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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S3 |OT| Earthquakes Make Me Daisy - Tuesdays 9/8c
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TheCowboyPoet
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Lone_Prodigy
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Couple other comments:
-the 10pm slot: so they can be edgier and darker? Melting people and brain surgery weren't enough?
-what happened to Shambit? Blew up some part of Lincoln and then that's it?
-Absolution, Montana is not a real place.
-the 10pm slot: so they can be edgier and darker? Melting people and brain surgery weren't enough?
-what happened to Shambit? Blew up some part of Lincoln and then that's it?
-Absolution, Montana is not a real place.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
His fate will probably be dealt with next season. Maybe they actually use the Raft.
metsallica
Member
I thought the back-half of S3 was pretty bad, to be honest. Maybe I'm getting a little too granular here, but I'd probably go as follows:
S2 > S3 (first half) > S1 (second half) > S3 (second half) > S1 (first half)
For as much as I like Ward and Brett Dalton, Hive did nothing for me. Never felt like a legit threat, never cared about any of the new characters; the incorporation of the Inhumans into the SHIELD team in general has been a misstep for me. I hope the darker tone of the new season helps the show, but I thought the whole Robin Daisy angle was terribly thin. Still pretty sad that Agent Carter wasn't able to survive as I felt it was the far stronger show... but I am looking forward to the reintegration of Bobbi and Hunter. Somewhat.
S2 > S3 (first half) > S1 (second half) > S3 (second half) > S1 (first half)
For as much as I like Ward and Brett Dalton, Hive did nothing for me. Never felt like a legit threat, never cared about any of the new characters; the incorporation of the Inhumans into the SHIELD team in general has been a misstep for me. I hope the darker tone of the new season helps the show, but I thought the whole Robin Daisy angle was terribly thin. Still pretty sad that Agent Carter wasn't able to survive as I felt it was the far stronger show... but I am looking forward to the reintegration of Bobbi and Hunter. Somewhat.
Nah, I think that's fair. The first half of S3 was much better than the second half. Similarly, the first half of S1 — the first two-thirds, really — is a totally different ballgame from the second half (or last third) of S1.
S2 was consistently good throughout, aside from the one goofy episode where Daisy's dad assembles a team of budget villains to have a showdown on Coulson's high school football field.
He let the guy see how the other people would die...then killed the other people right before him. It was pointless.
I wanted to give the 6 months later time skip a closer look. Nothing mind-blowing, but here:
- The news about an earthquake in San Francisco mention the Sokovia Accords and that the individual responsible would be registered, but people are questioning the effectiveness of registration. It's all connected etc.
- Daisy seemingly stole from a bank, but she might also have tried to stop a robbery instead (probably the former, but it's implied she's also doing good deeds since there's a headline with "hero or rogue?"). She also seems to be running all over the US.
- The woman and the kid are the wife and child of Charles Hinton, the Inhuman who got glimpses of future deaths. When he died, Daisy promised to take care of his daughter. The wife thanks Daisy and says "The money was too generous. And to help us relocate...", which can be the reason why Daisy might have stolen from a bank.
- Daisy mentions Cal's animal clinic as a place Hinton's wife can work at.
- There's a new Director, no clue to who it might be.
- Doctor Radcliffe went through hearings regarding his involvement with Hive. His name has been cleared with "a few stipulations".
- Like others have said, LMD is Life Model Decoy, and the doctor's AI is called AIDA, Artificial Intelligence Data Analyser. Radcliffe mentions the LMD project is based on an old SHIELD program.
- While talking about Fitz and Simmons, Radcliffe says "Poor kids have had a lot of friends die. Maybe they didn't have to.". Most likely considering the use LMDs to "bring back" dead people.
- I saw some people thinking the LMD at the end could be Jocasta, but it's just AIDA gaining a physical body. When AIDA asks if they're celebrating the inclusion of Fitz in the project, the doctor looks at the LMD and says "No, Aida. Today... Today is your birthday."
- The news about an earthquake in San Francisco mention the Sokovia Accords and that the individual responsible would be registered, but people are questioning the effectiveness of registration. It's all connected etc.
- Daisy seemingly stole from a bank, but she might also have tried to stop a robbery instead (probably the former, but it's implied she's also doing good deeds since there's a headline with "hero or rogue?"). She also seems to be running all over the US.
