I haven't started on AoS. I figured I'd wait until there was some positive buzz on the f-list about it, and go from there.
The positive buzz didn't happen.
You were basically quoting my media textbook up there - media vies for our time, and we evaluate how we are going to spend our time through paratexts - promos, the previous work of the creators, really good ad campaigns (one of the best ad campaigns I've ever seen was for District 9, because it really stirred your curiosity. A fancy seal and Coulson's head does nothing for me). Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D had two things going for it: Whedon and Marvel, and relied on those to get people watching. Its paratexts didn't get me interested, but it did get pretty high ratings for its premiere, so it must have worked. However, it doesn't have the quality to keep up those ratings - I believe this week was an all-time low (maybe they needed to do A Very Special Episode where Coulson learns the meaning of Christmas?).
I think there's something to the accusation that Joss is only capable of a certain number of character archetypes and he repeats them in all of his original work.
I'm watching a lot of Arrow these days - it's great superhero TV and I am in love with Felicity Smoak, who is more than the cute techie girl. This pretty much sums up why I'm watching Arrow (season 1 on Netflix btw) and not AoS.
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Date: 2013-12-15 05:36 pm (UTC)The positive buzz didn't happen.
You were basically quoting my media textbook up there - media vies for our time, and we evaluate how we are going to spend our time through paratexts - promos, the previous work of the creators, really good ad campaigns (one of the best ad campaigns I've ever seen was for District 9, because it really stirred your curiosity. A fancy seal and Coulson's head does nothing for me). Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D had two things going for it: Whedon and Marvel, and relied on those to get people watching. Its paratexts didn't get me interested, but it did get pretty high ratings for its premiere, so it must have worked. However, it doesn't have the quality to keep up those ratings - I believe this week was an all-time low (maybe they needed to do A Very Special Episode where Coulson learns the meaning of Christmas?).
I think there's something to the accusation that Joss is only capable of a certain number of character archetypes and he repeats them in all of his original work.
I'm watching a lot of Arrow these days - it's great superhero TV and I am in love with Felicity Smoak, who is more than the cute techie girl. This pretty much sums up why I'm watching Arrow (season 1 on Netflix btw) and not AoS.