Joe Walsh Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's like their recycling old Buffy and Angel scripts. Remember the Buffybot? I do. But recently I've been thinking more along the lines of the Buffy episode, Normal Again. That's the one where she believes she's stuck in a mental institution and everything else is just a creation of her mental illness. I've watched BtVS quite a number of times, so when I saw the chair that Director Mace was tied to in the most recent episode of SHIELD, I immediately recognized it as one from the psychiatric ward in that episode of Buffy. Is that a subtle way of telling us that what we're seeing (at least in that scene) is in the fake world AIDA created? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Villains by Season Season One - Ward, Garrett, and Hydra Season Two - Skye's Mom and Dad and the Inhumans Season Three - Ward/Hive Season Four - Russian Arms Dealer, Mad Scientist, Evil Robots, and at one point Evil Ghosts* *Who cares is an acceptable answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 For me SHIELD's biggest mistake was to not feel like SHIELD at all. It was just "boilerplate Whedon cast of characters with interchangeable dialog" on whacky Scooby Doo adventures with misery and angst tacked on to feel grown up. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's currently the only super hero related show we're still watching. We just can't get motivated to finish out this season of the CW shows. Maybe we'll pick up the Flash, but the storylines on that side aren't compelling. And the typical CW character conflict for the sake of it, but never properly set up, is also getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sadly, this is the last season for Agents of SHIELD, so you will soon be without any superhero-related shows to watch. And I hear you when it comes to the CW shows. I gave up on Arrow and Flash after last season, and I gave up on Legends of Tomorrow after its first wretched episode. I am sort of intrigued by the upcoming Grodd storyline in Flash, but not enough to actually record and watch it. So except for Supergirl (and crossover episodes in the other shows that include her), all of CW's superhero shows are dead to me. I am holding out hope for the Inhumans show, should it ever see the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Oh, we'll just catch up on the CW ones at that point. It's not like we hate them, just not interested enough to tune in with the other stuff we have going on. And AoS is also pretty low on our TV watch list at the moment, though still on it. And there's also Legion. The first one was interesting enough to get us to watch more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I am enjoying the Netflix show so far, although the non name female investigator left me blah. Luke Cage is good if a bit slow paced for the sake of having a full season and I enjoyed Daredevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yeah, the Netflix shows are excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I wasn't all that fond of Luke Cage, but I liked all the others a lot. I am looking forward to Iron Fist and Defenders. A Punisher series could be good too if done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I like the idea of a Punisher series a lot. Batman without the money, a street fighter without powers, going up against gangs and mobsters, corrupt politicians, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I am enjoying the Netflix shows. All of them so far. Really enjoyed Luke Cage. Loved the sound track. Loved the low key, understated style. Less excited by Diamondback. He just wasn't developed enough, early enough. Daredevil season 1 was a really nice build to a crazy, action packed climax. And loved Vincent Dinoffrio. (Haven't sat down to season 2 yet.) Jessica Jones was great. Had me on the edge of my seat most of the way. Although I'm still wondering how Jessica developed her resistance to Killgrave's pheromones. Okay, it's kinda implied that her shock at doing something horrible broke her out it, but that's pretty vague. To be developed or plot hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Jessica Jones didn't work for me because I just didn't like and didn't care about the main character. She was a very strange character to choose for a show to begin with, who again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I sort of agree that Krysten Ritter was the weakest part of Jessica Jones, but everything else about the series was stellar, I thought. Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It was far more interesting than the snooze-fest that was Luke Cage. Mind you, I like the character of Luke Cage, and I think Mike Colton does a great job with him, but the series itself was mostly forgettable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 They need to do a good parts version of Luke Cage. Maybe film a better ending to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Jessica Jones didn't work for me because I just didn't like and didn't care about the main character. She was a very strange character to choose for a show to begin with, who again? I really enjoyed it overall but I wish they'd kept some of the classic noir elements of the first episode for the rest of the series (Jessica narrating about her cases, etc). It's not a proper noir-homage PI show without the narrations. One thing that did amuse me, though (as I mentioned in the watching now thread) is how many times Jessica's CC'd dialogue (I'm hearing impaired) was *scoffs*. If I'd made it a drinking game I would have been dead halfway through the series... As for Jessica's immunity I think it was heavily implied to be her enhanced healing factor (which was a throwaway line) combined with simple viral adaptation - she was with Kilgrave, in close proximity, with him using his powers on her pretty much constantly for a long time - perhaps longer than anyone else. Since his power was a 'virus' in the series I think she just eventually got better - with the murder being the last straw, the last jolt needed for her enhanced body to shake off the last of the 'sickness'. Same with the tasers - it's not explained so there are aspects to her enhanced physique that weren't readily on display (even just a really high pain tolerance perhaps, in the taser's case, and even having bones strong enough to survive using her powers isn't directly stated). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Luke Cage was great, but they took a 5-episode story and strung it out over like 20 episodes. They should have done half of Luke and half of Danny with them coming together to deal with the final confrontation. The feel of Luke Cage was great all the way through, it had a nice 70s blaxploitation sense, especially the theme song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Really? I dunno. It felt more Boyz In Da Hood than Dolemite to me. Neither of which are my thing. Something about street gangs and mobsters just leave me really bored. Daredevil was saved from that tedium by involving unconventional organizations (and villains) like The Hand and Madam Gao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 It looks like Madam Gao will be in Iron Fist also. I have 2 episodes of Luke Cage left. I have thought all the Netflix stuff has been good. My wife, who is not a comics reader, has enjoyed them also. I do agree that Diamondback was not well developed as a villain. I actually wish they had given him super powers (as opposed to technology). But then, I think they could have lest the original chief gangster in place and had him hire someone, probably through shades, to take out Luke (maybe Man Mountain Marco). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Iron Fist with the scruffy beard and Tibetan knit sweater slacker boy coming back to his family after being gone for years to train and run the super rich family business fills me with meh. I sincerely hope they do a better job with it than the trailer suggests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Luke, Misty, Shades, and of course Claire Temple were all great. Pattern Ghost, Joe Walsh and drunkonduty 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I thought the guy that played Cottonmouth did a really good job as well. bigdamnhero 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yeah, he had tremendous on-screen presence. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Cottonmouth was a much better villain than Diamondback. Diamondback was disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 So what's the latest theory on where the Soul gem will be found (and in which movie it will appear)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Possibilities for the Soul Stone - Thanos already has it. - It's part of GOTG 2 with that movie's ending dealing with why the GOTG will meet the Avengers possibly to warn them of Thanos - It's part of Thor: Ragnarok, as Hela would probably be very interested in the stone that allows you steal/control souls of the living and/or dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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