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Post by Queen E on Oct 22, 2013 10:47:32 GMT -5
Discuss!
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Post by Lola m on Oct 22, 2013 19:27:48 GMT -5
I love this opening scene - the connection between the two of them, the way it plays with your expectations of each of them - who can be trusted, who can't.
Battleship! Ha!
Ahh, I wondered if the woman took him for S.H.I.E.L.D., but she took him from them. To make him a 'star'. I'd be as suspicious of that as he was about the word "friend". ;-)
And we continue the "who's working for who/who's fooling who/who's trusting who" theme with Skye.
"Surprisingly unbeastly." Ha! Also, it's as good a description as any for the organization known as S.H.I.E.L..D. ;-)
Again, each small scene between Coulson and May is wonderful, quietly charged. Also interesting that young Ward figures out that the hacker guy is hiding something but Coulson knows that Skye is hiding something - Coulson always goes a bit deeper and more to the heart than just the current case.
Prisoner of them or you, no difference. But we're being shown the differences, S.H.I.E.L.D. not being perfect, but not as bad as who they fight.
"They gave him a name." Ha! I like the running joke about the dorkiness of getting name.
Lab coat doctor woman thought she was in charge. Not so much, I'm thinking. Ouch! Then he goes all fireworks guy! Ouch!!
Protect someone from themselves if you get to them soon enough ... referring to Skye obviously, but more too I'm thinking.
Ah, Skye learns that it's not the big things that she might have wrecked that hurt, it's the small things - the friendship with the team.
We learn her secret, which is good, but best was the juxtaposition of Coulson offering to help but also giving her the control bracelet to put on.
We all have to do things that are uncomfortable. Understatement!!
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Post by Queen E on Oct 25, 2013 11:45:38 GMT -5
It feels like we might be getting somewhere in the direction of an arc. Who was it who said that most Whedon shows take about 5 or 6 episodes to really set things up and get going?
It's interesting to me that I can really sense the constraints of the material in some ways...it's the first time for me, with a Whedon show, where it's based in a universe I really have no knowledge of. I wonder how those coming to the show because of "Marvel" rather than "Whedon" feel about the series?
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Oct 25, 2013 15:51:33 GMT -5
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Post by Queen E on Oct 25, 2013 16:08:32 GMT -5
With you; it's a definite "like" not a "love" at this point. It might be only because we haven't really had those moments that were so well-played in, say, Buffy or Angel, where we spend time getting to know the characters that aren't Buffy or Angel. Coulson we've learned something about, and Skye...but there hasn't been that episode like "The Pack" or "Bachelor Party" that are built around the supporting characters to make them more three-dimensional. |
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Oct 26, 2013 23:29:58 GMT -5
Hmmm. I'm with the rest of you - it's okay, but if I missed an episode, at this point I wouldn't be upset. We're going to keep watching it, because it's pleasant enough, but I'm still not hooked.
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