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Does Agents of Shield deserve a Season Seven

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 34.0%
  • Most Definitely

    Votes: 16 15.5%
  • Wait, what happen to Six?

    Votes: 13 12.6%
  • Only if they include The Daughters of the Dragon

    Votes: 12 11.7%
  • Thor 2: The Ghost Rider

    Votes: 27 26.2%

  • Total voters
    103

Auros01

Avenger
Nov 17, 2017
5,512
Why would a show that is a half decade old and can barely attract an audience when it's available for free over the airwaves entice people to sign up for a streaming service?

It would just be another reason to sign up. I'm not saying it's the marquee reason - that would obviously go to any other Stars Wars or Marvel live-action shows. This is just a good candidate to fill out their initial catalog.
 

Zeouter

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,606
Ireland
Yeah, it's not a bad point, getting an active passionate base in quickly would be a priority.
Depends on what they have lined up and how much they're going to invest.
 

argonsmash

Member
Oct 25, 2017
313
Phil Coulson is dying.

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What if he turns into a kree?
 

Link

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
3,623
I think part of it is that this show still holds to 22-episode seasons. For a serialized show, that's really long - especially with Netflix and Hulu originals changing the expectation of serialized shows to being only 10-13 episodes long.

I think it worked better in Season 4 because of the 3-pod approach but, naturally, 22-episode seasons prevent people from catching back up on Netflix because it's so many hours of TV to get through.
Shorter seasons predates streaming services by quite a while. HBO and other cable networks have been running 10-13 episode seasons for over 20 years.

But yes, splitting the seasons into pods was the best thing AoS did for itself.
 

absolutbro

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,628
Just watched ep 100 on Hulu. The Deathlok cameo was a glorious gutshot. Sad they won't keep him around but glad he was back. Loved the whole ep, even if I internally cringed at fear dimension. The execution was really good, but the naming not so much.

Still. Loved the whole thing, the Deke reveal and Fitzsimmons finally being together.
 

luca

Member
Oct 25, 2017
16,530
We got 10 episodes left.

What threads are left to be dealt with?

Also, I would like to see those rogue Skye LMDs Deke saw in the city cause some havoc.
 

ZeoVGM

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
76,219
Providence, RI
Lots of interesting guest stars in the March 30 episode.

Guest starring are Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Catherine Dent as General Hale, Dove Cameron as Ruby, Peter Mensah as Qovas, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot, Jack Fisher as George Talbot, Alyssa Jirrels as teenage Hale, Adam Faison as teenage Jasper Sitwell, Joey Defore as young Baron Von Strucker, Graham Sibley as Professor Steger, Rocky McMurray as General Fischer and Lyn Alicia Henderson as Dr. Ford.
 

BrokenFiction

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,325
ATL
Lots of interesting guest stars in the March 30 episode.

Guest starring are Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Catherine Dent as General Hale, Dove Cameron as Ruby, Peter Mensah as Qovas, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot, Jack Fisher as George Talbot, Alyssa Jirrels as teenage Hale, Adam Faison as teenage Jasper Sitwell, Joey Defore as young Baron Von Strucker, Graham Sibley as Professor Steger, Rocky McMurray as General Fischer and Lyn Alicia Henderson as Dr. Ford.

Whitehall?! YESSSS.
 

Arthands

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
8,039
Lots of interesting guest stars in the March 30 episode.

Guest starring are Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Catherine Dent as General Hale, Dove Cameron as Ruby, Peter Mensah as Qovas, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot, Jack Fisher as George Talbot, Alyssa Jirrels as teenage Hale, Adam Faison as teenage Jasper Sitwell, Joey Defore as young Baron Von Strucker, Graham Sibley as Professor Steger, Rocky McMurray as General Fischer and Lyn Alicia Henderson as Dr. Ford.

I was thinking about the lack of Daniel Whitehall in episode 100 so yes for him! but no JiaYing and Raina is a little saddening
 

BDS

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
13,845
So based on that cool guest star listing I'm guessing we're getting

A HYDRA meeting from a couple decades ago featuring Strucker, Sitwell, Whitehall, and Hale. They could have also put in young Garrett, Pierce, and Malick if they wanted, but maybe they're on a different mission
 

CallMeShaft

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
3,365
Lots of interesting guest stars in the March 30 episode.

