Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [US] ** Spoilers **

Agent Coulson

I'm expecting the rest of this season and most of next season (It will be renewed) to be a lead into The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Phase Three of the M.C.U after GoTG there won't be another Marvel movie till Age of Ultron next April.

Marvel will want to keep fans happy and intersted in what will happen in Age of Ultron. I would expect a good few cameos and teasers next season about what will happen in Age of Ultron.

I really just hope now they can keep up the strong writing. I think we can see now that the series writers had there hands tied a small bit in what they could do because of what was happening in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Kirby

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

What a douche. He's the reason I stopped watching Arrow - not even a good actor. The show had so much promise. Should've kept Justin Hartley (who played the role in Smallville) as Arrow.

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

That's upsettingly childish.

To be fair, his first comment comes off as jovial and tongue in cheek.

The second one just seems to be irritation....probably at a hundred tweets he doesn't understand.

A persons every thought shouldn't be recorded and that is what Twitter allows. Now you might argue its his own dumb fault for using twitter like that in the first place......but we all do and say stupid things throughout our day and I wouldn't hold it against somebody because of the occasional grumpy comment.

On a side note Hartley was far too Abercrombie and fitch. Nobody is going to buy him as a grizzled killer who survived 5 years on an island. Now, I don't buy Amell as that either but replacing a bad casting with another bad casting doesn't fix anything.

TheGoldenAges

So good

Mr E

Another great episode. In the annual awards for most improved show, this show is a shoo-in.

Chloe Bennet did a great job with her scenes towards the end...

flazio

Loved Simmons response to what's in the dessert island box

audidiesel

great episode. especially loved the bit where

the penny literally dropped

Agent Coulson

I also liked the way they showed Shield and Hydra are two sides of the same coin again this keeps with what Alexander Pierce said to Fury in Captain 2.

Shield experimenting on Blackout to make him stronger. I wonder who else will we see that Shield experimented on.

TheGoldenAges

Next weeks promo:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

flazio wrote: »

Loved Simmons response to what's in the dessert island box

Yes. She immediately took the place as my favourite character in the show for that response alone.

Sudden Valley

Despite watching both the Captain America films and the last few episodes of Agents of Shield I'm struggling to understand what Hydra stands for (philosophically) or what prompts loads of government agents to turn and risk their lives to follow Hydra. At least in Capt. America 1 they actually had a seemingly charismatic leader but now they don't even seem to have any sort of leadership. I'm guessing its a generic take over the world sort of organisation??

GodlessM

Kirby wrote: »

To be fair, his first comment comes off as jovial and tongue in cheek.

The second one just seems to be irritation....probably at a hundred tweets he doesn't understand.

A persons every thought shouldn't be recorded and that is what Twitter allows. Now you might argue its his own dumb fault for using twitter like that in the first place......but we all do and say stupid things throughout our day and I wouldn't hold it against somebody because of the occasional grumpy comment.

On a side note Hartley was far too Abercrombie and fitch. Nobody is going to buy him as a grizzled killer who survived 5 years on an island. Now, I don't buy Amell as that either but replacing a bad casting with another bad casting doesn't fix anything.

Actually to be even more fair, this is (a) several posters taking those tweets out of context and (b) several posters not understanding that the top most tweet is most recent. Th full context of that is Stephen Amell stated on his Twitter that he didn't know what hail hydra meant, because it was trending. Loads of people posted explaining so he clarified that he didn't care. People then replied that he should watch Cap to understand, so he made the crack about not watching Marvel, which as I read it, was just a joke based on the fact that he is a DC actor.

flazio

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Yes. She immediately took the place as my favourite character in the show for that response alone.

This and the fact that Fitz is admitting his feelings for her probably means

She'll be dead by series end.

(Not because of you specifically SLVB but because she became so loved by geek fandom for that.)

rockbeast

flazio wrote: »

This and the fact that Fitz is admitting his feelings for her probably means

She'll be dead by series end.

(Not because of you specifically SLVB but because she became so loved by geek fandom for that.)

Or when Ward passed lie detector test by stating Skye was his reason for being there, was that echoing Fitz saying Simmons was his reason earlier meaning that spoiler

Fitz is Hydra too?!!

SherlockWatson

rockbeast wrote: »

Or when Ward passed lie detector test by stating Skye was his reason for being there, was that echoing Fitz saying Simmons was his reason earlier meaning that spoiler

Fitz is Hydra too?!!

Fitz answered Simmons to the box question, nothing sinister in it.

flazio

So Skye says her name in the orphanage was Mary Sue Poots.
Well what if it was a mis print and her actual surname is Potts?

TheGoldenAges

Sudden Valley wrote: »

Despite watching both the Captain America films and the last few episodes of Agents of Shield I'm struggling to understand what Hydra stands for (philosophically) or what prompts loads of government agents to turn and risk their lives to follow Hydra. At least in Capt. America 1 they actually had a seemingly charismatic leader but now they don't even seem to have any sort of leadership. I'm guessing its a generic take over the world sort of organisation??

