Tim proves his worth as he helps Bruce with a case.
I have this issue.
Tim brings his father to look at a mansion up for sale that
happens to be right next to Wayne Manor. While Jack and the realtor discuss
terms, Tim visits the Batcave and learns Bruce is looking into something Maxie
Zeus’ gang calls a “dust-bucket”. A few keystrokes later, Tim discovers there’s
a priceless Greek funerary urn on display at the GothamMuseum. He offers to suit up and
help, but Bruce tells him to spend time with his father.
Notes of Interest:
1) We’re reminded of how smart Tim is when it comes to
deductive reasoning and computers.
WTF? Moment:
Exactly how did Tim get to the cave so fast? One panel he’s leaving his father
with the realtor, and he walks into the cave only two panels later! He’s not even winded…
...and it looks like Ultron takes over one of Tony's suits.
W...T...F...MARVEL?
On the surface, this makes some sort of sense. Loki put the idea out there in Avengers when he tried to turn Tony against the others.
It didn't work, but for a moment there we all said "oooooooooh!"
Then in Iron Man 3 Tony built like 45 suits...which all blew up at the end.
You're telling me that a human body with Extremis can be blown up and whatever several times before actually dying, but Tony's practically indestructible armor would disintegrate after one explosion?
Gotta call bulls#!t on that.
Then there's the comics...
...back in 1989, Tony was shot. In the chest. He got better, but was paralyzed for a while. Because of this, Tony developed (with help) a suit that had it's own consciousness.
Do I think that Avengers 2 will follow this storyline? No, but the precedent is there for a similar plot.
My guess is that Ultron will start out as a program...maybe on AoS with guest star Hank Pym?...that will eventually evolve to the point where it takes over J.A.R.V.I.S. and claims a suit.
Remember - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has two seasons to set up Avengers 2.
Now onto Part Two...
DC Comics...not to be outdone by Marvel...has come up with their own idea for a series about a special group of non-powered individuals in a place full of crazy...
...set in Gotham.
W...T...F...DC?
What makes Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. so good isn't just the fact that Coulson's back, or that it's about a bunch of spies going around meeting good guys and stopping bad guys.
It's the fact that it's set in the Marvel Movie Universe!!!
Not that I think this is a bad idea, but I expect to see some established Marvel characters show up in AoS long before any DC baddies wreak havoc in Gotham.
Then there's the comics...
...back in 2003, Gotham Central came out. After dodging the bullet of cancellation for 40 issues, it ended, but the premise was good.
A bunch of cops deal with the crazy crap in Gotham while Batman takes a back seat.
And it featured characters such as Renee Montoya, Crispus Allen, and Maggie Sawyer.
Granted, it didn't have Gordon or Harvey Bullock, but my question to DC is this:
Will your television show have these characters?
The reason Marvel got away with all new agents was Coulson. We knew him.
We know Gordon, but he's not enough. You're gonna need at least Montoya and Bullock for this to work.
They could be rookies, working the second story while the main characters follow the major story with Gordon, but they must be there.
Not only that, but you're gonna have to tie in other parts of the DCU, and DCMU as well.
Can't use Joker? Okay, use Harley.
No Catwoman? How about Holly?
Know what I mean?
And by all means - tie things into you're movies...PLEASE!
This is by no means a deeply intense dissection of the episode.
That will happen over the summer after my purchase of the Blu-ray.
I've put my quick comments and notes after seeing the episode only once.
You've been warned...
Episode 1: 'Pilot'
The Good: One of the problems with over-advertising is that there's not much left to be surprised about. However...
* It was good to see Shepherd Book/Officer Harris Ron Glass again.
* Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill appearance was also a nice connection to "what has gone on before". Porcupine indeed...
* A big THANK YOU for mentioning Extremis. I was hoping there would be some reference to Iron Man 3...which proves that this show takes place closer to the present than I thought.
* I also like that instead of shoehorning existing characters/villains into the first episode, they went with all new characters. BUT...
The Bad: ...they really...really need to start bringing existing characters/villains into the show. Points added for not doing it badly, points taken away for not doing it at all.
* I get that the truth behind Coulson's time in 'Tahiti' is an ongoing plot, but at one point I shouted out "He's a Doll!" Don't tell me I'm the only one...
* Another Whedonesque thing: a lot of plot droppings. One of the (very few) sad things about Firefly was that Joss had a lot of potential stories in there that never got developed. Even with the follow-up comics and film. I'm not saying AoS will last only thirteen episodes, but even so, there's a lot going on. Hopefully, any and all dropped threads will be resolved in the ongoing comic...which you know is coming...and I know I'll buy. Religiously.
* The character(ization)s. I liked the stoic agents we saw in Iron Man. I get that Coulson's creating a team that is more outside Fury's ideal, but the dorky science duo? the agent who's more than she seems? the loner who's learning to work with a group? Which brings me to the weakest link...
