Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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I don't know where you know that the plan is to follow the Avengers. I figure these semi-regular folks ARE the show. Superheroes would trivialize their encounters.
 
Chukzombi

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i honestly dont know about what agents of shield do. i just assumed they were superhero recruiters or artifact recoverers
 
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Mahes_sl said:
So, we get introduced to a group of exceptional people in what they do. They are grouped together with a common goal of...? It is almost as if the writers are not really sure what this group really does. Ok they explore the new unknown while having to deal with some bad group that does not effect the Avengers. The second episode felt like a filler episode. I feel like I am watching the "Behind the scenes of the Avengers" everytime I watch this so far. I want to see the Avengers and what they do. I want the stories to follow the Avengers, whether seperately or together. I know this is the plan, but if it includes 75% of the episodes just being filler episodes, then I am concerned. It will be interesting to see how they write this show, given that super heroes exist, but will rarely exist on the show. It will be like watching Superman without Superman, but instead showing the great interactions that take place at the daily planet when it comes to reporting all about Superman. The writers have thier work cut out for them.
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Maester Chuk_sl said:
it does feel rather silly when you think about these guys are investigating piddly shit compared to the avengers or what they fight. captain america fights red skull. agents of shield fight red skull's phaser.
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That's being a little bit disingenuous though. You're not entirely wrong, obviously, but in theory, a weapon powered by the/a cosmic cube that falls into the wrong hands instantly becomes an Avengers-level priority. Every one of those that they stop is one less that the Avengers have to worry about. The first episode had Extremis, which is obviously Iron Man III level, and the second had a cosmic cube weapon. Do you want them actually shooting Skrulls out of the sky every episode or something? Even a series about the Avengers themselves, if such a thing were made, would get boring pretty fast if all they did was confront one bad guy after another. Even the comics mix it up with other stories once in awhile. Some of the old SHIELD comics were all about them doing exactly this kind of stuff too.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it is the greatest show ever and that everyone should love it. Far from it. But it's like you're expecting it to be a weekly episode of the Avengers with Thor or the Hulk stopping in, and it clearly isn't, nor will it ever be. It's a lot more like NCIS smashed together with the A-Team, with a superhero backdrop.
 
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They're federal agents who deal with non-traditional threats. Are you guys watching the show? Is it that hard to follow?
 
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No, but after a promising first episode, I was definitely expecting something more for this one. And could they have casted a worse actress to play the Peruvian leader? Good lord I wanted to turn the TV off every time she talked.
 
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she was hot. that's what count
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Actress name is Leonor Varela. She's beennekkida couple times in front of the camera.

The thing that cracked me up about her is that as soon as she got on the plane, she took off her shirt and went down to a wife beater to show off her cleavage. Just about every shot she was in she was showing off her titties; sideboob shots, cleavage shots, and it wasn't subtle at all (bravo!).

Then again, the show is on at 7pm CST, so they're obviously marketing the show to teenage males, which explains why the stories so far haven't been all that intricate. Keepin' it dumbed down and showin' lots of hot chicks with nice titties will keep that crowd around at least for a couple years.
 
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The show being on at 8pm is targeted more at a family audience than teenagers ;p
 
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I only have seen ep 2 so far and was really not impressed. The action seemed so unrealistic even in the context of comics. Some army dudes show up, i guess its time to start shooting blindly into the jungle. I will give it a shot but it has a ways to go based on that one ep.
 
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The Ancient_sl

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I still think the actual hand to hand combat on this show has been top notch so far. Ming-na kneeing that guys head into the wall in the cockpit was awesome.
 
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"Not very good" would be a better description.

I'm still hopefull for it though. I liked the pilot but episode two was pretty bad.
 
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