Hydra's belief is that humanity can't be trusted and must be controlled (take away freedom). Obviously after New York some SHIELD agents aligned with this philosophy due to how close the world came to destruction and enslavement.

Also now superheroes with powers were showing up and some didn't believe SHIELD in its current ethos and form could deal with it. Hence they decided to turn to HYDRA .

Manach

So HYDRA is a centralised bureaucratic entity that seeks unprecedented power over the lives of people with a executive branch to enforce this. Oh dear - Hydra = EU .

don ramo

it seems kinda idiotic for HYDRA to do what they done, i mean they successfully integrated themselves into S.H.I.E.L.D, the single most powerful agency on the planet, why even bother revealing yourself, they were more or less running the show already,

kearneybobs

don ramo wrote: »

it seems kinda idiotic for HYDRA to do what they done, i mean they successfully integrated themselves into S.H.I.E.L.D, the single most powerful agency on the planet, why even bother revealing yourself, they were more or less running the show already,

Wasn't that stuff uncovered in

Captain America 2

? I think that forced their hand into revealing themselves. Cant quite remember.

TheGoldenAges

don ramo wrote: »

it seems kinda idiotic for HYDRA to do what they done, i mean they successfully integrated themselves into S.H.I.E.L.D, the single most powerful agency on the planet, why even bother revealing yourself, they were more or less running the show already,

In Cap 2, when the helicarriers were going up, we saw a glimpse of some of the targets like Stephen Strange, Bruce Banner and Avengers tower. So when those targets were taken out it would have become apparent to Hill, Fury & Coulson that there was an infiltration of SHIELD due to there allies being assassinated.

flazio

RTÉ's censors are clearly not as sensitive as Channel 4's. Look at the end scene where Ward shoots Garrets guards and Hand on 4OD, now look at the same on RTÉ player. And this despite the fact that it airs later on Channel 4 then it does on RTÉ Two these days.

Clareman

flazio wrote: »

RTÉ's censors are clearly not as sensitive as Channel 4's. Look at the end scene where Ward shoots Garrets guards and Hand on 4OD, now look at the same on RTÉ player. And this despite the fact that it airs later on Channel 4 then it does on RTÉ Two these days.

I'd say it's more to do with Channel 4 having a more robust censor department I'd imagine, they do a lot more for dubbing out swear words as well, I'd imagine RTÉ get their copy from the suppliers and just play it.

humanji

Manach wrote: »

So HYDRA is a centralised bureaucratic entity that seeks unprecedented power over the lives of people with a executive branch to enforce this. Oh dear - Hydra = EU .

In fairness, they sound an awful lot like the HSE too.

don ramo wrote: »

it seems kinda idiotic for HYDRA to do what they done, i mean they successfully integrated themselves into S.H.I.E.L.D, the single most powerful agency on the planet, why even bother revealing yourself, they were more or less running the show already,

Their plan in Cap2 was

to kill off everyone who they calculated could stop them. Then they'd have utter control of the world. If they didn't, there's always be forces out of their control who'd try to stop them. Stark, Cap, Thor and Banner had all expressed mistrust in SHIELD and there's always be other people that we don't get to see in the shows or films. They were guaranteeing their success (or at least trying to).

flazio wrote: »

RTÉ's censors are clearly not as sensitive as Channel 4's. Look at the end scene where Ward shoots Garrets guards and Hand on 4OD, now look at the same on RTÉ player. And this despite the fact that it airs later on Channel 4 then it does on RTÉ Two these days.

Doesn't the Channel 4 one also go out earlier in repeats, though? That might explain why they edited it down.

Agent Coulson

Maria Hill tomorrow name checks Man-Thing

humanji

Is the guy Garret mentions to Ward (in the Fridge) who changed his hands to lion paws an actual Marvel character, or is that just a bit of a joke about supervillains?

RobbingBandit

humanji wrote: »

Is the guy Garret mentions to Ward (in the Fridge) who changed his hands to lion paws an actual Marvel character, or is that just a bit of a joke about supervillains?

Might be this guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_(Marvel_Comics)

flazio

humanji wrote: »

Doesn't the Channel 4 one also go out earlier in repeats, though? That might explain why they edited it down.

I watched the Channel 4 premiere airing on Friday night. It was the same cut as what you see on 4od.
I imagine RTÉ are somewhat covered by the PS (parental supervision) tag they put on the front of the program. Channel 4 doesn't have a system like that.

Awesomeness

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Might be this guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_(Marvel_Comics)

Yeah he name checked horton if I remember correctly

RobbingBandit

Looks at self in mirror,

Agent Coulson

Nice twist :eek: