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I'm 9 episodes into season 2 so far. Not much to say. Show's good. They made Fitz into an interesting character, managed to turn the stupid decision to kill Coulson in Avengers into an interesting story, and guaranteed an infinite supply of Patton Oswalt. That chick with the cyber mask that got burned to her face so now she looks like May but with a hosed up face is so great and comic booky and proper SHIELD poo poo, I love it. I am a little disappointed in the lack of super powered people. Absorbing Man was so great, and they made such a big deal about HYDRA having all the info on people with super powers, I kinda thought a lot more would've popped up. Also I don't care about Simmons. at all ever forever
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Irish Joe posted:Black Widow took on the Hulk and an alien invasion. May shot a little girl in the head. Took on the hulk? Ran away from and then curled into a ball for a few minutes maybe.
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May 10, 2015 15:37
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boom boom boom posted:Also I don't care about Simmons. at all ever forever She gets interestinger as the season progresses, though it feels like she's at a disadvantage in terms of writing. It doesn't seem like her character arc is as thought out or consistent as most of the other SHIELD members.
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May 10, 2015 15:45
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Apoplexy posted:Bobbi is pretty bland outside of her complete inability to tell the truth. Lance Hunter is the best new character of the season, even beating Mack. How can you say that when season 2 introduced Cal? greatn posted:I would argue May may be more badass. The berserker staff causes you to relive your life's most traumatic moment and multiply it by a bunch to induce rage. Having just rewatched this, it's significantly more badass after the Bahrain flashback. It had little effect on May compared to Ward because May sees Bahrain all the time. At least, that's what she says in the Berserker Staff episode. greatn posted:Took on the hulk? Ran away from and then curled into a ball for a few minutes maybe. I'm pretty sure that's the best any completely unaugmented human has ever done against the Hulk, to be fair.
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May 10, 2015 16:17
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General Ross don't let the hulk get him down.
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May 10, 2015 16:19
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General Ross has tons of big guns and cannon fodder in front of him. Still think it would have been cool if it were Ross instead of Talbot in the show but obviously that could never happen.
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May 10, 2015 16:26
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So, when Raina meets with Cal at the end of season one, wasn't he sitting naked covered in blood? What was up with that? I hope they tie that in somehow.
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May 10, 2015 16:57
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He's a doctor and he's a Hulk-like monstrosity who rends victims limb from limb.
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May 10, 2015 17:26
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:So, when Raina meets with Cal at the end of season one, wasn't he sitting naked covered in blood? What was up with that? I hope they tie that in somehow. I figured he was just chilling after killing some Hydra guys for fun.
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May 10, 2015 17:26
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Apoplexy posted:He's a doctor and he's a Hulk-like monstrosity who rends victims limb from limb. They fight crime?
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May 10, 2015 17:27
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May 10, 2015 17:29
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greatn posted:Took on the hulk? Ran away from and then curled into a ball for a few minutes maybe. Maybe he's referring to that "Hulk smash Black Widow" gif
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May 10, 2015 17:30
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:So, when Raina meets with Cal at the end of season one, wasn't he sitting naked covered in blood? What was up with that? I hope they tie that in somehow. He periodically freaks the gently caress out and murders a bunch of people nearby. He did that in one of the very first episodes of this season, for example. This kind of highlights some issues with Agent Carter, actually. Agents of SHIELD has a variety of characters to be interested in. Agent Carter has...Agent Carter. I mean yeah, lower episode count, and the SHIELD guys weren't fascinating by any means for most of season 1, but that's something Agent Carter really needs to improve next season.
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May 10, 2015 17:32
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The Sharmat posted:He periodically freaks the gently caress out and murders a bunch of people nearby. He did that in one of the very first episodes of this season, for example. Yes, however the aftermath was never as bad as the first teaser made things out to be, and how the Hydra/Shield report on finding Skye made things out to be. It could just be from being on network television, I suppose.
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May 10, 2015 17:47
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Kaizer88 posted:I like that she's tall and muscular. It's easy to see that'd she's an awesome hand-to-hand combatant. Kinda hard to take May seriously as the unarmed master when you see her and Bobbi standing next to each other and Bobbi is a full head taller than her. You realise that height isn't the be all for hand to hand combat right?
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May 10, 2015 17:52
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My wife called Ward shooting the dog immediately. When I told her there was a big controversy about it she said, "Why are people stupid?"
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May 10, 2015 17:53
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Phylodox posted:My wife called Ward shooting the dog immediately. When I told her there was a big controversy about it she said, "Why are people stupid?" I like your wife
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May 10, 2015 18:02
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I can see why people would think Ward didn't shoot the dog. You'd have to be blind or stupid not to get that Ward and May were loving though.Mr Beens posted:You realise that height isn't the be all for hand to hand combat right? She definitely looks like she could more credibly kick someone's rear end in hand to hand combat than Scarlett Johansson.
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May 10, 2015 18:04
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The Sharmat posted:He periodically freaks the gently caress out and murders a bunch of people nearby. He did that in one of the very first episodes of this season, for example. Jarvis and Dottie are more interesting characters than most of the SHIELD characters, and Howard Stark had his moments, though that was mostly down to Dominic Cooper's charisma rather than the writing. But other than that, yeah, Agent Carter could do with a more fleshed out ensemble. I guess they gave Chad Michael Murray's character some depth, inasmuch as he went from bland chauvinist to cowardly, traumatized opportunist. And the Chief had a good final episode, and Fenhoff was a decent villain (though the hypnosis got kind of ridiculous in how OP it was). Enver Gjokaj's character had a lot of potential that was largely unused except for his rad moment in the last episode. Interesting characters on SHIELD: Crazy Ward, Cal, Raina, May recently, Fitz, Bobbi (but more for how much rear end she gets to kick on a regular basis than any character development) Coulson, Skye, and Simmons have always been kind of boring/inconsistently written. I like Hunter well enough, but ehhhh? Tripp was charming, but his death barely had any impact because he wasn't given much interesting to do in this season.
