Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episode 2 "0-8-4" Discussion

[DrRocket]

Better than the pilot in my opinion, needs more Simmons, she is my type of girl, so cute.
SLJ was a boss, going down on coulson like that. coulson is the best thing about this show so far.

 

[cherokeesam]

they shot on location at Peru. :/

You sure about that? I know they've definitely shot overseas for at least the pilot episode --- that was definitely Paris.....but "Peru" looked like a typical California backlot, with a few ferns and palms added for effect. It wasn't a soundstage, definitely, but I don't think they went more than just a few miles outside of LA to find their "Peru."

Not hating on the show, and kudos for definitely taking it overseas for at least some shows; I just don't think Peru was one of those places.

They reined Skye in and the actress didn't have the opportunity to display any irritating behavior this time around.


I loved it when Ward turned to Skye and said [paraphrasing], "What's your job?" Her being a fifth wheel on the team may be become a bigger issue as time goes on. Coulson has Skye there to use her to get at Rising Tide, I'm sure, so her lack of a real place or useful skills is down to the fact that she's nothing but a pawn.

Or, that she'll turn out to have powers. Much to everyone's surprise, except Coulson.

And Skye wasn't any more, or less, irritating than the pilot episode; and not any more, or less, irritating than any of the other regulars not named "Coulson."

 

[Nathan]

Man, I could watch a whole 45 minute Episode of Fury just being pissed and ranting. Seriously, make an Episode titled "A day in the life of Nick Fury" and show him dealing with all kinds of daily crap.

 

[misjuevos]

said it before but post get buried during the airings.

as soon as the incan temple was shown i thought, eternals 1. maybe even the celestial remains would be found or shown or mentioned. if anything it was an easter egg.

 

[afan]

Help me out.....was the rocket launch at the end sending the Hydra weapon someplace secure? If so where?

 

[Lord]

When i saw a claw logo i thought it was related to White tiger

 

[Nathan]

Help me out.....was the rocket launch at the end sending the Hydra weapon someplace secure? If so where?

The Sun.

 

[!Superman!]

didnt like that episode . acting was terrible , dialogue was cheese and the plane action scene was boring and bad...and the way they closed that gaping hole....JESUS....

the CGI Plane scenes looked awesome. Dont think they know what to do with this show right now except for references of the Marvel movies and release a new Thor tv Spot every episode.

looks like people are ok with it because it has Marvel in the title and Samuel L. Jackson was in it... well if thats enough for some people fine....

 

[NJCaliboi]

The good definitely outweighs the bad but the bad is so unnecessary! The bad acting is such an easy fix, come on...that's my biggest gripe. Fix that and we're good.

 

[ctsketch]

The acting could use some work

 

[Tymminator]

So far in my limited observation from just from talking with friends and coworkers, it seems the show is actually judged more harshly among the non-comic book fans (but like the MCU movies) compared to the "regular" comic book fans.

 

[kane9321]

Skye and ward annoy the hell outta me..I just dont like them at all...They better not become a "couple"

 

[chamber-music]

Marvel is already paying him $50 million a movie. I think he can do a small cameo or two for them lol.

RDJ cameoed in the after credit scene of The Incredible Hulk. I'm sure he wouldn't mind popping up in SHIELD.

Try aren't. Fitz is Scottish

Scotland is a part of Britain. So he is British.

Iain De Caestecker (Fitz) is in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut How To Catch A Monster.

 

[Masone]

Show isn't serious enough for me. It just isn't that good. Will probably wait until the end of the season to pick it up again.

 

[KenK]

Having half the team be nerdy rookies is killing this show. Whedon does have a way of turning nerdy characters into total badasses, though (case in point, Wesley Wyndam Price, Willow). I just don't think the general audience is going to wait for that to happen. Featuring some other SHIELD agents from the comics certainly would have helped.

 

[Indy Flash]

Its getting better by each episode love the Nick Fury cameo.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

Voted 8 but it's somewhere between 7 or 8. The action was really good, but the plot was pretty straightforward and it felt like more characters were sidelined than usual. Was tempted to give it extra for the Fury scene, but didn't.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

What I think is going to happen is the disconnect between Ward and Fitz/Simmons will be emphasized and that Ward will suffer because of his lack of "book smarts" and Fitz/Simmons will (obviously) suffer because of their lack of field training. Skye is already lacking in both but acts as a sort of bridge between them. Therefore all of them will receive training in the areas they underpreform in and the audience will delight in seeing Fitz/Simmons eventually kickass against some bad guys and watch Ward tackle puzzles he couldnt before accomplish alone.

 

[Jammat]

I like Simmons the girl techie more than the guy, but why did they have to make them both British?

Isn't the idea that they've both worked up to where they are in SHIELD as a partnership? So presumably they joined up together in the UK (SHIELD in the MCU appears to be a multinational organisation) and ended up assigned to Coulson.

 

[cherokeesam]

Help me out.....was the rocket launch at the end sending the Hydra weapon someplace secure? If so where?

The "Slingshot" launches dangerous items into the sun; it takes 180 days for the rocket to reach it.


By the way, did anybody catch Coulson's Miami reference? He said something about a piece of dark matter or something crashing into the ocean near Miami, and asked Skye if she'd heard about Miami getting destroyed by it. When she said no, he said "precisely, because we were on clean-up."

So what is the Miami reference about? IM3 was my first thought, but I don't recall anything like that in the movie. If it was something that happened off-screen, sounds like AIM was partly responsible, since they had a big base there in IM3....but if it *is* referencing something from the movie, then maybe we can better pinpoint the timeline as it pertains to IM3 and this show.

 

[Silvermoon]

The "Slingshot" launches dangerous items into the sun; it takes 180 days for the rocket to reach it.


By the way, did anybody catch Coulson's Miami reference? He said something about a piece of dark matter or something crashing into the ocean near Miami, and asked Skye if she'd heard about Miami getting destroyed by it. When she said no, he said "precisely, because we were on clean-up."

So what is the Miami reference about? IM3 was my first thought, but I don't recall anything like that in the movie. If it was something that happened off-screen, sounds like AIM was partly responsible, since they had a big base there in IM3....but if it *is* referencing something from the movie, then maybe we can better pinpoint the timeline as it pertains to IM3 and this show.

Just a side note, he didn't say dark matter, he said anti-matter...

"Remember the panic when that anti-matter meteor splashed down just off the coast of Miami nearly devoured the city?"

"No"

"Precisely, because we kept it quiet and contained."

 

[The Caped Knight]

Its getting better by each episode love the Nick Fury cameo.

Fury reminded me of Sam's role in Snakes on a Plane.

 

[ctsketch]

RDJ cameoed in the after credit scene of The Incredible Hulk. I'm sure he wouldn't mind popping up in SHIELD.



Scotland is a part of Britain. So he is British.

Iain De Caestecker (Fitz) is in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut How To Catch A Monster.

If you call a Scotsman British...you might get whacked

 

[jonathancrane]

If you call a Scotsman British...you might get whacked

Well said.

 

[afan]

The Sun.

The "Slingshot" launches dangerous items into the sun; it takes 180 days for the rocket to reach it.

Thanks to both for the info.