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[frelling_tralk]

So who on my flist is still watching The Vampire Diaries next season?

And how many on my flist are watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., cause I'm seriously thinking of giving it a go now? I skipped it in the first place because I wasn't all that into The Avengers movie, so I don't know if that means that it will be an automatic miss for me...But eh I do usually enjoy Joss's other shows (well at least I loved Buffy and Dollhouse, liked Angel, and Firefly was okay), plus I've seen some enthusiastic reviews for it really picking up in the second half of season 1, so would people recommend giving season 2 a try when it airs?

Comments

[lynnenne]

Me! I'm watching both!

Did you see Captain America: The Winter Soldier? If you liked that movie, you'll enjoy Agents of SHIELD. The events of that movie were carried over into the last few episodes of Season 1, which is why it got so good towards the end.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of the other Marvel films, I think that's part of why I didn't get into The Avengers that much lol because it seemed like it was more aimed at fans of the existing franchise? I went into The Avengers blind, just knowing that Joss Whedon was behind it and it was getting a ton of praise on my flist, but I struggled to care that much about any of it tbh. That's mostly why I've been avoiding S.H.I.E.L.D because I assumed that again it wouldn't be my sort of thing, but I guess that a television show would be better for growing to care about the characters

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

TVD yes, the other no.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I'll be watching TVD as well :)

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

TVD yes, the other no.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I still watch, but considering I never even saw last season's finale, I'm hardly an attentive fan. :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Yeah I found my interest waning towards the end of season 5, it's a shame because I was really loving the first half of that season, but it seemed to lose something after they killed off Katherine :(

[ladyoneill.livejournal.com]

I watch both. TVD is getting a bit stale for me, probably just because it's been on so long. I prefer The Originals.

I love SHIELD. It certainly got better as the characters developed and the plot expanded. I'm not sure how easy it is to watch if you're not familiar with the movies, though (not just the Avengers; it's completely tied into Winter Soldier and there's a Thor crossover too; the first ep this season has a Peggy Carter appearance--she's from both Capt. America movies and cofounded SHIELD.)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I did find myself enjoying the first half of TvD season 5 a lot, but then getting pretty bored towards the end :/ I wasn't a big fan of Enzo and all of the drama there. It's a shame because I really liked him in the flashback episodes and when he was first introduced, but then I found that he became waaaay to much when he was suddenly Damon's new best pal and seemed to be around all the time, the later drama with those two and how super close they suddenly were felt really forced Idk. I need to rewatch season 5 though really, a lot of what happened escapes me now. (And I haven't seen The Originals)

And hmm okay, thanks. Would you say that it's still a reasonably self-contained show that is easy to pick up though, or does it only make sense if you've seen the movies as well?

[gehirnstuerm.livejournal.com]

Yes to both!

Now that Ric is back, I'm actually excited for the new season. I'd lost my enthusiasm over the previous two seasons.

And also a definite YES to AoS. I'm a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I guess the show works on its own as well, though. As someone else pointed out, it incorporates the events of The Winter Soldier, but it should be perfectly comprehensible and exciting enough without knowing the movie. But to get the most out of it, knowing the other movies is definitely a plus.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I'm excited for some stuff, not so excited for all of the Delena in the trailer :P And things do seem to be getting pretty drawn-out now, they're not promoting it as the final season, but I wonder if season 6 is going to be the one to wrap everything up? I don't know what the actors contracts are though, and I *think* I remember Julie Plec talking like her plan was to end it in season 7?

it should be perfectly comprehensible and exciting enough without knowing the movie.

Thanks! I guess I could try some of the other movies, maybe some of them would be my thing than The Avengers was? I just don't find myself watching many comic book movies tbh, the only other ones I've seen were the first two X-men films (loved them mostly for Wolverine and Rogue and for Magneto), Batman Begins (okay from what I remember, but a bit slow in parts), and Superman Returns (eh I think I liked it more than most people seemed too lol, but it wasn't that great I guess)

[angelus2hot]

I can't wait for TVD to come back!

