I don't feel that the show has suffered due to the movies. It's a popular opinion in some circles but that doesn't make it so.
Agents of SHIELD - Season 2 Discussion Threads. (Spoilers Likely)
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I confess that joke flew completely over my head.
I'm old and barely know who Sonic the Hedgehog is. Some kid's cartoon character, right?
As nice as it would have been, honestly I think even that would have been *really* clunky.
I think Whedon's attitude is about right. Either deal with it head on with the attention it deserves, or not at all. A half measure would just feel cheep and unnecessary.
originally a video game by SEGA
Yeag, basically just a blue hedgehog running really fast and collecting lots of gold coins.
"Language, Captain!"
Actually, with the Fury fake-out in TWS, I don't know that Cap would actually be distracted enough to comment on it at the time.
This season made a point of occasionally referencing Strucker in a way that made his HYDRA operation seem like something compartmentalized that Coulson's SHIELD wasn't dealing with. Maybe the reason they weren't going after Strucker was because Coulson knew that the Avengers were on the case.
Agreed. I said the same thing - and I even said 30 seconds, too.
. This is a good idea. Satisfys the needs of both sides.
Kal grew on me. If he wasn't a mass murderer, he'd be great.
I hope he doesn't get possessed again.
They did show the aftermath on a screen in the background and they pointed out that a week went by. They had more pressing issues, the Inhumans.
Kinda,,,
Ben, the reporter, wrote a story on the Hulk and a Levethian (the flying monster in Avengers). The article is seen in the background of his office. Also, I remember a baddie pointing out Daredevil "didn't have fancy armor or a magic hammer" or something like that. They gave the MCU a nod.
Days of Futures Past brought back Xavier without a word and it was still blockbuster.
Yes, I know. I watched the show. But the point is that those were just incidental details, Easter eggs and nothing more. If you cut them out, it wouldn't have changed anything about the plot or the character arcs. The only thing from the larger MCU continuity that had any actual effect on the storyline was the Battle of New York in The Avengers, and not only was that three years ago, but it was just used as an excuse to explain why Hell's Kitchen was run down and corrupt like it is in the comics rather than trendy and gentrified like it is in reality. So there was nothing in the show that had to connect to current or upcoming events in the movies.
The characters in Agents of SHIELD are operating in an overlapping sphere with the movie characters, so either their storylines are affected by the movies or the audience wonders why. But the Netflix shows are about street-level characters who've never even met the Avengers or Nick Fury, so anything from the movies is just a background detail. That makes it easier to keep them on an independent path -- which is certainly not the same thing as saying they don't acknowledge the larger universe at all.
Yeah, but nobody minds much when a widely disliked movie is retconned by a later one. The Avengers was anything but widely disliked.
Honestly, I was surprised when that wasn't revealed in the final scene of that movie. It seemed like they were telegraphing it all along.
Yay! I was sure AoS would be renewed, but I wasn't sure about Agent Carter.
Agents of Shield doesn't surprise me and I was a bit concerned about Agent Carter until a week or so ago when Haley Attwell's photo session at C2E2 said it was likely!
Great news!!!
As happy as I am for AoS's renewal, I am equally sad that the Mockingbird spin-off appears to be dead.
At this point its all hearsay from Deadline. Nothing official has been announced one way or the other.
I do agree though, despite the wonderful news about both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter's renewal, both items do tend to put a pinprick in the balloon that might have been the Mockingbird show.
We'll find out eventually; I prefer to remain optimistic.
I do agree though, despite the wonderful news about both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter's renewal, both items do tend to put a pinprick in the balloon that might have been the Mockingbird show.
We'll find out eventually; I prefer to remain optimistic.
OH, that's just the universe being a jerk.
She's done nothing wrong.
She's done nothing wrong.
^ Yeah exactly... based on what I've heard, the WW pilot was a total mess (and not because of Palicki). And there could be plenty of reasons why the Mockingbird pilot didn't get made. Maybe the script sucked. Maybe the suits decided two MCU shows on ABC are enough. Or maybe they like some of their other scripts/pilots more.
No, I like her a lot. Very entertaining as Mockingbird (and in John Wick and various other roles).
Quite simply, they may have decided that an AOS show would be too weak without Bobbi and Hunter (and maybe Mack or someone else they might have taken from the show too).
They also may have decided that AOS simply wasn't strong enough to support a spinoff ratings-wise.
That said, I'm going to hold on to a tiny bit of hope that maybe we'll still get a Mockingbird miniseries next spring, maybe just 6-8 episodes, running at the same time as Shield, and with a nice big crossover where they all come together at the end.
Okay, I'll admit that's highly unlikely. But isn't it a nice idea?
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