I'd pay good money for 1 hour in the framework with Daisy.
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Great damn special effects
Salute
Salute
Great episode
And i still have no idea what the hell is happening
But i love it
And i still have no idea what the hell is happening
But i love it
I fucking KNEW that Asian chick was familiar...
It's fucking Maurissa Tancharoen AKA the Showrunner... AKA Joss Whedon's Sister in law..
DAMN...... I always thought she was fucking Older. Like 47 or something.. She looks young as shit.
Random Facts..
Her brother is Kevin Tancharoen.... The same guy who directs the crunkest episodes on Shield and Arrow.. He also created the rebooted Mortal Kombat Series.
ANd here is the MOST random Fact..
Back in the Day she was in a girl group called Pretty in Pink... ... that had Chaka Khan's daughter as a singer.
Fonz... with the Random Knowledge
This song was my shit.. back in the day. Man I wonder if I can track down this album.
It's fucking Maurissa Tancharoen AKA the Showrunner... AKA Joss Whedon's Sister in law..
DAMN...... I always thought she was fucking Older. Like 47 or something.. She looks young as shit.
Random Facts..
Her brother is Kevin Tancharoen.... The same guy who directs the crunkest episodes on Shield and Arrow.. He also created the rebooted Mortal Kombat Series.
ANd here is the MOST random Fact..
Back in the Day she was in a girl group called Pretty in Pink... ... that had Chaka Khan's daughter as a singer.
Fonz... with the Random Knowledge
This song was my shit.. back in the day. Man I wonder if I can track down this album.
I fucking KNEW that Asian chick was familiar...
It's fucking Maurissa Tancharoen AKA the Showrunner... AKA Joss Whedon's Sister in law..
DAMN...... I always thought she was fucking Older. Like 47 or something.. She looks young as shit.
Random Facts..
Her brother is Kevin Tancharoen.... The same guy who directs the crunkest episodes on Shield and Arrow.. He also created the rebooted Mortal Kombat Series.
ANd here is the MOST random Fact..
Back in the Day she was in a girl group called Pretty in Pink... ... that had Chaka Khan's daughter as a singer.
Fonz... with the Random Knowledge
This song was my shit.. back in the day. Man I wonder if I can track down this album.
Weebey gif...
Nicely done cuz...
Nicely done
Man Pretty in Pink was gawd damn bumping... What the hell happened?
Did you know that Ming-Na Wen is fucking 55 years old.
I always thought she was at a minimum 46.
Yeah im not surprised by the number
Cause she been getting me aroused since HBO late night series... and ER.
At one time she was the GO TO Asian actress in Hollywood
Her filmography is probably INSANE
And notice she never had surgery to hide her Asian features...
Has been NUMEROUS films with a black male lead
And steered clear of the stereotypical asian female roles that dominated the industry
She actually should be much more recognized for her work.
Did you know that Ming-Na Wen is fucking 55 years old.
I always thought she was at a minimum 46.
https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/my-new-internet-crush-ming-na-wen-h-funk-approved.820217/
Am I the only one who couldn't stop laughing at how Mack looked at Deek when he saw Framework Daisy?
^^^^^
The humor of this show is greatly under appreciated
And he would be giving me 5%
I fucking KNEW that Asian chick was familiar...
It's fucking Maurissa Tancharoen AKA the Showrunner... AKA Joss Whedon's Sister in law..
DAMN...... I always thought she was fucking Older. Like 47 or something.. She looks young as shit.
Random Facts..
Her brother is Kevin Tancharoen.... The same guy who directs the crunkest episodes on Shield and Arrow.. He also created the rebooted Mortal Kombat Series.
ANd here is the MOST random Fact..
Back in the Day she was in a girl group called Pretty in Pink... ... that had Chaka Khan's daughter as a singer.
Fonz... with the Random Knowledge
This song was my shit.. back in the day. Man I wonder if I can track down this album.
She did a good job singing here too.
It's fucked up Dollhouse had two seasons....That show could have easily went 6-8 seasons from the way the show was going.....
She did a good job singing here too.
It's fucked up Dollhouse had two seasons....That show could have easily went 6-8 seasons from the way the show was going.....
Dollhouse>>>>>>>
It was as usual ahead of its time.
The whole thing about using human bodies what are memories traunatic memory as associated with slavery and abuse etc etc ..
