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Best nickname I've heard for Real SHIELD™ is "OlmostSHIELD".
posted to FanFare by ZeusHumms at 9:35 PM on March 28, 2015

The existence of Real Shield bugs me mightily. Where were these guys when shit was going down with Hydra and the hidden alien city? Wouldn't Bobbi and Mack have told them that the entire world was at stake? Pretty sure an aircraft carrier's worth of firepower wouldn't have gone amiss at that time.

I would have much Real Shield being introduced by coming out of the blue to save Coulson's bacon, everyone rejoicing, and then Real Shield arresting him. Would have made for an... [more]
posted to FanFare by adrianhon at 4:23 PM on March 28, 2015

"Lieutenant, when was the last time I got your name right?"

"Never, sir."

Yeah, I <3 Talbot.

I would really like to believe that Bobbi has some other play up her sleeve than just quietly going along with this Real SHIELD nonsense. I don't feel like the writers have given her sufficient reason to feel that Coulson is compromised. I also feel like SHIELD, having purged itself of HYDRA, really ought to... [more]
posted to FanFare by mstokes650 at 8:56 PM on March 26, 2015

Talbot was great all over this. Riding mowers, taco tuesday, his attempts to find the imposter. Great stuff.
posted to FanFare by vibratory manner of working at 7:05 AM on March 26, 2015

No, the best line of the show went to Agent 33:

"But you seem so well-adjusted!"
posted to FanFare by leotrotsky at 5:15 PM on March 25, 2015

Agent 33 is pretty clearly going to end up as Madam Masque, right? They hit the phrase "the mask" several times while Talbot was running around, and also "masquerading."
posted to FanFare by PussKillian at 8:08 AM on March 25, 2015

"Glenn Talbot has the best dialogue of anyone on the show."
And it was a damn shame his monolog extolling the virtues of a riding lawnmower was cut short. One saddle indeed!

As a viewer who watched Mission Impossible episodes first run, I hate hate hate the stupid perfect mask trope. At least there's only flash memory for 3 faces, so maybe someone will be able to trick Agent 33 into overwriting Mae's face... or something,... [more]
posted to FanFare by klarck at 7:59 AM on March 25, 2015

Here for the "I'm gonna be up to my ears in Edible Arrangements trying making this one up to my wife" line. Glenn Talbot has the best dialogue of anyone on the show.

This was probably my least favorite episode of the entire series so far. It's one of those standard "introducing new plot elements" episodes that some shows do better than others. I likened it to a rebuilding year for a sports team; hopefully it pays off down the line but it's hard to... [more]
posted to FanFare by the webmistress at 6:20 AM on March 25, 2015

In fairness, the Marvel Universe has precedent for that kind of high quality decision-making.
posted to FanFare by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 8:40 AM on April 6, 2015

I really don't understand why they put Miss Stabby-Hands on the index and gave her supertech finger traps instead of having somebody design a vibranium nail clipper.

The best headcanon answer I heard was that they DID remove her knives. Repeatedly. And she keept finding new ones to have attached to her fingers. Which really creeped her caseworker out.
posted to FanFare by happyroach at 12:12 AM on March 24, 2015

I think it's H.E.L.M.E.T. or possibly S.A.F.E.T.Y.G.O.G.G.L.E.S
posted to FanFare by Brandon Blatcher at 1:04 PM on March 21, 2015

But it was Manitowoc! He probably looked at all the places that Coulson had lived and decided that it was the one with the best name.
posted to FanFare by dinty_moore at 7:11 PM on March 19, 2015

And I don't know if I'm giving the show too much credit, but the general ineptitude of Cal's 'Slicing Talons' fits pretty well with his poor planning and decision-making skills, which removed all the suspense for me, but truly, maximally, increased my enjoyment of this crazy cocoapuff.

Yeah, agreed.

I mean, I think Cal's encounter with the Eyeless Teleporter Inhuman (Gordon) at the end was meant to hammer home how much Cal... [more]
posted to FanFare by soundguy99 at 10:35 AM on March 19, 2015

I'll be honest, I am genuinely loving Simmon's characterisation because the potential for an organic progression into villainy is right there.

And I don't know if I'm giving the show too much credit, but the general ineptitude of Cal's 'Slicing Talons' fits pretty well with his poor planning and decision-making skills, which removed all the suspense for me, but truly, maximally, increased my enjoyment of this crazy cocoapuff.
posted to FanFare by cendawanita at 9:32 PM on March 18, 2015

"I'm glad they haven't made us wait too long for reveals. Everyone knows about Skye after 1 episode."

