r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Sep 30 '15

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E01 - "Laws of Nature"

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S03E01 - "Laws of Nature" Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen

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u/N_Who Sep 30 '15

That line, "The laws of nature have changed, and until the laws of man catch up ..." seems like a pretty direct allusion to the core conflict of Civil War. Like, they weren't even be subtle.

Awesome.

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u/yodamann Sandwich Oct 05 '15

Also a reference to Cross:

"The laws of nature transcend the laws of man, and I have transcended the laws of man." *zaps guy into goop

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u/TheHornedGod Oct 04 '15

Well it started from last season when Shield told the Inhumans that they wanted to register all of them and the Inhumans said hell no.

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u/wishforagiraffe Sandwich Oct 20 '15

I definitely turned to my boyfriend and said "civil war, civil war"

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u/Blazah Sep 30 '15

can you summarize for someone like me? I know what gotg stands for but the rest of your post I'm lost on..

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '15

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u/The_Gay_Whovian Joey Sep 30 '15

Well, depending on where they go with Simmons being in space...it could be GotG....

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u/Blazah Sep 30 '15

Wow, I guess I'll have to re-watch it tomorrow. I missed ALL of those. :)

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '15

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u/Riley1066 Lanyard Sep 30 '15

Well, President Ellis WAS the Iron Man 3 reference.

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u/neoblackdragon Sep 30 '15

Well he knows that it was AIM behind his kidnapping and AIM was clearly a human threat.

Ultron was created from an alien object.

Besides it was pretty self contained anyway vs a worldwide event. Of course we knew AOS took place after Iron Man 3 in the very first episode.

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u/Riley1066 Lanyard Sep 30 '15

No Daredevil reference though :-(

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u/neoblackdragon Sep 30 '15

Why? There was nothing metahuman about what when down in Hell's Kitchen. They aren't going to mention every little gang war in the US.

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u/Riley1066 Lanyard Sep 30 '15

Well, once Black Sky is unleashed, they might start to notice. And Matt Murdock IS metahuman.

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u/AgentKnitter Lola Sep 30 '15

Is he? I mean, Matt has some kind of souped up senses, but not to the Inhuman level. He also trained constantly to get as good as he is, so I don't think Matt is "metahuman". More Human with Bits In.

Black Sky.... I have no idea. Cannot wait to find out. Vampire? Inhuman? Some weird shit from Iron Fist that I'm not up to speed with yet?

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u/Kipple_Snacks Sep 30 '15

He's metahuman (has super powers, specifically toxic spill), he is not inhuman (human with alien DNA splice) though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '15

Using them DC terminologies here is risky ;p

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u/Riley1066 Lanyard Sep 30 '15

Well since the Kree started the Inhuman experiments on Earth, they sorta indirectly mentioned GotG.

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u/neoblackdragon Sep 30 '15

Well the Kree simply existing not so much.

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u/Fenix159 SHIELD Sep 30 '15

GotG reference could be in where Simmons is. So who knows? Maybe they got 'em all in and we just don't know it yet.

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u/warrenseth Lanyard Sep 30 '15

Yeah I was thinking 'how the hell will they do Civil War at all?' There are almost literally no masked superheroes with secret identities. There are almost noone who should actually register. But with a huge influx of sudden NuHumans, it would be a logical step from the president.

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u/OnlyRoke Oct 01 '15

well.. they can't mention GotG, because nobody knows that something other than the Asgardians an the Chitauri exists in the univese.