Oh sure, i agree, but its going to continue to be a neccesary evil unless you do something drastic like Government owned broadcasting. (like the BBC).
Or enough people will eventually just cut cords to force the business model to finally die off.
If I just want a fibre-op Internet connection (50 Mbps download, 5 Mbps upload), that would be $80 plus tax from my local ISP. If I want that Internet connection plus television, that would be $140 plus tax. Over the course of the year, that comes to over $700. That means that for the amount of television I watch, it's much cheaper to just use Netflix and then to buy TV shows off of iTunes or Google Play or Amazon for $1.99 to 2.99 an episode or so, or $30 to $40 for a season if I'm really confident that I'll watch the show all the way through. I watch maybe five or six hours of TV a week - it's much better for me to buy the shows, and to be able to download them whenever (or wherever, on whatever device) than it is to pay for cable.
The change is slow, but it's happening, without the need for something drastic.
Yeah, cutting the cord saves much money. When I moved last year, I did the math for cutting the cord and found that I would save $1200/year by simply buying the TV shows I wanted on Amazon + Netflix instead of Cable + Netflix. It made it a real easy decision to kill cable.
Why does everyone think he's going to be Taskmaster?
People really want to see Taskmaster. Which I don't blame them for, because he's awesome. But I think we're going to need to get a little more crazy before a guy in a skull mask and white cloak is not out of place on AoS.
With what happened in this episode, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he goes there, just without the costume.
3rd party merc with no side is pretty much where hes at, despite trying to retire right now. I wonder what they wanted with the hydra guy.
Or he could easily go into training bad guys how to fight the good guys.
I just want to see a scene in deadpool where they both show up to a fight on opposite sides, it looks like an epic fight is gonna start, and instead they just rock-paper-scissors it since there both mercenaries, TM loses, takes a few fake punches and runs away.
I really like how they have gotten pretty good at the spy thing in this show. The twists feel organic and not forced (ahem Arrow) and i can kind of see where everyone is coming from, and root for each character. Even Cal. Which......aside from his sudden bursts of "dude settle down!" kind of anger, i can understand where he is coming from.
Even then, it's clear that the anger is a side effect of the drugs he invented so that he could go toe-to-toe with Hydra. He's a fully tragic character.
"I wish she could have known me before..."
oof, that was a mild turning point for me with Cal. He knows just how damaged he is, and he's just trying to power thru it. Plus all of those memories about ice cream, father-daughter dances, etc.
The writers are gonna kill him, aren't they? Bastards.
Well, not now.
They need to cure him first.
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Ward and he said "Under my authority as director of SHIELD" that he's NOT the director of SHIELD at the moment, so he has none of that authority. Coulson is on the run using Ward, not actually with any power to do anything for him.
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Ward and he said "Under my authority as director of SHIELD" that he's NOT the director of SHIELD at the moment, so he has none of that authority. Coulson is on the run using Ward, not actually with any power to do anything for him.
Yeah, I assumed that was the impression we were supposed to get. It was a straight con.
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Does it bother anyone else Coulson is more willing to work along side with Ward than call in a favor from his super friends? It is so important to never reveal he is alive he will work with someone who is almost certainly going to betray him? A few minutes teleconference with Cap should straighten out REAL - SHIELD right away and focus on Hydra.
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I'm getting Hydra burnout right now.
And you know that Cal is going to die somehow in a redemptive way.
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Does it bother anyone else Coulson is more willing to work along side with Ward than call in a favor from his super friends? It is so important to never reveal he is alive he will work with someone who is almost certainly going to betray him? A few minutes teleconference with Cap should straighten out REAL - SHIELD right away and focus on Hydra.
I'm pretty sure we're getting that in the next episode or so. It looks like Avengers 2 is going to tie in with the raid on Strucker's base.
Does it bother anyone else Coulson is more willing to work along side with Ward than call in a favor from his super friends? It is so important to never reveal he is alive he will work with someone who is almost certainly going to betray him? A few minutes teleconference with Cap should straighten out REAL - SHIELD right away and focus on Hydra.
