Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Non-Spoiler Pilot Review: Like Alias By Way of Joss Whedon

On Sunday afternoon at D23 Expo, Marvel Studios and ABC Studios presented an early screening of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jeph Loeb introduced the pilot to an eager crowd of Marvel fans. Even though the pilot was previously screened at Comic-Con, the D23 Expo crowd was still excited to see an early screening.Set after the events of Marvel’s The Avengers and Iron Man 3, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is about Phil Coulson returning to action and forming a team of agents to handle super-powered threats.The pilot is about the formation of the team as they track down a new super powered human being who intends to help people but soon becomes a threat to others. The S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot felt like a natural progression of the Marvel Studios films. It is the television equivalent of Marvels, Gotham Central, or Damage Control: the Marvel Universe through the eyes of humans. The world has to deal with the fact they now live with gods, super-soldiers, and monsters.