Agent Coulson: Still a Badass
In case you don’t want to wait for the Thor DVD, here’s the Marvel movie short film The Consultant, starring Clark Gregg as the always awesome Agent Coulson, in its 4-minute entirety. You know, I’m loving Gregg/Coulson so much I’m almost 100% certain Joss Whedon’s going to kill him in the Avengers movie. I don’t know that Whedon can make anything without killing off the most beloved character the franchise will allow — since, you know, he’s done it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Nick Fury are obviously safe, so that leaves fan-favorite Coulson with a big ol’ target on his head. Goddamn you, Whedon. If you touch one hair on that fictional man’s head I will break into your house and carve Anya, Wesley, Wash and Penny’s names into your skull (as well as a few others I shan’t spoil, just in case). Please, please, just try not to be a bastard this time, okay? (Via /Film)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.