The WTF?: Skye. In typical storytelling fashion, there has to be a character viewers can connect to. Someone who is introduced into the main gist of the project - in this case S.H.I.E.L.D. - and eventually becomes part of the group. (Wasn't it convenient that Coulson's crack team of agents was missing a computer genius until Skye came along?) Now, for all purposes, Coulson was that character. We've all identified with him since Iron Man, and we were all pissed off when he was 'killed' in Avengers.
So why have Skye at all?
So viewers who've never seen the movie can start in fresh with the show.
...
I'm sorry, but if anyone on this planet hasn't seen Avengers by now they would have no interest in watching this show. Ever. Their loss.
Adorkification Moment: My hope is that there's at least one moment in every episode that makes me squeal like a little girl. This one did. At the very end, when we learned a secret about Lola. Granted, it felt a little over the top/Back to the Future-ish, but I didn't care. I loved it. More please!
My wife and I have finally started watching some season premieres...
...Castle was pretty good, but ended on a cliffhanger.
Nice to see Lisa Edelstein again. First House, now Castle,
what's next for her, Apartment? Condo? Shack?
Sherlock?
Sleepy Hollow won us over after the pilot. We saw Episode 2, "Blood Moon" last night.
Adorkette saw it too. I had to remind her that Clancy Brown is the voice of Mr. Krabs.
(And the fact that he lost his head? Priceless!)
But both of these episodes aired on Monday...
...so we'll hopefully be able to see the pilot episode tonight.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll be watching this (and every) episode multiple times,
and I'll need time to gather my thoughts and notes before discussing them here,
but for now I will throw out some random thoughts:
(Remember - I haven't seen the show yet, and have intentionally kept away from spoilers.)
1) There will be a tie-in with Thor: The Dark World during November sweeps.
2) We'll see a lot of "Agent Coulsons" come Halloween.
3) There will also be a tie-in with Captain America: The Winter Soldier in April.
4) We won't find out the truth about Coulson's return until May sweeps.
5) Coulson won't find out the truth about his return until the season-ender.
6) At some point, there will be an episode called "The First Rodeo", where we learn Coulson's first encounter with a super-hero (taking place before Iron Man).
7) Season 2 will probably revolve around Coulson becoming the agent we know and love.
8) I will be buying the Blu-ray when it comes out this summer.
As M:AoS approaches, I started thinking about how some characters could be introduced into the MMU and have decided to share...
...assuming people have a working knowledge of a character's history and powers.
Since there was a lot of assumptions that the first episode featured Luke Cage, I'll start with -
Now, there are two ways to tell this story: beginning in the middle, or starting at the beginning.
Iron Man began in the middle, where Tony woke up in the cave, then we learned how he got there, and things moved forward from there. Batman Begins was the same way, so we'll begin at the beginning.
In the late-eighties, Wendell and Heather Rand are in the Himalayas. She's pregnant, and he's on a quest to find K'un-Lun. They reach the city, and Heather's water breaks. The monks take the couple in and help deliver the child - a son they name Daniel.
Over the next twenty-five years, Daniel is raised as a citizen of K'un-Lun. He accepts the philosophies and beliefs of the people and learns martial arts, eventually faces Shou-Lao, and earns the power of the Iron Fist.
By this point, Daniel's parents are dead, and having nothing more to learn from the city Daniel decides to continue his education outside the city...and back on the Earthly plane.
He returns to America, and discovers he's inherited his father company, fortune and the family residence...much like Bruce Wayne. However, due to how Rand was raised, he wants none of it. He sells the residence, lets the company continue as it has, and moves into a cheap one-room apartment in a place somewhat familiar...San Francisco's Chinatown.
One morning, while at a local tea shop, some thugs with newly developed weapons show up to rob the place. An armed woman tries to stop them, and before tensions rise too high, Daniel disarms the thieves. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents (who are following the weapons) arrive and take over the scene while the woman, private detective Misty Knight, brings Rand to her office and they discuss the fact that the weapons they just saw have been seen all over the city. They agree to work together to find out who's arming the gangs.
This of course gets them in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s way, and before long they meet up with Coulson. They all track down the person responsible...The Mandarin Master Khan, and in the final showdown we (along with Knight and Coulson) witness Rand use the Iron Fist for the first time to destroy the machinery that created the weapons.
Coulson agrees to let Rand be, but his team gets called to Georgia to follow up on a breakout from Seagate Prison...
Rand of course starts a relationship with Knight and uses his trust money to fund Heroes for Hire...
The audience learns of the secret organization that funded Khan. (Could be A.I.M., T.H.E.M., HYDRA, or the Red Tide [whatever that is])...
I can not WAIT for the show to start, but I'll probably have to wait an additional thirty days...f**kin' Hulu...
Adorkification - the process of becoming adorkable.
There are three examples of Adorkification:
1) A dork becomes adorable.
2) The adored get dorky.
3) The simultaneous development of adorable and dorky characteristics.
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