Instead of period drama, sci-fi action
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shallownessAgents of SHIELD 3.01
Instead of a ‘previously’, which I rather needed because all I remembered was a lot of cliffhangers at the end of the second series and one of them being Simmons getting swallowed up by an alien thing, we had some exposition drops, like Bobbi’s name. Nice try, Palicki, but that was an exposition drop. On the other hand, they did try to pull a twist on us with Huntingbird (but my assessment of Hunter being immature again still basically holds).
No May!
Other than that humongous deficiency it was...fine. They set up a new opposing (task)force, the current situation with the Inhumans (although my initial take on the Inhuman of the Week was that it was weird to have another close-cropped dark-haired guy with stubble, but whatever, casting director). I hope that Skye and Linc aren’t the only Inhumans standing from last season, because I feel there’s more tension to be had between people who think of the transformation as their destiny and people who are shocked by it.
Like Coulson, I’m having a hard time calling Skye ‘Daisy’. Yes, it’s her choice to switch and claim her birth name, but I’ve been on a journey with Skye and didn’t love what they did with her birth parents. So, it might take some time.
I could easily be persuaded to ship Skye/Linc.
We were also introduced to an amped up Inhuman - Sonic the Hedgehog meets Movieverse Beorn, so I’m sure the arty people on the show will have fun this season.
I was encouraging him and Linc to have a go at Mack, who I found quite annoying, basically because he was the mouthpiece for SHIELD’s self-appointed authority. WHICH IS NEVER ADDRESSED. Yes, you’re better than Hydra or this taskforce that seems to want to kill Inhumans for science, but that’s not saying much. And you were a home for Hydra for ages WITHOUT NOTICING. So stop waving your flashy new ship at me, SHIELD. Of which Mack and Bobbi are definitely now part of again, and wasn’t that whole two SHIELDs plotline pointless?
Bobbi was stuck in a white coat for now, making use of the never-before-mentioned biology degree.
Meanwhile angsty Fitz got some stubble and action-y business, though he wasn’t that stupid, I’ve seen subplots like him finding a lead to help Simmons before, and FITZ of all people having this journey? Tedious. I was snarking a lot and I can’t have been the only one who immediately said ‘...is your gift’ after it turned out that the scroll said ‘Death’.
However, it is hilarious that Jemma ‘hated aliens last year’ Simmons is in survival mode on an alien planet.
Coulson was fine. I enjoyed him with his team. Obviously he’s missing May (SHE’S MORE THAN HIS RIGHT HAND, SHOW). The stuff with the new baddie wasn’t all that impressive, but there’s time.
I’d have liked to see Team Thor’s reaction to the President’s address. (William Sadler! I approve.)
It felt like ads took up about as much airtime as the show.
Instead of a ‘previously’, which I rather needed because all I remembered was a lot of cliffhangers at the end of the second series and one of them being Simmons getting swallowed up by an alien thing, we had some exposition drops, like Bobbi’s name. Nice try, Palicki, but that was an exposition drop. On the other hand, they did try to pull a twist on us with Huntingbird (but my assessment of Hunter being immature again still basically holds).
No May!
Other than that humongous deficiency it was...fine. They set up a new opposing (task)force, the current situation with the Inhumans (although my initial take on the Inhuman of the Week was that it was weird to have another close-cropped dark-haired guy with stubble, but whatever, casting director). I hope that Skye and Linc aren’t the only Inhumans standing from last season, because I feel there’s more tension to be had between people who think of the transformation as their destiny and people who are shocked by it.
Like Coulson, I’m having a hard time calling Skye ‘Daisy’. Yes, it’s her choice to switch and claim her birth name, but I’ve been on a journey with Skye and didn’t love what they did with her birth parents. So, it might take some time.
I could easily be persuaded to ship Skye/Linc.
We were also introduced to an amped up Inhuman - Sonic the Hedgehog meets Movieverse Beorn, so I’m sure the arty people on the show will have fun this season.
I was encouraging him and Linc to have a go at Mack, who I found quite annoying, basically because he was the mouthpiece for SHIELD’s self-appointed authority. WHICH IS NEVER ADDRESSED. Yes, you’re better than Hydra or this taskforce that seems to want to kill Inhumans for science, but that’s not saying much. And you were a home for Hydra for ages WITHOUT NOTICING. So stop waving your flashy new ship at me, SHIELD. Of which Mack and Bobbi are definitely now part of again, and wasn’t that whole two SHIELDs plotline pointless?
Bobbi was stuck in a white coat for now, making use of the never-before-mentioned biology degree.
Meanwhile angsty Fitz got some stubble and action-y business, though he wasn’t that stupid, I’ve seen subplots like him finding a lead to help Simmons before, and FITZ of all people having this journey? Tedious. I was snarking a lot and I can’t have been the only one who immediately said ‘...is your gift’ after it turned out that the scroll said ‘Death’.
However, it is hilarious that Jemma ‘hated aliens last year’ Simmons is in survival mode on an alien planet.
Coulson was fine. I enjoyed him with his team. Obviously he’s missing May (SHE’S MORE THAN HIS RIGHT HAND, SHOW). The stuff with the new baddie wasn’t all that impressive, but there’s time.
I’d have liked to see Team Thor’s reaction to the President’s address. (William Sadler! I approve.)
It felt like ads took up about as much airtime as the show.
