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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?

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[ladyoneill.livejournal.com]

If you start with ep 1 and go in with the basic knowledge of SHIELD being a spy agency involved with superheroes/aliens etc. and that Coulsen was dead and now isn't, you should be okay. The first episode introduces all the other characters--all new to the universe.

You should have no problem with the first half of the series. It's the huge tie-in with Winter Soldier that might really confuse you. If you don't want to watch that movie, I highly recommend reading a detailed synopsis of it. I actually watched the ep that dealt with the fall out from the movie before seeing the movie and wasn't spoiled and even I, a Marvel fan for decades, was a bit lost.

I don't want to scare you off because I really love the show and it got so very good as it went along. There are plenty of Jossisms (and J. August Richards plays a big role as a recurring guest star and Amy Acker is in an ep so Joss is, as always bringing in his actors) and it's fun and sexy.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It would definitely be good to see J. August Richards in something again, I think I am going to give it a try