Agents of Shield

[Kaos Arcanna]

And they're back to reruns until March now. 

[Super Firebug]

And they're back to reruns until March now.

Are you serious? They're off for weeks, they put out ONE new episode, and then they're off again until next month?? They're not just shooting themselves in the foot, they're cutting that foot OFF! With the slow start that they got, and shedding viewers along the way, you'd think they'd put more thought into building viewership momentum.

I have to agree with whoever said that it seems like DC and Marvel agreed that one gets the TV market, and the other gets the movie market. Marvel does great films, but they need a far-better TV strategy.

[CG]

It's probably not Marvel making that decision, but the networks wanting to save the episodes for Sweeps week and/or avoid broadcasting new stuff during the Olympics when viewership will be fragmented.

[FatherXmas]

Helps a tad leaving a bit of a cliffhanger.  It was a quite good episode for once.  Simmons throwing herself on a grenade for one.  Splitting Team Action from Team Geek.  May was AWESOME.  Don't let the lady get mad.  You thought Hulk gets testy.

[eabrace]

I liked the Abomination reference this week, too.

[Eoraptor]

Yeah, a lot of it is down to the olympics followed on closely by sweeps week. that's the same reason NBC rushed Leno out the door 6 months before the official end of his contract, to book end the tonight show handover around the olympics and then sweeps.

[JWBullfrog]

I liked the Abomination reference this week, too.

Glad I'm not the only one who caught that...

[FatherXmas]

Glad I'm not the only one who caught that...

It was a nice threat.

[Super Firebug]

Yeah, a lot of it is down to the olympics followed on closely by sweeps week. that's the same reason NBC rushed Leno out the door 6 months before the official end of his contract, to book end the tonight show handover around the olympics and then sweeps.

Since they knew when the Olympics would be starting, you'd think they could have arranged things so that they would show more than one stinkin' new episode before the break. I can see their wanting to stop on the cliffhanger, but still....

[Super Firebug]

Poor Clark Gregg. I wonder how many people say "Tahiti" to him, out of the blue, just to see if he'll say, "It's a magical place."

[eabrace]

Well, at least I feel a little better after looking around on the internet knowing that I'm not the only one trying to figure out what Coulson saw in the Guest House.

[JetFlash]

Not a bad episode tonight.

I am thinking

Spoiler for Hidden:

Deathlook

needs a better look though.

I saw it quite clearly, you saw correct.

[Kaos Arcanna]

Not a bad episode tonight.

I'm wondering if the name of Sif's old lover matched the name of the warrior who was double a Thor from back in an old "Tales of Asgard" story.

[Mental Maden]

I've always liked Clark Gregg's acting as Coulson, but his reactions to all of this serum stuff strikes me as odd, out of character or just bad acting or writing.

[Nos482]

In T.A.H.I.T.I. when storming the Guest House the agents shot two guards, one of them named Bob... could that have been a nod towards Hydra?

[Nos482]

There's another theory I have:
The drug's source is a blue humanoid labeled G. H., Marvel has a whole species of blue, but otherwise human-looking aliens.
The Kree, their most prominent member is Captain Marvel...who, in the Ultimate Universe has the civilian name Geheneris Hala´son Mahr Vehl.
Could that be?

[Arcana]

There's another theory I have:
The drug's source is a blue humanoid labeled G. H., Marvel has a whole species of blue, but otherwise human-looking aliens.
The Kree, their most prominent member is Captain Marvel...who, in the Ultimate Universe has the civilian name Geheneris Hala´son Mahr Vehl.
Could that be?

Its an interesting theory.  Its a pity the rights to Gah Lak Tus are probably still with Fox through the Silver Surfer and the Fantastic Four, because it would be interesting if the connection between SHIELD and the Kree was connected with the coming of Gah Lak Tus.

It would also be interesting if Agents of SHIELD ventured a little bit into Planetary territory, where Agents explored some of the differences between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the traditional comic book one where certain fantastic things *didn't* happen in the MCU that did happen in the comic universe because of some change.  I can see certain parallels to SHIELD and The Four, with Coulson's team being analogous the Planetary group, given the current direction of the story.

[FatherXmas]

I think the actress who plays Skye confirmed it was a Kree.

Also they've signed Amy Acker to play Phil's "cellist" for an episode.  High five Phil!

[Super Firebug]

:rant mode engaged:

Okay, the folks at Marvel need a lesson in terminology, since Hand, in tonight's episode, made the same mistake that Fury made, in talking to Captain America, in "The Avengers".

Before a mission, when you give the mission team the information that you have, and tell them what you think they can expect, that is a BRIEFING. A DEBRIEFING only happens AFTER the mission, when the mission team tell you how the mission actually went, what they saw, etc. It's so that you can figure out how good your intel is.

I'm thoroughly tired of hearing supposedly-professional characters call the PRE-mission meeting a "debriefing" or "debrief". Come on, Hollywood - LEARN SOMETHING about what you're portraying. Learning's really not that scary.

Carry on.

:rant mode disengaged:

(Edited to correct "Avengers" reference.)

[Kaos Arcanna]

Tonight's episode wasn't too bad.

Though I think the best part of it was the kid-version of the Captain America Trailer. :D