Agents of Shield: Odd vibe from series

tomBitonti said:

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The tension of Ward killing the clairvoyant, then being blasted by Colson for killing the wrong person, was let sit for all of about 30 seconds.
The tension of Ward going against orders to kill the clairvoyant. Ward is emotionally flat for the whole sequence.

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Flat is an understatement. I thought he was possessed/under mental control just because of his utter lack of reaction.

Nellisir said:

Flat is an understatement. I thought he was possessed/under mental control just because of his utter lack of reaction.

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I felt the same on this.

I think May and Ward now have both been individually and separately told they cannot reveal certain things to Colson under the pretense that he has been compromised by alien tech via Fury. I think May has been tasked since the beginning to find out all she can, which is why she has gone along with Colson's quest to discover more about Tahiti and that Ward was brought on later with orders to kill "the clairvoyant" before anyone could be mind-hacked into giving up "secrets." I think Victoria Hand has been behind it all, and all along, and that she believes the Fury is moving us in a direct (particularly regarding cooperation with aliens) she is ideologically opposed to following.

So, Fury and Hand are opposed on an ideological basis, Where do you think it will go next? will ward and Mai be ever trusted? Look what has happened with Sky. Even uber hacker girl was accepted in.

I like the show, but it focused too much on a core set of characters. Definitely needed more rotation in the agents working under Colson.

Definitely liking the new emblem...
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Yo know, I remember t hat symbol when i fought in WW II.

Scott DeWar said:

Yo know, I remember t hat symbol when i fought in WW II.

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*whispers* Hail Hydra

I think the odd vibe I'm getting from AoS recently is "increased quality".

trappedslider said:

*whispers* Hail Hydra

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Bang! bagity bang! bang bang! [nite nite gun!!!]

I really think that the main thing wrong with the show is that, with the exception of Greg Clark, most of the actors are simply bad fits for their characters. Only Fitz and Simmons (and Mai to a lesser extent) have any real charisma or appeal to them at all. Making Sky the focus for things was a terrible choice, and Ward's actor is just as bland and shallow as you can get. We couldn't even get a tight smile and a 'Hail HYDRA' from him at the end of last episode. I can understand 'cold blooded, does what needs doing', but he doesn't react to much of anything at all. I'm pretty sure that he's faked his switch but it would be very beneficial to the show if he hasn't - then he'd be gone as a regular.

I'm pretty sure at this point that without Clark, this show wouldn't have made it past episode three.

Part of the problem, though, has probably been things out of their control. Most of the season has felt stiff and disorganized for some reason, and I wonder if that reason is not Captain America 2. I can easily picture conversations like 'We want to do X' 'You can't do that.' 'Why not' 'Can't tell you, yet'. 'Well then our long range plan is Y' 'Sorry, can't go there' 'Why?' 'Can't tell you, plans have not firmed up'. Both TV and movies have such large lead times and yet things can change at the last minute that it might well have been a huge amount of frustration working on AoS and having to dance around what the movie-verse is doing or might be doing. Now here at the very end we have something that could have been done with greater forshadowing all along, and we have a decent Marvel-based villain group instead of 'Centipede' and 'The Clairvoyant'. Though I'm not sure why they could not have used, say, AIM as a know group this season and put them behind some of the goings-on.