- The woman and the kid are the wife and child of Charles Hinton, the Inhuman who got glimpses of future deaths. When he died, Daisy promised to take care of his daughter. The wife thanks Daisy and says "The money was too generous. And to help us relocate...", which can be the reason why Daisy might have stolen from a bank.
- Daisy mentions Cal's animal clinic as a place Hinton's wife can work at.
- There's a new Director, no clue to who it might be.
- Doctor Radcliffe went through hearings regarding his involvement with Hive. His name has been cleared with "a few stipulations".
- Like others have said, LMD is Life Model Decoy, and the doctor's AI is called AIDA, Artificial Intelligence Data Analyser. Radcliffe mentions the LMD project is based on an old SHIELD program.
- While talking about Fitz and Simmons, Radcliffe says "Poor kids have had a lot of friends die. Maybe they didn't have to.". Most likely considering the use LMDs to "bring back" dead people.
- I saw some people thinking the LMD at the end could be Jocasta, but it's just AIDA gaining a physical body. When AIDA asks if they're celebrating the inclusion of Fitz in the project, the doctor looks at the LMD and says "No, Aida. Today... Today is your birthday."
Calm waterfall
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Goth Sky is best Sky. This season is meh, last 6 episodes of last season were better than the the entire season of 3.
Red Arremer
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Whatever happened to metal melting guy?
Also Radcliffe is hilarious. Him and Talbot are my favourite characters on the show.
Also Radcliffe is hilarious. Him and Talbot are my favourite characters on the show.
He peaced out after Coulson showed that he didn't trust any of the Inhumans on his team and falsely accused Lincoln of being a traitor.
Finally saw the episodes (no thanks to my local ABC). That was a surprising ride.
Here's my thoughts, observations, comments and other stuff in no particular order:
Here's my thoughts, observations, comments and other stuff in no particular order:
- It's nice to see Talbot pull his weight.
- Daisy's whole "take me back!" was not very surprising but well done none the less. The fight that followed... less so.
- This show has some real problems with the action. Sometimes they get good stuff but others...
- Radcliffe is such an arse, I love it. "Yesss!"
- The hot potato with the crucifix was great. I was kinda expecting FItz to bite it...
- I liked the idea of hitting Hive with the Theta wave generator, shame it didn't have much effect after he was freed.
- Why did no one help the other random S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that were fighting the Alpha Primitives? We heard them in the distance but nothing.
- I really like Yo-Yo's verbal jabs to Mack. They're fun.
- "I can tell by your moustache you're a man of import and not to be trifled with..."
- Lincoln wanting to "see the world" was such an obvious line, so I thought it was like communism.
- Then again, that whole "when this is over, let's go to the Seychelles!" thing was also a huge death flag.
- Wait, so who's the new Director? Why is Daisy on the run? Why is she active as a superhero? SHOW DON'T DO THIS TO ME!
- No! O'Brien! You had so much to live for! So much experience! You were there in Bahrain! (He actually was.)
- I don't get the point of the opening hallucination. Other than being there to release as a clip before the show airs and misdirect people.
- Yay! L.M.D.s! And... A.I.D.A? That's a pull.
- Why have we never seen that cloaked gun that Leo used to kill Giyera?
- You know I complained about the action in the show, but seeing Daisy mix hand-to-hand with vibrations was neat. Also neat was seeing Jemma fighting.
- Speaking of: SHOTGUN AXE!
- Yo-Yo making Mack burn her to cauterize the wound instead of the two medical professionals in the room. God damn it Yo-Yo.
- "Clever girl!" Radcliffe, Simmons is not a velociraptor.
- "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope." #ItsAllConnectedByDisney
- The moment Lincoln grabbed Daisy by the collar I knew he took the crucifix and sealed his fate. Which is a shame since I was starting to like him.
This is my ranking as well.
Well to be fair, he was probably the only one in the room with any experience using a blowtorch.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
What happened to Aussie Gambit? I must have blanked because the last I remember was that he and Magneto went to deal with May and Fitz.
And it was about as cringey as the third Matrix movie.
He got pwnd right before pwning Lincoln.
He got knocked out by May if I remember correctly. Rifle butt to the face.
Really late with this, but...
So very glad that I wasn't the only one thinking back to Putties with those guys.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Guess that two hours had me a little drained. Might have to watch the last episode again. Thanks!
Killed by Kree a few episodes ago.
This made me spit my drink.
