Episode four gave us a closer look at our villains. We start with our Russian brothers, glimpsing the hell they survived together in prison. I should’ve known this would be a solid episode when our buddy Vlad pulled out the rib bones of their deceased cell mate to use as weapons.
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Yes, I admit it. I went and watched three episodes all at once and then a second time. I am trying to use as much restraint as possible though, as I want to really enjoy each and every savory morsel of this delicious Netflix series rather than gorging myself just because I can.
Read MoreReview: Daredevil 1.2 - Cut Man
Once again, as a super colossal, super fantastic, super Daredevil comic fan, I must take a step back and channel into a different realm of consciousness becoming a N.E.R.D.
Read MoreGroup Review: Daredevil 1.1 - Into The Ring
Tired of Daredevil yet? I hope not because you’re about to read the biggest group review on the site to date. Seriously everyone is watching this even if they’re not on the group review they’re watching it. There’s a lot to go over so a quick synopsis: Marvel got Daredevil back from Fox and they made a TV show. No teeter-tottering happens. You’ll figure out the rest.
Read MoreReview: iZombie 1.4 – Live and Let Clive
After two completely boring and formulaic entries this week is a little better. Not much better but a little better. The show in general had a great first episode and then it degenerated into formula pretty quickly.
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Damn, I thought this was another solid outing by Agents of SHIELD. Not as action packed as the previous episodes but we were starting to get story constipation and we desperately needed an exposition dump and what a dump this was!
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This week we got an action-packed episode with quite a bit of Lance’s personal drama. Plus Ray had a bit of a storyline, and in our flashbacks, Ollie meets Shado’s sister.
Read MoreReview: iZombie 1.3 – The Exterminator
Well I missed a review for last week’s show so I’ll touch on that before I get to what happened this week. Last week was largely the same as the pilot. It built on the exact same formulas and relationships established in the pilot and failed to expand in any discernible way.
Read MoreReview: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 2.15 – One Door Closes
Last week’s lull leads to this week’s blowout! Much like the B-Lister’s fight a few episodes ago this one provides the mini-Marvel movie experience. The plot is a bit jumbled, again, it’s hard to find the various and elusive A and B plot’s and instead we get several equally important plot lines. Let’s jump right into them.
Read MoreReview: The Flash 1.17 - Tricksters
Flash, dude, what are you doing? I was kind of looking forward to this episode until I started to really think about the continuity. Having to focus on continuity is never a good sign for me because it means there’s nothing compelling about the story.
Read MoreReview: Arrow 3.17 - Suicidal Tendencies
Diggle and Lyla get married, Ray finds out Oliver is the Arrow, and fake Arrow is really causing some problems for the team. Suicide Squad goes on a mission with serious consequences, and we get flashbacks from someone besides Ollie.
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Coming down from last week’s action packed B-List slug fest things slow down a little and we get a couple of very claustrophobic stories. Unfortunately none of those stories involve what happened to Cal and the Inhumans last episode.
Read MoreReview: The Flash 1.16 – Rogue Time
Holy shit, the real villains of this week are Cisco’s shitty fucking family. Jesus. I mean Thong Song wasn’t exactly groundbreaking but it did pretty well. It was all over the place in the 90’s, that’s respectable, even if there wasn’t a follow up hit.
Read MoreReview: Arrow 3.16 - The Offer
Ra’s al Ghul wants Oliver Queen to take his place. Ollie, Diggle, and Merlyn are free to return to Starling while Ollie thinks over the generous offer, and then right on cue, there’s a new villain in town.
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If I had to describe this first episode in a word that word would definitely be ‘charming’. I don’t know much about iZombie only recently learning that it was a comic book and judging by the opening credits it’s a Vertigo book at that.
Read MoreReview: The Flash 1.15 – Out of Time
“Don’t bother talking to them, they’re extras, they’re not paid enough to talk.”
Read MoreReview: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 2.13 - One of Us
That’s Angar the fucking Screamer! Number one in obscure Marvel villains that I am SO happy to see.
Read MoreReview: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 2.12 – Who You Really Are
“We’ve worked together before. See, here are the promotional photos from the last crossover.”
This week opens on the totally surprising cameo of Sif! In a budget friendly leather jacket! At least it is a total surprise to me, Hulu doesn’t have previews and I guess it hasn’t been that big a deal online but I’m always happy to see Sif. Along with Sif we get our first exposure to the Kree. Could this mean a possible introduction to Captain Marvel sometime down the road? With the establishment of Terrigen gas/Inhumans could we see Kamala Ms. Marvel? A final, random, observation before we get into the review proper: Agent May tells Sif that they’ve met Odin. What!?! When!?! Before or after The Dark World!?! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! ANSWER MY QUESTIONS PRE-RECORDED TV SHOW!
For a show that usually hangs on to its mysteries, milking them for all their worth, they really hotshot the whole Skye/Fitz conspiracy. It comes to a head by the end of this episode while the whole Mockingbird/Mac conspiracy gets cleared up a little. We know they aren’t Hydra, at least they imply they aren’t Hyrda, what they could be is still up in the air. Personally I think it’s some kind of pro-registration deal, an internal, more hardline organization looking to displace Coulson’s more meta-friendly one. I also think they’re turning Mac into New Warrior Rage. Which, if true, might lead to the start of Captain America 3: Civil War when fellow New Warrior Speedball gets blow’d up. Who knows what their take will be on it, if instead of the New Warriors being a group a doofy kids in a reality show maybe they’ll be a public meta strike force. Anyway, who knows, I just think it’s fun to speculate. Which is probably why I like this show so much, it leaves a lot of room for speculation.
Being a superfan of this show I enjoyed it. I thought the action beats were good, I thought the character interaction was good, especially one of the final moments between Fitz and Jemma and I liked what was built upon there. I also like that Coulson calls his big Loki-buster gun ‘Bambino’. The show does drift into melodrama at points but that is the language of stories like this. I don’t know how they could eliminate that without it coming off as flat. One thing that bothered me was that they pull the Thesaurus out and call Skye every word but Inhuman that still means inhuman. I wish they’d just own the word already.
Ultimately the show works for me. It answers questions as it asks new ones and pulls me along the narrative thread. I want to know what happens next, how these relationships will change, how the story will change. Will Skye end up joining the Inhumans? What is this conspiracy that’s going on? Apparently it’s so important Mac would rather choke a bitch out than talk about it. How will this play into the next movies? How will the next movies affect this show? There are a lot of plans in motion and a lot of players on the field and I’m looking forward to seeing how they all come together.
Score: 3/5
Marvel's Agents of Shield 2.12
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Seeing as this is my first review of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, I should start by giving my overall opinion of the show so you can understand my rating. I thought the first half of season one was duller than an old penny.
Read MoreReview: Gotham 1.18 - Everyone Has a Cobblepot
Hello, my name is Aaron H. and I’m a Gotham hate-watcher. This is my first time in front of the group. Before I move on the particulars of this episode I would like to share my general thoughts on the series so that my words can be understood.
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