Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of SHIELD TV series for ABC - General Discussion - Part 2

[Loki882]

I'd really like to see Abigail Brand, Echo, Carol Danvers, Madame Hydra, and Jimmy Woo appear as well. TV Guides list is really good, I'd love to see all of those characters at some point.

 

[Xeno]

‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ ready for prime-time action

Great article with some nice BTS photos of the taping of the fourth episode back in August. The Bus looks like a terrific flying HQ for the show.

 

[jonathancrane]

Ah, gotta love the obligatory Apple tech placement...it seems somewhat anachronistic. In a world where holographic displays and reverse engineered Asgardian tech exist, a top secret, high tech strata of SHIELD requires an iPad. Really?

 

[Xeno]

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. site is now live.

 

[Xeno]

Ah, gotta love the obligatory Apple tech placement...it seems somewhat anachronistic. In a world where holographic displays and reverse engineered Asgardian tech exist, a top secret, high tech strata of SHIELD requires an iPad. Really?

Nits, we gotta pick 'em.

Seriously, though, that photo is of the script supervisor showing the cast the script. The Apple computer is simply what they're using behind the scenes. We've seen the characters using holographic tech in the trailers and ads.

The episode's director is Roxann Dawson, by the way, who is standing to the left of Clark Gregg in the photo. She was an actress on Star Trek: Voyager.

 

[metaphysician]

If the character is a mutant the rights to use her in a TV show would belong to Fox rather than Marvel.

Fox doesn't have the TV rights for anything right now, AFAIK.

 

[DrDoom]

I really want an episode or arc where they have to track down a hacker and it turns out to be Amadeus Cho. Then put him in the next Hulk movie if there ever is one

 

[Dr. Evil]

I think that if the story fits, we may see an episode of the beginnings of SHIELD, where we left off after the Agent Carter One Shot.

 

[Xeno]

Fox doesn't have the TV rights for anything right now, AFAIK.

That's straight from the producers of the show themselves.

Despite originating from the same universe, Marvel comics, X-Men will never be featured on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Maurissa Tancharoen, an executive producer on the ABC series, says that rights issues prevent Wolverine and co. from appearing on the TV show. "We can never [even] use the word 'mutant'," she tells Wall Street Journal.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00063955.html#ixzz2entqW8kX


Which we (or most of us) already knew because of a court case a few years back that determined Marvel could not use mutants (or the word) in a TV show they were planning. Fox sued them and won. So now Marvel has trademarked "Registered Gifted" for the MCU and won't be using any mutants, mutations, etc. in Agents of SHIELD.

 

[Sawyer]

Ah, gotta love the obligatory Apple tech placement...it seems somewhat anachronistic. In a world where holographic displays and reverse engineered Asgardian tech exist, a top secret, high tech strata of SHIELD requires an iPad. Really?

 

[Raiden]

Fall TV's New Shows: Hits and Misses, Surprises and Disappointments

"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC; premieres Sept. 24
You've assumed it was going to be awesome, right? Well then, breathe a sigh of relief, because indeed it is. With brothers Whedon (Joss and Jed, along with Jed's wife Maurissa Tancharoen) behind the series, this first Marvel foray into live-action TV is, well, action-packed, full of great Whedon-y dialogue (they even poke fun at the organization's name), and features the return of Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), who was killed off in "The Avengers." So, what is the org in this "Avengers" spinoff? A group of smart, but not super-powered, heroes who help thwart the evildoing of Marvel universe baddies. In other words, TV land may be safe from uber-villains, but not from wise-cracking, tech-savvy geeks. Thank goodness.

 

[Raiden]

5 Fall Shows We Love: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lives Up to the Level 7 Hype


Looking good!

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Early opinions seem good, which is a relief. I'm always on pins and needles about tv shows I like. You never know when some idiot exec will ****can a perfectly good program.

 

[Xeno]

5 Fall Shows We Love: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lives Up to the Level 7 Hype


Looking good!

Best part of the article?

Our review in .gif form:

 

[Raiden]

Early opinions seem good, which is a relief. I'm always on pins and needles about tv shows I like. You never know when some idiot exec will ****can a perfectly good program.