That's a TV trope that I hate almost more than any other. I was so relieved that Skye's thing wasn't stupidly sustained over six episodes or something. And it seems like more shows are learning that audiences have limited tolerance for that contrivance -- my impression is that I've had this experience on several shows lately where I thought,... [more]
posted to FanFare by Ivan Fyodorovich at 12:02 PM on March 11, 2015

poor hydra, forever caught between existing in secret, or endless self-promotion.
posted to FanFare by cendawanita at 9:32 AM on March 4, 2015

My issue has always been that Hydra insists on putting their logo on everything. That's not how you avoid detection!
posted to FanFare by dinty_moore at 9:22 AM on March 4, 2015

I'm a Ben, which baristas occasionally transform into Dan or Brent, or on one confusing occasion, Mark.

My bank - with whom I had been dealing for over a decade - once issued me a credit card with my first name listed as Bear. That was pretty badass.
posted to MetaFilter by Turbo-B at 7:56 AM on April 28, 2015

My first name, which I use at work and such, is Lorena. My legal middle name, which I use with friends, is Cupcake. Guess which one I use for to-go orders and coffee drinks.
posted to MetaFilter by Juliet Banana at 7:33 AM on April 28, 2015

Not Starbucks, but I once gave my name (Whitney) for an order, only to have the guy announce "WHITEY! YOUR ORDER IS READY! WHITEY!"
posted to MetaFilter by Lucinda at 7:21 AM on April 28, 2015

My favourite is still:

"My name is Marc, with a C"

Cup: Carc
posted to MetaFilter by Cosine at 7:04 AM on April 28, 2015

As heard on YLNT: Truck Spank is the only name you should use.
posted to MetaFilter by monocultured at 3:51 AM on April 28, 2015

Man I hate to threadshit but complaining about Starbucks employees is just the most petty and entitled class aggression bullshit imaginable. When I was a barista in a wealthy area, one regular, an attorney, called me by the wrong common variation of my name every day, often cycling between different wrong versions over the week (think 'Magda' and 'Madison' for 'Madeleine'.) It never occurred to me to correct her. It's a minimum wage job. You're on your feet for eight hour shifts cycling... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by moonlight on vermont at 3:19 AM on April 28, 2015

Perl can be both loved and mocked. It was *made* to be both loved and mocked.
posted to MetaFilter by DigDoug at 7:21 AM on April 28, 2015

Also, Metafilter: 52% dog, 48% cat; and 69% man, 31% woman
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon at 6:12 AM on April 28, 2015

Metafilter: 42% penis, 58% vagina
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon at 6:10 AM on April 28, 2015

I was preparing to do what (much to my wife's annoyance) I always do in cases like this, which is to yell "JUST SHOOT HIM" at the TV whenever somebody has weapon and a big-bad nearby doesn't -- but Skye beat me to it, reminding me why this is one of my favorite shows. I am surprised that nobody has figured out what Rayna became; it seems like there should have been enough of a clue in those few frames to get at least a guess at her transformation.
posted to FanFare by AzraelBrown at 3:05 PM on December 10, 2014

I agree he's TOTALLY DEAD.

In the way that Marvel characters are totally dead.

Meaning totally dead for now.

(I am absolutely okay with this.)

I know that the people producing this show wanted me to scream with joy like an idiot when Skye shot Ward the way she did, but that does not take away the joy of that moment one bit.
posted to FanFare by MCMikeNamara at 2:48 PM on December 10, 2014

Reddit's got a pretty good theory that Tripp isn't dead but is actually the Inhuman known as Hollow.

Terrigen Mists turning a bunch of people into superpowered Inhumans is a great way to get the metahuman count up to make the Civil War plotline work in the MCU.
posted to FanFare by Jacqueline at 2:24 PM on December 10, 2014

And I think they've set up a very interesting Mac/Coulson storyline to come. Mac was very distrustful of Coulson after learning he had been under alien influence; now Mac has had the same experience.
posted to FanFare by nubs at 11:33 AM on December 10, 2014

I hope they set Ward up as a third faction leader. We've had A.I.M. in Iron Man 3, so they can use that property, for example. Putting AIM and Hydra in competition against SHIELD makes the strange bedfellows angle. Or they could keep him independent or start a whole other organization.
posted to FanFare by GhostintheMachine at 10:20 AM on December 10, 2014

So, it's a single use temple city? One little bit of mist, and then the whole thing falls apart? Seems wasteful.

It might have less to do with the actual temple design and more with the fact that Skye's Terrigenesis apparently gave her earthquake powers.
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 7:03 AM on December 10, 2014

Ack, no show until March? I have high hopes for Agent Carter, but I'm going to miss this show.

I know BJ Brett's availability was probably part of the choice to write him off, but boo. And Simmons is going to be very sad. But Mack has been freed from possession, yes?

