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[PA Comic] Monday, November 11, 2013 - Chemical Agent
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It's definitely supposed to be, looks like the upper one.
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the uh, image also looks a little lower res than usual.
As for the topic, all I've heard of it was that the first episode was suuuper bad and/or really good, and that's all I've heard since. I haven't bothered watching it myself.
... My, what a boring Signature.
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Meanwhile the adventures and threats they encounter from week to week seem like Scooby Doo-level stuff in comparison to the films. To do a show like this and not have it be overshadowed and seem totally lame you would need to essentially make Secret Warriors: The Series...which would be mind-blowing but would also probably require a feature film-level budget.
I'd have to agree. The first thing I though when I read this was that it didn't seem at all like a PA style comic.
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Whaaaaaaaat? The final season of HIMYM has been one of the most magnificent, ambitious things I've ever seen from a comedy of that shows age.
I guess they all can't be works of art.
I weep for the TV series we could have had if it had been severely studio exec meddled with. Almost the entirety of the good bits of the first season of Doll House were contained in the unaired pilot. Instead we were saddled with a painfully slow reveal of interesting information combined with "hooker-of-the-week".
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Currently have all episodes of agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. on my DVR. haven't watched a one yet.
Granted, I say that about all Marvel projects...
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I sorta agree? I think it's more accurate to say that when a Whedon show has a bad start, he's smart enough to adapt and change it until it gets its bearings.
Also, the first two episodes being bad doesn't surprise me. All TV shows have bad pilot episodes.
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Disagree.
There is not one of the 63(65?) episodes of Breaking Bad that are bad. Including the pilot. :P
Coulson showing more range and emotion is actually working against the character. We like him because nothing phases him, and his "seen it, done it, shot it in the face" even keel from the movies is being eroded when he gets angry or nervous. He is supposed to be a government-issue Winston Wolf. That's why his fangirl moments with Captain America are so awesome, and his new "more human" personality isn't as appealing.
As for the others, they need more development, so less than 10 episodes in I am willing to give it a chance. I gave The Walking Dead far more time than I should have, and recently cut it from the watch list. So I'll let AoS stay on there for a time, but it isn't where everyone wants it yet. In part that's because it has only one character we already know, so it's still doing the "meet and greet" stage. Part of the problem is that they all have to have "competent agent" as part of the build, which doesn't give much room for anything else.
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It might be ambitious to have the entire season take place over just a few days, but that doesn't really mean much when the whole thing is stalling because they don't actually have enough plot for 24-26 episodes. It's pretty bad.
...and I'm going to watch the whole thing anyway because I'm in love with Alyson Hannigan...
I especially love how the original uses a lot of obvious "cheats" for people who have trouble drawing a lot of things (hiding behind the boxy monitor for example), and how Gabe deliberately changes perspective on the new version because, of course, he doesn't have to do that any more.
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But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
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The first season was kinda of all over the place, tone-wise (is it drama? suspense? comedy?) but it found its footing.
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