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May 10, 2015 18:17
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Jarvis isn't interesting in and of himself really, the actor that plays him just knocks it out of the park. But I don't find Bobbi interesting in any way so we clearly have different standards. EDIT: I thought the hypnosis was bullshit too but then they established later in the series that he was just using it to augment super powers he already had, and I was fine with it.
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May 10, 2015 18:25
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Spatula City posted:Jarvis and Dottie are more interesting characters than most of the SHIELD characters, and Howard Stark had his moments, though that was mostly down to Dominic Cooper's charisma rather than the writing. But other than that, yeah, Agent Carter could do with a more fleshed out ensemble. The worst part about Agent Carter was when the agents apologized to Carter at the end after she completely hosed up their investigation and cost dozens of lives because of her rampant penis envy.
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May 10, 2015 18:35
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I know it's an Irish Joe post, but it's so hard to resist refuting.
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May 10, 2015 18:42
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That's a little strong. I didn't like how most of the agents were either redshirts or completely irredeemable like that one rear end in a top hat that took all the credit for everything. Though even then he really shouldn't have been completely irredeemable. The thing that apparently traumatized him so much wasn't particularly egregious. I mean yeah they were surrendering and poo poo, but for one thing, the Japanese were known for pulling all kinds of dirty tricks involving "surrendering", for another, sneaking up to the perimeter of a camp in the middle of the night is a good way to get shot no matter what your intentions are. Still enjoyed the show though. Just thought it was a bit too on the nose sometimes.
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May 10, 2015 18:44
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Irish Joe posted:The worst part about Agent Carter was when the agents apologized to Carter at the end after she completely hosed up their investigation and cost dozens of lives because of her rampant penis envy. What the gently caress is wrong with you
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May 10, 2015 19:07
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Is it really that hard to figure out? Irish Joe has an outlook and set of opinions counter to most goons in the threads he posts in. He deliberately exaggerates them just to see people flip the gently caress out over it.
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May 10, 2015 19:09
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And he's a master at it. I tossed him on ignore a while back but still see pretty much all his posts from people quoting and arguing with him.
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May 10, 2015 19:22
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I had him on ignore for awhile but to be honest most threads are worse without his posts.
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May 10, 2015 19:30
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Blazing Ownager posted:I pretty much agree. She follows the unwritten law that a female character will beat the poo poo out of 20 man with no issues, while a guy like Mack will get his rear end kicked every time. Ward was the only good male fighter of the show and he turned out to be evil.
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May 10, 2015 20:24
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greatn posted:Took on the hulk? Ran away from and then curled into a ball for a few minutes maybe. Tell me, what would you do differently if you faced the Hulk?
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May 10, 2015 20:28
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Dalael posted:Ward was the only good male fighter of the show and he turned out to be evil. Ward had his rear end kicked by a 50 year old Asian woman.
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May 10, 2015 20:56
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Irish Jute doors have somewhat of a point. Carter's off the books investigations directly resulted in a bunch of agents getting killed including the chief and didn't really accomplish much before the dénouement where they all had to work together.
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May 10, 2015 21:08
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The Sharmat posted:Ward had his rear end kicked by a 50 year old Asian woman. Daredevil got his rear end kicked by a handicapped 90 year old Asian woman. Asian women are scary
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May 10, 2015 21:19
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Azhais posted:Daredevil got his rear end kicked by a handicapped 90 year old Asian woman. That woman was neither handicapped nor Asian. She may not have even been 90.
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May 10, 2015 21:21
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Man, I really hope they loving kill that douchebag guy off next episode. I still don't get his motivations and just want him to die already.
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May 10, 2015 22:45
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Bruceski posted:If the show had followed RealSHIELD, for that matter, Gonzales would seem less dickish and Coulson more unhinged. How so? What has Gonzales done as head of RealSHIELD? He's thwarted 0 hydra plots, discovered 0 alien cities, turned 0 cyborg agents and failed to murder Skye. Also, he tried to stop FakeSHIELD from saving Nick Fury's rear end with a helicarrier out of nowhere. He'd look like an even bigger dummy if we spent more time focusing on his abject failure.
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May 10, 2015 23:03
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But he lets an extremely small subset of SHIELD members vote!
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May 10, 2015 23:07
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greatn posted:Irish Jute doors have somewhat of a point. Carter's off the books investigations directly resulted in a bunch of agents getting killed including the chief and didn't really accomplish much before the dénouement where they all had to work together. Yeah but that would have happened no matter what and her investigation made it possible that the number of people who died were less than planned.
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May 10, 2015 23:12
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Gonzales also rebranded SHIELD with a new logo.
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May 10, 2015 23:13
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The real problem with the SSR is that they didn't recognize the Soviet menace. As always an English person had to warn the Americans about the horrors behind the Iron Curtain.
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Acinonyx posted:How so? What has Gonzales done as head of RealSHIELD? He's thwarted 0 hydra plots, discovered 0 alien cities, turned 0 cyborg agents and failed to murder Skye. Also, he tried to stop FakeSHIELD from saving Nick Fury's rear end with a helicarrier out of nowhere. He'd look like an even bigger dummy if we spent more time focusing on his abject failure. He also believe that a secret organization can exists without keeping secrets and can work with a democratic kind of leadership. He's an idiot, and his death will be more meaningful than anything he's done since the event of the Winter soldier.
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