Are actually MORE relevant today
Show is beautiful
Captain Marvel May Have Snuck In a Nod to Agents of SHIELD
During a recent Reddit AMA, an executive producer of Captain Marvel seemingly confirmed a hidden Agents of SHIELD reference.
NEWSMichael Ahr
Jun 10, 2019
Captain Marvel certainly had its fair share of references to SHIELD as an organization, and with the appearance of a younger Agent Phil Coulson, fans of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD were happy to see their beloved television show represented in the larger MCU more prevalently than in the past. However, an alert Reddit user spotted a sneaky cameo from a season 1 guest actor in the movie that may have been a subtle nod to a one-and-done villain if executive producer Victoria Alonso’s response during a Reddit AMA is to be believed.
Reddit user Pedgrid asked Alonso, “Was that a Pre-Blackout Marcus Daniels (a villain from Agents of SHIELD) tending the bar Carol and Fury were at? They share the same actor, Patrick Brennan." Brennan appeared as the villain Blackout in the season 1 episode entitled “The Only Light in the Darkness” in which he stalked Coulson’s lost love Audrey Nathan a.k.a. “The Cellist.” Depending on the timing, Marcus Daniels could easily have been a bartender before being exposed to the Darkforce energy that gave him his powers.
further reading: Captain Marvel 2: What We Want to See
Alonso’s answer to the Agents of SHIELD fan was a cryptic, “You noticed?” Of course, that could be a winking statement acknowledging a casting coincidence, in which case it was an expert troll to be appreciated for its own glorious merits. But if it was a purposeful choice, it represents a rare link between Marvel’s flagship television property and the larger movie franchise via Captain Marvel. Tie-ins have been harder to come by as the seasons have progressed, so any small indication that things may still be “all connected” in the Marvel universe is welcome news.
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/agents-of-shield/281626/captain-marvel-blackout-agents-of-shield
During a recent Reddit AMA, an executive producer of Captain Marvel seemingly confirmed a hidden Agents of SHIELD reference.
NEWSMichael Ahr
Jun 10, 2019
Captain Marvel certainly had its fair share of references to SHIELD as an organization, and with the appearance of a younger Agent Phil Coulson, fans of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD were happy to see their beloved television show represented in the larger MCU more prevalently than in the past. However, an alert Reddit user spotted a sneaky cameo from a season 1 guest actor in the movie that may have been a subtle nod to a one-and-done villain if executive producer Victoria Alonso’s response during a Reddit AMA is to be believed.
Reddit user Pedgrid asked Alonso, “Was that a Pre-Blackout Marcus Daniels (a villain from Agents of SHIELD) tending the bar Carol and Fury were at? They share the same actor, Patrick Brennan." Brennan appeared as the villain Blackout in the season 1 episode entitled “The Only Light in the Darkness” in which he stalked Coulson’s lost love Audrey Nathan a.k.a. “The Cellist.” Depending on the timing, Marcus Daniels could easily have been a bartender before being exposed to the Darkforce energy that gave him his powers.
further reading: Captain Marvel 2: What We Want to See
Alonso’s answer to the Agents of SHIELD fan was a cryptic, “You noticed?” Of course, that could be a winking statement acknowledging a casting coincidence, in which case it was an expert troll to be appreciated for its own glorious merits. But if it was a purposeful choice, it represents a rare link between Marvel’s flagship television property and the larger movie franchise via Captain Marvel. Tie-ins have been harder to come by as the seasons have progressed, so any small indication that things may still be “all connected” in the Marvel universe is welcome news.
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/agents-of-shield/281626/captain-marvel-blackout-agents-of-shield
Agents of SHIELD Is Finally Bringing A Secret Invasion To The MCU
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is finally giving the MCU a Secret Invasion. In 2007, comic book writer Brian Bendis spearheaded a major Marvel Comics event called "Secret Invasion," which revealed that the shapeshifting Skrulls had been infiltrating human society for years. They'd managed to compromise everything from SHIELD to the Avengers themselves - in fact, the Skrull leader was serving as a member of the Avengers, having substituted herself for Spider-Woman.
When Marvel Studios first announced they were introducing the Skrulls to the MCU in Captain Marvel, astute comic book readers immediately guessed that a Secret Invasion was in the works. But Marvel took a different approach with the Skrulls, revealing them as victims rather than as aggressors, a race who were desperately attempting to survive Kree attempts to wipe them out. It's possible Marvel felt that this direction was simply too predictable, and so decided to switch things up a bit; while Kevin Feige has suggested the arc is still possible, there's no evidence it's imminent.
