I think SHEILD goes too far into the geeky, and not enough into character.
I agree, but being that this is only the pilot ep, I'm quite willing to give the showrunners a chance to correct this, or even allow that they understand this aspect already. I'm very sympathetic that they need to get a gihugic audience dragged in quickly to satisfy the suits, or arguments about character development won't mean diddly. AS I mentioned in a recent reply to cactuswatcher, I suspect probably 90% of those who tuned in for this pilot have seen Marvel's The Avengers. And I suspect most of those people expect a lot of fast-paced action.
I also suspect that Whedon learned lessons from Firefly and Dollhouse-- give the suits what they expect, and then if the money rolls in, only then do you get to be an auteur on their dime.
On the plus side, Whedon has always been great at developing characters over the longer haul, and hopefully he still is. Plus it's obvious in their writing that his brother and sis-in-law have picked up more than a few of his tendencies.
There was just too much happening for a mere 40-some minutes. I was frankly surprised that this wasn't a 2-hour pilot.
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Date: 2013-09-26 04:42 am (UTC)I agree, but being that this is only the pilot ep, I'm quite willing to give the showrunners a chance to correct this, or even allow that they understand this aspect already. I'm very sympathetic that they need to get a gihugic audience dragged in quickly to satisfy the suits, or arguments about character development won't mean diddly. AS I mentioned in a recent reply to cactuswatcher, I suspect probably 90% of those who tuned in for this pilot have seen Marvel's The Avengers. And I suspect most of those people expect a lot of fast-paced action.
I also suspect that Whedon learned lessons from Firefly and Dollhouse-- give the suits what they expect, and then if the money rolls in, only then do you get to be an auteur on their dime.
On the plus side, Whedon has always been great at developing characters over the longer haul, and hopefully he still is. Plus it's obvious in their writing that his brother and sis-in-law have picked up more than a few of his tendencies.
There was just too much happening for a mere 40-some minutes. I was frankly surprised that this wasn't a 2-hour pilot.