ANT MOVIES for ANT PEOPLE
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
http://digboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Adam-Ant300.jpg
I'm gonna keep watching. Just dying for a decent sci-fi-ish show right now. I dug Contiuum (and will probably still watch it), but it's pretty goofy, with all of TEH CORPORATIONS! hand-wringing...
― schwantz, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
Decent-ish: Continuum (lol), Orphan Black, uhhh maybe some other stuff
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 27 September 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
I keep expecting Broadchurch to go all sci-fi because of Tennant and Darvill
― smang culture (DJP), Friday, 27 September 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
I'm sorry that I didn't recognize that the Marvel comics movies are ADULT MOVIES for ADULT PEOPLE
the point was that there's not a lot of precedent for a prime-time network show that's supposed to tie in between previous and next parts of the one of the biggest movie franchises ever. that there have been animated spin-offs on kids networks is beside the point (also tron: uprising and clone wars are both prequels to films already released).
― da croupier, Friday, 27 September 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
it's a good point
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 27 September 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
was i the only one who could barely decipher the eurotwins when they were babbling?
― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 September 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
like, one of the main repeated plot points of every SHIELD comics series or Nick Fury plot since Steranko's era is the repeated use of life model decoys, so they're probably going to use it at some point
LMDs are the worst, if they have any sense they wont infect the movie universe with them
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 27 September 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
i thought they were gonna remake coulson as the vision which i can cosign but who knows now
― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 September 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
while i hope they go full cape they might just have him be the smug countenance of a computer system named vision (like jarvis with attitude) but still call him coulson
― da croupier, Friday, 27 September 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/27233/Phil%20Coulson%20evolution%20to%20Vision.jpg
― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 September 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
it's a show built around a breakout character of a billion dollar movie and he was just super annoying in the pilot, feels like a case of joss and co losing track of what made people like him
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 September 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
and GOD young hot main character dude was boring
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 September 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, for a show with so many characters it totally lacked character.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 September 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
yep
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 September 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
sort of baffles me that Coulson could be seen as interesting/likeable enough to have a primetime series based around him, but you know, big box office gets folks excited.
that episode 1 ending. so bad. SO BAD.
"Where we're going, we don't need quality writing."
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
Funny thing is, I believe the flying car is one of the few elements pulled straight from the early SHIELD stories. They should have left it in 1966 where it belonged.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
if you thought Ep1 was bad...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, this is terrible and shows no signs of improvement. Tom Spurgeon's review is pretty accurate and gave it all the bandwidth it deserves --
I know that early-season episodes of a new TV series can be really uneven, but I was still fairly shocked how distressingly generic and cheap-looking and narratively slack Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed. There were very few characters but they still dramatically overlapped; much of the dialogue felt the same to me across the board. You could shove that entire cast into a CSI or a NCIS or some syndicated show about a mutant superteam without blinking, which I suppose is the point. The bad guys in last night's episode could have strolled over from the set of a Burn Notice or a Strike Back and not had to change clothes. Perhaps worst of all, I got no sense of basic physical stakes in any of the action scenes. I don't know. The Marvel universe was a rich, distinctive place for me to spend time when I was a kid and a teen -- I visited for years afterwards -- and I get the sense from today's Marvel comic books when I see them that there's still a feel to the place that keeps those readers enthusiastic. From this, I got nothing.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
haven't seen last night's episode yet but I loved the pilot
― smang culture (DJP), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
couldn't bring myself to watch episode 2 after catching a glimpse on-air between dvr'd shows. Will go back if people say it gets interesting but man, sure looks like generic smug detective shit
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:51 (ten years ago) link
but without the detection...
or andre braugher...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
Well, two apparently shitty eps in a row makes things easy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:10 (ten years ago) link
dear joss: stop. making. miniature dull action b-movies! please for the love of fuck make a tv show!
ugh i swear if joss wasn't involved I would be SO done with this. awkard, wooden, expositiony & sooo telegraphed. i just wanted the whole show to get sucked out of that plane so we could start over.
but i'm staying signed on. for now. but if it stays this flat I'll kill myself out of sheer boredom.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
joss isnt really involved, he just did the pilot and handed it off to his brother... Jed Whedon (not joking)
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
His brothers have done some really good work on other shows (Southland etc.) but man this second episode blew.
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:44 (ten years ago) link
It doesn't help that it looks so shitty compared to something like Strike Back.
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
i love buffy but i have a really hard time with non-buffy whedon, there was something about that show that balanced out his smarminess... a sort of emotional purity or something... his shtick is super hard for me to take otherwise
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 3 October 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
the only Whedon show I've unreservedly liked is Firefly; this one seems to be in a similar vein with bits of Chuck painted over the top
― smang culture (DJP), Thursday, 3 October 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
i couldnt totally handle firefly
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 3 October 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
admittedly I wanted to marry pretty much every female character on Firefly so that probably informs my appreciation of the show
― smang culture (DJP), Thursday, 3 October 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
There's a lot of shittiness to that pilot that totally goes beyond anything Whedon might specifically have done wrong. Hell, maybe he made it better! Because the show was bad on so many fundamental levels that I have trouble blaming the peripheral auteur, who is neither the showrunner nor even a real driving force of this mess. Starting with the casting: that bland dude and the hacker girl are so not Whedon archetypes. It's like they cast from some Hollywood hack list and struggled to make them convincing dialog spouters, which they were not. "Cabin in the Woods" (and most of his previous work) showed a knack for discovering unknowns and matching them to the perfect character. This one, on the other hand ... those Scottish (right?) twins were the closest to the Whedonverse we got. The rest of the characters were anony-nobodies.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Like, this is the guy who found leads like James Marsden, Alyson Hannigan, David Boreanaz, Nathan fuckin' Fillion...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
I don't think they're twins...one is Scottish and one is English
― Number None, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
fraternal
― smang culture (DJP), Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
immortal hollywood icons like david boreanaz
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
well, he's been starring in a relatively successful drama for the past 8 years
― smang culture (DJP), Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
Also, he was perfect as Angel. Unlike the wooden charisma vacuum in this show.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
I didn't mean he discovered great actors, just great actors for his projects.
There's a lot of shittiness to that pilot that totally goes beyond anything Whedon might specifically have done wrong. Hell, maybe he made it better!
I read some story somewhere which claimed he did just that. As in after the fact. As in someone at the network saw however much of the show existed at some point recently and brought him back to do some major patchwork.
― Coke Opus (Old Lunch), Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
He did the same for the new Thor, reportedly.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
I could only watch about five minutes of the second episode, maybe I'll try again later
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 3 October 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
which five? were they continuous or was it like five individual watchable minutes spread over the hour?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 3 October 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
lol, I'm gonna end up watching this over the weekend and it will basically be pleasant-enough action TV and I will wonder why everyone is reacting like the show spent 48 minutes vivisecting kittens
― smang culture (DJP), Thursday, 3 October 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
i have set the recorder for this.will become a sunday afternoon thing for me and mk2 who at 10 is probably the perfect age for it, so, i care not re the fine detail.just crappy tv for me and the lad to enjoy.
― mark e, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
DJP is pretty much otm, the show is entertaining enough
― Mordy , Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
every time a poster blurb trails off like "entertaining..." I'm now going to assume the next word was "enough."
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
"Agents Of SHIELD is a pulse-pounding thrill-ride to the minimum!"
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
it's not *horrible*, i think my expectations were too high?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link