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[Himu]

Fitz-Simmons relationship has me constantly dawwwing and now I'm being made of for it.   he called me a shipper fan girl.  I'M NOT A SHIPPER

[Tasty]

Not sure it's shipping if it's written into the show...

[Himu]

Fitz is so cute. What a man.

[Tasty]

They're both adorkable. I kinda don't like Simmons after what she's pulled though, but I'm sure I'll come around.

Grant's been the best change this season. What a smug fucker. Love him.

[Eel O'Brian]

Z Nation finale was awesome. That's how you do a season ending cliffhanger.

[toku]

Z Nation finale was awesome. That's how you do a season ending cliffhanger.

Loved it too and Fitz-Simmons has been great this season.

[Himu]

Ssshhh catching up no spoilers, eh?

[Tasty]

Ssshhh catching up no spoilers, eh?

Nothing I said is a spoiler if you've seen the first ep of this season.

[Himu]

I'm still on s1

[Tasty]

I'm still on s1

Ohhhhhhhhhh shit.

Yeah, we can't even talk about this until you've passed the 3/4 point.

[Himu]

Agents of Shield

No filler, and when you think it's filler it ends up connecting with the overall plot down the road

Show is better than Arrow

So far the only filler has been the asgardian stuff but even that's because of Norse mythology

[Mr. Gundam]

Agents of Shield

No filler, and when you think it's filler it ends up connecting with the overall plot down the road

Show is better than Arrow

So far the only filler has been the asgardian stuff but even that's because of Norse mythology

Get out of here. Need to talk about tonight's mid season finale.

[Yeti]

Agents of Shield

No filler, and when you think it's filler it ends up connecting with the overall plot down the road

Show is better than Arrow

So far the only filler has been the asgardian stuff but even that's because of Norse mythology

Get out of here. Need to talk about tonight's mid season finale.

Midseason finale

Long hiatus until second half of season 2 

Agent Carter during the break


Midseason finale spoilers, don't click if you haven't seen:

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Finally dropping the bomb they've been building up to all season

Trip  :'(

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[cool breeze]

yeah. Agents of Shield spoilers

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definitely surprised something of that significance happened on the show.  also happy that Mack was saved.  he's one of the reasons season 2 is improved.

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I don't get why it's a like a four month break, even with the Agent Carter show.  iirc The Flash and other shows are only around a month.

speaking of which, The Flash's mid season finale was simultaneously awesome and

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practically the same thing as Arrow's first break.  evil version of the protagonist shows up and kicks his shit in.  then it's revealed evil-flash/evil-arrow is someone close to the protagonist.  but I think it's implied there's more comic book shit at play if reverse flash was beating himself up.

and I hope they don't drag out that amnesia/broodingfakeamnesia thing with the hobo.

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[Madrun Badrun]

yeah. Agents of Shield spoilers

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definitely surprised something of that significance happened on the show.  also happy that Mack was saved.  he's one of the reasons season 2 is improved.

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I don't get why it's a like a four month break, even with the Agent Carter show.  iirc The Flash and other shows are only around a month.

Shield was good.  Break could be to line up with Ultron. 

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There would be internet hell to pay if they killed off all the black characters in one episode.

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[Mr. Gundam]

yeah. Agents of Shield spoilers

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definitely surprised something of that significance happened on the show.  also happy that Mack was saved.  he's one of the reasons season 2 is improved.

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I don't get why it's a like a four month break, even with the Agent Carter show.  iirc The Flash and other shows are only around a month.

Shield was good.  Break could be to line up with Ultron. 

Probably that and also to ensure a continuous run of new episodes for the remainder of the season.

[Madrun Badrun]

Mid season breaks are kind of a new thing right?  I stopped watching primetime shows until like 3 years again and i don't remember it happening as a kid.

[Mr. Gundam]

Mid season breaks are kind of a new thing right?  I stopped watching primetime shows until like 3 years again and i don't remember it happening as a kid.

Pretty recent. You don't see as many reruns for serialized dramas anymore.

[Himu]

I don't like season 2 of Agents of SHIELD so far.

In typical comic book fashion they have taken a great, fun, simple concept and turned it into a self serious emo shitshow.

Season 2 displays almost none of the charm, humor, or fun of season 1. It's a depressing, boring, plodding hot mess that doesn't know what it wants to be in terms of tone whose plot moves too slow to get invested in anything. The new characters are boring, too. It's okay, but hardly fun comedic spy nerd show of the original season. We've laughed maybe once and we are five episodes in.

Here's hoping it gets better.

