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Spoilers Agents of SHIELD- The Final Season Discussion

Chopping Mall is actually a pretty decent 80's slasher movie. The fun thing though for me is I didn't discover until just this year or last year. It's still kind of fresh in my memory. The robots are pretty cool.

Jason
 
What a dope. His DVD sales probably got a bump from it.
Well, I was inspired to watch it on Prime the other night. I used to watch it in the 80s but I don't know if I've seen it since. It's a very fun movie, I think one could enjoy it even if they aren't normally one who would enjoy a typical slasher movie. The 80s tropes and looks are on full display, the robots steal the show and the soundtrack is bouncy. As a kid I had a crush on Kelli Maroney and the movie smartly sets her up as the nerd dream girl.
 
Saw this posted on Reddit, it's apparently from the director of Chopping Mall's facebook page. He's claiming Agent's of SHIELD plagiarized the movie.

https://www.reddit.com/r/shield/comments/hoz27q/its_such_a_bummer_that_the_director_of_chopping/

https://i.redd.it/2pjmg7oh04a51.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/v5BNN3n.png
Well that bloke's clearly a prat. He should be thanking them for introducing his obscure arsed 40 year old shlocky B-movie to a whole new audience. When they name dropped it a few seasons back I honestly assumed it was a made-up movie, and while I'm no connoisseur I'm not exactly ignorant of 80's shlock either.

I'm sure if they knew he'd react this way they'd have probably gone with 'Pulse' or 'Maximum Overdrive' instead.
 
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I like the lyrics in the Deke original version:

Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone dancing to disco, baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Give me everything inside and also out and
Love's strange so ready or not
Here I come like a buzz
Running with thunder, blood, and
Slow change may pull us apart
Or if the knife stabs into your heart, Daisy
Will you recognize me? Will you call my name and say it nicely?
 
Saw this posted on Reddit, it's apparently from the director of Chopping Mall's facebook page. He's claiming Agent's of SHIELD plagiarized the movie.

https://www.reddit.com/r/shield/comments/hoz27q/its_such_a_bummer_that_the_director_of_chopping/

https://i.redd.it/2pjmg7oh04a51.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/v5BNN3n.png
This just seems to me like an attempt to get attention and/or money and nothing more.
It just feels a bit silly to sue over what was pretty clearly an affection homage, and nothing more.
 
Well, I was inspired to watch it on Prime the other night. I used to watch it in the 80s but I don't know if I've seen it since. It's a very fun movie, I think one could enjoy it even if they aren't normally one who would enjoy a typical slasher movie. The 80s tropes and looks are on full display, the robots steal the show and the soundtrack is bouncy. As a kid I had a crush on Kelli Maroney and the movie smartly sets her up as the nerd dream girl.
I'd probably like it. I love those bad old B-Movies.
 
If anyone wants to watch Chopping Mall and I recommend it, you can watch it right now on Amazon Prime, Shudder, Pluto TV and Tubi TV. The last two you can download for and watch for free.


Jason
 
That’s weird, it’s not on in Canada tonight? It’s not preempted, just not here at all, I have to wait until 3 hours later on an American channel to watch it

Edit: Wait, it’s on, but the channel screwed up their schedule so it’s not showing up on the TV guide so it’s not recording.
 
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That’s weird, it’s not on in Canada tonight? It’s not preempted, just not here at all, I have to wait until 3 hours later on an American channel to watch it

Edit: Wait, it’s on, but the channel screwed up their schedule so it’s not showing up on the TV guide so it’s not recording.

I just checked and it's showing in my EPG and the tivo has it marked to record.
 
Didn't really dig the storylines in this one.

Big WTF reveal with Jaying's "other" daughter and who's she's teaming up with!

May and YoYo not "touchy" feeling, rather fighting it out lol
Nice touch of Simmons to give Sousa an updated prosthetic leg.

Funniest moment IMO:
Sousa prepping the parachutes and asking Simmons if she's ever jumped out of an airplane before?
Simmons: twice, but only once with a parachute!

Only 5 episodes left, not sure they are continuing with 2 episodes per decade, but I'd love to see two set in the 90s.
Hoping Daisy, Sousa and Coulson get more scenes again soon.
 
I have occasionally wondered over the years that given Jiaying's long lifespan (we still don't know exactly when she was born) whether or not Daisy has any half-siblings (and their decedents) out there. If Kora did indeed originally top herself as it's implied in this episode, then it would certainly explain why she was never mentioned by either Jiaying or Gordon, given the circumstances...and even more sense if she ultimately didn't, and yet Jiaying had her put down anyway.

Kora doesn't seem to be based on anyone from the comics. There are a couple very obscure and inconsequential characters with that name, but nothing of any relevance. Korath on the other hand is a name that's associated with both a Kree character (Korath the Pursuer) and and inhuman (Gorgon's father), so maybe it's a sideways reference to them, or just a coincidence?
The name itself doesn't appear to by a typical Chinese name which seems strange, though on pattern considering 'Daisy'. The word does appear in various forms in several languages from Latin, ancient Greek and several west & central Asian cultures. The closest one to making some kind of sense though is the Tibetan one that describes a kind of meditative pilgrimage ritual...or maybe Jiaying just thought it sounded cool?
 
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