction plan because we're THAT badass and bloodthirsty."

My own extraction plan is to wait until one of the four competing ongoing subplots finally gets resolved and decide then.  We watch it on demand because it's not on at a convenient time for us; it's very easy to forget to do that.

That's what they're like in the comics! They are pretty bloody cold. Nick Fury is sly and manipulative, and shield are constantly using and abusing their assets. If that's an issue, then it's also an issue with the source material!

Will

[Professor Bear]

That's not a problem with the show specifically as much as it is an enduring cliche of the genre. Sure, it was popularised in the 1990s by X-Files, but it's still ingrained in the genre because sci-fi is notoriously conservative, reactionary, and slow to embrace new ideas.
Doesn't matter if it's the FBI, the CIA, or even the Girl Scouts of America, the writing approach is to immediately adopt the attitude of a floppy-haired 14 year-old hipster about it: "ugh, more than one person working towards a common goal, that's so conformist and mainstream and crypto-fascist."

[Theblazeuk]

That's what they're like in the comics! They are pretty bloody cold. Nick Fury is sly and manipulative, and shield are constantly using and abusing their assets. If that's an issue, then it's also an issue with the source material!

Will

Only since Bendis started writing em that way. Previously SHIELD was a "No matter what the cost but NEVER leave a man behind" badass spy network. People were sacrificed but only in the noble heroic way (which granted could be a little grim in Kirby's extreme square jawed fashion).

[Proudhuff]

Now Jim that's what i was wanting more of! Loki's staff and fisticuffs, dark secrets etc. promising promising.

[Theblazeuk]

Yeah I thought this latest one was definitely alright, mainly due to the angry superpowered people and the professor.

[Dandontdare]

you mean I've watched all that dross and then missed the one good episode immediately after giving up on it? Bollox. I'll have to try 4OD

[Theblazeuk]

I personally prefered the Spy-in-the-eye episode. That's my highpoint so far.