I don't think the reference to 616 was supposed to indicate we were in the comic book world, I think it was just a callout to the comics geeks.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.
Connie Neil - Oct 02, 2013 7:08:56 am PDT #3133 of 5827
brillig
kat perez - Oct 02, 2013 7:09:19 am PDT #3134 of 5827
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Phil still not a lead? Where do you place him?
I feel like they are trying to push Skye and Lone Wolf dude as the leads, no? I think Coulson is definitely the hook for lots of people because we know him from the movie, but a lot of the first two episodes have centered around the other two with Coulson being the facilitator/master manipulator/puppet master. Maybe that makes him the lead, too? I don't know. If so, then I like one of the three leads. That's better than Buffy!
I, too, certainly hope that Coulson is playing Skye. Although, "She's a risk" is going to get as tired as "Tahiti is a magical place" if they keep saying it.
Jesse - Oct 02, 2013 7:47:44 am PDT #3135 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I liked that they didn't do another round of "Coulson: live or Memorex?" again.
There was a reference, though -- she said something about a midlife crisis, and he said afterlife.
Polter-Cow - Oct 02, 2013 7:51:22 am PDT #3136 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Do WHAT now? (so not a comics person) Also, I thought the TV-verse was supposed to be same as movie-verse.
Yeah, TV-verse is part of MCU.
Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2013 8:54:52 am PDT #3137 of 5827
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
We did get another "Tahiti is a magical place." It's only the second episode, though. They have to lean on things to get the attention of the average viewer, who unlike us doesn't watch every second with hawklike vigilance. The average viewer might have picked up on "magical place" after hearing it in two episodes.
Can't figure out why Coulson would be programmed to respond to a trigger word with a repeated phrase, though. Unless that's so they can later distinguish Android!Coulson from the Real Coulson.
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2013 9:00:14 am PDT #3138 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It could also be an unavoidable side effect. Not all resurrections are consequence free.
kat perez - Oct 02, 2013 9:53:22 am PDT #3139 of 5827
"We have trust issues." Mylar
The Monkey's Paw!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 02, 2013 11:14:50 am PDT #3140 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Can't figure out why Coulson would be programmed to respond to a trigger word with a repeated phrase, though. Unless that's so they can later distinguish Android!Coulson from the Real Coulson.
Maybe implanted fake memories are a lot more shallow/redundant than transplanted real ones, or contrariwise are so much stronger/hardwired so that there's a Pavolovian response when they're referenced?
Connie Neil - Oct 02, 2013 11:15:44 am PDT #3141 of 5827
brillig
Recognition phrase, he's waiting for someone to give him the correct countersign.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 02, 2013 11:26:40 am PDT #3142 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I did laugh out loud at Coulson's final line about the fish tank.