Giles ,'Touched'
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One thing I did like quite a bit in that scene - Skye in that moment has no idea that Ward has only had level 7 clearance for about half an hour. Coulson knows she's already hacked them, so he also knows Ward can't really give her any more information than she could find out on her own.
Ooo, excellent point, Jessica.
Looking at the show's about page, I'd say he is supposed to be the lead if Gregg is scaled back. He's definitely second to Coulson in rating (though Skye has an "and starring" character mention.
Team-wise, I'd be surprised if he was Buffy and think he might not even be Mal.
I bet budget-wise they'd like to have Ward as lead and Coulson as "and starring". If I'm correct in assuming "and starring" doesn't get paid as much as the first-named.
If I'm correct in assuming "and starring" doesn't get paid as much as the first-named.
Some people get that because they're bigger and are getting paid more, some people get it in lieu of more money. You'd have to know the contract.
Scaling Gregg back would make me sadface.
Also, joining Jessica in the eyerolling.
The pilot will be rebroadcast on Thursday at 8pm Eastern Time.
Should the slug or thread description be changed (temp or perm) to help people locate the discussion? Or should be consider the question up for asking anywhere? (How useful would this suggestion have been a week ago?)
I didn't think of Ward as the lead, I was paying more attention to Coulson. Though in retrospect, I can see that was probably the intent. The actor is not charismatic enough, and the character not interesting enough, to carry the show.
I really hope the show does not turn into another Bland White Guy and Cute White Girl Save the World From Monsters (with help from their sidekicks, Exotic KickAss Beauty and Two Babbling Geeks). I'm in it for Coulson, at this point; none of the other characters grabbed my interest.
The flying car is right out of the original SHIELD stories from the 60's (I linked to the relevant comic awhile back.) I thought it was a fun nod to the original recruitment of Nick Fury storyline, especially with the car being from that era.
As for Coulson gaining Matrix-powers, I want to say he did some Matrix-y stuff in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer" though it's been awhile since I've seen the short.
I thought he was just Son of Coul badass in that.