Mike Colter as luke cage is TRASH

[Shadow King]

I don't even watch the show but I might have get a Netflix account if shyt like this is on here

 

[Luke Cage]

Nikka started lecturing criminals about civil rights as he beat their asses
My eyes rolled into the back of my head

Netflix luke cage would never roll up to doctor doom like pay me my money

I like him being Harlem's Captain America
Black character's are rarely given the moral high ground in films, even though in real life we most definitely have that, the way cacs are.
But since white racism doesn't exist in non-slavery movies this is the best route imo

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

So weird how we've been waiting for a show like Luke Cage all of our life, we get it, and we're so quick to label it as TRASH and BORING.

nikka, Iron Fist was TRASH and BORING. You don't have to like Luke Cage's plot or cast as much as some others, but can we pump the brakes just a little?

The first 7 episodes were excellent. The second half was a little sloppy, but I still enjoyed it. S2 will be even better. Watch.

I liked everything about Luke Cage other than the main character

Cottonmouth was dope and interesting. Had me empathizing with him too much.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Corny is another way of saying that shyt is cliche or banal, lacking in originality. That word applies more to Cottonmouth/StringerBell/Frank White Insert gangster cliche.

No, it applies to Colter as Luke Cage, as he brought nothing to the character. He can't play a convincing, stolid character. Tom Hardy brought more to a stolid character confined to a chair with half his faced covered in Dunkirk in about 30 mins of screen time than Colter did in 21 episodes.

It was a miscast and an empty performance, highlighted especially in Luke Cage where he's surrounded by some actors putting in some serious work. Mike Colter looks like he's about to cry when he puts on his angry face.

The writing and the performance let down what should have been an immediately iconic TV character.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I like him being Harlem's Captain America
Black character's are rarely given the moral high ground in films, even though in real life we most definitely have that, the way cacs are.
But since white racism doesn't exist in non-slavery movies this is the best route imo

I dont need my characters to be morally uplifting
I just need them to be interesting

This aint about cacs, its about b*stardizing a character

Even Steve Rogers wouldnt do thay corny shyt

 

[AMcV'88]

i'm glad he's not like Diamondback..show took a nosedive when he was introduced.
but there can be a middle ground..maybe they'll get to it as the character progresses.

i don't really have that big a problem with his portrayal of Luke but he's a bit wooden.
sometimes it does feels like Colter is playing himself for the most part. strong, silent type that the ladies like. pleasant big man with a heart.

My main problem with Colter (this is going to be a weird criticism) is that his enunciation is jarring.

He speaks almost too clearly. No . Lol. Like NO ONE speaks that clearly so it's something that immediately jumps out at you, and it constantly takes me out of the immersion of whatever scene he is in -- because people don't really talk like that. I can't think of another actor that's white, black, Asian, whatever, that speaks like him.

yeah, this is a a thing that jars me to.
if you were to close you eyes you would think he was reading.

does Colter do a lot of broadway or stage work ? i feel like he does from watching him.
sometimes it doesn't translate well to screen and Colter is an example of that.

 

[Luke Cage]

I dont need my characters to be morally uplifting
I just need them to be interesting

This aint about cacs, its about b*stardizing a character

I find morally uplifting characters interesting. I don't need them to hit the nay nay every so often to keep me entertained.
Black culture isn't just hood culture, there is room for some huxtable ass nikkas in there too.
Studios are always playing hiphop music in the trailers for black movies and shows. Even period pieces like Selma had Common rapping on it.
In the Defenders every time Luke Cage shows up some hiphop starts playing. Hiphop didn't even exist when he was first introduced or it at least wasn't popping like that.
What happened to soulful music, funk, jazz etc. ?

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I find morally uplifting characters interesting. I don't need them to hit the nay nay every so often to keep me entertained.
Black culture isn't just hood culture, there is room for some huxtable ass nikkas in there too.
Studios are always playing hiphop music in the trailers for black movies and shows. Even period pieces like Selma had Common rapping on it.
In the Defenders every time Luke Cage shows up some hiphop starts playing. Hiphop didn't even exist when he was first introduced or it at least wasn't popping like that.
What happened to soulful music, funk, jazz etc. ?

Thats not what hes supposes to be
And no one even brought up hood nikkas vs huxtable
Life isnt that Black and White
Luke Cage the man should never be this boring

And shyt when nikkas was making Breaking Bad no one said think of the pirtrayl of white suburbia
But we always have to do the most when adapting our characters

 

[Luke Cage]

Thats not what hes supposes to be
And no one even brought up hood nikkas vs huxtable
Life isnt that Black and White
Luke Cage the man should never be this boring

And shyt when nikkas was making Breaking Bad no one said think of the pirtrayl of white suburbia
But we always have to do the most when adapting our characters

I know, I just think the way he's supposed to be is corny and unoriginal.

 

[richaveli83]

The only problem I had was the fact that he wasn't trying to get paid. That was an important part of the character up until the mid 2000's. It would have made for interesting television to have a superhero who isn't doing stuff because it's "noble" and "heroic" but he's trying to line his pockets. Oh and killing off Cottonmouth was a bad move.

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

i'm glad he's not like Diamondback..show took a nosedive when he was introduced.
but there can be a middle ground..maybe they'll get to it as the character progresses.

i don't really have that big a problem with his portrayal of Luke but he's a bit wooden.
sometimes it does feels like Colter is playing himself for the most part. strong, silent type that the ladies like. pleasant big man with a heart.



yeah, this is a a thing that jars me to.
if you were to close you eyes you would think he was reading.

does Colter do a lot of broadway or stage work ? i feel like he does from watching him.
sometimes it doesn't translate well to screen and Colter is an example of that.

i actually appreciate that they did a 180 on his character and enunciation from the comics, just as i like that Misty talked with some sense instead of what cacs think slang is from her comic roots.

....by the way, youll never convince me that Misty would hook up with iron fist even in the comics. shyt was never believable...

My only complaint of Coulter is the same complaint i have with all the Netflix shows besides DD, the damn fight choreography.

You can see in every action cut that man is just stiff as a board and his his aren't believable in the slightest. But again, that's for all of em.

 

[Roman Brady]

That's kinda the point of the story. Cage is bulletproof, Harlem and the people he's protecting are not. That's why being stronger and tougher isn't always the way to solve Cage's problems.

After a while that just becomes redundant especially in the event we the audience don't give a rat's ass about anyone in his life but Claire. At some point in this superhero ish we need an old skool offensive battle between good and evil. Even luthor has to throw down with supes once in a while

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

i actually appreciate that they did a 180 on his character and enunciation from the comics, just as i like that Misty talked with some sense instead of what cacs think slang is from her comic roots.

....by the way, youll never convince me that Misty would hook up with iron fist even in the comics. shyt was never believable...

My only complaint of Coulter is the same complaint i have with all the Netflix shows besides DD, the damn fight choreography.

You can see in every action cut that man is just stiff as a board and his his aren't believable in the slightest. But again, that's for all of em.

Eve managed to snag a billionaire
You think Misry cant?

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I feel like ppl are telling on themselves
"I dont want to see a Black Man as a hood niklka
Its corny"

You can be hood and not a total stereotype

Just at least give me some ving rhames type energy

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

Eve managed to snag a billionaire
You think Misry cant?

Never that, i mean why would a character like Misty, billed as a strong black woman, ride with a goody fukk up like iron fist?

Just never made sense to me.