Disney/Marvel & ABC working on Avengers spin-off tv show? - Part 1

[Guerrilla]

Has anyone tried to scan the QR codes on those badges? My phone won't scan it.

 

[Quasimod0]

I really hope they use the villain corporations already established like aim, hydra, and roxxon. The marvel universe is perfectly suited for this kind of show

 

[Mr. Dent]

Oh yeah I hope they expand on those. Especially Roxxon.

 

[semper]

Cool. First official image I take it?

Oh dear....This image has confirmed my worst fears. Joss Whedon seems to live in a universe where pretty much everybody is white (though there's always room for a sexy "exotic" lady or two in Whedonverse, a quota Ming-Na seems to fill, like Summer Glau before her in Firefly). Whedon has always been this way, and it's actually annoying. There is no reason a show about an American based, International Law Enforcement agency should be so whitebread. If you'd expect any Marvel based show to have strong diverse cast, it'd be a show about S.H.I.E.L.D.

How could they release a main cast photo this lacking in diversity? I know J. August Richards is supposed to be in this, but he's obviously not important enough to feature in this main cast picture, so it's a worry. And at this stage, I think he'll seem like a token. There's no reason this has to be another Whedon show almost entirely focused on the snarky witticisms of white people.

 

[Son of Coul]

Oh dear....This image has confirmed my worst fears. Joss Whedon seems to live in a universe where pretty much everybody is white (though there's always room for a sexy "exotic" lady or two in Whedonverse, a quota Ming-Na seems to fill, like Summer Glau before her in Firefly). Whedon has always been this way, and it's actually annoying.

...So Gina Torres and Ron Glass don't count?

 

[Sawyer]

J. August Richards, Dichen Lachman and Harry Lennix as well.

Semper... just stop.

 

[cherokeesam]

What color is the mutha****in' head of SHIELD again....? I keep forgetting.

 

[semper]

J. August Richards, Dichen Lachman and Harry Lennix as well.

Semper... just stop.

Oh please. Whedon has been getting criticism for his lack of diverse casting for years. He's even acknowledged it , though a lot of his fanbots don't. Yeah he's made "some" attempts to at least have more than one token in the main cast, because those criticisms were so loud and stung him, but I feel he's just naturally slipping back into old habits. When I saw the cast of his recent contemporary adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, it was the whitest cast ever, and I don't think there was much excuse for that. Whedon has to be kept in check in terms of diverse casting by people repeatedly pointing it out to him, or he simply won't bother. His natural casting instinct is =White guys + White girls and occassionally some exotic sexy chicks for nerd fanservice. A token black male here or there is not enough. Do Asian or Latino males even exist in Whedonverse?

And honestly, I'd love to actually see him cast a non-white woman who nerds can't fap over simply because they are "exotic". His casting of "hot" mixed/Asian women seems more self-serving than in the interests of diversity. I wonder if someone like Viola Davis could even get an audition for a main role on a Whedon show. She's a straight up, dark skinned African-American woman. A brilliant actress, but perhaps not Whedon fantasy wank material.

 

[Sawyer]

What color is the mutha****in' head of SHIELD again....? I keep forgetting.

You know SLJ is just a dude wearing blackface. Duh.

 

[semper]

What color is the mutha****in' head of SHIELD again....? I keep forgetting.

Sam Jackson's Nick Fury is not a regular on this show, so it's irrelevant. As far as this TV SHOW's format is concerned, Agent Coulson is the leader of SHIELD and it's mostly white agents.

It's 2013. This stuff is getting tired.

 

[psylockolussus]

I would like to see Maria Hill join the show in season 2. How I Met Your Mother is ending next season so I hope after that, she moves on to Agents of Shield.

 

[flickchick85]

I would like to see Maria Hill join the show in season 2. How I Met Your Mother is ending next season so I hope after that, she moves on to Agents of Shield.

I think that's what a lot of people would like to see happen. Myself included.

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Sam Jackson's Nick Fury is not a regular on this show, so it's irrelevant. As far as this TV SHOW's format is concerned, Agent Coulson is the leader of SHIELD and it's mostly white agents.

