That was...not good. I don't mind predictable overplayed plots if they're well executed, but this was really not.
I don't buy Coulson being so wigged out by the alien body. New drugs come from all kinds of weird places, and this has been established as a universe where two alien species have visited Earth already...I'm with Skye, this is not something to get that worked up about. Magical regeneration blood is not a new idea in sci-fi/fantasy.
I do not think you get to keep using "Men died for this!" as a reason why a thing is important if (a) you are the one who killed them, and (b) especially not if you bring up the night-night gun as a plot point five minutes later.
It's ridiculous that SHIELD would send Coulson's team to deal with Lorelei, knowing that May was the only female fighter on that plane. So stupid.
Me three. Someone up the chain is phoning it in. I mean isn't there somebody in charge of spotting obvious bloody stupid script holes if the writer misses them?
I did like the May-Sif scene and the Sif fight sequences. That's about it though. Everything else was a special kind of weak-ass heteronormative, sexist, rape-culutre-y, BAD STORYTELLING bullshit.
I was glad to see Sif, because I love her. I liked her scenes with Melinda May.
...and that's about it. Wait, no, I did like Coulson trying to be all super-casual, asking "WHAT ALIENS ARE BLUE JESUS CHRIST I AM LOSING MY MIND!!!" And Kree was stuck in the middle there, so I'm thinking the half-alien inna tube was Kree.
I don't buy Coulson being so wigged out by the alien body. New drugs come from all kinds of weird places, and this has been established as a universe where two alien species have visited Earth already...I'm with Skye, this is not something to get that worked up about. Magical regeneration blood is not a new idea in sci-fi/fantasy.
Right? I get Coulson wanting to get to the bottom of his off-the-books mysterious resurrection procedure, because who wouldn't want to know that? But I would expect that to come across as dogged determination, not being completely freaked out. Yes, okay, he has alien goo in him. I'm down with the freaked-out reaction in the last episode when he found the half-alien inna tube. Because...that was an unexpected revelation. But the ongoing freakout? Totally out of character, and that's just weird.
I'm assuming, based on previews for Captain America 2, that a huge theme is "SHIELD Is Not Just Sketchy, But Actively Dangerous/Bad." Which makes me think, based on the way the show is going, that S2 is going to be the team going rogue. (Has it been picked up for a second season?)
It's ridiculous that SHIELD would send Coulson's team to deal with Lorelei, knowing that May was the only female fighter on that plane. So stupid.
Seriously. What the hell, SHIELD. Or, you know, earplugs for the men. Something.
Wait, no, I did like Coulson trying to be all super-casual, asking "WHAT ALIENS ARE BLUE JESUS CHRIST I AM LOSING MY MIND!!!"
I liked that bit, and I would watch the Stoic Lady Warriors Are Stoic Show Starring May And Sif any day of the week. And I liked Skye and Simmons scenes. But everything else about this ep can just go fuck itself.
(Rereading that, my issues with this show seem to be entirely dude-related. Huh.)
Yeah - way dudebro. Maybe Joss should read something more up to date than that course in feminism he took decades ago? (Is it fair to blame this on Joss? He is the showrunner, and I thus I would think approves or not the scripts. He may not get everything he wants, but I'd imagine he can say "no" and "hell no" at least.)
Is it fair to blame this on Joss? He is the showrunner, and I thus I would think approves or not the scripts. He may not get everything he wants, but I'd imagine he can say "no" and "hell no" at least.
Actually, I don't think he's the showrunner: I think Jed and Maurissa are. Joss, Jed, and Maurissa are all listed as "creators" and executive producers, but there are five other XPs on the IMDB page, as well.
Actually, I don't think he's the showrunner: I think Jed and Maurissa are.
Yeah, I don't think Joss is involved in this show at all as far as the day-to-day goes. He may be involved at a higher level in terms of making sure the mythology stays in line with Marvel's wider universe.
Joss did say at the beginning that he was reading every script and sending notes. Whether that's still true, who knows.