Also Andrex is silly for not liking Simmons for being in a deep undercover assignment.

[Mr. Gundam]

I think season two gets better as it progresses, but the tone doesn't change.

[Himu]

It's like I'm watching Law and Order and not some show that exists within the Marvel cinematic universe that has an awesome old flying red car that has Gatling guns inside its head lights and can fly and teenagers who can freeze things. Like what the hell, the tone is hilarious.

[Himu]

Curb isn't as good as Seinfeld imo but it's a worthy compliment as it expands upon the formula in a lot of ways

[Tasty]

Mid season breaks are kind of a new thing right?  I stopped watching primetime shows until like 3 years again and i don't remember it happening as a kid.

Lost had a couple awful ones. I remember s3 had a particularly awful one.

[Tasty]

I don't like season 2 of Agents of SHIELD so far.

In typical comic book fashion they have taken a great, fun, simple concept and turned it into a self serious emo shitshow.

Season 2 displays almost none of the charm, humor, or fun of season 1. It's a depressing, boring, plodding hot mess that doesn't know what it wants to be in terms of tone whose plot moves too slow to get invested in anything. The new characters are boring, too. It's okay, but hardly fun comedic spy nerd show of the original season. We've laughed maybe once and we are five episodes in.

Here's hoping it gets better.

Someone didn't see Winter Solider.

Also Andrex is silly for not liking Simmons for being in a deep undercover assignment.

No that was great but she didn't even seem to care or realize what it did to Fitz. This is a guy who got massive brain damage rescuing her. Then she just leaves without an explanation. Great plan.

For some reason I find Larry David's voice very funny. Probably the accent or something. Those Steinbrenner bits were always funny to me.

Calzone, huh? Let's see it. Pass that down. Let's get a look. Big Stein wants a little taste. Come on. Pass it down. That's a good boy. Okay, let's... Hey, what's in this thing? Eggplant, huh? That's a hell of a thing. All right. Back to business. Here you go. Very good. Very good. Excellent. Excellent little calzone you got there, Costanza. Okay. A little jealous. All right. Here we go. Like I told you last week the renovation of the press box is taking too long... That eggplant was very good. Everybody out. I've got eggplant on my mind. Costanza, go get me a couple of calzones right now. Pronto. Move it out. Big Stein wants an eggplant calzone. He must have one. Everybody out. Hurry up, hurry up.

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I always wondered if that was one take.

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[Tasty]

Also, I like s2 a lot better because Skye is a lot better. She was pretty annoying in s1. I also like Ward being an unrepentant jerkass rather than some impossibly amazing Mr. Right.

[Himu]

Skye is such a non-character in s2. I liked Skye the most because she's like me: an ideological hothead. Skye now no longer has any core beliefs. She just cares about doing what Coulson tells her to do, following rules, and finding her dad. Boring.

I haven't seen Winter Soldier. And I don't see what that has to do with anything considering Marvel's predisposition to routinely fuck up good, fun stories by making them self serious stupidity to prove once and fall that comics are an art form.

Now that that bullshit has crept up into the Marvel cinematic universe, thanks for the heads up and giving me all the ammo I need to NOT see Winter Soldier.

[Tasty]

Deprive yourself of awesome movies cause you like wanking off to B&R-esque baffoonery, brehs.

[Mr. Gundam]

Winter Soldier was really good. I'm actually surprised at how much I liked it.

It's like I'm watching Law and Order and not some show that exists within the Marvel cinematic universe that has an awesome old flying red car that has Gatling guns inside its head lights and can fly and teenagers who can freeze things. Like what the hell, the tone is hilarious.

Keep watching.

SHIELD massively improved last season after Winter Soldier, and it's improved even more so now.

[Tasty]

Winter Soldier was really good. I'm actually surprised at how much I liked it.

It's like I'm watching Law and Order and not some show that exists within the Marvel cinematic universe that has an awesome old flying red car that has Gatling guns inside its head lights and can fly and teenagers who can freeze things. Like what the hell, the tone is hilarious.

Keep watching.

SHIELD massively improved last season after Winter Soldier, and it's improved even more so now.

Himu disagrees that it improved after TWS. Not sure the rest of s2 will convince her.

But hey, Agent Carter will probably be more lighthearted.

[Mr. Gundam]

I purposely ignored the light-hearted comment and just went with the "exists within the MCU."

[Madrun Badrun]

Should I watch Curb Your Enthusiasm after I'm done with Seinfeld.

I'm almost done with Season 9. It's still funny and all but it's a bit more inconsistent than usual.

