Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20131004113215/@comment-1713281-20140117023002

The sad reality is that this show will never rise to the level we've come to expect from the film franchise it spun off from, for two main reasons:

1. It's set in a universe of characters with blockbuster-budget powers, but is working on a silver screen budget. Even if they put out the cash for, say, a cool as hell MODOK--a giant-head-in-a-robosuit, practicality-be-damned MODOK--the budget and returns from the show wouldn't allow them to do it multiple episodes a season. He'd be limited to the end of episode cameos or an adaptation into an original character we've come to expect.

2. It's essentially an appendix to a multi-billion dollar blockbuster franchise. Cool, recognizable characters are not going to be utilized (or squandered, depending on your outlook) on the show when they could be used in the next installment of the film franchise.

It's a cool concept, but the reality is that it's not going to live up to want we expected.