Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [US] Spoilers

stevenmu · 08-04-2013 5:26pm

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

That sounds very much like a kids show.

Antar Bolaeisk · 08-04-2013 7:02pm

stevenmu wrote: »

That sounds very much like a kids show.

I don't know, Marvel's Agents Of Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate has a nice ring to it.

Richard Dower · 18-04-2013 2:53am

Another title change........:rolleyes:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/17/s-h-i-e-l-d-title-tweaked-again/

stevenmu · 18-04-2013 9:51am

Oh good, clearly they saw my post above and changed it

Not a huge improvement, but a little better anyway.

Richard Dower · 25-04-2013 11:02pm

Joss Whedon interview, re; SHIELD: http://tvline.com/2013/04/25/joss-whedon-shield-pilot-avengers-crossover-name-change/

Richard Dower · 29-04-2013 8:03am

Latest Deadline pilot buzz article has this as a 100% guaranteed pickup

don ramo · 29-04-2013 10:45am

Richard Dower wrote: »

Latest Deadline pilot buzz article has this as a 100% guaranteed pickup

was it ever in doubt really:pac::pac::pac:

Richard Dower · 10-05-2013 2:33am

ABC has ordered Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. to series - in the Thursday 8pm slot....which has been a black hole for years and ABC hope this will turn this timeslot around. I doubt anyone is shocked by this pickup.

By The Power Of Whedon!!

Richard Dower · 10-05-2013 10:01am

WTF is this?.....six seconds? http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/05/agents-of-shield-first-hulk-teaser.html

10-05-2013 12:17pm

I much prefer things like that - gives more than enough to whet the appetite without going overboard.

spartacus815 · 12-05-2013 5:20pm

The saga that began with Marvel's The Avengers continues on television. Coming soon to ABC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZE3W1SF_Q&feature=youtu.be

Richard Dower · 12-05-2013 6:09pm

spartacus815 wrote: »

The saga that began with Marvel's The Avengers continues on television. Coming soon to ABC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZE3W1SF_Q&feature=youtu.be

FYP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZE3W1SF_Q

There will be a 30 second promo during the UOAT season finale.

Bullseye1 · 12-05-2013 9:08pm

Looks promising.

12-05-2013 10:49pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

FYP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZE3W1SF_Q

There will be a 30 second promo during the UOAT season finale.

Is there any chance you could stop using acronyms and actually say what the shows are?

syklops · 12-05-2013 11:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there any chance you could stop using acronyms and actually say what the shows are?

I believe he means "once upon a time", but that would be OUAT.

spartacus815 · 13-05-2013 2:30am

pixelburp · 13-05-2013 7:53am

Well as a pilot it certainly looks flashy enough, but tbh whilst I enjoyed Agent Coulson as a character, I do find it just a tad weak that they've brought him back from the dead purely out of fan pressure. Resurrection is hardly a new concept in comics - death is just a revolving door now in that world - but it's a shame those charged with creating the live-action adaptations didn't take the opportunity to instill a little permanence in their mythologies (not to mention his return completely undercuts the films big emotional twist)

JohnK · 13-05-2013 10:16am

Was there not a bit of ambiguity in the movie as to whether he was really dead? Its been a while since I've seen it but I don’t recall that we actually saw his body and as some people pointed out at the time Fury just saying Coulson was dead in order to help motivate the avengers wouldn't have been out of character for him.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 13-05-2013 11:21am

pixelburp wrote: »

Well as a pilot it certainly looks flashy enough, but tbh whilst I enjoyed Agent Coulson as a character, I do find it just a tad weak that they've brought him back from the dead purely out of fan pressure. Resurrection is hardly a new concept in comics - death is just a revolving door now in that world - but it's a shame those charged with creating the live-action adaptations didn't take the opportunity to instill a little permanence in their mythologies (not to mention his return completely undercuts the films big emotional twist)

Have you never seen a Joss Whedon show? He's well able to kill off and resurrect characters in a believable manner...

Zero-Cool · 13-05-2013 11:54am

Class! really looking forward to this.

pixelburp · 13-05-2013 1:36pm

JohnK wrote: »

Was there not a bit of ambiguity in the movie as to whether he was really dead? Its been a while since I've seen it but I don’t recall that we actually saw his body and as some people pointed out at the time Fury just saying Coulson was dead in order to help motivate the avengers wouldn't have been out of character for him.

I haven't seen the Avengers since the cinema, but iirc it seemed clear to me that Coulson 'died' onscreen, heck he even died mid-sentence if my memory serves. I believe fans got all in a fluster because Nick Fury used a pack of bloodied trading cards as emotional blackmail, cards that weren't on Coulsons person when he died. Ergo, in the minds of fans, Coulson could have been alive as Fury was lying & manipulating the scenario.

CaptainNegative wrote: »

Have you never seen a Joss Whedon show? He's well able to kill off and resurrect characters in a believable manner...

Equally, he's well able to kill off a (beloved) character and keep them dead, so that the impact it caused remains suitably raw & dramatic

Heck if anything, Wheadon's more famous for that trick than resurrection!

It's a personal preference, but if there's one thing I absolutely hate about comics in general is that nobody stays dead - death is a meaningless concept; give it long enough and your favorite character will be resurrected, rebooted or retconned back to life, all previous drama and conflict swept under the carpet. So it's a shame to see that bad habit is creeping into their TV & film adaptations because to me, it's fairly creatively bankrupt

13-05-2013 2:42pm

I know it's only 30 seconds but that teaser looks very cheap and screams mid 90s genre television.

Mickeroo · 13-05-2013 5:22pm

JohnK wrote: »

Was there not a bit of ambiguity in the movie as to whether he was really dead? Its been a while since I've seen it but I don’t recall that we actually saw his body and as some people pointed out at the time Fury just saying Coulson was dead in order to help motivate the avengers wouldn't have been out of character for him.

He was dead afaik, then fanb pressure has made them bring him back. THey even had the spear sticking out of him edited out of the film for the european dvd release, comparison of the scene here: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=67399

There's no queston he was supposed to be dead imo then they changed their minds.

Still have high hopes for the show, could be a lot fun though the teaser is nothing special.

Richard Dower · 14-05-2013 9:58am

^ don't care....Coulson was my fave character from the Iron Man movies....besides RDJ, dont care if they ressurected him....he's perfect for a tv format.

Mickeroo · 14-05-2013 1:55pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ don't care....Coulson was my fave character from the Iron Man movies....besides RDJ, dont care if they ressurected him....he's perfect for a tv format.

It kind of ruins the whole reason for the Avengers rallying together towards the end to have him not die but I suppose it doesn't really mess up continuity as it just looks like Fury tells a bigger lie than he was originally supposed to. I agree he's a perfect character to build a show around but it cheapens the film a little for me, only a little though.

stevenmu · 14-05-2013 2:02pm

Have they confirmed yet that it is the same Coulsen from the films and not some kind of twin/clone/cyborg/alternate universe/past Coulsen time-travelling to the future/hologram/etc.

Mickeroo · 14-05-2013 2:33pm

stevenmu wrote: »

Have they confirmed yet that it is the same Coulsen from the films and not some kind of twin/clone/cyborg/alternate universe/past Coulsen time-travelling to the future/hologram/etc.

Maybe this is Ultimate Coulson :pac:

I'd nearly prefer a more convoluted excuse because then at least he still dies in the film

James74 · 14-05-2013 2:42pm

The most "Marvelly" type reason would probably be that Nick Fury is being a manipulative git and it was a Life Model Decoy that was killed in Avengers.

Hope they come up with something a bit more satisfying though. But agreed, Clark Gregg was one of the best things about the film, so glad to see him in this.

wandatowell · 14-05-2013 6:57pm

Phil is a gas man

Professey Chin · 14-05-2013 9:25pm

Full 3 min trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerIAuv27SQ

Thwip! · 14-05-2013 9:26pm

Man it looks great

Professey Chin · 14-05-2013 9:30pm

It actually looks like good fun to watch

Richard Dower · 14-05-2013 10:27pm

chloe bennet is stunning!

