Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


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.


Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2013 11:45:50 am PDT #3143 of 5827
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Recognition phrase, he's waiting for someone to give him the correct countersign.

ooh, I like that one.

Aww, no fish tank. Just because of a couple holes!


Dana - Oct 02, 2013 11:47:53 am PDT #3144 of 5827
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'd like the show to either divorce itself entirely from the shadow of the movie (so, no more offhand references to Stark or Thor or Cap), or commit more fully. Where my other Marvel characters at?

Ward is really irritating.