ElleCee
Blueblood
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Oct 19, 2005 21:09:38 GMT -4
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Post by ElleCee on Jan 9, 2015 17:43:21 GMT -4
Let's talk Peggy Carter. She's savvy, funny, sexy, a little bit angsty and a brutal fighter. Wow.
This is a tight 8 episode arc and it grabbed me immediately where SHIELD couldn't hold my attention. I pretty much love everything about it and Hayley Atwell is doing an amazing job. It looks fabulous, it has a lot of strong female characters and it has Jarvis? Hello! Can't wait to see episode three.
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Post by Mutagen on Jan 9, 2015 18:09:03 GMT -4
I feel a little bad that Agents of SHIELD is getting so beat up in comparison to this show, since I think it's really improved lately. But no question, Agent Carter came out of the gate kicking ASS in a way that SHIELD really failed to.
Peggy is pretty much everything a "strong female character" should be -- it's not just that she's strong in combat, it's that she's also very strongly written and feels like a three-dimensional character. She has flaws, she has vulnerability, she has real motivations.
I think placing Jarvis as her sidekick is a masterstroke. Their partnership was a pleasant surprise, and his presence makes for a nice logical bridge between Peggy and the Stark family.
In short: hooked.
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Post by Witchie on Jan 9, 2015 19:45:27 GMT -4
Let's talk Peggy Carter. She's savvy, funny, sexy, a little bit angsty and a brutal fighter. Wow. This is a tight 8 episode arc and it grabbed me immediately where SHIELD couldn't hold my attention. I pretty much love everything about it and Hayley Atwell is doing an amazing job. It looks fabulous, it has a lot of strong female characters and it has Jarvis? Hello! Can't wait to see episode three. I cannot wait for episode 3 and a 2nd season. This was so good. Hayley is amazing. |
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Post by kostgard on Jan 10, 2015 15:19:31 GMT -4
I'm catching up on this and I love it. Peggy is awesome and I like her sassy waitress friend. The look of it is great too.
The actor who plays Jarvis is a bit Benedict Cumberbatch-y. If someone told me they were brothers I would believe it.
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Post by LurkerNan on Jan 13, 2015 15:30:53 GMT -4
Lots of action, kickass women, lots of pretty clothes and great atmosphere... what's not to love?
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Post by Witchie on Jan 13, 2015 16:30:21 GMT -4
I rewatched this on Saturday. It's just so good. So, I'm thinking Sousa will turn out to be Peggy's husband. I know we have a ways to go before they reach that point, but IMO, all signs are pointing that way. He's going to discover she's the mystery blonde and they are probably going to work together to get all of Stark's bad babies back. Even if they don't go that route, I love the respect they have for each other.
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Post by lea1977 on Jan 14, 2015 7:53:38 GMT -4
Love this show, what a nice winter surprise for television.
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Post by Mutagen on Jan 14, 2015 8:42:29 GMT -4
Sousa is either Peggy's future husband, or secretly evil. I REALLY hope it's the former. That line from the other agent about how she'd never trade in a shield for a crutch was pretty brutal, but also seemed like foreshadowing to me.
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Post by Witchie on Jan 14, 2015 13:41:36 GMT -4
Read a post last night that pointed out that Peggy didn't fall in love with Captain America. She fell in love with sickly, stubborn, loyal Steve Rogers. Whenever they show her looking at a picture of Steve, it isn't after the serum, it's before. Daniel has the same characteristics as Steve. So yes, I definitely think that line was foreshadowing.
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Post by ratscabies on Jan 16, 2015 2:53:52 GMT -4
I have never been more than a casual comic book person. I liked the 1966 Spiderman cartoon, the Adam West Batman series, and the Chris Reeve Superman films.Watched 6 seasons of Smallville, mostly for the eye candy that was Allison Mack. I have seen my fair share of blockbuster Marvel and Batman movies. Heck, the band once played a private gig for a birthday party for the head guy at Marvel (even got a fancy leather-sleeved embroidered coat pimping Affleck's Daredevil flick for my troubles).
I consider myself a big fan of Agents of Shield, mostly due to my longstanding status as Joss Whedon's bitch.
Agent Carter is, after seeing the first two episodes, my new favorite show.
If someone at ABC doesn't green-light this as a permanent addition to the programming roster, they should all be fired.
It was the mute guy's communication device (Royal typewriter hooked up to something using a Gillette Super Speed razor as an antenna??? Brilliant!) that sucked me in. Not gonna lie, though. Hayley Atwell is the hottest thing on TV right now.
I have a few minor quibbles (the Ampex tape recorder behind Peggy's desk is from the early 1950s, not 1946, but hey, big meter and tube-tech always looks cool onscreen). If I wasn't a sound engineer, I wouldn't notice stuff like that.
Also, am I kidding myself that lifelong comics afficianado Gene Simmons was the big guy in yellow in the Roxxon offices? Uncredited, of course.
ETA: Oops! The tape deck isn't behind her desk in the series office. I rewatched the first episode and realized the office in the series is completely different that the one in the short film that was (I think) on the DVD of Capt America.
The nitpicky detail in the show was when Carter's first room mate comes home sick, and sneezes into her elbow. Pretty sure we still sneezed into our hands until at least 1994....
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