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Agents of SHIELD, Ep. 2.20, “Scars”: This Means War

In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America talks about how SHIELD is about saving people and that’s “how SHIELD should work.” While the Avengers are waxing nostalgic about their days at Nick Fury’s SHIELD, remembering the super-cool heli-carrier while forgetting Fury’s secret alien weaponry, present-day SHIELD is not really all that pretty and shiny. If anything, they are dealing with the exact same problems that Tony Stark is struggling with in Age of Ultron and that Nick Fury struggled with before him in Winter Soldier. Plot-wise, “Scars” only ties in loosely with Age of Ultron, but thematically, they should really both be seen to fully appreciate the other.

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Agents of SHIELD, Ep. 2.15, “One Door Closes”, Another Blows Wide Open

The episode title “One Door Closes” is a play on the old saying, “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Agents of SHIELD is focused almost exclusively on Agent-now-Director Coulson and his team, even more so after the fall of SHIELD. In “One Door Closes”, the writers of Agents of SHIELD ask the audience of SHIELD a lot of important questions. Are Coulson and his team in charge because they are the best people for the job, or does the audience want Coulson in charge because it is the only possibility they have been presented with? Is he only the director of SHIELD because Fury wanted him in charge and knew that Coulson would continue Fury’s style of leadership? If that is all true, is that really for the best?

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Agents of SHIELD, Ep. 2.14, “Love in the Time of Hydra”: An Edward James Olmos Appears!

“Love in the Time of Hydra” is an episode that is over quickly and leaves me wanting more in the best way. Give me more Ward/Agent 33 Pulp Fiction tributes, more Fitz calling out Simmons, and especially more Edward James Olmos. Always give me more Edward James Olmos.

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Montreal Comiccon 2013; Battlestar Galactica Reunion

Battlestar Galactica is so much more than a science fiction television series. Although it may take place in outer space and deal with deadly synthetic replicas, it also beautifully deals with humanity in such a personal way that almost anyone can identify with the story. Five years after the show’s finale, new fans keep emerging, …

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Montreal Comiccon 2013; A chat with Edward James Olmos

This past Sunday at the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, Sound On Sight got a chance to talk with Edward James Olmos. Known for his role as Admiral William Adama on the hit series Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Martin Castillo from Miami Vice, his role in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, a guest role on Dexter, not to mention …

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‘2 Guns’ a moderately enjoyable throwback to 80s buddy comedies

2 Guns Directed by Baltasar Kornákur Written by Blake Masters USA, 2013 The charm to 2 Guns is that it’s content to not try too hard. This is the kind of movie that will find a home on HBO and cable networks like FX in a year’s time, and play to a wide enough group …

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‘Blood & Chrome’ is the ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Prequel Fans Were Waiting For

When the most recent incarnation of Battlestar Galactica (BSG) ended in 2009 I found myself scurrying to find a replacement series of equal space operatic caliber. I found nothing, falling on Fringe to provide what little sci-fi greatness my TV could muster. I clung to the notion that a BSG prequel was in production, but …

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