It's 2013. This stuff is getting tired.

Big whoop, four out of seven characters are white, what's the issue? Fact of the matter is caucasian is the most dominant race in America, there's nothing wrong with there being more white actors than actors of color. It's not as if POC are neglected in this show. Are you telling me Ming-Na, Chloe Wang, and J August Richards don't count?

How could they release a main cast photo this lacking in diversity? I know J. August Richards is supposed to be in this, but he's obviously not important enough to feature in this main cast picture, so it's a worry. And at this stage, I think he'll seem like a token. There's no reason this has to be another Whedon show almost entirely focused on the snarky witticisms of white people.

J. August Richards isn't pictured because his role is, and I quote, "TOP SECRET." Not because his role not important. Him being pictured would reveal the role that we're not supposed to know yet.

 

[Duker Jay]

Sam Jackson's Nick Fury is not a regular on this show, so it's irrelevant. As far as this TV SHOW's format is concerned, Agent Coulson is the leader of SHIELD and it's mostly white agents.

It's 2013. This stuff is getting tired.

You shouldn't watch it.

 

[blalex620]

Big whoop, four out of seven characters are white, what's the issue? Fact of the matter is caucasian is the most dominant race in America, there's nothing wrong with there being more white actors than actors of color. It's not as if POC are neglected in this show. Are you telling me Ming-Na, Chloe Wang, and J August Richards don't count?

Singularly yes, as a whole no. There are more "minorities" than Caucasian people.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

You shouldn't watch it.

That doesn't allow one to enjoy the show while simultaneously complaining about it on the internet tho.

 

[Eddie]

Sam Jackson's Nick Fury is not a regular on this show, so it's irrelevant. As far as this TV SHOW's format is concerned, Agent Coulson is the leader of SHIELD and it's mostly white agents.

It's 2013. This stuff is getting tired.

No. No he is not. He is a field agent. That's been made clear in the promotional materials. To be honest, the thing that's getting tired in 2013 is people on the internet acting like hiring white actors for a role is an act of racism.

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Singularly yes, as a whole no. There are more "minorities" than Caucasian people.

I read that the population of non-latino whites in America is 63%. If you include the latinos that consider themselves white however, the number increases even more.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

the thing that's getting tired in 2013 is people on the internet acting like hiring white actors for a role is an act of racism.

It's replacing the USA bashing of 2012.

2014 is going to be Crimes against Mimes.

 

[Eddie]

It's replacing the USA bashing of 2012.

2014 is going to be Crimes against Mimes.

Frankly the mimes deserve every bad thing they get.

 

[Mr. Dent]

Oh dear....This image has confirmed my worst fears. Joss Whedon seems to live in a universe where pretty much everybody is white (though there's always room for a sexy "exotic" lady or two in Whedonverse, a quota Ming-Na seems to fill, like Summer Glau before her in Firefly). Whedon has always been this way, and it's actually annoying. There is no reason a show about an American based, International Law Enforcement agency should be so whitebread. If you'd expect any Marvel based show to have strong diverse cast, it'd be a show about S.H.I.E.L.D.

How could they release a main cast photo this lacking in diversity? I know J. August Richards is supposed to be in this, but he's obviously not important enough to feature in this main cast picture, so it's a worry. And at this stage, I think he'll seem like a token. There's no reason this has to be another Whedon show almost entirely focused on the snarky witticisms of white people.

I'm black and I'm completely fine with this. A cast doesn't always need an obligatory black guy just because.

 

[Son of Coul]

Frankly the mimes deserve every bad thing they get.

Agreed, I don't see many people taking issue with this.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Frankly the mimes deserve every bad thing they get.

Agreed, I don't see many people taking issue with this.

The both of you are going on the list.

*walks away against the wind*

 

[eddy]

Every time this race issue comes up people conveniently ignore the fact that Chloe Bennett is a Chinese-American. Also add Charisma Carpenter to the list of ethnic actors in a Joss Whedon show.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Every time this race issue comes up people conveniently ignore the fact that Chloe Bennett is a Chinese-American.

Asians count as white people in this scenario. Didn't you get the memo?