Sad to hear about SHIELD. I've been watching it and will probably drop it after Ep 3, but for different reasons: Skye I can cope with, but I found the technobabble cringe-makingly awful.
Sure, scientists might talk like that - the enthusiastic "oh can we do X if we have Y?" "yes, but you've forgotten about Z, and what about A and B?" "damn, maybe C or D would help there?" sounds like any number of RPG conversations I've ever had (and makes just as little sense if you don't know what X, Y and so on are) - but when I recognise some of the terms and they're just using them for nonsense it falls really really flat.
So instead I'm watching Sleepy Hollow, which is cheesy as hell and not trying to be Buffy again (and failing) and only does occult-babble instead, and is thus much better when it *is* good. :)
Adore Downton Abbey! The dowager is probably my favorite character, if only for the fabulous quotes that drop off her acidic tongue. Mr. Bates is lovely, noble, and fallible.
Is there a reason why you dislike Skye so much? She isn't the greatest character, but I feel she's at least on par with the rest of the team. That isn't saying much, of course. I just don't think she's the biggest problem of the show.
The sad thing is there are a couple of interesting-but-woefully-underdeveloped plot points. Exactly what did the SHIELD do to Coulson after he supposedly died? What was he really like before his death? I am mildly interested about the villains, too. There is a good show in there somewhere...I think.
I don't know what it is about her, but every word she says annoys me, just how she looks and acts annoys me. I've never met a character or RL person who just annoyed me from first sight. She's like sandpaper on my skin. On top of that, I hate her character so much. She's so ~smart~ and ~special~ and ~super hacker~.
I think they're drawing out Coulson's death details, because that's what everyone wants to know.
Agreed that the show could be good. Hopefully it will be.
To me, Coulson's supposed death really didn't start becoming interesting until a couple of episodes ago, when the girl with the eye implant implied that Coulson used to be someone completely different. In that sense I don't feel like it was handled all that well.
It could be really cool if the old Coulson returns and becomes the main villain or something. I have no idea where the show is going, though...
That would be totally cool! And think how much more people would like the show with two Coulsons in it.
I wonder how long until we find out the details surrounding him. I suppose, if they're smart, we'll never find out. Keeping people guessing will likely keep them coming back.
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Sure, scientists might talk like that - the enthusiastic "oh can we do X if we have Y?" "yes, but you've forgotten about Z, and what about A and B?" "damn, maybe C or D would help there?" sounds like any number of RPG conversations I've ever had (and makes just as little sense if you don't know what X, Y and so on are) - but when I recognise some of the terms and they're just using them for nonsense it falls really really flat.
So instead I'm watching Sleepy Hollow, which is cheesy as hell and not trying to be Buffy again (and failing) and only does occult-babble instead, and is thus much better when it *is* good. :)
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It doesn't surprise me that the technobabble is faked. Depressing, but not surprising.
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The sad thing is there are a couple of interesting-but-woefully-underdeveloped plot points. Exactly what did the SHIELD do to Coulson after he supposedly died? What was he really like before his death? I am mildly interested about the villains, too. There is a good show in there somewhere...I think.
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I think they're drawing out Coulson's death details, because that's what everyone wants to know.
Agreed that the show could be good. Hopefully it will be.
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It could be really cool if the old Coulson returns and becomes the main villain or something. I have no idea where the show is going, though...
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I wonder how long until we find out the details surrounding him. I suppose, if they're smart, we'll never find out. Keeping people guessing will likely keep them coming back.
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