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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D....this fall on ABC
Josh Whedon is involved. I'm in!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...-agents-520903 It's official: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is on the air at ABC. The Joss Whedon drama based on the Marvel Comics property has landed a series order at the Disney-owned network, ABC announced Friday. The ABC Studios project is based on Marvel Comics' secret intelligence organization that has appeared in countless titles, including Iron Man, Captain America and The Ultimates, since being introduced in the 1960s. The military law-enforcement agency's moniker stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate, which also has evolved over time in the comics. Whedon is on board to co-pen the pilot alongside his brother Jed Whedon and Jed's wife, Maurissa Tancharoen; the trio previously teamed on the three-part web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Whedon directed the pilot, which has had ABC social media accounts for months. S.H.I.E.L.D. is executive produced by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell and Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb. ER's Ming-Na stars as Agent Melinda May, The Avengers' Clark Gregg reprises his role as Agent Phil Coulson, Killing Lincoln's Brett Dalton is set as gruff rising star Agent Grant Ward, Elizabeth Henstridge as science whiz Agent Gemma Simmons and Iain DeCaestecker as tech guru Agent Leo Fitz, with Nashville's Chloe Bennet set as Skye, a superhero-obsessed woman. Since the project was first announced in August, it has been a clear front-runner to land on ABC's 2013-14 schedule. ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee told reporters in January that the project was being fast-tracked and he was "very hopeful" that the entry with a "great script" would go "Marvel has the ability to bring the whole family around it," Lee said at the time. "Joss has great relationships around it. There's a lot of real funny male-female relationships and flirtations, but it's also Joss and Marvel, so there's a lot of action to it." "My boss Bob Iger buys Marvel, and how wonderful is it for ABC to be able to use the core talent from that and not use the Marvel brand but the Avengers franchise for a show that is not exactly about the Avengers but is attached to it?" Lee said, noting that Whedon was already working on scripts at the time. ABC will start a major marketing push for the high-profile project with a sizable built-in fan base Sunday, May 12, airing a first look at 8 p.m. ahead of the season finale of Once Upon a Time. |
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03-20-2014, 06:52 AM | #286 | |
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Regarding Coulson, they did seem to go to great lengths to explain away his actions as just being who he his. Seemed kind of forced after reading your comments, and unneeded actually. We've already seen that Coulson will do just about anything to learn about T.A.H.I.T.I, and his actions saving Skye could be viewed as being purely selfish and still fit his character. To me, combining the two justifications is more than enough cause for his actions. They also explain the confusion about the facility and that no one seems to know who it belongs too. It may not even be another government agency. Or not a another US gov agency. And the tech may have lived out its usefulness? To be honest, when they said T.A.H.I.T.I. was the one thing the Clairvoyant couldn't see, I first thought off-world, different dimension, or some other explanation. Add in May's phone report at the end of the episode, and this is obviously not the end of the story. There is still a lot we don't know. I'm guessing we'll learn more that explain away many of your concerns.
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Regardless, the last few episodes have been much much better, if you haven't caught up yet.
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So Patton Oswalt is the lasted name brought onboard. Constable Bob becomes Eric Koenig.
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As far as why Coulson was worried about giving the blood to Skye, after just doing a quick seach for Kree blood side effects (lol), I remembered Skye is not human! Remember her back story was that she was an "Object of Unidentified Origin". Also, found this little bit... http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/wh...231726171.html Quote:
http://marvel.wikia.com/Carol_Danvers_%28Earth-616%29
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Oswalt is ****ing awesome. His Star Wars filibuster improv was hilarious.
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Which is half the time too much!
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Another solid ep. Interested in seeing how they tie it in with Winter Soldier next week, as SHIELD is apparently falling apart (which has been reflected on the show) during the movie.
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Interesting. It could give them an opportunity to "reboot" the show.
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Lemurian Star. I believe that's the ship at the very beginning of Winter Soldier.
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04-02-2014, 07:54 AM | #298 |
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Found an article on it: https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-...042227998.html
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Ah! Lemurian Star, thanks. I thought that came out of nowhere; I didn't realize it was the name of the ship.
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Having just watched "CA: TWS", I immediately wondered how/when they would comment/alter the TV storyline. They can't ignore it. Too much happened.
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