pinecone Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 No Megan Fox!...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) is currently occupied with Thor 3 and thus unlikely to make it to Netflix for the Defenders team-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 I wouldn't expect any movie character to appear in a Netflix series except in the form of a casual mention in dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 probably an early show on friday Just wondering, but does anyone plan on seeing Doctor Strange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Mace is an idiot and SHIELD is just as bad as ever at detecting bad guys in their midst. Ghost Rider in a prison has to be the ultimate kid in a candy shop. I thought it was handled well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'm finding the Darkhold to be a source of stylistic dissonance for me. Mixing the super-natural with super-science is tricky at best, but on this show it just feels awkward. It's like Xena crossworld'ed with AoS or something. I like the Ghost Rider character, but the whole Necronomic--er--Darkhold thing is an ill fit for me. I also don't understand Daisy's intransigent loner angst. It feels supremely contrived at this point. Fitz and Simmons are carrying the "fun and appealing" load almost all by themselves, making them my favorite characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I find myself really disliking the actual Darkhold prop. It looks stupid IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 The contents seemed a little too clean and readable. I expected something more like a mad god's grimoire, or like HOL (http://www.garotasgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HOL-book-one-300x397.jpg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I saw an extract on Youtube with Ghost rider in the prison. I liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 My favourite Rider scene has still been where he's defeated Quake and she's shouting at him to finish it as he just stared at her with head cocked before walking away. You didn't need to hear his otherworldly voice say "Innocent" to get it ... and as such I'm glad they've kept the full on Rider mode non-speaking. All the cons scrambling to lock themselves back in their cells in the hopes that will suffice as the Rider walked among them is another good one though. All in all the show is doing him more justice than I thought they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I get the feeling what we're seeing in Agents of SHIELD is consonant with the movie debut of Doctor Strange. Magic has become an element within the MCU, and is now bleeding into the television side as well. I like the idea of SHIELD having to deal with something they've never seen before and don't know how to handle. Their techno-wizardry won't really help much in this case -- they need real wizardry. But when you get down to it, SHIELD is dedicated to protecting the world from any threats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yeah, this is the last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yeah, this is the last season. La-la-la-la-la-la... I don't hear you. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Me neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Origin of Ghost Rider today. From AoS Twitter account: @We know a little something about ending a great episode with a bang! Marvel's #AgentsofSHIELD will return with new episodes November 29." https://twitter.com/AgentsofSHIELD/status/793649147047968768 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I hate it when shows take breaks like that. Grr. Arr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Good episode, though. "It's not me. It's the thing inside me. And he. Wants. OUT!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 "Will it hold Fitz?" "It is the strongest material SHIELD has and no one else has got out, so yes...?" "Fitz?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 "Will it hold Fitz?" It'll definitely hold Fitz. Ghost Rider is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 It'll definitely hold Fitz. Ghost Rider is another matter. LOL. Who knows, maybe Fitz is an Inhuman? *rolls dice for Fitz's superpower* Regeneration & Phasing -- odd combination. So maybe it wouldn't hold Fitz after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Okay, so the Agents of SHIELD go to get Ghost Rider's uncle's from Prison only to let him be taken from then because Ghost Toasts a member of the gang that put his brother in a wheelchair while they were trying to kill the uncle who was taken prisoner by another vengeful Ghost who gave the Uncle the means to gain the power he was after when he committed the crimes that put him in prison in the first place. So if Ghost Rider hadn't sold his soul then the uncle would have remained in jail or otherwise tormented by the ghost of his victims and SHIELD would never have become involved and released him on an unsuspecting world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 In a way, yes. Things are definitely worse for Ghost Rider's little vengeance coffee break. And that's how it should be, in my opinion. My favourite versions of the character have always been the ones that emphasise that being possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance is NOT a gift. It's a curse. In many versions of the character the motivations behind taking the guilty is NOT to protect the innocent - it's to send them to Hell for the Devil's purposes. He's not sparing the innocent for being innocent - he's sparing them because they're useless to kill: they'll head to the wrong place. Like all long standing comic characters this aspect of his story has come and gone, writer dependant, but I'm happy to see it represented in this version of the character. He's an anti-hero, pure and simple, hanging around because it suits his mission and his mission is not always beneficial to the team. (I do eventually half-expect them to screw it up... he gains control over the Rider and joins the team or something equally stupid .. but I'm hoping that it really is nothing more than the equivalent of driving off into the sunset.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 In a way, yes. Things are definitely worse for Ghost Rider's little vengeance coffee break. And that's how it should be, in my opinion. My favourite versions of the character have always been the ones that emphasise that being possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance is NOT a gift. It's a curse. In many versions of the character the motivations behind taking the guilty is NOT to protect the innocent - it's to send them to Hell for the Devil's purposes. He's not sparing the innocent for being innocent - he's sparing them because they're useless to kill: they'll head to the wrong place. Like all long standing comic characters this aspect of his story has come and gone, writer dependant, but I'm happy to see it represented in this version of the character. He's an anti-hero, pure and simple, hanging around because it suits his mission and his mission is not always beneficial to the team. (I do eventually half-expect them to screw it up... he gains control over the Rider and joins the team or something equally stupid .. but I'm hoping that it really is nothing more than the equivalent of driving off into the sunset.) Driving off into the sunset on the Highway to Hell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 (I do eventually half-expect them to screw it up... he gains control over the Rider and joins the team or something equally stupid .. but I'm hoping that it really is nothing more than the equivalent of driving off into the sunset.) I think he'll die and pass the power/curse on to the brother. I expect the brother's purer motives will help him control the demon better, so that he can at least contain it. Because if you give it to some random vengeful schlep, you go back to the status quo, which is the spirit causing random mayhem while on its mission, which could possibly hurt innocents indirectly. That'd let them have a somewhat happy but still somewhat tragic ending for the story arc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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