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Marvel Superheroes hit Netflix

Started by COMMANDO FORCES, 28 May, 2014, 04:47:45 AM

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Goaty


CrazyFoxMachine

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Lady Geoffery and I finally finished Daredevil S2 this month after watching it one episode sort-of every week since it came out. The first series was untouchably good in my eyes but thissun was weaker by a way. It retained a good sense of character throughout and the performances were great. The action was still fantastically measured as well but I felt about halfway through it started to meander a bit. The strong dynamic between DD & P was brilliantly engaging - his hunt, trial and temporary incarceration extraordinary but the more we got into [spoiler]Elektra and The Hand[/spoiler] the more the strong focus which made the first so phenomenal got muddier and muddier (the build-up to Defenders possibly). The final two episodes were guilty of  dipping into some really irritating cliches and felt more Agents of SHIELD than Netflix Marvel [spoiler]Punisher feeling almost crowbarred into the action to set him up for 'more to come'.[/spoiler] All this weight is being put on by the fact that 2016's DD is now a part of the Marvel Netflixverse rather than a bold new experiment.

A shame but I fully admit I'm tainted by my expectations from the stunning S1 (finally out on DVD this year!!) and there wasn't nearly enough bad going on here to capsize my view that DD is the strongest superhero television series ever made.

Goaty

Just start Luke Cage on Netflix, now at end of 4th episode. Enjoy it. As ever, every Marvel series got excellent 3rd episode as this does!

Nice classic comic costume of Luke Cage on 4th.

Trout

I just binged my way to the end of Luke Cage. Supercool stuff.

It had some silly moments ([spoiler]acid bath surgery and the weirdly lucky celebrity encounter[/spoiler] spring to mind), but they were pretty minor. The whole thing was a treat, especially the way the[spoiler] "discredited superhero hunted by the police" trope (Spider-man: threat or menace?)[/spoiler] was folded into commentary about the way African-Americans are treated by law enforcement.

And the music was amazing.

I can't wait to see Cage again.

- Trout

Mardroid

Hoping my home internet connection is fixed soon so I can watch Cage. (I used my phones hotspot to watch some Netflix recently. I have a fair amount data on my phones data allowance, but it was quite an eyeopener to see how much it got through, so I'll be careful with the rest.)

I didn't like the character much in Jessica Jones but this does seem promisong..

Goaty

Wow, just finish the series. I enjoy it! Good casting even villains, Cottonmouth was good  ;)

Nice marvel Easter eggs there. Even it in same universe as Marvel films.

I liked Shades character!

Dandontdare

Can't decide whether to renew my Netflix sub now (I cancelled it when they jacked up the price by £2 pm) or wait until there are more series I want to binge on - like more Daredevil and Jessica Jones.


Goaty


JOE SOAP

For the first time since the 1980's the reclusive CEO of Marvel Entertainment - Ike Perlmutter - has been photographed in public. This time with the Trumpet of the Apocalypse himself:




This is the only other publicly available photo:





Dr Feeley Good

Enjoyed the first series of Daredevil and Jessica Jones,thought the second series of Daredevil was OK but must admit I've hated Lake Cage,painful to watch,it just seems to have dragged on and on...didn't mind him at all in Jessica Jones.

IndigoPrime

I thought Cage was OK, but slow and riddled with stereotypes. DD just became a miserable series about someone screaming LOOK AT ME! I'M A MARTYR to the point I don't care any more. I'd happily watch a Karen Page series, but I'm done with DD. Jessica Jones was, bar the first and last episodes, rather good though.

CrazyFoxMachine

Well I know the official Iron Fist talk was going on in the TV boxsets thread but let's drag it all back here. I'd been avoiding this thread because I was taking my time with Cage - shame other folks didn't dig it. It certainly was quite uneven but I found it far more likeable than the angsty JJ - what with the awesome soundtrack and fun setpieces and all. The last episode was a damp fart though, and it all seemed to build towards nothing.

I've watched the first episode of Iron Fist and yeah, I can see where all the indifference lies and whereas it's not as mind-bogglingly dumb as say, most American network dramas, it's also not nearly as fun. Lacking the likeable cast of DD, the angsty edge of JJ and the class of LC it hasn't really got an identity of its own. Jones is a really unlikeable lead and mostly seems to be exactly the unnervingly whiny hobo that most of the bland rest of the cast assume that he is. The pacing is abominable - is it Danny? It can't be Danny. Could it be Danny? Surely not. BUT IS IT DANNY? WHO KNOWS? WHAT IF IT'S DANNY?



In DD: S1 the Netflix meets Marvel thing was fresh and worked brilliantly, slowly and grittily building to an awesome climax with strong characterization - but after a good start the second season became entangled in what was clearly a muddy build-up to what'll be the background of the Defenders. Luke Cage (WHILE I ENJOYED IT) was clearly trying not to tread on any toes so ended up becoming a stylish but indulgent exercise in water-treadery. Ultimately they have to strike a better balance between mythos building and telling good stories. I didn't finish JJ so I'm not quite sure where it sits but presumably by both having both a coherent beginning-middle-and-end and introducing Cage it's more functional than HERE'S ROSARIO LET'S GET THE BAD GUYS OH THEY GOT AWAY HARLEM YAY.

I'll take a few months slowly absorbing Iron Fist (terrifying name for a porno) but I really hope it essentially leads right into Defenders rather than sitting with its own fairly straightforward narrative. But wait... isn't The Punisher showing up this year as well? Crikey.

Goaty

Trailer for new Series Marvel's Cloak & Dagger for teen audience on Freeform channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZFc3FzK344


Professor Bear

Looks like that Tomorrow People remake mixed in with Heroes - a winning combo!

Hawkmumbler

Thats exactly what I needed to reinstate my interest in Marvel Netflix after the mockery that was Iron Fist.