You think Captain America or nuSHIELD have contacts with Hydra that Coulson is unaware of? Coulson went after Ward & Agent 33 to exploit their knowledge of Hydra, something he would have done if he was still commanding SHIELD.
Does it bother anyone else Coulson is more willing to work along side with Ward than call in a favor from his super friends? It is so important to never reveal he is alive he will work with someone who is almost certainly going to betray him? A few minutes teleconference with Cap should straighten out REAL - SHIELD right away and focus on Hydra.
You think Captain America or nuSHIELD have contacts with Hydra that Coulson is unaware of? Coulson went after Ward & Agent 33 to exploit their knowledge of Hydra, something he would have done if he was still commanding SHIELD.
You fix the in - house squabble then you have full resources and more options. Maybe they still end up working with Ward but the Real - shield thing severely limits Coulson 's options.
It's quite obvious Coulson went to Ward and Agent 33 because they don't have the budget to go to Cap and Tony. Just something you have to roll with as usual. Hopefully Avengers 2 nullifies that problem for 30 seconds soon, but if not, oh well.
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Coulson is director of shield, unless we have gone completely stupid and accepted deroShield's claims of legitimacy.
Why would they? ZODIAC and Scorpio have almost always been SHIELD enemies. The original Scorpio was Jacob Fury, Nick's brother. They would just have to change who took the mantle originally and make it Ward.
Why would they? ZODIAC and Scorpio have almost always been SHIELD enemies. The original Scorpio was Jacob Fury, Nick's brother. They would just have to change who took the mantle originally and make it Ward.
With the other thing I said, why is that Ultimate Spider-Man show still on? It's terribly written and have they actually used many Spider-Man villains? I cannot believe they cancelled the fantastic Spectacular Spider-Man series for it.
Coulson is director of shield, unless we have gone completely stupid and accepted deroShield's claims of legitimacy.
If you're in a suit, sitting in the Whitehouse, and everyone around you says you're the president, but some guy is running around the country shouting about how you're not...who are people taking orders from here?
Yeah we all think Coulson should be the director, and by name he is, but right now he's not acting as a Director because he doesn't have anything to direct other than Hunter and Ward and Co.
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I do wonder if next week's "special look" of AoU is going to fit in with the episode like the scene from Winter Solider did with no "and now a scene from Cap 2..." Just a straight jump to Fury getting attacked just after the Hydra reveal on the episode proper.
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At the moment he's director in exile, when he regains power he shall repay his favours.
I do wonder if next week's "special look" of AoU is going to fit in with the episode like the scene from Winter Solider did with no "and now a scene from Cap 2..." Just a straight jump to Fury getting attacked just after the Hydra reveal on the episode proper.
I sure hope so, that shit was amazing last season. I don't need a CAWS-level of immediate tie-in payoff, but it would be amazeballs if so.
Why does everyone think he's going to be Taskmaster?
People really want to see Taskmaster. Which I don't blame them for, because he's awesome. But I think we're going to need to get a little more crazy before a guy in a skull mask and white cloak is not out of place on AoS.
We had Whitehall without the mask, and Strucker without the claw.
I'm just rewatching the first Avengers, and I totally forgot this thing about their helicarrier: it originally looked just like a regular aircraft carrier. The propellers extended out of the main body only when they needed it. So that means, SHREALD's carrier might just as well be a flying one!
End of the season:
*dramatic music*
"We... have to move the carrier."
*eye roll*
"Okay, it was more surprising in Lost."
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It's quite obvious Coulson went to Ward and Agent 33 because they don't have the budget to go to Cap and Tony. Just something you have to roll with as usual. Hopefully Avengers 2 nullifies that problem for 30 seconds soon, but if not, oh well.
I think you could argue that it's unclear how Cap, at least, would react. He wanted SHIELD dismantled. Now two guys are bickering over who gets to run the new version of SHIELD, each one claiming that the other is jeopardizing security and whatever.
It's not certain that Cap would side with Coulson, much less immediately facilitate an operation against Hydra using an ex-Hydra operative who's murdered a bunch of people.