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Step forward Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, which has always enjoyed exploring characters and ideas that the films don't touch upon. Although Agents of SHIELD doesn't feature the Skrulls, it appears to be setting up something of a Secret Invasion story of its own.
AGENTS OF SHIELD'S SECRET INVASION PLOT EXPLAINED
Agents of SHIELD season 6 is divided between two plots, one in space and the other on Earth. The Earthbound SHIELD agents are currently dealing with the issue of a Coulson doppelganger called Sarge who either comes from another world, or more likely from another dimension. He's leading a small but dangerous team of agents and he doesn't mind killing anyone in his way. The latest episode, "Code Yellow," finally revealed Sarge's purpose. It seems he's arrived on Earth hunting alien infiltrators - and the creatures he's pursuing are far more sinister than the Skrulls.
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These new Agents of SHIELD aliens are bat-like in appearance, clearly highly intelligent, and they possess the ability to take possession of a human host. In order to do this, they literally force themselves down a human's throat, and once inside the body attach themselves to the cardiovascular system. They flood the host with a potent neurotoxin, essentially killing them and turning them into a zombie piloted by the alien. The neurotoxin even serves as an accelerant, a potential self-defense mechanism.
There's no direct comic book parallel for these monstrous beings, but it's possible they're the MCU version of the Brood, a parasitic alien race in the comics. Visually they're very different, but that may simply be because the comic book versions are far too obviously inspired by the Alien movies.
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Like Sarge and his team, these aliens appear to tap into the power of leylines in order to travel either between worlds or dimensions. There seem to be quite a significant number of the creatures, given Sarge triggered a detector that appeared to show quite a few temporal anomalies. But it's unclear how long they've been on Earth, or even what they aim to achieve. Disturbingly, SHIELD retrieved one video in which they witnessed the destruction of an entire planet; they believed Sarge to be responsible, but it may actually be an exothermic blast triggered by the aliens on a massive scale.
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SECRET INVASION IS PERFECT FOR AGENTS OF SHIELD
The truth is that Agents of SHIELD is probably better suited for a Secret Invasion plot than any Marvel movie. This kind of plot is really made for a spy drama rather than a superhero adventure, and frankly for a serialized TV series rather than a movie. Conceptually, it's an idea that works best with a gradual build-up; you start off with the discovery that the aliens exist, and then you tease a sense of paranoia over time by facing every character with a single disturbing question: who do you trust?
That was the initial approach the comics took, with the Avengers learning about the Skrulls when one of the invaders died and reverted to its natural form. However, the main event quickly lost that dark sense of suspicion, turning into a typical superhero slugfest. Fans have largely forgotten that the comic Secret Invasion wasn't well-received back in 2007 and 2008, and its reputation has only recovered because it set up the far more interesting Dark Reign era, in which Norman Osborn used the invasion as a way to portray himself as a hero to the world.
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Meanwhile, it does make sense for Agents of SHIELD to avoid the Skrulls. "The movies are the lead dog," Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb recently explained. "Our job is to navigate within that world." As per Captain Marvel, there appear to just be a small number of surviving Skrulls out there in the first place, the race having been brought to the brink of extinction by the Kree, and the few remaining shapeshifters aren't hostile. Feige has suggested that not all Skrulls may be peaceful, but that kind of idea would clearly be reserved for a Captain Marvel sequel. Instead, Agents of SHIELD has launched a fairly similar concept, with a whole different race of aliens.
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AN AGENTS OF SHIELD SECRET INVASION WOULD EXPLAIN SARGE'S ROLE
Assuming this Agents of SHIELD season 6 arc is indeed (very) loosely inspired by Secret Invasion, Sarge may actually be a twisted version of Nick Fury from that story. Fury played a key role in the comics; at the time, he'd gone rogue and was a wanted man. Fury's relationship with Earth's heroes had broken down completely after he'd used a group of A-list heroes like Spider-Man and Wolverine on a mission and then wiped their memories. In fact, Wolverine would have preferred killing Nick Fury to working with him. As a result, when Fury discovered the Skrull invasion, he was forced to recruit a small team and operate from the shadows. He had an adversarial, antagonistic relationship with groups such as the Avengers, right up until the moment the Skrull force stepped out into the open.
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It's possible Sarge and his team are the Agents of SHIELD equivalent, albeit with an even more complex backstory. If so, SHIELD may yet find themselves in an unlikely alliance with the Phil Coulson doppelganger, whose methods they disagree with but whose knowledge could prove tremendously valuable.
