S.h.i.e.l.d.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by RyZ

The show is not awful, but it's super cheesy and campy. It'll air it's first season but I don't expect much buzz around it by the time the season is through. I'll keep watching until it totally puts me off.

I hope they embrace the cheeseball factor like Chuck did. The monster of the week model cant sustain the tension from week to week to make a serious spy thriller work.

[KTrain]

I enjoyed lasted night's episode. They seem to have a lot of "big picture" villains. Though it's probably the same person/group with all these plots.

The show runners have also set themselves up to have a permanent female "Nick Fury" with the character they introduced last night.

[troutman]

Can't understand Simmons with her accent and mumbling.

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I enjoyed lasted night's episode. They seem to have a lot of "big picture" villains. Though it's probably the same person/group with all these plots.

The show runners have also set themselves up to have a permanent female "Nick Fury" with the character they introduced last night.

I'm wondering if it's going to end up being HYDRA as their main enemy like in the source material. This rising tide group seems to be just like Anonymous right now

[Oling_Roachinen]

Coulson's first words last episode: "Maybe I should learn to fly."

Totally has to end up as Vision.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

I'm wondering if it's going to end up being HYDRA as their main enemy like in the source material. This rising tide group seems to be just like Anonymous right now

Right now I'm thinking it's A.I.M..

A.I.M.'s origins began late in World War II with Baron Wolfgang von Strucker's creation of his subversive organization HYDRA. Under the code name of T.H.E.M., he created two HYDRA branches called Advanced Idea Mechanics and Secret Empire.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Itse

Right now I'm thinking it's A.I.M..

That would tie into Extremis and Iron Man III no?

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Seems like each episode gets progressively better. I really enjoyed tonight's episode. The whole big picture unfolding while maintaining good episodic stories is starting to feel very Whedon-esque.

[CaptainCrunch]

I caught up on the last two episodes last nights and the previous weeks one with the girl with the eye.

Last nights episode was very strong, the writing was solid, the effects were a bit cheesy.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I caught up on the last two episodes last nights and the previous weeks one with the girl with the eye.

Last nights episode was very strong, the writing was solid, the effects were a bit cheesy.

Hopefully if this show gets enough viewership, they can up the effects budget next season a la Walking Dead.

[CaptainCrunch]

I did like seeing that doctor incinerated and seeing her body fall apart like that even though she was hot.

Is this Hydra?

[FlameOn]

Nitpicking out this episode but I really wish TV and movie producers would take a bit more time doing fact checking and hiring people appropriate to the region to play roles. Hong Kong scene was awful with clear American Chinatown signs and god awful fake Chinese accents.

Same thing happened with Pacific Rim. Asian cities are not full of weird voodoo shops selling animal parts run by Ron Perlman, fortune tellers, and American tourists. It's like portraying Paris as a city of mimes and Vespas with baskets full of baguettes and every Parisian was wearing tight pants with berets laughing at tourists bad French. It's simply not realistic and all it would have taken to fix the issue was a different camera angle and slightly different casting choices. Production laziness like this drives me nuts... /rant

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

Asian cities are not full of weird voodoo shops selling animal parts run by Ron Perlman, fortune tellers, and American tourists.

How do you know what Asian cities are like in the 2020s? Probably going to be a Ron Perlman on every corner by then.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

Nitpicking out this episode but I really wish TV and movie producers would take a bit more time doing fact checking and hiring people appropriate to the region to play roles. Hong Kong scene was awful with clear American Chinatown signs and god awful fake Chinese accents.

Same thing happened with Pacific Rim. Asian cities are not full of weird voodoo shops selling animal parts run by Ron Perlman, fortune tellers, and American tourists. It's like portraying Paris as a city of mimes and Vespas with baskets full of baguettes and every Parisian was wearing tight pants with berets laughing at tourists bad French. It's simply not realistic and all it would have taken to fix the issue was a different camera angle and slightly different casting choices. Production laziness like this drives me nuts... /rant

It's entertainment, not a travel documentary. And clearly, you've never been to Paris.

[LChoy]

Originally Posted by SebC

It's entertainment, not a travel documentary. And clearly, you've never been to Paris.

I know it's a TV show for North American audience, but Cantonese was absolutely awful. Pleasantly surprised with the Mindy May's Cantonese though

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by Lchoy

I know it's a TV show for North American audience, but Cantonese was absolutely awful. Pleasantly surprised with the Mindy May's Cantonese though

Yeah... May's Cantonese was actually decent sounding enough... the other guy... I have difficulty trying to hear through the accent.

[skippy]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Yeah... May's Cantonese was actually decent sounding enough... the other guy... I have difficulty trying to hear through the accent.

Through his English accented Cantonese or his pseudo-terrible Cantonese accented English? Obviously he didn't study Rush Hour enough.

[GirlySports]

if his english and cantonese were that bad, they should have hired Jackie Chan, get a few more eyeballs.

[Flaming Choy]

Interesting fact, the actress that plays Skye is 1/2 chinese and speaks mandarin.

Also, she has a Robin Sparks-esque pop song out. Warning, it's pretty bad.

[KTrain]

Looks like they will be tying in the show with events from the movies. It might entice a few people to go see the movie in the first couple weeks so they don't get anything spoiled by the show.

The episode is also directed by Jonathan Frakes.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=48893

Taking advantage of the inherent synergy between ABC series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and the Marvel Studios feature films, the Nov. 19 episode of the TV show is set to pick up on the events of "Thor: The Dark World," in theaters on Nov. 8.

The official synopsis for the upcoming episode, titled "The Well," reads, "In the aftermath of the events chronicled in the feature film Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World,' Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pick up the pieces -- one of which threatens to destroy a member of the team." It's not yet clear how deep of a connection the episode will have to the film, but it's an example of the show again tying-in directly with the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe.