THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR BORING OMG.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE JOSS WHEDON.

Coulson is awesome in the movies. I adore him. I haven't watched this week's SHIELD, but I'm betting Coulson as a character might be more exciting in small, awesome doses.

(And I seriously do not get what has errbody fanning themselves over Coulson. He looks like a tax adjuster.)

If this were on the WB, he would be a sexy tax adjuster with rock hard abs, who could never remember to pick up his drycleaning...

I can't get at all excited about SHIELD. My brother was really looking forward to it but I haven't asked him what he thinks. The preview leaves me going eh. It sucks that its not living up to the hype. =/

I was more impressed with Sleepy Hollow than the first episode of S.H.I.E.L.D. and I didn't expect to be excited about Sleepy Hollow since I didn't like the movie.

Maybe if we hadn't already had Heroes and Alphas it would have seemed fresher but it's just revisiting old, tired territory without the excitement of the movie version.

oh good. i'm not the only one. I tried watching shield, but yeah. boring.

I have not seen this week's ep yet, but I am not hearing good things in general.

Of course, same old, same old seems to sell so likely this will be a huge hit.

Yeah, I've watched the first few episodes of SHIELD and so far I find it somewhat entertaining but overall very generic, and full of elements I've seen on shows already airing. They need more depth and something new.

I'm sorry to hear you're not enjoying the show. Me, I am, but then all I really wanted was "Oh yay, I get to spend an hour more each week in the MCU watching those related characters snark and derp at each other".

As for Coulson, I was under the impression the mass fandom love for him was out of affection for his character, not...the actual lust you seem to be describing it as. (Unless he's being paired with Hawkeye. For some reason they're really big into that.)

Oh, that's sad. Not entirely surprising, because I think Whedon has had a good innings but has probably shown us everything he has, but still sad.

For me, Coulson is interesting because there's a twinkle in his eye that suggests he's more than an accountant, but I suspect that featuring him in more than little scenes of other characters' stories will show him to be a cardboard cutout with nothing behind the twinkle.

Though I'm sad it's not good and something that you love (because who doesn't want more awesome stuff to love?), it's at least helpful to hear you're not enjoying it. I felt really turned off by all the promos and teasers, even while everyone else was squeeing, so I wasn't keen on watching in the first place. But hearing you and other folks don't think much of it is at least confirming it doesn't sound like my cup of tea.

You know what's my cup of tea? TEA! *goes to make some* (and you, of course! <3)

My favorite show in the universe, The Vampire Diaries, totally sucked for the first 9 episodes. Then the writers did this amazing 180 and starting throwing in twists like they worked for Snyder's Pretzels. So I give every show I start at least half a season.

Exactly! The show is unimaginative and looks like something from TV decades ago. I think ABC Studios also made Alias, which started 2002, and that looked so much better! Then again, Bad Robot might have had something to do with that.

I'm willing to give the show a few more episodes, since 1) shows can start out bad, 2) I'm trapped into watching it with my family, and 3) one of my favorite current actresses, Ruth Negga, is making her US TV debut in episode 4.

Then again, I liked Iain de Caestecker (the male part of the overtalking science duo) on BBC's The Fades, because he surprised me in making a lead character that would usually annoy me into someone I actually liked watching. But his and other characters in SHIELD are just given banter and message!of!the!week! so I'm just shaking my head at lost potential. My favorite may be Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), not just for the cool factor, but because she has no time for much of the wannabe quirk. The lead guy is so boring and my judgment is hanging over the hacker character and whether its the writing or her actress who's weaker.

more random speculation:
hey, Zack Whedon also worked on Dr. Horrible! He did some decent episodes for Fringe as well, and wrote two of my favorite episodes of Southland season 5. If they're going the nepotism route, I wonder if SHIELD would have turned out differently with Zack instead of Jed and Mo, or if there are other factors involved. or if Zack wanted to stay far away...