Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., SERIES PREMIRE (ABC)

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Most of the new Fall TV programs look lame. But tonight’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. promises to deliver the action fix that I used to get with Nikita for before it got dopey. Josh Whedon was involved in the first few episodes of this series so that bodes well. Whedon says: “There’s always the struggle between spectacle and a TV budget. What attracted me to ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ were the gadgets. But after the gadgets was humanity: The idea that there is an underside, a darker side, a more human context. Phil Coulson always represented the everyman, the schlemiel in the world of the fabulous or the mighty, gods and billionaires and legends. And that’s what the show is for, it’s for those people who, as remarkable as they may be, are not the supers, are not A-list.” Sounds like my kind of Guilty Pleasure. Check out the trailer below.

17 thoughts on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., SERIES PREMIRE (ABC)

  1. Patti Abbott

    The U.S. network shows keep getting farther and farther behind the quality of the cable ones. This is only one of two new ones that holds any interest for me.

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  2. Jeff Meyerson

    I won’t be watching. I find Joss Whedon OK but very overrated and I was never a big Marvel fan.

    Bring in IRON MAN or THOR and we’ll talk.

    😉

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  3. Art Scott

    Somebody catch me up. Last I saw of SHIELD, it was run by Nick Fury (with an eyepatch) from a giant plane/blimp thingie hovering in the sky. Apparently there’ve been some changes since.

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  4. RkR

    I’m waffling on this one. If I wanted to waste an hour, I might try it, maybe watch it on demand when the commercials have washed off (no I still don’t have a DVR). On the other hand, like Art, I’m old school when it comes to S.H.I.E.L.D. and have trouble with the reboot Marvel has done – same as I don’t like the reboot DC did with it’s “New 52”. On yet the third hand, Lola appears to be a 1962 Corvette – I had one once, a white one – so that could be interesting, if it’s featured much.

    Maybe if the viewers who post here say it was terrific I’ll look in.

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  5. George Kelley

    Rick, I’m with you on the DC reboot! Terrible idea. I’ll give MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD a try for a few weeks to see if I like it. There’s not much on Network TV worth watching as Patti pointed out.

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  6. The Right Reverend Cap'n Bob Napier

    Where da’ black guy? How can you have a group that large without a black guy? I think it’s illegal.

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  7. The Right Reverend Cap'n Bob Napier

    I know about Jackson. I’m talking about this group. I tried to watch it and gave up after ten minutes. Either I’m deaf or those people can’t ennunciate clearly and/or the dumb music drowned them out.

    Still waiting for my You Were Missed comment.

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