 The early screening of the pilot at San Diego Comic @-@ Con International was met with a very positive reaction from the crowd . Critically , the initial screening of the pilot was met with mostly positive reviews , though The New York Times ' Brooks Barnes noted that " what goes over well at Comic @-@ Con does not necessarily work in the real world , " especially on a network with " Scandal moms and Dancing with the Stars grandparents " . Entertainment Weekly 's initial reactions were that if everything that made the show appealing — its continuity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe , its continuance of The Avengers storyline , and Whedon 's return to television , were stripped from it , the show would still work . However , they also questioned whether the show was accessible enough to attract a wider audience . 
