How Agents Of S.h.i.e.l.d Got Good (spoilers Inside)

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  1. TIME

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    I might be the only person that actually liked Agent Carter. But then I also liked the first Captain America movie.
     
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    I've heard from a lot of people agent carter was good
     
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    I only watched the first episode of Agent Carter and I was pretty unimpressed. I'll give it a shot again soon.

    Remember when we thought Agents of SHIELD would be a good change of pace from the darkness of Daredevil? Yikes... This last episode was not quite so light as I was expecting.
     
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    You might not like it. The rest of the episodes are pretty similar to the first one. It's a lighter, period piece. I just like that period, and I like Atwell and what they did with the Jarvis character.
     
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    I'm about as big a Marvel fan as a normal adult can be, so I'll eventually give it another shot. I'm watching Agents of SHIELD still so...

    And I liked Atwell too. I guess I just didn't love the effects, but I was probably expecting too much.
     
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    Didn't really like Agent Carter that much. I do think I would have liked it better if I watched all the episodes back to back instead of weekly. Did like Jarvis though.
     
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    I liked the First Cap movie too. Agent Carter seems so uninspired. Too much of the whole making all the men seem like functional retards. It realize they were playing on the equality problems of men and women back then. but they can do that without making every single man seem like knuckleheaded hornballs.
     
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    Cap 1 was great up until cap started fighting. Once he started punting guys and crashing planes he didn't need to crash, the movie fell apart.
     
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    Probably the weakest part of the story.
     
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    Just saw this week's Agents of SHIELD, and man, this was one of my favorite episodes ever of the show. I thought it was great story telling. Really interesting how they explained The Calvary
     
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    It really was a well done episode, probably the highest quality writing/acting they've had so far. Really really solid story telling.
     
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    What's cool is they obviously had this whole thing planned from the get-go because I remember the Cavalry name drop back in the show's first or second episode.
     
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    Yeah they really played up that name and aspect of May's character. Consistently through the show she never wants to be in the field. Now we know why and what a great reason.

    I'm hopeful this show just hit it's stride and is about to really pop off.
     
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    Can't believe no one's talking the last episode of Shield. It was incredible. So much happened, I don't know where to start...

    Coulson looses an arm, Bobby shot, Sky and Coulson starting a super human team, and the end with Jemma being consumed by that object... then the crystals leaking into the water and in fish oil. Next season should be crazy!!

    I'm loving Agents of SHIELD right now!
     
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    I've been busy but I'm watching it later tonight.
     
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    I just saw it last night. AMAZING good finale.

    My favorite part was
    Sky's Dad becoming Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde, and then finding his redemption in his greater love for Sky. Coulson's connection with him as Sky's father figure was great, and the Tahiti protocol was a perfect character resolution.

    So, is Sky going to lead the Inhumans or is she going to lead the new powered team or both? The fish oil was both comic book corny and a genius way of setting up next season.... and Jemmaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?!?!
     
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    So that was an awesome good season finale. A two hour long episode really played out well, it kept the action and plot moving really well without feeling jammed pack.

    Its crazy to think where this show has gone from its rather terrible beginnings.

    Skye has evolved into my favorite character on the show, she steals every scene.

    Was not expecting Reina to be killed, especially by the mother.

    Loved seeing more Inhumans in action. I cringed every time they showed Bobbi's fingers but that whole thing with Hunter, she was good.

    Wished Marvel would have thrown them a little production money because the scene above the carrier with Skye and her mother was a little cringeworthy.

    Concerning the crystals in the ocean, I thought they were laying the foundation for the Inhumans movie, was expecting the whole fish oil thing but I also don't think that the Inhumans will play a huge part next season. Skye looks to be building a team of gifted people, that should be cool. I think next season of AoS will deal with Ward and the whole Civil War thing.

    Also Simmons :(
     
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    1. Simmons is totally alive. The thing that sucked her up is a Kree weapon against the Inhumans. Expect her to come out of it with some sort of ability to either kill, hurt, or change the Inhumans.

    2. Raina dying was crazy. I wasn't expecting that at all!

    3. Yeah the graphics on this show... yikes. Marvel/ABC need to put a little more production into this. At times it looks terrible and other times it looks just okay.

    4. The team Skye is putting together in the comics was called the Secret Warriors! They were all children of former (or current) villains who all had powers. It was awesome and I expect this to follow suit. The team will probably have Skye, Lincoln, Deathlok, and maybe like Hunter or something.

    5. That torture scene was BRUTAL. For an ABC program? Nicely done.

    6. I was so excited for a half a minute I thought we were going to see Namor and Atlantis... Instead we got Fish Oil Superheroes... I'm a little disappointed... But as a plot device? Not bad. Now we'll start getting dozens of Inhumans all over the place maybe even more. Now the show can get a little bit back to its roots of finding/dealing with cool supernatural stuff!
     
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    Man the fight between Bobby and Ward was brutal. I was thinking it was going a little too good for Ward torturing her because she shouldn't go down that easy... and she didn't :D The part where she pulls the pins from under her nails and stabs Ward with them was so good!
     
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    AoS could learn a bit from the flash when it comes to effects. But man outside of that its fantastic.

    1. The file sky receives is called catapullar, I'm not sure how that team relates to Secret Warriors as my marvel wiki lacks strength.
    2. The fish oil is just a vastly more subtle substitute for the terigen bomb. It gives the writers to introduce new meta humans with easy, and my guess is will lead to events dramatic enough to get the attention of the royal family.
     
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