Guest starring are Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Catherine Dent as General Hale, Dove Cameron as Ruby, Peter Mensah as Qovas, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot, Jack Fisher as George Talbot, Alyssa Jirrels as teenage Hale, Adam Faison as teenage Jasper Sitwell, Joey Defore as young Baron Von Strucker, Graham Sibley as Professor Steger, Rocky McMurray as General Fischer and Lyn Alicia Henderson as Dr. Ford.
Damn, some of those names are a blast from the past.
 

luca

Member
Oct 25, 2017
16,530
I remember none of those guest stars so it's a little uninteresting to me.

Cool to see young Von Strucker and Jasper Sitwell thought. I don't remember Daniel Whitehall, was he in Season 2 or 3?
 

enzo_gt

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,299
That last episode, man. I thought it was just okay but them throwing the everything and the kitchen sink in there really makes it apparent that this season is going to be the last for the show.

That one sequence though, incredible.
 

SushiReese

Member
Oct 30, 2017
2,009
I just rewatched episode 8 and found that Fitz already wore the wedding ring. It means that in the past loop Fitz and Simmons still got married, and Jemma would be killed in the future after gave birth to Deke's mother. Consider Yo-yo's arms already got cut off. They still did not break the loop I think.
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Edit: And consider their wedding rings were chosen by Deke, it means that Deke also transported to modern timeline in the last loop, right?
Time trave is messed up.
 
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DBT85

Resident Thread Mechanic
Member
Oct 26, 2017
16,306
I just rewatched episode 8 and found that Fitz already wore the wedding ring. It means that in the past loop Fitz and Simmons still got married, and Jemma would be killed in the future after gave birth to Deke's mother. Consider Yo-yo's arms already got cut off. They still did not break the loop I think.
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Edit: And consider their wedding rings were chosen by Deke, it means that Deke also transported to modern timeline in the last loop, right?
Time trave is messed up.

I thought the fact that they were still in the same loop was obvious. They didn't let Coulson die and Yo-Yo already got chopped.

Hopefully they break the loop and Gemma doesn't die as with everything those two have gone though I'm not sure I can take it. So I now fully expect it to still happen :(
 

vivftp

Member
Oct 29, 2017
19,765
Yup, the loop is still playing out the way it always has and will continue to do so until probably the last episode of this entire arc where they finally break it.
 

Aprikurt

▲ Legend ▲
Member
Oct 29, 2017
18,783
If it loops again I hope we don't have to see Kassius. Most irritating villain on the show by far. Blue cry baby.
 

milamber182

Member
Dec 15, 2017
7,738
Australia
I think part of it is that this show still holds to 22-episode seasons. For a serialized show, that's really long - especially with Netflix and Hulu originals changing the expectation of serialized shows to being only 10-13 episodes long.

I think it worked better in Season 4 because of the 3-pod approach but, naturally, 22-episode seasons prevent people from catching back up on Netflix because it's so many hours of TV to get through.

AOS is better than the MCU movies, IMO. As much as I like them they're easily forgettable and AOS kills it with their character development and arcs. I guess the movies are just easier to digest.
 

SRG01

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,020
AOS is better than the MCU movies, IMO. As much as I like them they're easily forgettable and AOS kills it with their character development and arcs. I guess the movies are just easier to digest.

That's because TV shows generally have more time to develop plot points and attachment to characters.

Hell, that's why, amongst other reasons, AIDA was universally regarded as a better robot villain than Ultron. That slow burn and feeling of dread eclipses anything AoU attempted to do.
 

Aprikurt

▲ Legend ▲
Member
Oct 29, 2017
18,783
AOS is better than the MCU movies, IMO. As much as I like them they're easily forgettable and AOS kills it with their character development and arcs. I guess the movies are just easier to digest.
Dude I've gone a long way from thinking AOS was trash in comparison to the genuinely now trash Netflix shows, but this is a bit of a stretch.
 

Auros01

Avenger
Nov 17, 2017
5,512
AOS is better than the MCU movies, IMO. As much as I like them they're easily forgettable and AOS kills it with their character development and arcs. I guess the movies are just easier to digest.

