Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[The Mad Professor]

I just remembered that "port" used to be called "larboard" (they changed it to avoid confusion with starboard), and that both "larboard" and "left" begin with the letter L.

 

[Sir Angus]

Nice work on the port / starboard, guys. Here's what shows on the diagram, and it all makes sense with that explanation:

(P/S)
cargo door
emergency exit
exit
horizontal stablizer
hydraulic machinery

(F/A)
spiral staircase

An easy way to remember port/starboard and left/right is port wine is red, and your heart is on your left = pump red blood. I know that's not the most stellar memory trick lol, but it's the one I was taught. Maybe easier is port and left both have 4 letters.

Well, guess I'm done with the diagram, unless there are some easter eggs on the legend in the bottom right. That was fun.

I still get a chuckle over Episode 2 / Fury's dressing-down of Coulson - NF's longing comment about the bar on the plane. "And a bar!!... ....a really nice one..."

Great job! Yeah that makes total sense ... I've never been much for boats so that didn't even cross my mind. :lol

 

[mistymills]

I still think her character can work. It just needs to be toned down. Don't force us to accept her here and now, let it come. It took the general audience two whole seasons to warm up to TNG and for good reason.

Cough:WesleyCrusher:Cough

Personally, I loved Wesley but he's STILL so very, very hated despite the love people have for that show.

 

[The Mad Professor]

Great job! Yeah that makes total sense ... I've never been much for boats so that didn't even cross my mind. :lol

There's a reason it's called "aeronautical" terminology. It applies both to ships and planes.

 

[Wes R]

On a slightly related note Clark Gregg is voicing agent coulson in the new Marvel Lego game so shield's represented in every marvel universe now lol

 

[Laspector]

Anyone else always think that Clark Gregg's name sounds backwards? Greg Clark sounds right to me but Clark Gregg just sounds reversed for some reason. Like saying Smith John.

 

[spacebat]

Cough:WesleyCrusher:Cough

Personally, I loved Wesley but he's STILL so very, very hated despite the love people have for that show.

I could forgive Wesley as a character because the rest of the cast were just so damn good. The characters in this series just aren't interesting...

 

[Treadwell]

I think that had more to do with the change in uniform styles (from a one piece jumpsuit to a two piece pants and jacket) after the first season, making the actors more at ease on set, therefore making the scenes seem less forced. The original jumpsuits were redesigned after the cast was complaining about back problems. As for why Season 2 was bad... Dr. Pulaski.

They wore the one-piece for two seasons.

Actors being more at ease (and less in pain) is definitely a boon, but most of the improvement in the third season is due to turnover in the writing department.

 

[Treadwell]

Now, expecting the entire Marvel universe, or any other, to completely hold to our reality is a pointless argument. I go into watching these sorts of things understanding that huge bursts of Gamma radiation turns you into the Hulk and not a cancer patient, or that a billionaire, genius playboy could create perpetual energy in an Afgani cave. However, when they use existing tech but mod it to ridiculous proportions for a simple "cool factor" without taking function into account that's when I throw my BS flag because they've shattered the imaginary world created by my own willingness to believe the story they're presenting.

The plane doesn't bother me but I think I get what you're saying. If the plane or the helicarrier rotors were explained away with a fictional "magic box" (as Rick Sternbach would call any piece of TNG tech that made the impossible possible, like the Heisenberg Compensator on the transporter)... some bit of "Marvel tech".... that is easier to accept in a comic book world than depictions of real-world tech doing impossible things.

 

[Sir Angus]

The plane doesn't bother me but I think I get what you're saying. If the plane or the helicarrier rotors were explained away with a fictional "magic box" (as Rick Sternbach would call any piece of TNG tech that made the impossible possible, like the Heisenberg Compensator on the transporter)... some bit of "Marvel tech".... that is easier to accept in a comic book world than depictions of real-world tech doing impossible things.

Yup, that's a good explanation.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Cough:WesleyCrusher:Cough

Personally, I loved Wesley but he's STILL so very, very hated despite the love people have for that show.

I never got why everyone hated Wesley. I guess maybe because I was about 10 when it started that I identified with him.

That Family Guy ST episode still cracks me up whenever Wil Wheaton talks and Patrick Stewart smacks him upside the head and yells "Shutup Wil!" :lol

 

[rodneyfaile]

On a slightly related note Clark Gregg is voicing agent coulson in the new Marvel Lego game so shield's represented in every marvel universe now lol

Have you noticed in the game, when you are playing as Wolverine, Coulson says "Sometimes, I wish I had regenerative powers like you."

Is that just a reference to him being stabbed, or somehow alluding to how he came back?

 

[Fly4v]

Have you noticed in the game, when you are playing as Wolverine, Coulson says "Sometimes, I wish I had regenerative powers like you."

Is that just a reference to him being stabbed, or somehow alluding to how he came back?

The new lego game is out? Lazy question you know I'm going straight to Amazon.

But what is up with a re-run already? Is that it for the season?

 

[TheNickFox]

But what is up with a re-run already? Is that it for the season?

It's probably to prevent an extended break over the holiday season. Many shows try to work in one or two reruns (usually to coincide with holidays like Halloween, Columbus Day, or Thanksgiving) so that they can keep broadcasting until closer to Christmas, or come back from the normal Christmas break a bit sooner.

I'm not sure if that has been shown to give them an edge in ratings or what, but it's just something I've noticed in the past.

-Nick

 

[Riceball]

It's probably to prevent an extended break over the holiday season. Many shows try to work in one or two reruns (usually to coincide with holidays like Halloween, Columbus Day, or Thanksgiving) so that they can keep broadcasting until closer to Christmas, or come back from the normal Christmas break a bit sooner.

I'm not sure if that has been shown to give them an edge in ratings or what, but it's just something I've noticed in the past.

-Nick

Shows also do this so that they can have what they feel is a really good episode(s) to air during sweeps week, a big time for networks. The other thing is that for regular networks it's also a matter of having enough new episodes to last for the entire season which has more weeks in it than shows have episodes, so by taking the occasional week or two off and/or the re-run or two it means that they won't have to show re-runs or nothing for the rest of the season after they've finished airing all of their new episodes.

 

[SigsegV]

From what I've heard, they only made 6 episodes at first because they weren't sure it would catch on, but due to its ratings it's been picked up for a full season, so there's a bit of a gap while they make new episodes.

 

[Sir Angus]

From what I've heard, they only made 6 episodes at first because they weren't sure it would catch on, but due to its ratings it's been picked up for a full season, so there's a bit of a gap while they make new episodes.

If this is true, it seems odd to me given the popularity of all things Marvel for the last 5yrs. Then again, network execs do a lot of stupid stuff pretty regularly ... Like cancel Firefly, Family Guy, Futurama, 4400, Firefly, etc ...

 

[bobatrek]

New episode Tuesday, as are the two following.

 

[seelsa73]

If this is true, it seems odd to me given the popularity of all things Marvel for the last 5yrs. Then again, network execs do a lot of stupid stuff pretty regularly ... Like cancel Firefly, Family Guy, Futurama, 4400, Firefly, etc ...

Except Family Guy was put back on because of popularity...twice. Never did care for futurama.

 

[mistymills]

In unrelated news, today at work I am wearing my SHIELD coat that was part of my Chick Fury: Agent of D.E.R.B.Y. costume from last May. YAY Halloween!