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Coulson is director of shield, unless we have gone completely stupid and accepted deroShield's claims of legitimacy.
If you're in a suit, sitting in the Whitehouse, and everyone around you says you're the president, but some guy is running around the country shouting about how you're not...who are people taking orders from here?
Yeah we all think Coulson should be the director, and by name he is, but right now he's not acting as a Director because he doesn't have anything to direct other than Hunter and Ward and Co.
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
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It's quite obvious Coulson went to Ward and Agent 33 because they don't have the budget to go to Cap and Tony. Just something you have to roll with as usual. Hopefully Avengers 2 nullifies that problem for 30 seconds soon, but if not, oh well.
I think you could argue that it's unclear how Cap, at least, would react. He wanted SHIELD dismantled. Now two guys are bickering over who gets to run the new version of SHIELD, each one claiming that the other is jeopardizing security and whatever.
It's not certain that Cap would side with Coulson, much less immediately facilitate an operation against Hydra using an ex-Hydra operative who's murdered a bunch of people.
Also, Cap's as much on the run as Coulson. As is Fury. Thor's a god and kind of difficult to track down on a whim. Who knows what the fuck Hawkguy is up to. Stark/Banner are the only viable contacts, but they're private sector and it's not really clear how much good reaching out to them would do.
I think for this whole shared universe concept to work, you have to just kind of be okay with the fact that sometimes there are somewhat shaky nebulous reasons for not calling in the cavalry (no, not that Cavalry) every time the going gets tough.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
It's quite obvious Coulson went to Ward and Agent 33 because they don't have the budget to go to Cap and Tony. Just something you have to roll with as usual. Hopefully Avengers 2 nullifies that problem for 30 seconds soon, but if not, oh well.
I think you could argue that it's unclear how Cap, at least, would react. He wanted SHIELD dismantled. Now two guys are bickering over who gets to run the new version of SHIELD, each one claiming that the other is jeopardizing security and whatever.
It's not certain that Cap would side with Coulson, much less immediately facilitate an operation against Hydra using an ex-Hydra operative who's murdered a bunch of people.
I was going to say something like this
it included an analogy where two siblings are fighting and the dad just grounds them both
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Coulson is director of shield, unless we have gone completely stupid and accepted deroShield's claims of legitimacy.
If you're in a suit, sitting in the Whitehouse, and everyone around you says you're the president, but some guy is running around the country shouting about how you're not...who are people taking orders from here?
Yeah we all think Coulson should be the director, and by name he is, but right now he's not acting as a Director because he doesn't have anything to direct other than Hunter and Ward and Co.
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
The one sitting in the white house with the military answering to them would be the only one that mattered. Whether you consider them "real" or not is just a matter of perspective.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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Cap is on the run? I never got that impression (Black Widow even says "you know where to find us" to congress).
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
Are you implying that Coulson is the fugitive President in this analogy because SHIELD is a rogue operation according to the federal government (Talbot begrudgingly working with Coulson aside).
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Cap is on the run? I never got that impression (Black Widow even says "you know where to find us" to congress).
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
Are you implying that Coulson is the fugitive President in this analogy because SHIELD is a rogue operation according to the federal government (Talbot begrudgingly working with Coulson aside).
Well, maybe not "on the run" exactly. But on his own mission, keeping his head down, I suppose. Or at least, that's what the end of CAWS implied.
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Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Cap is on the run? I never got that impression (Black Widow even says "you know where to find us" to congress).
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
Are you implying that Coulson is the fugitive President in this analogy because SHIELD is a rogue operation according to the federal government (Talbot begrudgingly working with Coulson aside).
Coulson was officially selected by the previous leadership for the position, while Gonzales and crew just went "let's start a new SHIELD!" And then came in and took over Coulson's operation. Basically, Coulson has a stronger claim to the position as far as the audience is concerned.
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Yeah, cutting the cord saves much money. When I moved last year, I did the math for cutting the cord and found that I would save $1200/year by simply buying the TV shows I wanted on Amazon + Netflix instead of Cable + Netflix. It made it a real easy decision to kill cable.