I think AoS and the MCU movies have to be viewed in their separate contexts. Of course AoS does better and overall character development and arcs because they are allotted the time to do so - they get 22 episodes each season to do this (so 15+ actual hours of story). I would surprised if they didn't excel in this area.

The MCU movies, on the other hand, have a tell a complete story in each movie... often starting from scratch (in the case of new solo movies). Just consider that even some of the longest running characters - like Cap or Iron Man - have, at best, about 10 hours of movie time to develop (3 solo movies and 2 Avenger movies).

It's not really an apples and oranges comparison. However, I obviously wouldn't disagree with you like AoS better than the MCU movies. I think that's a perfectly valid and understandable opinion.
 

BKatastrophe

Member
Oct 28, 2017
13,359
Just finished the 100th

Tears bruh

Fucking tears

Also, I think they might be in a different loop. Wouldn't Deke being there signify that? The monolith is destroyed, which means there's no way that they can get back after they get sent forward.

Right?
 

Tetsujin

Unshakable Resolve
The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
3,466
Germany
Deke was always there. He gave Jemma a ring which she'll pass on to her grandson (Deke) in the future which is how he has it in the first place.

The monolith was already destroyed in the future, that's why only a fragment remained and they needed Flint to make a new one. In this episode we saw how it happened.
 

BKatastrophe

Member
Oct 28, 2017
13,359
Damn that's right.

Shit

When is Yo-Yo gonna drop the knowledge bomb of needing to let Coulson die? Or did she and I wasn't paying attention?
 

KarmaCow

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,162
Damn that's right.

Shit

When is Yo-Yo gonna drop the knowledge bomb of needing to let Coulson die? Or did she and I wasn't paying attention?

Not yet, she's kinda busy dealing with her arms being chopped off. I hope she does say it soon though, I hate when there are problems that come from people simply not talking. I don't think she's even mentioned that she's spoke to herself from a previous loop.
 

BKatastrophe

Member
Oct 28, 2017
13,359
Not yet, she's kinda busy dealing with her arms being chopped off. I hope she does say it soon though, I hate when there are problems that come from people simply not talking. I don't think she's even mentioned that she's spoke to herself from a previous loop.
She's told Mack. I mean, he was there when Kassius killed her.

My assumption right now is that the rift does reopen, and Daisy uses her powers to try and close it. That's what breaks the Earth. The signal, of course, having brought the Kree who arrive after. I'm going to assume that the rift reopens during a battle with the evil squad or whatever they are right now.

Where saving Coulson comes into play, however, is the trick. According to Yo-Yo, that's the deciding factor. I don't think it was at this point.
 

KarmaCow

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,162
She's told Mack. I mean, he was there when Kassius killed her.

Did she? It seemed like Mack just accepted it as a some sort of trick just to fuck with him rather than it literally being her. I would think he would be more freaked out by Yo-yo getting her arms chopped if he was aware that it happened in a previous loop.
 

BKatastrophe

Member
Oct 28, 2017
13,359
Did she? It seemed like Mack just accepted it as a some sort of trick just to fuck with him rather than it literally being her. I would think he would be more freaked out by Yo-yo getting her arms chopped if he was aware that it happened in a previous loop.
Well, you have to take into consideration: they didn't realize they hadn't changed anything until Yo-yo got her arms cut off. She even mentions that it is all happening and it's happening faster than expected, because earlier she told Mack that she had talked to her previous/future (?) self about the changes, PLUS her other self had her arms cut off. Granted, they both make the assumption that Kassius resurrected her specifically to take her off of her game, but as far as we can tell Kassius just killed Yo-yo when she came at him (remember May's encounter with her on the station). Then brought her back once he'd heard of the prophecy. She was the only one that he for sure knew was a SHIELD agent, as far as we can tell, because he didn't recognize the rest.
 
Oct 27, 2017
1,065
Philadelphia, PA, USA
I know it would've pissed some people off, but I was really hoping for a Loki tease when all the fear manifestations started coming out of the woodwork. Like, off in the distance—slow motion cuts of a flowing cape, horned helmet, the scepter (maybe dripping blood?). Obviously a shemp so you'd never see the face, but walking towards Coulson and Deathlok but dissolving when the breach closes just before the confrontation.

Cheesey, I know. But I would've loved it.