Have you seen Always Sunny?  That's the best Seinfeld. 

[Himu]

When did winter soldier even come out in relation to Agente

[toku]

When did winter soldier even come out in relation to Agente

Around the time shield was falling apart in s1.

[Himu]

I'm fine with shield falling apart. That was cool. But the stuff in s2 is on another level. It feels like a totally different show to me.

[Tasty]

When did winter soldier even come out in relation to Agente

The whole "HYDRA is in SHIELD" thing was 100% because of The Winter Soldier.

[Tasty]

Should I watch Curb Your Enthusiasm after I'm done with Seinfeld.

I'm almost done with Season 9. It's still funny and all but it's a bit more inconsistent than usual.

Have you seen Always Sunny?  That's the best Seinfeld.

[toku]

I'm fine with shield falling apart. That was cool. But the stuff in s2 is on another level. It feels like a totally different show to me.

Feels more like a continuation of s1 to me. That back third of s1 was just as serious and bleak.

[Tasty]

I'd even say the show recently has been punchier than the last bit of s1. Kyle MacLachlan is a mad genius and jerkass Ward is great on-screen.

[Himu]

I'm fine with shield falling apart. That was cool. But the stuff in s2 is on another level. It feels like a totally different show to me.

Feels more like a continuation of s1 to me. That back third of s1 was just as serious and bleak.

It was, but at the same time it wasn't this bleak or this serious. I don't know, the writing seems off to me compared to the tail end of s1. Even with all the bleakness, s1 still managed to inject some light heartedness into the equation. Fitz-Simmons had some jokes even in the face of death underwater. Agent Garrett ends up being randomly blown up by a big ass laser. They get into Lola and sky drive it thousands of feet in the air. Agent May's fury against Ward. They end up having to use 50's era spy weapons to break into a facility, hilarious. They push an entire file cabinet out of a window, hell yeah. "I'm here to deliver a pizza for Pablo Jiminez."

The end of season 1 had the perfect mix of comedy and serious. The stakes were high, sure. But the show never took itself nearly as seriously as this. season 2 doesn't have any of that charm or awesome stuff happening I just listed. Despite the stakes, the end of season 1 remembered it was still a show based off of comic books. Season 2 literally feels like some Fox procedural serious drama show like Fringe or something.

I'm not sure we've been watching the same show.

[Himu]

Doubt it's better than Spider-Man 2 (OG) or Avengers but I'll rent it

[toku]

Winter Soldier and IM3 are probably the most impressive "modern" marvel movies. They totally surprised me. Winter Soldier especially.

[Madrun Badrun]

but you're just wrong about that, like himu is of shield. 

[Himu]

Shield s2 gets better. The character development is still bad, and lacking focus, though.

[Madrun Badrun]

Flash was good.  Iris is so mmmmmmmmm

[Madrun Badrun]

meh, that's what avengers is for

[benjipwns]

How are we treating Guardians, is it a "Marvel movie" or a movie that happens to be Marvel?

[toku]

How are we treating Guardians, is it a "Marvel movie" or a movie that happens to be Marvel?

It's a Marvel movie? I don't get why you wouldn't treat it like one? Kree, Thanos, Nova Corps and Ronan etc are all Marvel as fuck.

[benjipwns]

Well, I just mean we're talking hott Marvel movies and we aren't talking about the hottest there be. (Literally, more suns shown per minute than any other Marvel movie.)

[Himu]

Arrow

Now that's how you mix plot and character development. It was terrible even comparing Agents of Shield to this show.

How are we treating Guardians, is it a "Marvel movie" or a movie that happens to be Marvel?

An overrated movie.

[toku]

You excited himu-sempai?

[Himu]

What the fuck is THAT?

[Madrun Badrun]

Seriously? 

[Himu]

Haven't heard about it.

[Tasty]

1940's SHIELD spinoff focusing on Cap's squeeze before she croaked in TWS (spoiler.)

[Madrun Badrun]

Have you at least seen Captain America 1? 

this is basically the show pilot

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1viter_marvel-one-shot-agent-carter-2013_shortfilms

[Himu]

Cap 1 put me to sleep literally

[benjipwns]

An overrated movie.

1. It's one of the few non-overrated movies on rottentomatoes.
b. You're an overrated movie!

[Madrun Badrun]

Wait she dies in TWS?

[Tasty]

Wait she dies in TWS?

Pretty sure.

[Madrun Badrun]

I forgot Bradley Whitford was in that One Shot.  Hopefully he is in the show as well.