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 Well, it's been a ride so far hasn't it? What with crazy mid-season Hydra twist, crazy mid-season Inhumans twist, crazy Kyle Maclachlan...  Never forget. Best. Day. Ever. ...*ahem*, crazy end-of-season liquid rock abduction...  ...crazy mid-season undead inhuman Ward twist, (*pause for mourning*) and crazy end-of-season LMD twist...and now we have a out-of-season twist with the revelation that holy poo poo, muthafucking GHOST RIDER is joining the series?!?  No, not that Ghost Rider. But can you imagine Nic Cage on the show?? The Story So Far After his apparent death in The Avengers, Agent Phil Coulson was resurrected via the T.A.H.I.T.I. program by pumping him full of alien DNA and wiping his memory of having it done. Afterwards, Nick Fury put him in charge of a mobile team including Agents Grant Ward, Melinda May, Leo Fitz, and Jemma Simmons. On their first mission together, they "adopted" professional hacker Skye (no last name at that time, and yes we all know that's not her name, the gag isn't funny without her dad around.), who joined the team to provide computer assistance. They took care of a few minor threats, then Captain America: The Winter Soldier happened, and it turned out that Ward had been turned to HYDRA by his mentor Bill Paxton. By the end of season one, Coulson was promoted to Director of SHIELD (as Fury had faked his death in Winter Soldier), Ward was imprisoned, and Skye had begun full agent training. Season Two started with the new head of HYDRA looking for an object called The Diviner that he'd tried to weaponize during WWII. He wasn't the only one after it, as so was Skye's father Dr. Calvin Johnson aka Cal Zabo. As the Diviner was actually a container for Terrigen Crystals that can mutate certain humans into "inhumans" giving them superhuman powers and possibly permanently changing their appearance. By the end of the first half of the season, we discovered Skye's real name was Daisy Johnson, and she became the Inhuman Quake. We were also introduced to three new team members, Al "Mack" MacKenzie, Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter. The second half of the season primarily dealt with Daisy finding out her mom was an Inhuman vampire, and a splinter group of SHIELD agents trying to seize control of the organization from Coulson who they believed was unstable. The end of the season had the team essentially going to war with the Inhumans under Daisy's mom, and ended with Cal snapping her neck and getting a TAHITI mindwipe, a crate of Terrigen Crystals dissolving in the ocean and polluting the fish population, Terrigen-tainted Fish Oil Pills being unknowingly sold in stores, Coulson's hand being severed in order to save his life, and Simmons being absorbed by a stone that teleported her to an alien world. Also, Grant Ward went right 'round the loving twist in the best possible ways. Season Three began with the team helping newly minted Inhumans come to grips with their lives suddenly changing irreparably, introducing recurring Inhumans Joey Gutierrez (who could melt anything metal he was in proximity to), and Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez...along with Lash, an Inhuman driven to kill other Inhumans (more on him in a bit). The major threads of the season were the motives of the Advanced Threat Containment Unit, and Ward's attempts to resurrect HYDRA. The ATCU, run by Rosalind Price, had been influenced by the new secret head of HYDRA Gideon Malick, who had been raised to believe that there was a HYDRA God on the other side of the rock that took Simmons. Price was unaware of Malick's true loyalties. After Simmons had been rescued from the alien world (called Maveth), Ward assassinated Price (who had become romantically involved with Coulson) then Malick and Ward kidnapped Simmons and Fitz so that Fitz would attempt to lead them to the HYDRA God. Additionally, it was discovered that Lash was actually Agent May's ex-husband Andrew Garner. Coulson followed Ward through to Maveth, where he crushed Ward's loving sternum in  Quoting for  , and Fitz tried to barbecue the HYDRA God with a flare gun. However the "God" was in fact the first Inhuman, who had mutated into a parasite that could occupy any dead body, and joined with Ward, making him the Inhuman Hive. Hive's major ability was to control any other Inhuman, addicting them to his presence, and as such he wanted to recreate the original experiment that created him, but on a global scale. In an attempt to thwart him and Malick, Bobbi and Hunter were forced to be disavowed from SHIELD (actually an excuse to give them their own series...which fell through, so fingers crossed they get to come back!), Daisy's boyfriend Lincoln sacrificed himself to blow up Hive in low orbit, and blaming herself Daisy fled SHIELD adopting the Quake identity as a sort of professional vigilante. Also, Coulson gave up the reins of SHIELD to a new director, and Doctor Holden Radcliffe, a scientist Hive had forced to work for him under pain of horrible death, had created the first Life Model Decoy.  Also, Hive was pretty awesome looking. So that brings us to now. This season we're introducing Robbie Reyes, the new Ghost Rider  Along with the new Director of SHIELD, played by Jason O'Mara, whose actual name in the series hasn't been revealed yet beyond him being “a character whose Marvel roots go back to the 1940s.” Oh, and lest we forget, the dream is real.  Team Shotgun-Axe forever!!
