![]() Hand also got introduced as a bad ass, take-charge S.H.I.E.L.D. She was poised to become the first lesbian character in any Marvel adaptation - including Fox and Sony's offerings. This is a primetime show on a major network!Īs a gay man, Victoria Hand's inclusion in the “S.H.I.E.L.D.” television show was a pretty exciting development. And in last night's “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” the one glimmer of hope queer comic book fans had for representation got a few bullets through the head - off-camera, of course. That really gets a big ol' thumbs up from me.īut all of the strides Marvel has taken towards giving women and some people of color meaty and important roles, there's one area that's becoming glaringly overlooked: the LGBT community. No, there's yet to be a single woman of color in the MCU outside of the small screen's Skye and Agent May, but for a super hero movie, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” scores big diversity points. Remember how “Avengers” had five? Rounding out the cast are three women, all of whom are confident and capable, and two black men with drastically different personalities. Of the movie's six primary heroic leads, only one is a white dude. You know what else gets a big ol' thumbs up from me? The representation in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” I've done a little research into this (research that could lead to a future Jam), and I can confidently say that “Cap: TWS” is the most diverse super hero film that's ever been made. So anything I say for the rest of this piece, you gotta remember that Marvel's storytelling efforts get a big ol' thumbs up from me. A television series synching up with a big screen movie, with the former feeding off of the latter and working big developments into the ongoing narrative they've been telling for months? That's more than awesome it's something I never thought I'd see, and it's exactly what we hoped we'd get when “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” got the go-ahead last year. ![]() Sure, I should try to come up with a better word than awesome, since that word is incredibly overused - at least I'm not using the term “amaze-balls” (uuuugh). operative, after all.īefore I start to get a critical, I'm going to acknowledge that what's going on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is awesome. Like almost everything on the internet right now, this post concerns a little bit of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” mostly, though, this piece is in response to last Tuesday's “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” episode, “Turn, Turn, Turn.” If you haven't seen that movie and that TV episode and want to remain spoiler free, here's an escape tunnel I dug with Fitz's laser light hacksaw - I am a level 8 S.H.I.E.L.D. More so than ever, Marvel's churning out entertainment that packs in as many plot twists as punches. The album is available to be ordered from Three One G here.(CBR) I'm just going to start off with a big old SPOILER WARNING. Kind of like if Devo were meth heads.ĭiscomfiture Atlas was released on October 22 and features the talents of founding members John Roman (drums/vocals) and David Kuzy (guitar/vocals) who are joined by bassist/vocalist Adam MacGregor for half the tracks and founding bassist/vocalist Steve Moore on the other half. It’s a glorious 1:41 of disharmony and mayhem. The music is perfectly frantic and terse-with guitar skree that goes from discordant to destructive, and an unforgivingly precise drum battery. The outfit’s brand new video for “Regular Magic” (from 2022’s Three One G LP Discomfiture Atlas) will definitely tweak some synapses with its jumpy, fast-cut images of weird substances (powders? gels? slime?) and the occasional human appendage playing with said glop. ![]() ![]() Need a little something to clear the cobwebs? How about some audio-visual “smelling salts,” so to speak, courtesy of Pittsburgh noise/math maniacs Microwaves.
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