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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Agents of SHIELD doesn't need to be a bloody and violent show. It needs to be an interesting show.

And White Dwarf needs to start providing content. Let's hold our breath and see which happens first, eh? My money's on the Dwarf.

So apparently Sif is going to be on Agents of SHIELD.

The asgardian?

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
The asgardian?

As opposed to?

 Breotan wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
The asgardian?

As opposed to?

The great grey wolf?

It's Jaimie Alexander of "Thor" reprising her role as Sif, so I'd say yes the Asgardian.

You'd think that if they wanted to boost ratings by bringing in another side character from the films they'd pick someone who appeared for more than a grand total of 15 minutes (or maybe they'd just fix their bad writing).

 LordofHats wrote:
You'd think that if they wanted to boost ratings by bringing in another side character from the films they'd pick someone who appeared for more than a grand total of 15 minutes (or maybe they'd just fix their bad writing).

That depends. If they want to boost their ratings among women, they'd have Chris Hemsworth shirtless. If they want to boost their ratings among men, they'd have Jaimie Alexander shirtless.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Breotan wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
The asgardian?

As opposed to?

The great grey wolf?

That would be way better.

When you start relying on guest appearances to keep your show afloat, you've already sunk. I have no more faith in Whedon or in this show.

Having a guest star on is not the same as relyng on guest stars.

Depends on why they have the guest star. Nick Fury was there just to be there and have the audience go, "ZOMG! It's Nick Fury!! Thas iz the cool!!!!"

When I read that, I can totally see George C. Scott saying it like that...

I'd argue, as far as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is concerned, the whole point of the show should be its guest stars.

In my view, SHIELD should be the thing that keeps Marvel in peoples minds between films, there should be direct relationships between SHIELD and the films. Not just random tangent episodes like the Dark World one. SHIELD should act as the prologue and the aftermath of the big films.

So, yeah, Sif should pop up on the show, come tell us how Thor's coping with Loki's 'death,' give us hints and tips on what Asgards new management is doing...

Maybe a plot device found in SHIELD ends up being used by The Cap in The Winter Soldier?

Or perhaps, if after they had finished filming Iron Man 3, they got Gwyneth Paltrow or Robert Downey Junior to film a series of 'Stark Industries' adverts that they can pepper around scenes in the background of SHIELD episodes?

An example of the sort of thing I'm trying to get at is how SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis crossed over when both shows were running. Items would travel across, people would chat with each other, it felt like the same world.

On the other hand, SHIELD before Christmas, quite often felt like it had as much in common with The Marvel Action Hour as the films 'universe.'

 Compel wrote:
I'd argue, as far as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is concerned, the whole point of the show should be its guest stars.

It isn't the point of Arrow and they have "guests" all the time. When they brought in Barry Allen to set up the spin-off, they used him well and were true to the character he was before he got his powers. He was a guest. He was part of the story in an non-intrusive way. He even had a valid reason to be there as part of the narrative. Samuel Jackson was just eye candy at the end to remind people, "Hey! This is part of Marvel and we're tied into the movies we want to to go see."

 Compel wrote:
In my view, SHIELD should be the thing that keeps Marvel in peoples minds between films

I didn't go to Thor 2 because there was a tie-in to S.H.I.E.L.D. In fact, I don't know anyone who did. If this is a real reason for the show then it is failing horribly.

 Compel wrote:
So, yeah, Sif should pop up on the show, come tell us how Thor's coping with Loki's 'death,' give us hints and tips on what Asgards new management is doing...

Maybe but I don't see them handling it like that. I don't see the story even mattering in the long run because it certainly won't tie into Thor 3 or the Avengers 2. I expect it to be a filler episode where we watch the agents do the obligatory hero worship and then move on to an unrelated story.

 Compel wrote:
Maybe a plot device found in SHIELD ends up being used by The Cap in The Winter Soldier?

That would at least be interesting but again, not likely to ever happen given how the show has been run so far.

