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

[jgsugden]

Inhumans, ANY inhumans are very unlikely to be introduced in the tv show. 

Your opinion is noted.

[Velorath]

Mockingbird could be a significant movie character - I would not be surprised to see them put her on screen with Hawkeye in Cap III and then spin the two of them off into a Netflix series. 

Yes, I'm sure starring in a Netflix series is the exact career trajectory Jeremy Renner is looking for.

[Evildrider]

Mockingbird could be a significant movie character - I would not be surprised to see them put her on screen with Hawkeye in Cap III and then spin the two of them off into a Netflix series. 

Yes, I'm sure starring in a Netflix series is the exact career trajectory Jeremy Renner is looking for.

Yeah totally!   

[Threash]

Mockingbird could be a significant movie character - I would not be surprised to see them put her on screen with Hawkeye in Cap III and then spin the two of them off into a Netflix series. 

Yes, I'm sure starring in a Netflix series is the exact career trajectory Jeremy Renner is looking for.

He's in the wrong job then because playing Hawkguy is not a role that is going to get him anywhere, nobody gives one flying fuck about Hawkeye.  Jeremy Renner was the one and only person upset about the lack of more Hawkeye in avengers.

[Velorath]

Mockingbird could be a significant movie character - I would not be surprised to see them put her on screen with Hawkeye in Cap III and then spin the two of them off into a Netflix series. 

Yes, I'm sure starring in a Netflix series is the exact career trajectory Jeremy Renner is looking for.

He's in the wrong job then because playing Hawkguy is not a role that is going to get him anywhere, nobody gives one flying fuck about Hawkeye.  Jeremy Renner was the one and only person upset about the lack of more Hawkeye in avengers.

I think he was more upset that his character was mind controlled for most of the movie. He gets an ok amount of screentime, but not really in character. That said, he's done good enough work in Hurt Locker, The Town, and American Hustle that I don't think he needs to rely entirely on his Marvel résumé to get work.

[Fordel]

Ding Ding Ding, you win the prize!

[Nevermore]

[jgsugden]

Ding Ding Ding, you win the prize!

If there is a prize, someone else said it first...

[Velorath]

Ding Ding Ding, you win the prize!

If there is a prize, someone else said it first...

The person who posted that theory on Reddit that Bunk mentioned way back in October?

[Evildrider]

Ding Ding Ding, you win the prize!

If there is a prize, someone else said it first...

The person who posted that theory on Reddit that Bunk mentioned way back in October?

Ya I'm not saying it was my original idea, that's been around even before the Reddit thread.

[Ironwood]

Inhumans, ANY inhumans are very unlikely to be introduced in the tv show. 

The Timing.  It is lol.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I stand by that, it was very unlikely considering the movie coming out and I am indeed surprised.

[Velorath]

[jgsugden]

I stand by that, it was very unlikely considering the movie coming out and I am indeed surprised.

It was insanely likely given all the clues that we'd see Inhuman related elements - whether they use the word Inhuman before Avenger II or not is still up in the air.  If the guy at the end of the episode is the character that many speculate, then there is a likely Inhuman culture on Earth storyline coming up
As for Trip -

[Velorath]

Mixed feelings on the season so far. They've invested a lot of time in a season and a half to a storyline devoted to making the least interesting character on the show a completely uninteresting character from the comics. They've done some ok work with the new characters this season, but at the same time I'd take Season 1 FitzSimmons over what they've done with those two so far this season. Taking the comic relief from last season, giving one of them brain damage, having the other one take off for several episodes, and then making them completely uncomfortable around each other, seems like bad grimdark 80's-90's comic storytelling. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't taken half the season so far for them to be in the same room and somewhat talking to each other. The alien writing stuff took up way too much screentime also.

On the plus side, May has been solid, and has been getting double duty lately as Agent 33. Crazy Ward has been fun to watch as well. Outside of the alien writing stuff, Coulson has had some good moments. The writing from episode to episode hasn't been bad, it's just the overall story arcs that have been dragging. The Koenig brothers have had some good lines, and between them and Hunter, there's a least some of the humor that's been lost due to what they've done with FitzSimmons. Hopefully things pick up a bit in the second half.

[Typhon]

Ding Ding Ding, you win the prize!

If there is a prize, someone else said it first...

The person who posted that theory on Reddit that Bunk mentioned way back in October?

Ya I'm not saying it was my original idea, that's been around even before the Reddit thread.

I think Skye is a (possibly unbeknownst to herself) super.

Did anyone really not see from the start that Skye had super all over her?