With what happened in this episode, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he goes there, just without the costume.
Or he could easily go into training bad guys how to fight the good guys.
I just want to see a scene in deadpool where they both show up to a fight on opposite sides, it looks like an epic fight is gonna start, and instead they just rock-paper-scissors it since there both mercenaries, TM loses, takes a few fake punches and runs away.
Well, not now.
They need to cure him first.
Yeah, I assumed that was the impression we were supposed to get. It was a straight con.
Considering Ward is like a cockroach, everybody can take turns putting a bullet in him. He gets better.
And you know that Cal is going to die somehow in a redemptive way.
I'm pretty sure we're getting that in the next episode or so. It looks like Avengers 2 is going to tie in with the raid on Strucker's base.
You think Captain America or nuSHIELD have contacts with Hydra that Coulson is unaware of? Coulson went after Ward & Agent 33 to exploit their knowledge of Hydra, something he would have done if he was still commanding SHIELD.
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You fix the in - house squabble then you have full resources and more options. Maybe they still end up working with Ward but the Real - shield thing severely limits Coulson 's options.
then in Avengers Strucker will be wiped out and viola Hydra as an immediate villain is history
I would also accept Ward becoming Taskmaster...but I'd rather him and Agent 33 start Zodiac together.
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Why would they? ZODIAC and Scorpio have almost always been SHIELD enemies. The original Scorpio was Jacob Fury, Nick's brother. They would just have to change who took the mantle originally and make it Ward.
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Edit: I did a bit of research and apparently that horrible Ultimate Spider-Man show used Scorpio as a villain in an episode, so I think they're safe.
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I know, which is why I added the :P emoticon.
With the other thing I said, why is that Ultimate Spider-Man show still on? It's terribly written and have they actually used many Spider-Man villains? I cannot believe they cancelled the fantastic Spectacular Spider-Man series for it.
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If you're in a suit, sitting in the Whitehouse, and everyone around you says you're the president, but some guy is running around the country shouting about how you're not...who are people taking orders from here?
Yeah we all think Coulson should be the director, and by name he is, but right now he's not acting as a Director because he doesn't have anything to direct other than Hunter and Ward and Co.
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End of the season:
*dramatic music*
"We... have to move the carrier."
*eye roll*
"Okay, it was more surprising in Lost."
one more before Avengers, and then three more in May.
... and apparently they're doing a two-hour finale on 12th.
I think you could argue that it's unclear how Cap, at least, would react. He wanted SHIELD dismantled. Now two guys are bickering over who gets to run the new version of SHIELD, each one claiming that the other is jeopardizing security and whatever.
It's not certain that Cap would side with Coulson, much less immediately facilitate an operation against Hydra using an ex-Hydra operative who's murdered a bunch of people.
If one of America's political parties staged a coup, made the President a fugitive, and installed one of their own in his or her place, which one would be the "real" president?
Also, Cap's as much on the run as Coulson. As is Fury. Thor's a god and kind of difficult to track down on a whim. Who knows what the fuck Hawkguy is up to. Stark/Banner are the only viable contacts, but they're private sector and it's not really clear how much good reaching out to them would do.
I think for this whole shared universe concept to work, you have to just kind of be okay with the fact that sometimes there are somewhat shaky nebulous reasons for not calling in the cavalry (no, not that Cavalry) every time the going gets tough.
I was going to say something like this
it included an analogy where two siblings are fighting and the dad just grounds them both
The one sitting in the white house with the military answering to them would be the only one that mattered. Whether you consider them "real" or not is just a matter of perspective.
Are you implying that Coulson is the fugitive President in this analogy because SHIELD is a rogue operation according to the federal government (Talbot begrudgingly working with Coulson aside).
Well, maybe not "on the run" exactly. But on his own mission, keeping his head down, I suppose. Or at least, that's what the end of CAWS implied.
Coulson was officially selected by the previous leadership for the position, while Gonzales and crew just went "let's start a new SHIELD!" And then came in and took over Coulson's operation. Basically, Coulson has a stronger claim to the position as far as the audience is concerned.