HOW SECRET INVASION RESHAPES AGENTS OF SHIELD SEASON 6
All this raises two key questions for Agents of SHIELD season 6: what are these alien infiltrators doing on Earth, and have they compromised SHIELD? Right now, the creatures' motives are unknown, but if they are indeed a Brood analog then they may have the simplest of goals; to reproduce, claiming a host and laying eggs within them. Exponential reproduction would ultimately mean every human being on the planet became nothing more than an organic incubator, discarded when they were of no further use. If this is indeed the case, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team is once again facing an extinction level event.
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The aliens are clearly very intelligent, meaning it's quite likely they've identified SHIELD as a potential threat. Ironically, the very fact Mack has SHIELD expanding and organized will work against him here, because it will take Dr. Benson time to conduct tests on every SHIELD agent to ensure they aren't already a host. Worse still, it's entirely possible any SHIELD agent could come under an alien's influence right after being tested. Sarge knows how to locate the creatures, though, which means SHIELD may be in desperate need of this alliance - and they'll just have to deal with the pain of working with the man who wears Phil Coulson's face.
https://screenrant.com/agents-shield-season-6-mcu-secret-invasion/
- BY THOMAS BACON
- – ON JUN 10, 2019
- IN SR ORIGINALS
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is finally giving the MCU a Secret Invasion. In 2007, comic book writer Brian Bendis spearheaded a major Marvel Comics event called "Secret Invasion," which revealed that the shapeshifting Skrulls had been infiltrating human society for years. They'd managed to compromise everything from SHIELD to the Avengers themselves - in fact, the Skrull leader was serving as a member of the Avengers, having substituted herself for Spider-Woman.
When Marvel Studios first announced they were introducing the Skrulls to the MCU in Captain Marvel, astute comic book readers immediately guessed that a Secret Invasion was in the works. But Marvel took a different approach with the Skrulls, revealing them as victims rather than as aggressors, a race who were desperately attempting to survive Kree attempts to wipe them out. It's possible Marvel felt that this direction was simply too predictable, and so decided to switch things up a bit; while Kevin Feige has suggested the arc is still possible, there's no evidence it's imminent.
Continue Scrolling To Keep ReadingClick the button below to start this article in quick view.
START NOW
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RELATED: Does Endgame Undo Captain Marvel To Tease Secret Invasion In MCU Phase 4?
Step forward Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, which has always enjoyed exploring characters and ideas that the films don't touch upon. Although Agents of SHIELD doesn't feature the Skrulls, it appears to be setting up something of a Secret Invasion story of its own.
AGENTS OF SHIELD'S SECRET INVASION PLOT EXPLAINED
Agents of SHIELD season 6 is divided between two plots, one in space and the other on Earth. The Earthbound SHIELD agents are currently dealing with the issue of a Coulson doppelganger called Sarge who either comes from another world, or more likely from another dimension. He's leading a small but dangerous team of agents and he doesn't mind killing anyone in his way. The latest episode, "Code Yellow," finally revealed Sarge's purpose. It seems he's arrived on Earth hunting alien infiltrators - and the creatures he's pursuing are far more sinister than the Skrulls.
ADVERTISING
These new Agents of SHIELD aliens are bat-like in appearance, clearly highly intelligent, and they possess the ability to take possession of a human host. In order to do this, they literally force themselves down a human's throat, and once inside the body attach themselves to the cardiovascular system. They flood the host with a potent neurotoxin, essentially killing them and turning them into a zombie piloted by the alien. The neurotoxin even serves as an accelerant, a potential self-defense mechanism.
There's no direct comic book parallel for these monstrous beings, but it's possible they're the MCU version of the Brood, a parasitic alien race in the comics. Visually they're very different, but that may simply be because the comic book versions are far too obviously inspired by the Alien movies.
ADVERTISING
RELATED: The REAL Reason For Captain America: Civil War Revealed By Marvel TV Timeline
Like Sarge and his team, these aliens appear to tap into the power of leylines in order to travel either between worlds or dimensions. There seem to be quite a significant number of the creatures, given Sarge triggered a detector that appeared to show quite a few temporal anomalies. But it's unclear how long they've been on Earth, or even what they aim to achieve. Disturbingly, SHIELD retrieved one video in which they witnessed the destruction of an entire planet; they believed Sarge to be responsible, but it may actually be an exothermic blast triggered by the aliens on a massive scale.