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I just hope we get a flashback episode to close out that last Carter storyline.  Don't just leave us hanging on that, ABC!
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Sep 16, 2016 20:04
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Pander posted:I watch it on DVR and still follow along with the thread, trying to time how far I read in the thread with where the show is at. Sometimes I get spoiled, but it's worth it for the Yeah, I get the season pass on iTunes and watch it while reading the thread. So far, no major spoilers so it's been pretty win-win.
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Error 404 posted:If they're bringing in Ghost Rider, then this season might be about more magic-y stuff with a tie in to dr. Strange That's pretty much the case from what Whedon's been saying; how does the team cope with the fact that there is actual loving magic, that's not just the old "any technology sufficiently advanced enough blah blah blah".
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Sep 17, 2016 22:21
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Regy Rusty posted:Simmons is going to be upset Simmons and Fitz. Also, I wonder if they're going to keep Ghost Rider's origin as being a Spirit of Vengeance from hell, or change it up a bit to tie into Dr. Strange. After all, he's not the only being in Marvel who has a fiery head.
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Sep 18, 2016 02:22
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Klungar posted:Is Dormammu in Dr. Strange??? It's rumored he's the actual big bad pulling Mads MIkkelsen's (sp?) strings. Rumored.
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Sep 18, 2016 02:40
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HOLY gently caress, how the good goddamned does that effect look better in a TV show then on Nic loving Cage?!? Because Luna isn't cackling like a madman while it's happening? Is that all it takes?HUGE SPACEKABLOOIE posted:The eye effect they on the ghosts, were those really similar to the design of the antagonists that showed up in the Dr. Strange trailers? Truth be told it kind of reminds me of something from, of all things, the SHIELD comic where Dormammu unleashed a mindless plague on the earth to pave the way for his conquest. Which also ties into the running rumor of Big D being in Doctor Strange. I dunno. Blazing Ownager posted:Calling a twist now: A major character dies. We think "Oh, it was a LMD! Whew!" Turns out it's Ward.
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Zzulu posted:Did the Nazis get any superheroes of their own or were they just constantly owned by captain america and ghost riders and stuff There was Baron Zemo....but he was just some guy that got a purple sock glued to his head.
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sticklefifer posted:I kinda feel like after all the Hydra stuff AND all the Hive stuff, May would be the first to tell Coulson "Hey that box that drove everyone insane may have affected me and I'm seeing weird poo poo now". If they drag out her not telling anyone it's going to be really stupid. Nothing will ever trump the stupidity of the episode of Jessica Jones where she spends 2/3rds of the episode shouting "I need to be put in SuperMax!". Then Killgrave turns up, and the episode is loving saved.
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Sep 23, 2016 06:48
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Because of course Cap would be Phil's first choice to be Director.
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Sep 28, 2016 19:19
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Also, she's not wearing the gauntlets Simmons made for her in the scenes where she gets hurt.
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Sep 29, 2016 05:02
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I still wish FOX would pull the stick out of their rear end and at least make an agreement with Disney to allow Deadpool to randomly reference the MCU. (crashed helicarrier doesn't count)
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So two things out of NYCC today. Jeph Loeb was asked if we could ever see the Netflix series cross-over with AoS.Jeph Loeb posted:It's a fair question. And the fair answer is... Stay tuned. So no outright denial of the possibility, which is pretty awesome. The other thing?  Clark Gregg cosplaying as Ghost Rider.
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Oct 8, 2016 07:59
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So we may not have seen the last of Peggy Carter after all...kind of.quote:Hayley Atwell is officially returning as fan-favorite Agent Carter. However, this time she will be voicing an animated version. Not what we wanted, but more Hayley Atwell is always welcome.
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Oct 9, 2016 09:16
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Open Source Idiom posted:I can't remember how terrigen works, exactly, but I assumed he was dead? Like what happened with Triplett before Daisy accidentally disintegrated him. Only diviner metal does that. Terrigen gas has absolutely no effect on regular people. As for the rest of the episode: please bump Yo-Yo to full-time cast member, have Fitz stab more people with pencils, someone check if that senator is someone from the comics. And I would have laughed so hard if Mace not only revealed SHIELD, but demonstrated his Inhuman abilities by having his PR guy hit him with steel rods or something.
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Bruceski posted:I don't remember, did she shoot Ward? Now's her chance. Yeah, she unloaded a clip into Hive. It was awesome.
