Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140308191704

I caught the preview of episode 15 of AoS and a sneak peek clip. Where to start?

Lorelei - she's a super-powered bimbo using her voice to seduce men to do her bidding. What I can't fathom is her targets: a newly married man and bikers, men that have no position of power (or close to those who do) to help her get what she wants: world domination. This makes Lorelei look dumb and she is ramdomly swinging and missing, hoping for the best. You would think she and other Asgardians would learn from Thor's interactions with humans (and Loki's defeat) how things work on Earth. A smarter target for Lorelei would be Tony Stark - he's wealthy, has access to the levers of power, and has a weakness for women. Sure he's with Pepper now; but if Lorelei got a hold of Tony and he drops Pepper because of it no one would think twice. People would think Tony got bored and went back to his player ways.

Another no-so-smart move is from Coulson. Lorelei's power is to seduce and compromise men, but it looks like Coulson is giving the order for MALE S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to engage her. I trust Sif is going to fill the team in about Lorelei's powers. It would be smarter to bring in a female strike team, with May and Sif taking the lead, and devise a strategy to take her down.

Speaking of males, how are they going to explain Thor's absence this time? He can't be "off the grid" all the time. One can claim they didn't want to expose Thor to Lorelei (but it's ok to expose human males to her.)

This reeks of stunt cast for the ratings and nothing else. 