and if it was as dense as a dwarf star - should it have sufficient gravity to start swallowing up material from the planet around it - or at least be so heavy that it breaks through the ice?

Did you think that through? Joey melts metals, I don't recall he manipulates them like Magneto. While his power was uncontrolled, there was no sign he affected people. And even if he learned to move iron in the blood, what you describe is a medical emergency, not a good time. (Concentrating red bloodcells in a limited…

ROFL. Okay, I can see how that thought would be confusing. I was more thinking about the fact that all nerve impulses and stimuli are essentially electric transmissions. I seem to recall that Lincoln controls low-voltage stuff as much as lightning - which means the guy can have a personal conversation with every nerve…

Well, if you ask what movie audiences saw on screen in AoU, you are probably right. If you ask what interpretation is MCU canon, then the 'factually correct' version saw Phil Coulson hand the Sokovia intelligence to Maria Hill on screen, and divert Shield funding to restoring the Helicarrier. I have absolutely no…

I do feel genuinely bad for him. I don't mind watching the guy, bit of beefcake in the room never hurts. Maybe the writers get around to some decent material for him.

Oh, I don't know. If you were a girl (or otherwise inclined to male company), and could pick any man on AoS to get laid - based on what we know about his powers you'd be really stupid to pick anyone else. Even if he wasn't cute, there is just no way for a normal guy to compensate for that kind of wiring….

Good point. But don't forget that the Avengers side of the MCU has a whole mythology about humans creating super-humans. Cap, Natascha, and Hulk are people "enhanced" by science, conscious or otherwise, a success Hydra wants to emulate. In addition, Hydra is firmly committed to Nazi pure-blood ideology. At maximum…

Totally agree about the movie moment. "With some old friends" confused nobody, and instead me and surely a few other AoS fans start smirking in satisfied superiority, because we know which friends he is talking about, and we know the people around us have no clue. Fan service at its best… ;-)

The AoU script has Fury with a recovered Helicarrier. It is entirely obvious that said Helicarrier must have been recovered with the help of secret SHIELD. And I am pretty sure that AoU 'cameos' in AoS were anticipated to a degree while the movie was in development - it's a part of the marketing. So it is not really…

As soon as I read the words "good fun" in the review, I scrolled up and checked the author… Welcome, ALEX, we have been waiting for you and that deep-running love. Suddenly, I'm looking forward to the AoS review again.

Same here. In from the beginning, still pretty happy with the show, and thought this episode was a blast. Action, fun one-liners, a few character moments, different powers well-integrated, a new cast member who brought great chemistry with Mac, Daisy AND Joey, and meta-plot short enough not to bog down the fun. Even…

Cap call the twins "enhanced", which is the correct Aos terminology for people who received their powers through science or experimentation. The AoS intelligence has already confirmed that the twins were created by Strucker, so there is no need to consider them being Inhumans (which would make them "gifted", not…

Fury "Pulled her out of mothballs with the help of some old friends"
Quicksilver "This is SHIELD?"
Cap "This is what SHIELD is supposed to be"

Elena did not explode police cars and collapse scaffolding on people on live-TV…

At least they finally catch on what he might bring to the show - actual knowledge the Inhumans. Just hope that does not turn him into an exposition machine.

I'll never be on #TeamMichael (this whole rose-tinted Disney scenario is sooo boring, and I still think that Michael is an enabler of Jane's less attractive personality traits). I am also sad that Rafael and Luisa are essentially again denied much character growth and can't escape from the sins of their parents. But…

I have to agree with tex. It's not just about revealing clothes and sex scenes on TV. Sex in public is actually pretty taboo here in Europe, too. But in the US, so many things about sex are just such a BIG DEAL that an average person from Europe (in my case), just keeps shaking his or her head. As examples: Despite…

#Albarocks

"Jane, take that stuffed animal out of your bosom!" => Alba, you rock! Officially bumped up to being my favorite female on the show.

Love the idea of Thompson as one of the original infiltrators. Motivation, character, would be a perfect fit.