So. Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the tv series; who has seen the first episode, and what did you think?

My (mainly) SPOILER-FREE thoughts;

- it was interesting. Good, but not great.
- characters seemed fairly vanilla. Agent Coulson was the only character, so far, who sparked any interest in me. Marvel will have to do better, if they want to keep this going long-term.
- no big-name heroes appeared, as I suspected. It's a TV budget, after all. A few were mentioned, though.
- my only "chills" moment was something Maria Hill said about Coulson; it made a lot of sense, seeing as what happened to him on the big-screen. As a longtime comics fan, it wasn't hard to read between the lines and figure it out.
- so far, this series seems like a made-for-tv cross between Men In Black and Heroes.

I'll watch more, but I feel a little underwhelmed at the moment.