[Slyfeind]

Yes, I'm sure starring in a Netflix series is the exact career trajectory Jeremy Renner is looking for.

He's in the wrong job then because playing Hawkguy is not a role that is going to get him anywhere, nobody gives one flying fuck about Hawkeye.  Jeremy Renner was the one and only person upset about the lack of more Hawkeye in avengers.

Well, Jeremy Renner and any Hawkeye fans. 

I get the feeling from interviews that Avengers isn't exactly a career move for him. It's just fun. He doesn't even care about a spinoff. He has other projects to further his career. (As do most of the Avengers actors, really....)

[jgsugden]

I reread a lot of stuff in this thread this morning.... some predictions were spot on... other things that were thought are pretty funny in retrospect.

[MahrinSkel]

Outside of the alien writing stuff, Coulson has had some good moments.

I thought him going MMA-style on Hyde was a great touch. They didn't try to make him gut it out like he was somehow a match for him on pure power, he fought like a guy who has stepped out of his weight class, and knows it.

--Dave

[Abagadro]

Gregg is pretty advanced in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu IRL apparently. I wonder how much of his own stuff he did. The flying leg-lock into triangle choke was some sweet choreography. This is one of my top anticipated shows week to week at the moment.

[jgsugden]

While I remain a huge fan of this show, and I think the next phase is going to be really great - Flash has been a better show so far IMHO.  As a guy that prefers Marvel to DC and had only moderate expectations for Flash, I am surprised that I'm enjoying lash more...

But I will admit that the comic book things I am most looking forward to seeing are the Netflix Marvel stuff.  Sunday morning Marvel is aimed at the kiddies.  MAoS is aimed at young adults.  The Netflix series look like they're aimed at me.

[jgsugden]

Speaking of things that people laughed about but could happen... http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=57899

[Mattemeo]

Finally caught up with you guys in the US now. I don't know what I've said in this thread but my predictions about the InHumans being a large part of the series from the moment I saw the dead Kree in season 1 have been spot on, though I give props to my flatmate for working out Skye's father was Mr Hyde pretty early on (I discounted Hyde as he's not an InHuman in the comics, but obviously that's all changing for the MCU) and Skye is definitely Daisy Johnson/Quake.

I am wondering if they're doing a gender-swap version of Jolen for Raina, though. The plant manipulation with a shitty, self-serving attitude would be a good match.

[jgsugden]

An Asgardian shows up again:
I'm curious how they'll start to incorporate powered individuals into the show.  Given the events of the end of last season - and what some of us expect to see in Avengers II and Civil War - I think we may start to see a more 'comic bookish' world begin to form where people begin to accept that Superpowers exist in significant numbers.  That certainly seems to be where Civil War is headed.  Given that direction, I wonder if we'll start to see more supers on the show.

And darn it, I still want an explanation for where the Abomination ended up.  He was in SHIELD hands.  Then the base he was in seemed to fall to Hydra.  Is that a resource that is going to stay untapped? 

[Threash]

Meh, i wish they'd get Titus Pullo or Chuck instead.

[jgsugden]

Meh, i wish they'd get Titus Pullo or Chuck instead.

Chuck is too busy on Heroes Reborn - a continuation of Heroes that contains only one character from the original series - and not any of the other characters he cared about, apparently.

[Raguel]

Meh, i wish they'd get Titus Pullo or Chuck instead.

I wish they'd give him more to do with Volstagg . I always thought of him as a good actor, I'm not sure why he doesn't get more work.

[Fordel]

Season started up again, seems to have kept the momentum from the last episode pretty well.

[jgsugden]

I have a feeling that the number of characters with powers we see in the last half of season 2 is going to dwarf the first season and a half by many fold...

[Fordel]

I wonder how much of the budget that effect shot cost!

[Tannhauser]

Very good episode!  Lots of action and lots more Bobbi, damn she looked good in that unitard/uniform thingy.  They have some really good fight scenes in this show.  Skye's 'money shot' was indeed impressive. 

[Fordel]

Bobbi would look good in a potato sack. 

[jgsugden]

Was that the money shot where the new guy got wood and Skype blew two agents at once? The scene where the lady agent wanted to use her batons on Skye, but didn't want Skye hurt too much?

[Raguel]

Was that the money shot where the new guy got wood and Skype blew two agents at once?

I have to start watching this show again. 

[Segoris]

Yeah, that would improve this show by a lot.

They do have good action scenes, then they ruin it by having Bobbi, Xena, Mac, Admiral Adama, and some red-shirts not taking cover having a shoot out with 3:1 odds against them.