 Compel wrote:
An example of the sort of thing I'm trying to get at is how SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis crossed over when both shows were running. Items would travel across, people would chat with each other, it felt like the same world.

I expect more like how Bones and The Finder were mishandled. The Finder's pilot was shoehorned into an episode of Bones and they had a couple of secondary characters from Bones show up in The Finder. Other than that the two shows had nothing at all to do with each other and the tie-ins felt forced and contrived.

I'd love it if they would do what you suggest, I've just seen too many Joss Whedon series to believe it will.

Which is a shame because The Finder was a pretty good show and I miss it.

Not all shows with guest stars do so because they're about to die . Psych has had regular guest star appearances from its third season (its ratings were at its highest after the second) onward and they're now on their 8th season. In this case though they're brining in a character from elsewhere in a franchise, usually only done out of nostalgia (Scotty on TNG) or boost ratings (Worf on DS9). This series hasn't been around long enough to have any nostalgia.

Oddly I'm far more willing to give Shield a shot since I just watched the first episode back from the break (I'm a bit behind) and quite enjoyed it.

Oh, and I agree with Compel.

 LordofHats wrote:
Not all shows with guest stars do so because they're about to die . Psych has had regular guest star appearances from its third season (its ratings were at its highest after the second) onward and they're now on their 8th season. In this case though they're brining in a character from elsewhere in a franchise, usually only done out of nostalgia (Scotty on TNG) or boost ratings (Worf on DS9). This series hasn't been around long enough to have any nostalgia.

In Psych's case, they make their guest stars a big selling point.


In fact this season has Bruce Campbell making an appearance, fresh off Burn Notice's fantastic ending.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
Not all shows with guest stars do so because they're about to die . Psych has had regular guest star appearances from its third season (its ratings were at its highest after the second) onward and they're now on their 8th season. In this case though they're brining in a character from elsewhere in a franchise, usually only done out of nostalgia (Scotty on TNG) or boost ratings (Worf on DS9). This series hasn't been around long enough to have any nostalgia.

In Psych's case, they make their guest stars a big selling point.

So did Love Boat. Every week was another Hollywood B-lister. Well, C-lister more frequently as the B-listers all went to Fantasy Island.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/01/23/deathlok-headed-for-marvels-agents-of-shield/

Mike Peterson? The football player? O.o

I watched the episode that aired on 1/15. The show does seem to be getting consistantly better. Two weeks in a row I didn't roll my eyes more than once. I'll watch this weeks tomorrow morning, maybe, if I manage to get thru Justified and Arrow before the wife wakes up

I don't think there was one this week. Or if there was it didn't show up on the site I watch my tv on and thus I've missed it.

 AduroT wrote:
I don't think there was one this week. Or if there was it didn't show up on the site I watch my tv on and thus I've missed it.

They reaired the gravity bomb whatchamacallit episode. I think they return with a new episode on February 4th.

Yeah. No new one this week. After all, the best way to follow up your strongest episode to date is to air repeats.

Agreed HBMC......Heaven forbid they keep the momentum they've got since coming back from their first break.

The mods pointed out to me this thread existed.

My thoughts:

Centipede is a front for Cybertek, meaning we're about to see J August Richards become Deathlok. Further, I predict that while Harlan Ryker will play a role, the real big bad is someone up the food chain at the Roxxon Corporation. (Who's logo we have seen in the background in several eps and is Cybertek's parent company) Most likely this will turn out to be Hugh Jones, CEO of Roxxon, longtime dabbler in creating supersoldiers, and sometime owner of another Cosmic Cube level pan-dimensional artifact, the Serpent Crown.

However, just to twist things a little further, and more or less bring the whole deal full circle, there's one more player in this: Jones was being manipulated not only by the power behind the crown, but also by another person.

Madam Hydra.

Everytime I catch a bit of this show it just bores me to tears within about 18 seconds and I move on. Its like the Society of Bad Actors joined up with the Organization of Boring Writers, took a bag of valium, and filmed it.

Judo chop!