ADVERTISING
SECRET INVASION IS PERFECT FOR AGENTS OF SHIELD
The truth is that Agents of SHIELD is probably better suited for a Secret Invasion plot than any Marvel movie. This kind of plot is really made for a spy drama rather than a superhero adventure, and frankly for a serialized TV series rather than a movie. Conceptually, it's an idea that works best with a gradual build-up; you start off with the discovery that the aliens exist, and then you tease a sense of paranoia over time by facing every character with a single disturbing question: who do you trust?
That was the initial approach the comics took, with the Avengers learning about the Skrulls when one of the invaders died and reverted to its natural form. However, the main event quickly lost that dark sense of suspicion, turning into a typical superhero slugfest. Fans have largely forgotten that the comic Secret Invasion wasn't well-received back in 2007 and 2008, and its reputation has only recovered because it set up the far more interesting Dark Reign era, in which Norman Osborn used the invasion as a way to portray himself as a hero to the world.
ADVERTISING
Meanwhile, it does make sense for Agents of SHIELD to avoid the Skrulls. "The movies are the lead dog," Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb recently explained. "Our job is to navigate within that world." As per Captain Marvel, there appear to just be a small number of surviving Skrulls out there in the first place, the race having been brought to the brink of extinction by the Kree, and the few remaining shapeshifters aren't hostile. Feige has suggested that not all Skrulls may be peaceful, but that kind of idea would clearly be reserved for a Captain Marvel sequel. Instead, Agents of SHIELD has launched a fairly similar concept, with a whole different race of aliens.
ADVERTISING
RELATED: Agents Of SHIELD Is Setting Up The Framework As A Villain For Season 7
AN AGENTS OF SHIELD SECRET INVASION WOULD EXPLAIN SARGE'S ROLE
Assuming this Agents of SHIELD season 6 arc is indeed (very) loosely inspired by Secret Invasion, Sarge may actually be a twisted version of Nick Fury from that story. Fury played a key role in the comics; at the time, he'd gone rogue and was a wanted man. Fury's relationship with Earth's heroes had broken down completely after he'd used a group of A-list heroes like Spider-Man and Wolverine on a mission and then wiped their memories. In fact, Wolverine would have preferred killing Nick Fury to working with him. As a result, when Fury discovered the Skrull invasion, he was forced to recruit a small team and operate from the shadows. He had an adversarial, antagonistic relationship with groups such as the Avengers, right up until the moment the Skrull force stepped out into the open.
ADVERTISING
It's possible Sarge and his team are the Agents of SHIELD equivalent, albeit with an even more complex backstory. If so, SHIELD may yet find themselves in an unlikely alliance with the Phil Coulson doppelganger, whose methods they disagree with but whose knowledge could prove tremendously valuable.
HOW SECRET INVASION RESHAPES AGENTS OF SHIELD SEASON 6
All this raises two key questions for Agents of SHIELD season 6: what are these alien infiltrators doing on Earth, and have they compromised SHIELD? Right now, the creatures' motives are unknown, but if they are indeed a Brood analog then they may have the simplest of goals; to reproduce, claiming a host and laying eggs within them. Exponential reproduction would ultimately mean every human being on the planet became nothing more than an organic incubator, discarded when they were of no further use. If this is indeed the case, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team is once again facing an extinction level event.
ADVERTISING
The aliens are clearly very intelligent, meaning it's quite likely they've identified SHIELD as a potential threat. Ironically, the very fact Mack has SHIELD expanding and organized will work against him here, because it will take Dr. Benson time to conduct tests on every SHIELD agent to ensure they aren't already a host. Worse still, it's entirely possible any SHIELD agent could come under an alien's influence right after being tested. Sarge knows how to locate the creatures, though, which means SHIELD may be in desperate need of this alliance - and they'll just have to deal with the pain of working with the man who wears Phil Coulson's face.
https://screenrant.com/agents-shield-season-6-mcu-secret-invasion/
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Captain Marvel Had A Secret Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Easter Egg
ERIC EISENBERG
4 COMMENTS
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RANDOM ARTICLE BLEND
The relationship between Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a bit strange for many years now. There have been times over the years when they have been closely linked, with episodes of the shows directly connected to events happening on the big screen, but at the same time there are certain elements of the series that don't quite sync up with what is happening in the blockbuster world.
