Brian Fowler Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 History says the quirky sidekick agent Simmons. First episode says Skye. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'm not really digging the NTSF:SD:SUV rejects that make up the current cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I heard something about Ant Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'm not really digging the current NTSF:SD:SUV rejects that make up the current cast. I think the biggest problem with the show is that the cast all seems like they are the same people wearing different costumes. I don't think the show has to be cast like a United Colors of Benetton commercial, but based on the cast I'd be willing to bet that S.H.I.E.L.D. would have the least diverse workforce in all of Manhattan. They have one asian woman, one black guy(Nick Fury still works their right?) and 750 brunette white people. It just rings false in a city that is only 40-some percent white, they even imported two brunettes from the UK. The first episode was decent, but it was mostly world building and set up, that hopefully pays off over the rest of the season. I don't think they need to include existing Marvel characters for the show to be successful, but it would sure be nice. The Heroes for Hire could be a recurring cameo, that could lead to a spin off. I'll probably watch this entire show, even if it sucks, but hopefully it reaches its potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 If they do bring in an existing Marvel hero, I hope it's Frank Castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 It needs to get to season 2, just for How I Met Your Mother ending. Get Agent Hill to be a semi-regular maybe, get guest spots from Aly and NPH... If it can maintain a decent chunk of that 11 million+ viewers from last night, it'll be fine. But that's a big "if."Demographics, man. I think networks are long past worrying about total ratings and just trying to win the money demos. Obviously the biggest one being the coveted males 18-49. I don't have the site open but I read where SHIELD did something like a 4.6 whereas DwTS only posts a 1.7. As long as it stays around a 4, it should be safe because there's no money to be made just hawking Tampons and Ex-Lax.Also, in addition to HIMYM ending, isn't this Bones last season as well? Boreanaz would make a fine Clay Quartermaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 They've mentioned Project Pegasus, so I'd prefer Wendell Vaughn or the Guardsmen. The pilot looked expensive, but in really stupid ways, like all the location filming. Otherwise it seemed like a generic action movie spin-off where one of the stars shows up for the pilot to set up a new team and is never seen again. I'm not a Whedon fan, but I'll stick around until it gets cancelled in the run up to Age of Ultron. ETA: Keep Boreanaz and Fillion as far away from this as possible, they're both terrible hacks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Project PEGASUS was actually referring to the study of the Tesseract from The Avengers and Loki and The Cube leveling the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Otherwise it seemed like a generic action movie spin-off where one of the stars shows up for the pilot to set up a new team and is never seen again. Are there a lot of these? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 If they do bring in an existing Marvel hero, I hope it's Frank Castle. ABC dude, not AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 They're working on a Punisher pilot for ABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 They're working on a Punisher pilot for ABC. Source? Someone was trying to get one together for Fox, but it got shot down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 New Thor 2 extended TV spot. Like Thor explaining himself about The Avengers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Early reports have Agents of SHIELD coming in 3rd last night with 12.2 million viewers. NCIS as the dominant winner with 20 million and The Voice coming in second with 14.4 million. I was genuinely surprised ot read that as I figured AoS would've surely gotten 2nd place. Still, those are numbers ABC will hopefully be happy with, now let's see if they grow the audience. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 NCIS was the #1 rated scripted show last season and The Voice was the #1 reality/karaoke show so there is no shame in finishing third to either of them. I'm actually shocked ABC put it on Tuesday because that's by far the deadliest time slot in prime time. Besides, like I said above, it's about the demos. The all-powerful 18-49 demo is all the advertisers care about. SHIELD did a 4.7, NCIS did a 3.6. Voice also did 4.7 (although I suspect it's more heavily female-leaning) so to the network suits, SHIELD won the night as far as young males (and most importantly advertisers) are concerned. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/25/tuesday-final-ratings-marvels-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-the-voice-the-goldbergs-chicago-fire-adjusted-down/204739/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I just realized one problem I had with the pilot for SHIELD. They gave the big climactic monologue to a guy who (AFAIK) isn't even going to be on the show next week. At this point, I'm more interested in seeing the "bad" guy than seeing any of the whitebread SHIELD borejobs. Seems like they should have used the big dramatic finale to get you hooked on a regular character. I was pretty intrigued when it seemed for a moment that Strong White Man actually shot the guy, since you'd have to wonder how that would play out with the team in future episodes. But of course he shot him with a Get Out of Conundrum Free bullet, so who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 That many people are watching that fucking NCIS show??? Is it a Simon Donovan spin-off thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 That many people are watching that fucking NCIS show??? Is it a Simon Donovan spin-off thing? This is Cote de Pablo's (Ziva) last season, dude. ABC's lucky that they're not murdering off Abby, the goth Forensics girl) otherwise no one would be watching the other networks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 RON GLASS CAMEO~! After seeing Ron I secretly hope the rest of the surviving members of Barney Miller get cameos. Fish! Agent of Shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 That many people are watching that fucking NCIS show??? Is it a Simon Donovan spin-off thing? This is Cote de Pablo's (Ziva) last season, dude. ABC's lucky that they're not murdering off Abby, the goth Forensics girl) otherwise no one would be watching the other networks. I thought they were only using the first couple episodes to write her character out? If so, that probably accounts for some of ratings bump not that NCIS isn't popular anyway. Kinda sad to see her go - not that I watch the show - but I remember seeing her in a play at my Alma mater CMU (that's Carnegie Mellon, sorry Michigan folks) so it was cool to say "I saw her back when..." I just realized one problem I had with the pilot for SHIELD. They gave the big climactic monologue to a guy who (AFAIK) isn't even going to be on the show next week. I'm sure Gunn or "Mike" will be back in future episodes. Otherwise they would've just taken him out. That's actually one of hallmarks of a Whedon show - guest stars eventually become regulars all the time. Speaking of Mike, since he's obviously not Luke Cage or Nick Fury Jr, does anybody else think he might end up being another Marvel character? I've seen on other boards people speculating he'll eventually come back as either Rage or Deathlok. Man, that would be awesome if he was Deathlok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well his name is Mike Petersen. Apparently the only character in the MU who has that name is this guy: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mpeterson.htm Apparently some friend to this guy (Not Ghost Rider): So he's definitely not Luke Cage. Doubt he will be Rage either. Dr. Franklin Hall aka Graviton will be in episode three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 The ratings info was pretty much good across the board. Extremely well watched for a drama debut, and massively well watched in the key demo. The question is sustainability. How many watch next week? Or in 10 weeks? How long before I need to sign a "Save S.H.I.E.L.D." petition? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Three weeks, because Whedonites panic at anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Abe Vigoda can play Silvermane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I like the idea of a show as extremely high on Disney's priority list as it is would need a 'save SHIELD' petition after three weeks because you guys don't like Handsome White Sniper. Show didn't blow me out of the water, but they planted a lot of fun seeds and it's got a lot of room to grow. SHIELD isn't going anywhere. Mourn the poor cast and crew losing their jobs on Lucky 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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