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I did a quick search but nothing turned up so....

Anyone catch the pilot last night?

I thought it was “ok” not anything gripping as of yet. No one among the cast of good looking but bland characters really stuck out to me. It also looked cheaper than I expected, which isn’t a huge problem but It was really noticeable in a few places



So what did dakka think?

It was fun to watch, you can defiantly tell Joss Whedon was involved.

You guys know my thread with spoilers is on this page and was started 5 minutes into the show, right?

^links or it didn't happen!

I liked it. The fancy toys made it look like a Bond film with super powered people. The car is awesome with or without upgrades.

One storyline I look forward to is this mystery concerning Agent Coulson and what he must never know.

Saw it and it's okay for a pilot. I think I'll like future episodes more. This one was very introducery-y.

I enjoyed it, was a good set up episode. Will need to see how it goes over the next 5 or so episodes but I have faith in Joss and the team.

 WarAngel wrote:
I liked it. The fancy toys made it look like a Bond film with super powered people. The car is awesome with or without upgrades.

One storyline I look forward to is this mystery concerning Agent Coulson and what he must never know.

i figure he's either a robot or a clone
maybe both

 greenskin lynn wrote:

 WarAngel wrote:
I liked it. The fancy toys made it look like a Bond film with super powered people. The car is awesome with or without upgrades.

One storyline I look forward to is this mystery concerning Agent Coulson and what he must never know.

i figure he's either a robot or a clone
maybe both

Calling Vision now.

I just got done watching it and thought it was awesome. Loved all the jokes. Thought the car was cooler till it did the hover car thing at the end.

 greenskin lynn wrote:

 WarAngel wrote:
I liked it. The fancy toys made it look like a Bond film with super powered people. The car is awesome with or without upgrades.

One storyline I look forward to is this mystery concerning Agent Coulson and what he must never know.

i figure he's either a robot or a clone
maybe both

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Model_Decoy

would be the traditional method -- note that Stark referred to these in The Avengers, which could be their get out or could have just been another nod to get the fanboys giggling.

Once again, read spoiler of my thread (on my phone, can't link). I said the same thing before ALL you silly bastards. I swear, nobody ever listens to me.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I swear, nobody ever listens to me.

Psssst... we can't hear you because is a text only forum.

 greenskin lynn wrote:

i figure he's either a robot or a clone
maybe both

Clone would be my guess too. If it was a simple revival that he thinks it is there'd be no secret.

 WarAngel wrote:

 greenskin lynn wrote:

i figure he's either a robot or a clone
maybe both

Clone would be my guess too. If it was a simple revival that he thinks it is there'd be no secret.

im betting on Stark using extremis to bring him back from the dead, something along the lines of coulson getting put on ice after his death for an unknown amount of time (not sure how much time passed between avengers and iron man 3) then after Stark perfected extremis he found out it could bring people back from the dead, and low and behold coulson had been on ice the entire time, a little extremis and presto changeo coulson is back from the dead. Only they give him the story to avoid the mental strain of finding out he was dead for X amount of time

My money is on LMD.

There's also supposedly some theories that 'Tahiti' is actually 'Valhalla.'

Watched it. 3/5 is my rating, which I suppose is not bad for a pilot, but not as good as the hype would suggest.

 Compel wrote:
There's also supposedly some theories that 'Tahiti' is actually 'Valhalla.'

I would doubt this one. It would be interesting due to Thor's fondness for the Son of Coul, except it was said the Avengers didn't know he was alive, and I'd find it unlikely he could get Out of Valhala without Thor's help.

But what if he had, for example, Odin's?

I mean, after all, it was Loki who killed him. Plus, I'm sure the Allfather is enough of a pragmatist to understand Fury's reasonings enough, not to go back on it.

I'm going with the LMD theory, it's kind of SHIELD cop-out 101.

I enjoyed the show rather a lot, the cast were all pretty good (no one was great apart from Agent Coulson, but none of them were unwatchable). The plot was reasonable paced, and didn't have any glaring holes.

I'm looking forward to finding out who 'Mike' is. Either he's an entirely new character, or he is going to become I'm leaning more towards the second (spoilered) option, as he bares a similarity in terms of powers, appearance and (so far) his character is fairly similar. If this does turn out the be the case, that seems to be a good way of keeping it linked to super-characters while not needing to bring in the big ones like Iron Man or Cap A.

Overall, I'd give it 8/10 for TV series, it was a good introductory episode, and a massive step up from the catastrophic disaster that was Iron Man 3. Looking forward to next week's.

Liked the firs episode, got me wondering what the whole deal with Coulson is. there are so many theories flying around it is getting a little silly right now, but hey, it gets people talking. My money is on some kind of android. Note how he "matrix dodged" that van door being ripped off. It was only on screen for a second or two, but it seems a bit too fast for a normal human reaction time.

Something else I noticed, I watched The Avengers again today, and who do I see on one of the screens during the montage sequence at the end where they're doing all the new broadcast reactions to what happened in New York. The Maybe-he-is-maybe-he-isn't Luke Cage guy and his wife. Hmmmm......

Is it him?

 Grimtuff wrote:
Note how he "matrix dodged" that van door being ripped off. It was only on screen for a second or two, but it seems a bit too fast for a normal human reaction time.

Yes, but if you watch the short video "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Thor's Hammer," he already had some good moves.

Something else I noticed, I watched The Avengers again today, and who do I see on one of the screens during the montage sequence at the end where they're doing all the new broadcast reactions to what happened in New York. The Maybe-he-is-maybe-he-isn't Luke Cage guy and his wife. Hmmmm......

Is it him?

There's no mention of the Avengers in the actor's IMDB credits. But, I wouldn't be too surprised if it was him. He is a Joss Whedon actor, after all (from Angel).

I just watched it on the plus box, and really liked it. Although I was a big fan of Whedon's work before so there was a strong chance I would like it.

The main boon for me is that none of the main characters came across as annoying, and the potential to introduce heroes and/or villains through this series is going to be brilliant to watch.

It went into the tape series folder straight away.

Nothing spectular so far, but very watchable. It'll be interesting to see what kind of characters they introduce.

Not bad. A little formulaic but I liked it.

Girlfriend hated it. Must be good then

It was good enough for a pilot. certainly there was nothing better on.

I had a weird feeling I was watching a Smallville episode at times, don't know why.

The characters were good enough and should develop well when the show hits its straps.

The only bits that had me groaning was the hover car at the end and the soft feel good music when the bad guy got taken down.

I have no opinion on the Coulson mystery. Call me unfashionably ambivalent but its the sort of plot minutiae that never bothers me so long as the show generally is okay.

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:

The main boon for me is that none of the main characters came across as annoying, and the potential to introduce heroes and/or villains through this series is going to be brilliant to watch.

Really? I must admit to not being rather wound up by the British tech twins. But then again I'm never fond of the way The British are portrayed in American TV shows.

One thing that confused me, was this supposed to be set before or after Iron Man 3? Is KIllian going to be the bad guy here, or has the Extremis tech been passed to someone else?

I'm assuming that it must be after IM3 as the Extremis tech was effectively unknown/unrealised until Stark discovered the connection to it from the explosions in IM3.

Yeah I'm guessing its after IM3, I need to watch that tonight before the next episode really.

edit - oh and twins where fine, I've seen a lot worse, but I like geek characters.