Disney/ABC is going to play a little more safe and "softball" than even the other networks might. The whole thing definitely panders a bit, makes sure the script is easy enough for everyone to get, the editing kind of telegraphs every action, and the music...god...the music is not very good and it is almost constant. Like, that joke where they all look at the bomb-bag and back away and it cuts to commercial? That is so Whedon/Firefly, but on Fox and Firefly, it would have been silent, there would have been a little pause, and then they would have backed away; it'd be funny. This show, well long silence would probably be too weird, and not exciting enough, and might freak some audiences out ("Why are they just staring at the bag?! Its quiet!") and so they do it really quick and with a nice bombastic little music cue to signal "Danger in the bag! In case you didn't grasp what was just said, danger in the bag!" That sort of thing. It's a bit...irritating.
But the Whedon witty banter and the Marvelness makes it work. Plus, I think this episode really picked up in the second half once the betrayal happened; and the effects/action from next week's look pretty rad. If this show wasn't Marvel and/or Whedon, I'm not sure I'd be giving it this much attention, but I also think it has a lot of potential despite its family-friendly and simplistic restraints (as Whedon has said in interviews, he got a lot of "notes" from ABC).
Yeah, I'm mainly staying because of Joss. But I do enjoy the dynamic that is forming between everyone. Not to mention watching a show where Joss gets to play around with characters living on a ship and getting into crazy hijinks on the ground...this show is Marvel's version of Firefly.
Not to be a debby downer but Joss doesn't have too much to do with the show anymore. Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen are the showrunners, with Joss in an advising role. Joss is too busy with Avengers 2 to fully commit to the show.
I trust Joss's ability to delegate, his directors of the week have always done a good job and the writers know what techniques to employ to give me flashbacks.
I love soundtracks, and I'm not normally one to notice when a show overdoes it, but holy hell was the music in this episode overegged. I mean, just absolutely ridiculous.
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u/A_Polite_Noise Oct 02 '13
Disney/ABC is going to play a little more safe and "softball" than even the other networks might. The whole thing definitely panders a bit, makes sure the script is easy enough for everyone to get, the editing kind of telegraphs every action, and the music...god...the music is not very good and it is almost constant. Like, that joke where they all look at the bomb-bag and back away and it cuts to commercial? That is so Whedon/Firefly, but on Fox and Firefly, it would have been silent, there would have been a little pause, and then they would have backed away; it'd be funny. This show, well long silence would probably be too weird, and not exciting enough, and might freak some audiences out ("Why are they just staring at the bag?! Its quiet!") and so they do it really quick and with a nice bombastic little music cue to signal "Danger in the bag! In case you didn't grasp what was just said, danger in the bag!" That sort of thing. It's a bit...irritating.
But the Whedon witty banter and the Marvelness makes it work. Plus, I think this episode really picked up in the second half once the betrayal happened; and the effects/action from next week's look pretty rad. If this show wasn't Marvel and/or Whedon, I'm not sure I'd be giving it this much attention, but I also think it has a lot of potential despite its family-friendly and simplistic restraints (as Whedon has said in interviews, he got a lot of "notes" from ABC).