Further separating the two worlds is the fact that we're now at a point where it seems very unlikely that any of the main characters originally created for the ABC show will make appearances or have roles in any of Marvel's upcoming films - but for what it's worth, apparently the recently-released Captain Marvel does have an interesting connection to an episode from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first season.
The episode in question is titled "Providence" (the eighteenth of the series), and the little Easter egg revolves around the character Marcus Daniels. On the show, Daniels was played by actor Patrick Brennan, and is featured as a Darkforce-powered stalker of Audrey Nathan - the Portland-based cellist and former flame of Agent Phil Coulson's who is first mentioned in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. He is a one-off villain from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and has not yet returned since his first appearance, but an Eagle eyed fan has gotten confirmation that Marcus Daniels a.k.a. Blackout has a small role in the 1990s-set Captain Marvel.
Credited as "Bartender," Patrick Brennan briefly appears as basically a background actor in the 2019 blockbuster, namely during the scene where Carol Danvers and Nick Fury sit down to really talk for the first time, but now Marvel Studios producer Victoria Alonso has made it known that the "cameo" is an official Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Easter egg. The filmmaker recently took part in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, and when specifically asked about Brennan's role and the TV connection she basically confirmed it by responding, "You noticed?"
It's hard to say if this was actually entirely intentional or not, but for what it's worth it does fit with Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity - or, more accurately, it doesn't not fit. We don't know much about Marcus Daniels background beyond the fact that he was formerly an assistant at a physics lab doing experiments involving the aforementioned Darkforce, and it's not totally outside the realm of possibility that prior to that job he was making ends meet by tending bar while living in Los Angeles.
And given the fact that Captain Marvel marks Clark Gregg's first return to the big screen as Phil Coulson since The Avengers, we'd like to believe that the production purposefully also included a quick nod to the show that is currently airing its sixth season.
If you didn't catch Marcus Daniels in Captain Marvel when you saw the movie on the big screen, the good news is that you can now spot him in the comfort of your own home. Following its billion dollar run at the box office, the blockbuster is now available for digital download, and will be hitting stores on Blu-ray and DVD next Tuesday, June 11th.
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2474546/captain-marvel-had-a-secret-agents-of-shield-easter-egg
Captain Marvel Had A Secret Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Easter Egg
ERIC EISENBERG
4 COMMENTS
5 DAYS AGO
RANDOM ARTICLE BLEND
The relationship between Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a bit strange for many years now. There have been times over the years when they have been closely linked, with episodes of the shows directly connected to events happening on the big screen, but at the same time there are certain elements of the series that don't quite sync up with what is happening in the blockbuster world.
Further separating the two worlds is the fact that we're now at a point where it seems very unlikely that any of the main characters originally created for the ABC show will make appearances or have roles in any of Marvel's upcoming films - but for what it's worth, apparently the recently-released Captain Marvel does have an interesting connection to an episode from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first season.
The episode in question is titled "Providence" (the eighteenth of the series), and the little Easter egg revolves around the character Marcus Daniels. On the show, Daniels was played by actor Patrick Brennan, and is featured as a Darkforce-powered stalker of Audrey Nathan - the Portland-based cellist and former flame of Agent Phil Coulson's who is first mentioned in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. He is a one-off villain from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and has not yet returned since his first appearance, but an Eagle eyed fan has gotten confirmation that Marcus Daniels a.k.a. Blackout has a small role in the 1990s-set Captain Marvel.
Credited as "Bartender," Patrick Brennan briefly appears as basically a background actor in the 2019 blockbuster, namely during the scene where Carol Danvers and Nick Fury sit down to really talk for the first time, but now Marvel Studios producer Victoria Alonso has made it known that the "cameo" is an official Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Easter egg. The filmmaker recently took part in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, and when specifically asked about Brennan's role and the TV connection she basically confirmed it by responding, "You noticed?"
It's hard to say if this was actually entirely intentional or not, but for what it's worth it does fit with Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity - or, more accurately, it doesn't not fit. We don't know much about Marcus Daniels background beyond the fact that he was formerly an assistant at a physics lab doing experiments involving the aforementioned Darkforce, and it's not totally outside the realm of possibility that prior to that job he was making ends meet by tending bar while living in Los Angeles.
And given the fact that Captain Marvel marks Clark Gregg's first return to the big screen as Phil Coulson since The Avengers, we'd like to believe that the production purposefully also included a quick nod to the show that is currently airing its sixth season.