CastorTroy · 14-05-2013 10:46pm

Thought we'd get Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Bradford in it.

syklops · 15-05-2013 12:49pm

Thwip! wrote: »

Man it looks great

It does look great. Do I dare to hope...?

don ramo · 15-05-2013 1:27pm

welcome to level 7,

i could have sworn that was cobie smulders voice in one of the debriefing scenes, maybe shes might be planned to come into the show in season 2 when HIMYM finishes up,

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 15-05-2013 3:02pm

I thought it was Cobie Smulders too. She could possible have a recurring role in season 1 and get bumped up in season 2. Fingers crossed.
Looks great.
Happy to see J. August Richards will be in the pilot at least. Hope more of the Whedonverse alum will pop up in it from time to time. ABC clearly have faith in it. It's anchoring a night of all new shows on Tuesdays. Will be interesting to see how it performs.

Skerries · 15-05-2013 4:26pm

in before the Nathan Fillion lovers!

Thwip! · 15-05-2013 4:27pm

syklops wrote: »

It does look great. Do I dare to hope...?

I'm daring to

CastorTroy wrote: »

Thought we'd get Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Bradford in it.

I was hoping for Caplan

Mickeroo · 15-05-2013 9:37pm

Looks good, could be a great way for them to introduce more obscure Marvel characters to the cinematic universe too.

ScrubsfanChris · 17-05-2013 5:37pm

To me it looks a bit like the first 2 seasons of Fringe..... am I the only one?

pixelburp · 17-05-2013 5:56pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

To me it looks a bit like the first 2 seasons of Fringe..... am I the only one?

It looks like a scifi based "procedural" drama, so yeah, in that sense it seems to echo Fringe (and about 90% of US drama if you axe the scifi bit). And I suspect as such, the format will run with a lot of Case of the Week templates, only with the superhero twist

syklops · 20-05-2013 11:01am

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

To me it looks a bit like the first 2 seasons of Fringe..... am I the only one?

Back when Fringe was good? Yeah i thought the same.

Kirby · 21-05-2013 8:13am

Chinpool wrote: »

Full 3 min trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerIAuv27SQ

That looks excellent.

More Whedon on tv. It's about damned time. Just keep Dushku and Glau away from it. I mean, I like em and all but they spell death for any show associated with them.

youngblood · 12-06-2013 7:45pm

Will the pilot air this month or will it be September when the series starts???

don ramo · 20-07-2013 12:20am

cool cobie smulder is gonna be in the pilot, obviously not full time, but you never know what can happen in season 2:)

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/19/cobie-smulders-shield/

Richard Dower · 20-07-2013 1:08pm

Coulson is a clone - but doesn't know it

:rolleyes:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/19/shield-pilot-screens-at-comic-con-heres-what-we-thought/

don ramo · 20-07-2013 1:46pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

Coulson is a clone - but doesn't know it
:rolleyes:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/19/shield-pilot-screens-at-comic-con-heres-what-we-thought/

you do realise the show is based on comic books, right, you know fictional storylines with advanced technology, magic and mysticism, thats the only real way it can play out, that or hes

an interdimensional traveler

, its not really a big surprise,

Richard Dower · 20-07-2013 2:01pm

don ramo wrote: »

you do realise the show is based on comic books, right, you know fictional storylines with advanced technology, magic and mysticism, thats the only real way it can play out, that or hes
an interdimensional traveler
, its not really a big surprise,

I expected more from mr. wheadon, seems lazy sci-fi trope.

don ramo · 20-07-2013 2:53pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

I expected more from mr. wheadon, seems lazy sci-fi trope.

well there isnt many more ways to do it, you couldnt undo what was done the avengers, that would ruin what happened in the film, and it makes a bit of sense seeing as this will be based on the lower level recruits for S.H.I.E.L.D, i thought it was strange to have such a high ranking member of S.H.I.E.L.D running such a low level division,

name 3 other ways they could have done it, without taking away the impact from the avengers, remember i already took

interdimensional traveler

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