The Defenders (Daredevil + Jessica Jones + Luke Cage + Iron Fist)

[calsnowskier]

So I did a bit of comics research after the finale...

Spoiler

are they going to make a series of Daughters of the Dragon? Big time hinting at the end. And how will Misty get her arm? Will they actually have some kind of Stark tie-in, or will Danny become a mini-Stark?

I had no idea who Maggie was, so I looked it up...

Spoiler: Comics

they will be bringing in his mom. I don't know much about her, outside of the fact that she and Matt have a very complex relationship in the comics.

So how did Matt get to hospital/convent/whatever?

No H4H tease, outside of the quick glance at the barbershop in ep 1? I was totally expecting that to happen this season.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

it was very short.... Not just was it only 8 episodes but all episodes were only 40 minutes.... was able to finish all 8 episodes in less than 6 hrs....

overall thought was that it was good, but nothing spectacular happened to make it great... Very weird that they made sigourney weaver the big leader, but never showed how powerful she is/was... besides ms Gao, did any of the Fingers really scare you??

 

[calsnowskier]

it was very short.... Not just was it only 8 episodes but all episodes were only 40 minutes.... was able to finish all 8 episodes in less than 6 hrs....

overall thought was that it was good, but nothing spectacular happened to make it great... Very weird that they made sigourney weaver the big leader, but never showed how powerful she is/was... besides ms Gao, did any of the Fingers really scare you??

White Hat was pretty cool.

Spoiler

He had a kind of "five finger death punch" thing going. But they never really showed him using it successfully. They just mentioned it and then had him actually hold his own in a fight against Cage. But he still lost in the end.

And as for the Sigourney Weaver character...

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was she supposed to be a physical bad-ass? She was able to handle Elektra without much effort (granted, it was just as she woke up), but she avoided the big fight.

And what was the deal with her illness? Was that supposed to be a big deal? I kinda got the impression that they continually got new bodies or something. But if that is the case, why dedicate so much time to a non-issue?

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I thought it was pretty good.

Pumped for the next seasons of each individual character. Will they start to show up a little in each other series now?(obviously Luke was in JJs already).

It's also tough to ever know whose really dead. Seems like everyone associated with the hand can resurrect at any time.

Hell, I just finished Iron Fist recently too and not sure if another certain character is finally dead for good.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

White Hat was pretty cool.

Spoiler

He had a kind of "five finger death punch" thing going. But they never really showed him using it successfully. They just mentioned it and then had him actually hold his own in a fight against Cage. But he still lost in the end.

And as for the Sigourney Weaver character...

Spoiler

was she supposed to be a physical bad-ass? She was able to handle Elektra without much effort (granted, it was just as she woke up), but she avoided the big fight.

And what was the deal with her illness? Was that supposed to be a big deal? I kinda got the impression that they continually got new bodies or something. But if that is the case, why dedicate so much time to a non-issue?

Spoiler

yes, she was supposed to be a physical bad-ass... when she talked about her daughter, she said that she was not a special warrior like her nor elektra

but again, i am surprised that the show felt more like a "you haven't seen some of these characters in a long time, lets just show you what they are doing now so we can get to a season 2 for all of them(and 3 for DD)"

 

[BigFin]

I liked it.

 

[The Q]

I'm on episode 3 and there's already been a STAGGERING amount of plot holes.

Such as Elektra apparently able to teleport after getting hit with the iron fist

her having super powers

and how Nobu and Mr. Meachum getting their memories back but she magically only remembers what they decide via blood

and let's not even get into the absuridity of Matt not protecting and getting her body at the end of DD2.

 

[The Q]

But Stick is still a badass. I love it.

I do find this explosive things very intruiging.

it's easily the most interesting thing from the first 2 episodes.

 

[The Q]

Ok this first conversation between Luke Cage and Danny is fantastic.

 

[The Q]

and then we find out Luke Cage is an ignorant racist....awesome.

 

[The Q]

That fight scene at Midland Circle.....was everything I wanted it to be, and more.

 

[The Q]

Sorry, just cause he's an african war lord doens't mean he can hurt Luke Cage when Danny was hitting him full throttle earlier.

these lazy mistakes get annoying.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Sorry, just cause he's an african war lord doens't mean he can hurt Luke Cage when Danny was hitting him full throttle earlier.

these lazy mistakes get annoying.

That wasn't a lazy mistake lol.

They made it clear he had some sort of power.

Could the power have been expanded on? Sure. But it didn't come out of nowhere.

 

[BigFin]

Ok this first conversation between Luke Cage and Danny is fantastic.

There's definitely a "bromance" going on there, maybe setting up a Heroes For Hire.

I liked the ending.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I would've liked it more if we assumed DD died. The Catholic becomes the Christ-like figure. Very appropriate.

 

[The Q]

Just saw the end of episode 6.

Holy shit.

Did not see that one coming.

 

[chf]

and then we find out Luke Cage is an ignorant racist....awesome.

attaboy Q!

 

[The Q]

attaboy Q!

?

That's fact.

That's what happened in that scene in the dojo.

 

[chf]

?

That's fact.

That's what happened in that scene in the dojo.

Pfft. Quit being such a fucking snowflake.

 

[The Q]

Pfft. Quit being such a fucking snowflake.

 

[The Q]

Just finished.

It started slow, but it picked up steam, and the last couple episodes were actually pretty good.

Lots of Easter eggs in the last 10 mins or so...

This one is basically the only one that finished strong.

DD1 was really just good straight through, JJ too really (minus the creep AF childhood home thing) while the others died about halfway through.