If you didn't catch Marcus Daniels in Captain Marvel when you saw the movie on the big screen, the good news is that you can now spot him in the comfort of your own home. Following its billion dollar run at the box office, the blockbuster is now available for digital download, and will be hitting stores on Blu-ray and DVD next Tuesday, June 11th.
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2474546/captain-marvel-had-a-secret-agents-of-shield-easter-egg
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After installments which were much more invested in delivering fun moments for the cast and viewers alike, here’s “The Other Thing,” an Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode which seems more dedicated to moving the plot forward than significant character development.
And that’s said after watching multiple flashback scenes featuring May and Coulson, including an opening sequence which blends Mean!Coulson (my super-creative nickname for the newest iteration of Clark Gregg on this show) with May’s beachside memories of the original Coulson, suffering not from the effects of too much wine, but the titular “other thing,” the return of his previously presumed fatal injury which was now slowly killing him.
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The Other Thing
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It is, however, an episode which gives new cast member (and legendary character actor) Barry Shabaka Henley the spotlight, as he not only gets questioned on his choice of off-the-clock activities (always interesting, when a genre show acknowledges a character’s all-too-human weaknesses). Meanwhile, Yo-Yo and Mack’s relationship getting complicated by the death of her previous love interest is the most downer way to wrap up this sort of forced love triangle, which is only barely deflected by her concern over Dr. Benson’s abilities.
That said, Davis and Piper do get some fun back and forth, especially Piper’s brutal salvo to Davis: “I was being nice—you’re a whiny bitch.” And Enoch’s exclamation of “bestie!” upon seeing Fitz’s hologram is heartwarming.
The most important nugget of information delivered here is the fact that Mean!Coulson and his team of alien oddballs are on Earth to eliminate alien threats to the planet, as opposed to any sort of world-conquering goals. It’s technically a noble pursuit, but also the fact that “Sarge’s” methods include locking May in a room with a dangerous creature speaks to the fact that the original Coulson “was a dream. I’m your nightmare.”
Speaking of the new (and effectively disgusting) monster of the season—in Dr. Benson’s words, “parasitic alien birds,” but officially known as the Shrike (spelling unconfirmed)—gets another showcase as Mean!Coulson confronts May with the danger of this creature. Ever since Alien, things that fly down someone’s throat and erupt out of the body later have been a lynchpin of sci-fi body horror, and the crystalline twist on what happens to victims of this particular threat is appropriately terrifying.
The end of “The Other Thing” seems initially like it might bring together the separate threads of season six, thanks to the return of Daisy and May to H.Q. But Fitz and Simmons still remain in the control of the Chronicoms, and so at least some portion of this show’s story will remain interstellar for the time being.
Brooke Williams, not the creepiest part of this episode (only because she didn’t explode into a crystal monster).
Photo: ABC/Mitch Haaseth
Which, speaking of that: Perhaps the most interesting twist of the episode is Enoch deducting a basic fact of this show’s elemental plotting—when Simmons is in danger, Fitz will do whatever it takes to save the day. The fact that Simmons willingly enables this behavior by surrendering herself to the Chronicoms could speak to future issues within this relationship, and the episode’s ending doesn’t imply that Simmons’ reason for doing so will lead to her actually getting the chance to help Fitz develop whatever magic sort of time travel he might be able to conjure up. But it’s both characters remaining all-too-true to form — and to each other.
What proves most intriguing about this episode is how it highlights a lingering issue from Season 5—not that it was easy for the S.H.I.E.L.D.gang to return to their original timeframe and save Earth from ultimate disaster, but the fact that they did it at all means that you can’t blame other people for wondering “hey, what if that was possible for us?” The Chronicoms want to save their world, and it’s not like S.H.I.E.L.D. has presented a solid reason for why that would be a bad thing (though their methods of coercion are a bit brutal). The ethical question of when it makes sense to employ time travel to fix a massive tragedy feels like one this show has set itself up to answer. The issue that lingers is—will it?
Stray Observations
Liz Shannon Miller
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After installments which were much more invested in delivering fun moments for the cast and viewers alike, here’s “The Other Thing,” an Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode which seems more dedicated to moving the plot forward than significant character development.
And that’s said after watching multiple flashback scenes featuring May and Coulson, including an opening sequence which blends Mean!Coulson (my super-creative nickname for the newest iteration of Clark Gregg on this show) with May’s beachside memories of the original Coulson, suffering not from the effects of too much wine, but the titular “other thing,” the return of his previously presumed fatal injury which was now slowly killing him.