Well, ABC spent $12 mil on the pilot episode, so they better not screw it up. I'm more worry about the fact that ABC is pinning this new series against CBS' NCIS, which I heard was the best script-based show last season. I was hoping that ABC would find a better timeslot than competing against one of the top shows on TV.

 

[DrDoom]

Well, ABC spent $12 mil on the pilot episode, so they better not screw it up. I'm more worry about the fact that ABC is pinning this new series against CBS' NCIS, which I heard was the best rated script-based show last season. I was hoping that ABC would find a better timeslot than competing against one of the top shows on TV.

Thats more like it, sadly CBS rakes in the viewers regardless of quality

 

[Loki882]

Ming-Na looks REALLY good in a SHIELD uniform. I really like how well they've been able to translate the uniforms to live action.

 

[Raiden]

Thats more like it, sadly CBS rakes in the viewers regardless of quality

Yeah, I agree. Viewers seemed to watch anything CBS put on their schedule. But matching a rookie against a top-rated show is very risky, even if Agents of SHIELD turns out to be one of the best new series of the Fall. I hope ABC knows what they are doing.

 

[DrDoom]

Yeah, I agree. Viewers seemed to watch anything CBS put on their schedule. But matching a rookie against a top-rated show is very risky, even if Agents of SHIELD turns out to be one of the best new series of the Fall. I hope ABC knows what they are doing.

My theory is that elderly people tune in for JAG reruns at 5 or 6 and fall asleep with CBS playing all night

 

[Xeno]

Well, ABC spent $12 mil on the pilot episode, so they better not screw it up. I'm more worry about the fact that ABC is pinning this new series against CBS' NCIS, which I heard was the best script-based show last season. I was hoping that ABC would find a better timeslot than competing against one of the top shows on TV.

I read that ABC put its last "superhero" show, No Ordinary Family, against NCIS, too. That didn't last long.

What I am hoping the large investment means is that ABC and Disney are really committed to SHIELD over the long run, and that they're willing to give it plenty of time to establish itself in that time slot. Everyone at that network knows damned well that they've scheduled the best new show of the fall season against a perennial geezer-naut, so rough times may be ahead. People have had nine seasons to get used to NCIS and its mediocre quirkiness, so breaking them of that habit might be hard. But SHIELD has a great chance of hooking in segments of the audience that NCIS can't capture, specifically young people and especially young men. NCIS is also facing some viewer unrest because a popular actress is leaving the show, which could send a few looking for alternatives.

ABC is hurting in the 18-49 demo, having come in last among the four networks last year. SHIELD will get a longer leash if it can attract viewers in the demo in strong numbers because the network can make more ad revenue for delivering them to advertisers. The first episode's ratings could be astronomical, meaning that huge numbers of people will at least get a good look at the show. If the quality is high and remains so, it has a good shot at retaining a significant amount of the lookie-loos and challenging NCIS on a weekly basis.

 

[jonathancrane]

nvm.

 

[Xeno]

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Jeffrey Bell Talks Mike Peterson, Iron Man Connections & Coulson’s Cellist


The interview is somewhat spoilery but most of us know all the details talked about anyway. Bell had some interesting things to say about J. August Richards' character and a few words about Coulson's cellist. I've still got my fingers crossed for a guest appearance by either Jennifer Grey or Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Or both.

 

[Loki882]

So, Richard's character has Extremis, is that what he meant? It makes sense. Also, is Coulson's cellist Wanda Maximoff, we shall see?

 

[DrDoom]

Couldnt be, Wanda's already with Pietro

 

[Xeno]

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 2 Title, Spoilers & Guest Cast

This article has a bit more about the second eppy in terms of cast.

Spoiler

The second episode is called “0-8-4″ and here is a very brief synopsis:

Coulson runs into Comandante Camilla Reyes when he and the agents travel to Peru to investigate a mysterious object.

We can also tell you that the episode guest stars Leonor Varela, whose comic book cred includes Blade II and two episodes of Human Target. She had a pretty big role in Season 1 of TNT’s new Dallas. We’re assuming she plays Camilla Reyes. Also guest starring are Carlos Leal (Last Resort) as an archaeologist, and Anthony Dilio (General Hospital) and Celestin Cornielle (Rizzoli & Isles) as characters we cannot identify yet.

A fuller description for “0-8-4″ should be released soon.