I hope the cliffhanger is resolved quickly, because I don't think my heart could stand much of that into the season.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It should certainly be interesting seeing how they plan to resolve those cliffhangers

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I'm still watching TVD!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I will be too :)

[place-to-hide.livejournal.com]

I'll probably watch The Vampire Diaries but I didn't like last season as much.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I liked the first half, but it was definitely dragging for me towards the end

[fahrbotdrusilla]

TBH, AoS probably isn't going to be up your ally. It's getting mixed reviews from its own base fandom, if you just werent that into Avengers and missed the rest of the movies then there probably isn't anything there for you.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Have you seen any of it? Honestly I didn't give it a second thought at first because the reviews were so mixed and I didn't care about the film anyway, but since then I've just been wavering because the general consensus on my flist seems to be that things got really good towards the end of the season

[nrgburst]

Yeah... I might watch TVD again if they bring Katherine back, but TBH the only thing I found even mildly interesting about that preview was that little glimpse of Tyler.

AoS though- LOVE THAT SHOW. Very excited for S2. To be fair, it isn't a Joss Whedon show- his brother Jed and his wife (Maurissa Tancharoen) are the writers and creators, although they also had writing credits on his other shows.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I must admit that the trailer being almost solely focused on Delena and on Elena's grief wasn't really my thing. I'm fine with them in small doses, but I'm not really here for the Delena show, I'd have liked to have seen more of the other characters as well

And ah okay, they were the ones writing for Dollhouse though, right? Because I did love that show!

[sakuracorr.livejournal.com]

I really like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! It's true, don't judge it by the first handful of episodes!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Yeah it seems like people really fell in love with it towards the end of the first season (and I did love those writers work on Dollhouse!), which is why I've been considering checking out the second season. I'll see, I'll probably watch the second season premiere and see how it grabs me

[tellshannon815.livejournal.com]

I'm still planning to watch The Vampire Diaries. I don't know about AoS - I'd thought about watching it but then forgot it was on and then someone told me later it was crap so I just didn't bother in the end. Maybe I'll catch up later though.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

People on my flist mostly found it crap at first, but the general opinion does seem to be that the writers really stepped it up towards the end of the season

[maybe.livejournal.com]

Hi new friend (!)

I'm really looking forward to TVD, but I'm a huge Delena fan. I can see how some others might not enjoy that. I'm really curious about how they are going to handle Damon and Bonnie's arcs this season, there is a lot they could do there but we'll see.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

:waves back: Heh I did use to really like both both ships when it was Stelena as the couple and teases of a Delena build-up, but honestly I kind of soured on Delena when they actually started writing them as a couple in seasons 4 and 5. I don't hate them or anything, they can have nice moments together, but a trailer with mostly only Delena to promote the new season just isn't really my thing :P

It's definitely going to be interesting seeing how they plan to wrap up some of those arcs, and how early they will bring Damon and Bonnie back

[stolenglimpse.livejournal.com]

I finally got all caught up on TVD so if I can (I'm hoping I can after my move) that I will be able to watch "live" on my TV instead of waiting for Netflix.

I just hope they won't have Elena devastated too long over Damon. I don't necessarily ship them but I don't hate them... just... that have her "waste away" because of Damon... I felt she wasn't herself anymore for a while...

Same with PLL that I'm still a season behind or so (middle of season... 4? on Netflix, I think).

My mom's such a TV hog, I can't watch ANY of my shows when she's there.

I'm not that interested in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but I hear good things.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling that Elena's grief will be a really huge deal in the beginning, but that it will just be for a few episodes as they always tend to bring characters back sooner than later. I expect Damon and Bonnie to be back by the third or fourth episode most likely. Honestly I just hope that they don't have Elena feeding on people as a reaction to Damon's death or something, I hated when they had Damon do shitty things in season 5 and then blame it all on his feelings for Elena

I haven't talked about Pretty Little Liars in my LJ yet (I should!), but yeah I've only seen the first three seasons of that, I would like to catch up on the rest so that I'm at least watching the final seasons in real time. I've just been putting it off because season 4 is £29.99 on iTunes (we don't have it on Netflix unfortunately), so I'm hoping for the price to drop first :P