Kyle McLaughlin needs to have some sort of special award created and presented to him. He is crazypants in the best way possible.

Skye just shot Ward! Just up and shot him!
posted to FanFare by PussKillian at 7:45 PM on December 9, 2014

Nick Furry, you say?
posted to FanFare by Jacqueline at 1:45 PM on November 21, 2014

I agree "Lance Hunter" is a porn star name. But more of a gay porn star thing, you know?

Hey, Bobbi vouched for him!
posted to FanFare by Brandon Blatcher at 9:08 AM on November 21, 2014

I can't recall anybody actually referring to Mack by name recently, but I'm pretty sure I blocked out "Lance Hunter" because it's so obviously a porn name.
posted to FanFare by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:02 AM on November 21, 2014

I say we go with a small three-man strike force of Dune Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks Kyle MacLachlan, and Flintstones Kyle MacLachlan.
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 10:23 AM on November 20, 2014

In fact, please replace three people with additional Kyle MacLachlans.
posted to FanFare by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:22 AM on November 20, 2014

So when Ward slaughtered his family, and the guys in the prisoner transport, and the guys in the Quinjet at the end of S01, and Victoria Hand (anybody I'm leaving out here?)

I just realized that I left out poor, poor Eric Koenig.

*pours out a KFC Famous Bowl in memoriam*
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 8:10 AM on November 20, 2014

Oh, and did anybody notice who played Skye's mother? Another Dollhouse alum, Dichen Lachman! I pay attention to casting news, but AFAICT the producers managed to keep it under wraps until I queued up the episode on Hulu tonight. I'll buy Chloe Bennet as the product of superior McLachlan/Lachman genes, even though in real life that kid would have cheekbones that could cut diamonds (no offense to Ms. Bennet).

Speaking of McLachlan, I'll second the... [more]
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 8:40 PM on November 19, 2014

Ah, but the thing of it is, with a few exceptions (Like S05's "The Body"), human life was always a pretty cheap commodity on Buffy. Vampires quickly become a less dangerous adversary if the writers don't let them snack on people (mostly nameless teen/20something extras) with a certain regularity. There's also a decent body count on AoS, but only a few that could be called "murder" in the typical sense; As a villain group, HYDRA is... [more]
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 8:14 PM on November 19, 2014

I love that Kyle Maclachlan is playing his character as a shabby salesman at a barely-open department store over at the "old mall".
posted to FanFare by Ian A.T. at 7:10 PM on November 19, 2014

Also, in case you missed it, Whitehall was released on the orders of Alexander Pierce, the big bad guy from The Winter Soldier.
posted to FanFare by Brandon Blatcher at 11:58 AM on November 19, 2014

I think Ward believes he is still playing some kind of long game - only now he's positioning himself as a SHIELD sleeper inside Hydra. Doesn't change his level of evil, but he might be the guy who is willing to do what is needed to get where he can really do some damage to Hydra.

Oh I'm positive he is going to help Skye reunite with Dad somehow, so he's not all bad. He'll continue to help SHIELD, while still being ruthless at times, so he'll stick... [more]
posted to FanFare by Brandon Blatcher at 11:20 AM on November 19, 2014

I'm so happy that Ward is irredeemably evil.
posted to FanFare by 1970s Antihero at 9:12 AM on November 19, 2014

Audi claims around 70% efficiency for conversion of power to fuel. Here's the press release, which doesn't include the crappy unrelated autoplaying video that, as a common site feature, can just go die in a fire.
posted to MetaFilter by dephlogisticated at 4:04 PM on April 27, 2015

If anyone can convince Clark Gregg to sexily pull up his socks in slo-mo, I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER.
posted to FanFare by Kitteh at 5:11 PM on November 12, 2014

Well, Attilan (the hidden city of the Inhumans, who were created by the blue-skinned Kree) was once in the Himalayas...
posted to FanFare by GhostintheMachine at 2:44 PM on November 12, 2014

The scenes with Fitz and Simmons reunited were just plain heartbreaking. It totally justified the inclusion of Fitz's imaginary head-Simmons (which I'd argue is an overused trope in genre TV these days) earlier in the season, which paid off here in spades as real-Simmons kept finishing Fitz's thoughts, but wrong. It's a good example of how to write relationship troubles that don't just revolve around one character being a jerk or there being a sitcom-level ironic... [more]
posted to FanFare by Strange Interlude at 9:38 AM on October 29, 2014

Apparently HYDRA has a file on Bessie aka Hellcow and some fresh milk samples, which means that there's a vampire cow on the loose in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
posted to FanFare by elgilito at 8:21 AM on October 23, 2014