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| Zeus 04/12/18 11:03:58 PM #400: | Entity13 posted... I'm finally getting around to watching the half of Netflix MCU shows that I had missed until now. I'm kinda watching the series out of order, such as Defenders before Luke Cage; the latter of which I have two episodes left to watch. Watching them out of order would probably drive me a little crazy, but Luke Cage is pretty well-established in JJ1 so that one isn't quite as important. Entity13 posted... JJ season 1 = DD season 1 > DD season 2 > Defenders > IF = JJ season 2 > LC > Punisher The one thing I don't get is ranking Defenders that high. Everything else is like, "Eh, I can see it" or "I agree." Defenders takes too long to get started, tries to juggle far too much, ties the shows together badly, and rushes the resolution Entity13 posted... Those first two were solid, singular shows that grabbed you and paced themselves correctly for what they were going for. JJ1 kinda turned me off because its singular focus forced a repeated "We got him... no, we didn't get him" storyline. The show only had *one* real antagonist which meant repeated encounters which failed for one reason or another, dragging things out. Every other show had supporting antagonists to pad things out. JJ2 kinda had the same issue, but the way it was broken up helped to carry the story a bit better. Doubly so since the antagonist was a far more sympathetic character. Entity13 posted... DD's second season was good at many or most points, with Frank Castle stealing his scenes, but it felt like two shows sewn together like a quilt made by elementary school kids. Yeah, that was my problem as well. The two storylines diverged far too heavily and the semi-connection at the end Entity13 posted... What was the complaint about the first few episodes of Iron Fist? I thought they were fine! The first episode wasted no time showing Danny's call to action. It gave us the man behind the curtain (though more on this later). It gave us the main bulk of our cast, even though what's considered by most to be the main conflict didn't show itself until the second that Madam Gao's cane hit the floor. If anything the last episode of the season felt tacked on like that game where you pin the tail on the donkey. On the other hand, that last episode rounded off the actual plot that was present since the beginning of Iron Fist. DD1 and IF were the only two MCU shows which had me sold during the first episode. Granted, I can't recall complaints in this topic about the early episodes of IF (although even I was a little letdown by how long it took him to actually use his fist for the first time). However, I complained a *lot* about the early episodes of Defenders and LC. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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