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Jackwraith wrote: That was my reaction to the first season. I couldn't even finish it. JFC, she may be able to survive getting hit by a car but if there was any justice in the world she would have choked to death on her own angst by now. I got to episode 4 and just turned it off, then I had a half dozen friends pleading with me: "No! It gets SO good!" So I gritted my teeth and watched to episode 8 and I got to the point where I could feel my life slipping away, hour by wasted hour. I have no idea what the rest of these people were seeing unless they're somehow thrilled by the equivalent of a 15-year-old's guilt over something she said to a friend yesterday in school, combined with the belief that no one likes her, anyway. (I have one. That's how I know.) It basically alienated me to the rest of Marvel's Netflix output. I loved the first season of Daredevil. I thought the second season was decent. But Jones and Iron First (the two episodes I could sit through) were brutal. I haven't even watched Luke Cage or The Defenders as a consequence.
If I had to rank the Marvel Netflix shows, it would go like this:
1) Season 1 Daredevil -- Easily the best action and fight choreography of all of them. Cast is pretty good, except for Foggy who sucks. I have no idea what Vincent D'onfrio is doing with his line delivery but his version of the Kingpin is .... unique.
2) Season 1 Jessica Jones -- Plodding and angsty, but David Tennant is great, funny, and scary as the bad guy. And Krysten Ritter can be hilarious at times.
3) Season 2 Daredevil -- Definitely a step down from season 1, and definitely lacking in in weird Vincent D'Onfrio, but still decent. Getting tired of The Hand as the bad guys though.
4) Season 1 Luke Cage -- Great cast. Simone Missick steals the whole fucking show. It goes off the rails in the final third of the season, when they introduce a ridiculous new bad guy out of nowhere.
5) Season 1 Punisher -- I guess it's competently done, but just not to my tastes. I like superheroes. I like the sci-fi / fantasy stuff. The Punisher is just a dude with a gun, and really kind of dull.
6) Defenders -- Very disappointing. REALLY tired of The Hand as the bad guys by now.
7) Season 1 Iron Fist -- Just fucking dire. THE ONE THING you have to deliver in an Iron Fist show is cool martial arts and fight choreography, right?? This show failed miserably at that one goddamn thing. And Finn Jones ... man, that guys sucks, but the writing didn't help him any. Terrible show.
We'll see where Season 2 of Jessica Jones slots. So far (three eps in), it's not looking great.
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Neither Luke Cage or Iron Fist deserve second seasons. They did have good chemistry in Defenders so Netflix should have just combined them into a Heroes For Hire show instead.
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Mad Dog wrote: Halfway through Jessica Jones S2. Even more than the first season I find the Jeri Hogarth character so unlikeable that I'm tempted to shut it off every time she's in a scene.
Neither Luke Cage or Iron Fist deserve second seasons. They did have good chemistry in Defenders so Netflix should have just combined them into a Heroes For Hire show instead.
Jeryn Hogarth was originally Iron Fist's attorney, and a dude:
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Wow, these are exactly my thoughts/ranking of the shows, except for the fact that I haven't bothered to watch Punisher or Iron Fist. I was curious about Punisher, but there's too much other good stuff out there. Oh, and I liked Foggy. He wasn't the guy from the comics, but I liked the actor's take on him.Joebot wrote: If I had to rank the Marvel Netflix shows, it would go like this:
1) Season 1 Daredevil -- Easily the best action and fight choreography of all of them. Cast is pretty good, except for Foggy who sucks. I have no idea what Vincent D'onfrio is doing with his line delivery but his version of the Kingpin is .... unique.
2) Season 1 Jessica Jones -- Plodding and angsty, but David Tennant is great, funny, and scary as the bad guy. And Krysten Ritter can be hilarious at times.
3) Season 2 Daredevil -- Definitely a step down from season 1, and definitely lacking in in weird Vincent D'Onfrio, but still decent. Getting tired of The Hand as the bad guys though.
4) Season 1 Luke Cage -- Great cast. Simone Missick steals the whole fucking show. It goes off the rails in the final third of the season, when they introduce a ridiculous new bad guy out of nowhere.
5) Season 1 Punisher -- I guess it's competently done, but just not to my tastes. I like superheroes. I like the sci-fi / fantasy stuff. The Punisher is just a dude with a gun, and really kind of dull.
6) Defenders -- Very disappointing. REALLY tired of The Hand as the bad guys by now.
7) Season 1 Iron Fist -- Just fucking dire. THE ONE THING you have to deliver in an Iron Fist show is cool martial arts and fight choreography, right?? This show failed miserably at that one goddamn thing. And Finn Jones ... man, that guys sucks, but the writing didn't help him any. Terrible show.
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Not only was it bad on a lot of levels, but the wasn't enjoyable even for the sake of watching something dumb.
Add to that I am a huge Iron fist fan, and my disappointment was enough to say fuck it. I haven't watched defenders or punisher or Jessica Jones S2 yet, but barring those titles, I share Joebot's sentiments.
I will say I do like D'nofrio's take on Kingpin though. I find it compelling.
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Finally burning out on the superhero stuff like so many others have. Only watching Legends of Tomorrow for the wackiness and Legion S2 when it comes on since Legion S1 may be the best superhero show ever made. At the very least its the most interesting.
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Very fascinating and, it seems, pretty even handed regarding how the cultists saw themselves and their actions.
From the political take over of a town and darn near a whole county's government, to bio-terror, to attempted murder all behind the cover of peace love and understanding.
I was mesmerized by the whole thing.
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repoman wrote: Wild Wild Country on Netflix is a docu-series about the rise and fall of the Rajneeshee cult from the late 60's in India to the early 80's in Oregon.
Very fascinating and, it seems, pretty even handed regarding how the cultists saw themselves and their actions.
From the political take over of a town and darn near a whole county's government, to bio-terror, to attempted murder all behind the cover of peace love and understanding.
I was mesmerized by the whole thing.
I moved to Oregon in '83 as a second grader. Too young to remember much outside of the occasional red cloth riding through Ashland in attempts to recruit and bring in cash and the numerous news broadcasts. One thing bound everyone together though, no matter how liberal or conservative you were, the rajneeshees were universally reviled.
Whenever I see people spouting off about libertarian ideals, I go back to that time in my mind, as I saw the downfall of the libertarian Utopia by their own hands.
The weird thing, is that Osho (the Bagwan Sri Rajneesh) wrote a lot of very illuminated papers. But something went wrong along the way, and I believe that thing to be $$$.
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Mad Dog wrote: Frontier - Came across this show randomly and its surprisingly good. Its a historical drama set around 1700's Canada fur trade where Hudson Bay Company is trying to maintain a monopoly through whatever means necessary while other characters want in on the area fur trade. Stars Jason Momoa as a friend of the natives who tries to keep the monopoly broken with extreme prejudice.
What channel?
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Sagrilarus wrote: What channel?
Discovery or Netflix
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Warning, this show is not for kids.
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