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It is, however, an episode which gives new cast member (and legendary character actor) Barry Shabaka Henley the spotlight, as he not only gets questioned on his choice of off-the-clock activities (always interesting, when a genre show acknowledges a character’s all-too-human weaknesses). Meanwhile, Yo-Yo and Mack’s relationship getting complicated by the death of her previous love interest is the most downer way to wrap up this sort of forced love triangle, which is only barely deflected by her concern over Dr. Benson’s abilities.
That said, Davis and Piper do get some fun back and forth, especially Piper’s brutal salvo to Davis: “I was being nice—you’re a whiny bitch.” And Enoch’s exclamation of “bestie!” upon seeing Fitz’s hologram is heartwarming.
The most important nugget of information delivered here is the fact that Mean!Coulson and his team of alien oddballs are on Earth to eliminate alien threats to the planet, as opposed to any sort of world-conquering goals. It’s technically a noble pursuit, but also the fact that “Sarge’s” methods include locking May in a room with a dangerous creature speaks to the fact that the original Coulson “was a dream. I’m your nightmare.”
Speaking of the new (and effectively disgusting) monster of the season—in Dr. Benson’s words, “parasitic alien birds,” but officially known as the Shrike (spelling unconfirmed)—gets another showcase as Mean!Coulson confronts May with the danger of this creature. Ever since Alien, things that fly down someone’s throat and erupt out of the body later have been a lynchpin of sci-fi body horror, and the crystalline twist on what happens to victims of this particular threat is appropriately terrifying.
The end of “The Other Thing” seems initially like it might bring together the separate threads of season six, thanks to the return of Daisy and May to H.Q. But Fitz and Simmons still remain in the control of the Chronicoms, and so at least some portion of this show’s story will remain interstellar for the time being.
Brooke Williams, not the creepiest part of this episode (only because she didn’t explode into a crystal monster).
Photo: ABC/Mitch Haaseth
Which, speaking of that: Perhaps the most interesting twist of the episode is Enoch deducting a basic fact of this show’s elemental plotting—when Simmons is in danger, Fitz will do whatever it takes to save the day. The fact that Simmons willingly enables this behavior by surrendering herself to the Chronicoms could speak to future issues within this relationship, and the episode’s ending doesn’t imply that Simmons’ reason for doing so will lead to her actually getting the chance to help Fitz develop whatever magic sort of time travel he might be able to conjure up. But it’s both characters remaining all-too-true to form — and to each other.
What proves most intriguing about this episode is how it highlights a lingering issue from Season 5—not that it was easy for the S.H.I.E.L.D.gang to return to their original timeframe and save Earth from ultimate disaster, but the fact that they did it at all means that you can’t blame other people for wondering “hey, what if that was possible for us?” The Chronicoms want to save their world, and it’s not like S.H.I.E.L.D. has presented a solid reason for why that would be a bad thing (though their methods of coercion are a bit brutal). The ethical question of when it makes sense to employ time travel to fix a massive tragedy feels like one this show has set itself up to answer. The issue that lingers is—will it?
Stray Observations
- So, hello Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans! I apologize for not being Alex! But I’ve been lucky enough to inherit this beat from him, and will be covering the season going forward. Bear with me, please, especially when it comes to my absurdly deep affection for FitzSimmons as a couple.
- For a show that has sometimes cheaped out on the CGI, the scene where the Chromicons’ ship docks with the Zephyr looked impressively cool.
- “So serious, and with such a pretty face...” Having seen Ming-Na Wen at press events, the fact that she’s cast as this show’s heaviest hitter is always fun to behold (since out of character, her goofball qualities can’t help but come out).
- “I told you I’d make it hurt”: Proof that Ming-Na Wen has earned her aforementioned status as the show’s heaviest hitter, by virtue of her truly dedicated performance.
- Chronicoms aren’t presenting here as the good guys necessarily, but hey, you can’t say enough times how gender is a construct.
- The May vs. “Dead Man” fight scene stood out, if only because credited actor Mark Aaron Wagner pulled off doing charging at another actor while doing bridge pose—no easy thing for any stunt performer.
- “I never got certified for parasitic alien birds, so who the hell knows.” Been there, Dr. Benson. Been there.
Damn I love this show.
Considering the preview for next week episode I want to revisit the framework Fitz.
Considering the preview for next week episode I want to revisit the framework Fitz.