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Not got far but I'm def hoping she escapes and kills them all.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
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Not got far but I'm def hoping she escapes and kills them all.
I quite enjoyed this. Not a brilliant pilot but entertaining enough, and it has potential.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Maybe in the short term, but the long game shows that it is not. However you could argue that any TV show with pretty women fighting, lovin', or doing whatever, is misogynistic.
You could also argue that Dollhouse is the opposite, with strong (certainly not bimbo) women in all the main roles.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I thought it was fun. not super great but fun and for me that was enough
this didn't "let me down"
it's not overly deep or gripping but then it is a spin off from a bunch of films that are... well.
overall i think the rest of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" isn't far off what you see in this
it's just most of the cracks in the film are covered by glitzy cgi and liberal doses of robert downey jr
to be fair the guy who owns the car did last work on a flying battleship which was also invisible. He nows get a plane. frankly i'd complain if i didn't get a flying car.
this didn't "let me down"
it's not overly deep or gripping but then it is a spin off from a bunch of films that are... well.
overall i think the rest of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" isn't far off what you see in this
it's just most of the cracks in the film are covered by glitzy cgi and liberal doses of robert downey jr
to be fair the guy who owns the car did last work on a flying battleship which was also invisible. He nows get a plane. frankly i'd complain if i didn't get a flying car.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm not so fucked off about the flying car (though why he was gifted a flying secret car that he doesn't really need I have no idea) as I was of the lazy flying car reveal to finish the episode.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
http://marvel.wikia.com/S.H.I.E.L.D._Flying_Car
The standard issue S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle is the flying car, originally designed by Stark Industries. It is a yellow or red sports car that has hover features. The car, though altered many times over the years it makes appearances in various titles...
The standard issue S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle is the flying car, originally designed by Stark Industries. It is a yellow or red sports car that has hover features. The car, though altered many times over the years it makes appearances in various titles...
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
well they did say that it was a old spy car at the beginning of the episode and mentioned that he was really into retro stuff. So i'm guessing this was in a hanger somewhere and coulson just took it because it's cool. Nick "motherfucking" fury presumably was to too busy not being in this series to complain.
if they ever try to justify it i'll bet it will be something Howard Stark built
if they ever try to justify it i'll bet it will be something Howard Stark built
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
ha.. seems i'm right.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i'm not sure what else you would want. it's the standard TV everything is wrapped up for this week and we ride off into the sunset.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Yes, it's that that I don't want.
I don't want predictable outcomes, I don't want things always being the same because they worked last time.
A good example was Big Brother and other secret or fly on the wall type docs. It was at first interesting because it was something new something we had not seen before. What programme makes forgot was that BB was not great just because it was people being films 24/7 without any contact with the outside world, it was great because it was something new and exciting, something different that we had not seen before that surprised us. Making endless copies of it for years afterwards is not the same thing.
My point is that it feels like a very tired format (maybe in the same way that CGI superhero movies are currently a borefest of mass coma inducing proportions) and even Whedons subversions of the genre have now become rather stale standard elements genre.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i would say that this is new.
it uses a lot of old formulas in the mix but the whole shared universe thing is kinda new.
in fact the whole doing a decent comic book tv series is in a way a new thing
what have we had?
admittedly the adam west batman was pretty good for what it is and what silver age batman was.
the wonder woman series i haven't watched
lois and fucking clark
and marvel had that dodgy spider man series and the incredible hulk.
while i will admit i don't think it's going to be especially memorable i think given the inherent restraints placed on it it served up something that was reasonable.
it uses a lot of old formulas in the mix but the whole shared universe thing is kinda new.
in fact the whole doing a decent comic book tv series is in a way a new thing
what have we had?
admittedly the adam west batman was pretty good for what it is and what silver age batman was.
the wonder woman series i haven't watched
lois and fucking clark
and marvel had that dodgy spider man series and the incredible hulk.
while i will admit i don't think it's going to be especially memorable i think given the inherent restraints placed on it it served up something that was reasonable.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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But that's not new. That's like when TV says X factor is different from popstars, because it is not a music group or whatever. It feels like a big budget franchise moving it's way into a tired old TV format.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Just saw ep 1, ok but not amazing but looks like it could get better. The Rising Tide person can't act for shit but there's some nicely done stuff generally. Thought it was quite amusing the way they handled the death of whatshisname!
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
He's a clone isn't he? That's his big secret right?
It's worse than Terrorhawks.
It's worse than Terrorhawks.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Yeah I thought he was a clone too...
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I'm with Shippou-Sensei on this. It was quite fun. Yeah there was some awful acting (the two UK ones tbh ) but on the whole I enjoyed it
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Think that's about right tbh. It'll probably get better and if it doesn't do too well we'll suddenly see some very high profile cameos to keep it bumping along.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Howard the duck maybe?Think that's about right tbh. It'll probably get better and if it doesn't do too well we'll suddenly see some very high profile cameos to keep it bumping along.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i hear he may be a synthetic human to tie into the ultron stuff
Aye, the two Brits garbled and hurried some typical whedonesque bickering, to such an extent that I understood next to none of it. I know he has to have a token Brit in all of his shows, but surely they could have found a couple of people able to deliver their lines in that arch, knowing, slightly smug fashion that the scripting requires.
Or they could have restricted the Brit roles to posh, mild mannered and understated authority figures, and the occasional villain, like normal.
Those two will be written out halfway through season 2, I reckon.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Hold on, are the x-men marvel too? Do they all live in the same universe? I guess nobody would give two shits about a flying car or an exploding man in that universe.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
yes in general but no in the movies because of weird licensing (also why spiderman wasn't in new york during the avengers)
however the exploding man thing was directly from the last iron man movie
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Oh, I didn't watch that.
I can't imagine it made it that much better though.
I hear spiderman does actually team up with Howard the Duck quite a bit.
. . . and wasn't Wolverine in the avengers for a bit?
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
in my opinion iron man 3 wasn't fantastic but you manage not to care too much about flaws as the central performance was good
i'm only an outsider looking in but i thing you are right with that i seem to remember seeing spiderman/howerd the duck comic covers
i'm only an outsider looking in but i thing you are right with that i seem to remember seeing spiderman/howerd the duck comic covers
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