RIP Magnoto, at least Not-Gambit survives to be surly another day.
Now that it's over, it's funny to see that Hive was more or less Apocalypse done better than in actual X-Men Apocalypse. Hell even his respective goofy blue design ended up looking better than the Ivan Ooze design.
He didn't have Apocalypse's power set, but he did have the being thousands of years old, turning characters into his servants and wanting to remake the world in his image to bring peace plan, etc, parts.
Now that it's over, it's funny to see that Hive was more or less Apocalypse done better than in actual X-Men Apocalypse. Hell even his respective goofy blue design ended up looking better than the Ivan Ooze design.
He didn't have Apocalypse's power set, but he did have the being thousands of years old, turning characters into his servants and wanting to remake the world in his image to bring peace plan, etc, parts.
A Kree warrior axed her a question.
Lone_Prodigy
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Father_Brain
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Nothing in that respect was as bad as the midseason finale, where the A-plot was about a SHIELD/Secret Warriors assault on a HYDRA base that took place almost entirely offscreen.
I'm surprised so many people think the first half of this season was better than the second; the latter had plenty of flaws, but it at least had more focused storytelling and worked within the series' considerable budget constraints more smartly.
I'd rank it something like: First half S2 >>>> second half S3 > first half S3 = second half S2 > second half S1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> first half S1
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Alcoremortis
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I really hope Hellfire shows up again in Season 4 and hits on May.
"Oh, heyy... you're that broad from Hive's town! How're things going?"
"You killed my husband."
"Ooh... awkward. So, you're single then?"
"Oh, heyy... you're that broad from Hive's town! How're things going?"
"You killed my husband."
"Ooh... awkward. So, you're single then?"
Talbot was an ass in his first several appearances, but he got serious about the enhanced threats and he stopped being goofy in the last couple episodes. He is certainly still the public head of the ATCU, I could see him being in charge of more stuff next season. He is certainly not the most clever person in the world, but he knows how to lead and organise people into action. The fall of Hydra was his move after all, he got the intel from Coulson and used it very efficiently to strike them.
And Hive is totally not dead. He still has cells on earth, they just need to regrow into a single organism.
And Hive is totally not dead. He still has cells on earth, they just need to regrow into a single organism.
Mix Master
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This season has been an entire waste, sad.
Sad!
RIP Magnoto, at least Not-Gambit survives to be surly another day.
Now that it's over, it's funny to see that Hive was more or less Apocalypse done better than in actual X-Men Apocalypse. Hell even his respective goofy blue design ended up looking better than the Ivan Ooze design.
He didn't have Apocalypse's power set, but he did have the being thousands of years old, turning characters into his servants and wanting to remake the world in his image to bring peace plan, etc, parts.
I gotta say Hive's true form looks absolutely fantastic.
My boy Fitz stays winning after escaping the Friendzone he also escaped death by Assfaces. That's not GRRM writing and it shows.
Yo-yo survives also si that's good. I knew Mack would not be in any danger given he already received his beating earlier.
Lincoln finally exits the show so yay.
Crazy doctor gets to stay for season 4 with LMDs next season gonna be crazy. Tony Stark should also sue him for creating an AI he has discussions with and will likely cause shit to hit fans.
Coulson is a badass and a Star Wars fan someone photoshop him with Leia hair buns.
Apparently the best disguise is to make yourself look like an asian popstar.
Please make a Ward LMD that likes to wear skull masks so we can have Wardmaster finally.
Yo-yo survives also si that's good. I knew Mack would not be in any danger given he already received his beating earlier.
Lincoln finally exits the show so yay.
Crazy doctor gets to stay for season 4 with LMDs next season gonna be crazy. Tony Stark should also sue him for creating an AI he has discussions with and will likely cause shit to hit fans.
Coulson is a badass and a Star Wars fan someone photoshop him with Leia hair buns.
Apparently the best disguise is to make yourself look like an asian popstar.
Please make a Ward LMD that likes to wear skull masks so we can have Wardmaster finally.
Zeouterlimits
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They should not bring back Ward as an LMD, unless it's for like a single episode.
Glad the Doctor is sticking around.
Glad the Doctor is sticking around.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I hope Radcliffe continues to be an interesting character next season. I was kind of surprised they kept him around/moved him into a less antagonist role. He never seemed evil, but having him be buddies/colleagues with Fitz is not something I expected.
