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Damn, so much hate...The actor needs to take this seriously in the offseason and I MEAN REALLY LEARN KUNG FU FROM A REAL FIGHTER FROM SCRATCH...
Marvel's The Defenders - Netflix (Official Thread)
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Damn, so much hate...The actor needs to take this seriously in the offseason and I MEAN REALLY LEARN KUNG FU FROM A REAL FIGHTER FROM SCRATCH...
Ironman
#Knickstape
Her getting her detective on was dope to meI still don't see what the use for Jessica Jones is. bytch has no combat skills at all. What's good is super strength when you run into a skilled warrior.
Ironman
#Knickstape
Which is how poorly IF was miscast because Iron Fist can beat the brakes off of almost everyone in close quarter combat
DD is great but Iron Fist is supposed to be THAT dude
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Ironman
#Knickstape
THE GOOD
Loved the chemistry between Ritter, Colter, Cox...too bad Finn Whatsisname still sucked as Danny Rand/Iron Fist. He was less bad when he was in scenes with the other Defenders
Liked how the individual characters all were following separate leads/investigations that took them to the same place at the same time.
Madam Gao is my favorite Marvel Villain. Period.
Misty getting her arm chopped off which should lead to her getting some Stark designed cybernetic replacement was a nice nod to the comics and I like they took time to begin building the Misty/Colleen friendship.
Scott Glenn was great as Stick
Being 8 episodes felt just right because it removed the drag that all of these Netflix Marvel shows when trying to fill 13 episode seasons
Liked how all of the different shows supporting casts were able to be fit in this show without making it seem awkward
THE BAD
Finn Whatsisname is still terrible as Iron Fist. Marvel should have recast him between Iron Fist S01 and this show.
It is amazing that Karen Page can be so insanely annoying as a character despite so little screen time.
Not sure how smart it was to build this series around the worst part of DD S02 and the awful Iron Fist show.
Did not care about Elektra when she supposedly had personality so I care even less about her as an empty-headed ninja zombie.
The fight choreography is ass...not as embarrassingly bad as in Iron Fist but still not very good.
The lack of super-hero costumes is a shame.
The Five Fingers of The Hand could have used a bit more character building for the Japanese dude and the Black Guy...for a while there I didn't even realize The Black Guy was the same character as White Hat.
I know Sigourney Weaver has gotten rave reviews for her performance but aside from the scene in the CHinese restaraunt where she was toying with The Defenders, I wasn't all that impressed plus it was distracting me that she seemed to move around like she was in bad need of double hip replacement surgery.
The ending was lame and the epilogues were kinda weak. How do you not have a final scene between Luke and Danny to try and establish some type of connection between those two characters? Especially since the only time Finn Whatsisname was tolerable was when he had scenes with Mike Colter.
FINAL VERDICT
The show was a bit uneven and sadly carried over a lot of what didn't work in Iron Fist (and DD Season 2 for that matter) but the chemistry between the majority of the main characters was so great that a lot of the flaws with the show as a whole were easily overlooked. I look forward to seeing what second season of The Defenders would look like especially with The Hand being removed as a Big Bad for these characters movie forward.
On a Scale of 1-10...I give it a solid 7
Loved the chemistry between Ritter, Colter, Cox...too bad Finn Whatsisname still sucked as Danny Rand/Iron Fist. He was less bad when he was in scenes with the other Defenders
Liked how the individual characters all were following separate leads/investigations that took them to the same place at the same time.
Madam Gao is my favorite Marvel Villain. Period.
Misty getting her arm chopped off which should lead to her getting some Stark designed cybernetic replacement was a nice nod to the comics and I like they took time to begin building the Misty/Colleen friendship.
Scott Glenn was great as Stick
Being 8 episodes felt just right because it removed the drag that all of these Netflix Marvel shows when trying to fill 13 episode seasons
Liked how all of the different shows supporting casts were able to be fit in this show without making it seem awkward
THE BAD
Finn Whatsisname is still terrible as Iron Fist. Marvel should have recast him between Iron Fist S01 and this show.
It is amazing that Karen Page can be so insanely annoying as a character despite so little screen time.
Not sure how smart it was to build this series around the worst part of DD S02 and the awful Iron Fist show.
Did not care about Elektra when she supposedly had personality so I care even less about her as an empty-headed ninja zombie.
The fight choreography is ass...not as embarrassingly bad as in Iron Fist but still not very good.
The lack of super-hero costumes is a shame.
The Five Fingers of The Hand could have used a bit more character building for the Japanese dude and the Black Guy...for a while there I didn't even realize The Black Guy was the same character as White Hat.
I know Sigourney Weaver has gotten rave reviews for her performance but aside from the scene in the CHinese restaraunt where she was toying with The Defenders, I wasn't all that impressed plus it was distracting me that she seemed to move around like she was in bad need of double hip replacement surgery.
The ending was lame and the epilogues were kinda weak. How do you not have a final scene between Luke and Danny to try and establish some type of connection between those two characters? Especially since the only time Finn Whatsisname was tolerable was when he had scenes with Mike Colter.
FINAL VERDICT
The show was a bit uneven and sadly carried over a lot of what didn't work in Iron Fist (and DD Season 2 for that matter) but the chemistry between the majority of the main characters was so great that a lot of the flaws with the show as a whole were easily overlooked. I look forward to seeing what second season of The Defenders would look like especially with The Hand being removed as a Big Bad for these characters movie forward.
On a Scale of 1-10...I give it a solid 7
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
Yeah with better writing it would have good to see some BMTAS style detective work, the team also needed eye candyHer getting her detective on was dope to me
Misty
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
To be honest I am hand'd out it's just exhausted at this point. The only time they were ever formidable was DD s1. We've seen them in 4 series now and the with IF delving into their origin they've become even more weak. Its time to move in another direction surely it's past time time they unleash legit villains from their rogues gallery rather than have them always facing the foot clanMy man Nobu was missed in this seriesHim and Gao the Goats
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
funny I hated the version of Luke they displayed. He just lost a lot of coolness in the midst of his new cac friends. Cheesying all the time and cracking jokes it just seemed like one of those silly moves they do when they need another character to brood and be serious in an ensemble. The actor was pretty good with his timing in LC but here, not so much. The way he moves during fight scenes makes him look like he's never fought a day his life..I hate the way he's choreographed
Dr. Narcisse
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Its amazing to me to see the hate Luke Cage season 1 gets on twitter 
Talk about it like its barely above Iron Fist season 1
Talk about it like its barely above Iron Fist season 1
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Its amazing to me to see the hate Luke Cage season 1 gets on twitter
Talk about it like its barely above Iron Fist season 1
Its because he's black...
Dr. Narcisse
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When Jessica Jones mentioned coffee to Luke