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So Jed Whedon had this to say about how May will deal with her "death":quote:Well, she's May, so she's kind of like, 'Oh, that happened.' But she now has common ground with Coulson... And Maurissa Tancharoen added: quote:[Dying] will impact her life in ways that you may not expect at this point in time. So what's the over/under on May and Coulson talking then shooting Ward's dog?
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Oct 15, 2016 05:10
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Jessica and May drinking contest.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Yes it is. I'm pretty sure all Frank's team-ups end with him trying to kill the other person at some point. Even that time he became a black man and teamed up with Luke Cage I'm pretty sure he tried to kill him.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:58
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Personally just loved at the beginning how Simmons just automatically pulled her gun suspecting shenanigans. Also, not surprised that Red Skull was after the book. But I appreciated the Whitehall name drop. Season owns, all we need is Cal getting un-TAHITI'd to make this a Best Season Ever.
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Oct 19, 2016 09:08
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So if the Watchdogs are recruiting from prison populations, they're literally a more well-funded Aryan Brotherhood now? Also, senator lady is starting to remind me of Trump's mouthpiece Katrina Pierson. This is not a good thing.
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Oct 26, 2016 10:52
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But seriously, who put that adorable ambigram on the cover? Was it Mephisto? I bet it was; motherfucker loves Angels & Demons.
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Oct 26, 2016 23:59
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Mraagvpeine posted:I thought the AoS tie-in was next week, before Doctor Strange premieres in American theaters. Don't they usually do the major tie-in after the movie premieres?
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WarLocke posted:There was a miniseries? I thought the movie with Raoul Julia was the only live-action SF we ever got? No...there was a second movie...and it makes the JCVD one look like Citizen Kane by comparison. Edit: Spoiler for next week, the origin of Robbie as the Ghost Rider! Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Oct 29, 2016 |
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Robot Hobo posted:I disagree. Coulson's "Help me Obi Wan..." when he was faking Squidward out with a hologram last finale was the best thing.  
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Oct 29, 2016 21:12
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hope and vaseline posted:I know this is far-fetched but I really wish they somehow got transported into the past for a team-up with Agent Carter This, this, a thousand times this.
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So, Johnny Blaze confirmation? https://twitter.com/IamGabrielLuna/status/793696180651880449
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So while Doctor Strange definitely doesn't have any direct links to AoS, I can certainly see AoS linking some of their plot threads to Doctor Strange, particularly the Darkhold and Dormammu and his worshippers .
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Nov 6, 2016 01:10
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Nov 15, 2016 10:20
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Spergatory posted:Daisy was already in the comics before AoS though. Same with Coulson (though he was invented by the movies). Really, AoS's most significant original character contributions are May, Fitzsimmons, and Ward. And all three are now in comics.
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Nov 21, 2016 05:14
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Zebulon posted:Nick Cage as Johnny Blaze doing a full explanation of the season so far in the same style as
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:its obviously about Satan It's actually about ethics in matter creation. I'll show myself out.
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Call me insane, but did they literally just science up a sling ring? Doctor Strange is gonna suuuuuue somebody....
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OB_Juan posted:Or that anyone else does? Doctor Strange.
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Dec 1, 2016 18:57
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Hang on, why couldn't a Koenig give Daisy a lanyard?? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KOENIGS, SIMMONS?! WHAT AREN'T YOU TELLING US??? Yes I know Patton was filming/writing the new MST3K. But it still hurts dammit.
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Dec 7, 2016 10:14
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Klungar posted:Based off of the Dr. Strange after-credits scene, it seems like at least some of Thor 3 will be taking place on Earth. Oh god, let there be a team-up between Thor, Strange, Loki, and Coulson. Best. Day. Ever.
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hangedman1984 posted:was mainly joking, but supposedly its cause Thor took off pretty much immediately at the end of Avengers2, Loki disguises himself as other people all the time, Loki is probably looking to make nice with Thanos after he failed to get the tesseract infinity gem and losing the scepter gem in the process, so getting another gem, like the one kept in Strange's eyeball necklace. Actually, Loki would make a good substitute for Mephisto in the Infinity War.
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greatn posted:Loki literally has the tesseract right now, and had the power gem but sent it away to the collector. No he had the Aether sent to the Collector. The Power stone is locked up in Nova Corps HQ.
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twistedmentat posted:Welp, that's what you get for getting into a chopper with your sister who hired men to kill you, and also the guy who tried to kill you unilaterally. I wonder if Vijay's power is that everytime he "dies" he comes back with a new power. Don't we already know who the Superior is? He's the Smoke Monster.
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Open Source Idiom posted:How likely is it that Senator Nadeer could be an unactivated Inhuman? If her brother carries the gene, then she could be a potential carrier too, right? Put Ward on the list. Just because. Ok seriously, anytime they make a list of potential suspects on this show, Coulson should include Ward.
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