Yeah, the ending really sent me for a spin. I already was there all the way, thinking what that poor girl had suffered… And then they just put one on top. I really liked it, but I’m not sure it won’t get a bit much if it doesn’t lighten up a little. Still, it didn’t seem like grittyness for grittyness’ sake, but rather, it actually carried the oomph they were going for—to me, at least.
Putting this next bit into spoilers, since it includes things from the wider Marvel universe outside of the show:
So that was Luke Cage she hooked up with, yes? I kind of thought that they’d discover what else they share beyond a propensity to stare gloomily in the distance, and use the chance to ‘let loose’ for once, but then, that would’ve probably been too goofy for the tone they’re going for.
Yes, that’s Luke Cage. Seen the first two episodes. Yes the end of 1 was heavy but it appears to set up a major plot point: the case for the daughter who stands accused.
Carrie-Anne Moss can do frosty with the best of them. Is the Comics character similar?
I really enjoyed the first two. Krysten Ritter’s goth-intense facial expressions are their own separate character.
I watched the first episode. It’s very similar to Daredevil in its depiction of graphic brutality, and its stylistic tone - all night-time and yellow lighting. I think I’ll watch at a slow pace, one episode every day or so, because binging it in large doses will be too heavy for my sensibilities.
I watched a couple more. Still very much enjoying it. Krysten Ritter is doing a great job.
I am going to continue to lay low with details since this is so new, but I will ask one question a bit cryptically: In this series, we see that JJ had a past situation that involved Luke Cage that neither had understood, and which is a big deal. Is that the case in Comics, too?
I’m about halfway through the series and… It’s really good. It’s well thought out. Close enough to the comic to make sense but different enough that the story feels fresh. Dark, but not impossible. Ritter is amazing, I wish she had better chemistry with Luke Cage but otherwise it’s pretty stellar.
I’m about halfway through, and I’m really loving this. Also very,very happy with Mike Colter’s take on Luke Cage. When these four shows were announced, that was the one I most wanted to see, and I’m more excited then ever about the idea, now.
I watched a couple of episodes. Main thought was: Are they really, in 2015, seriously doing the “I have a collection of newspaper clippings about some traumatic event in my past that I sometimes flip through to show to the audience as exposition” thing?
I just finished the season. Binge-watched it over the last 36 hours.
All in all, I don’t think it was QUITE as good as Daredevil, but it was pretty damn good still. The plot seemed more cohesive and focused than Daredevil’s in many ways and the threads all seemed to be connected together in the end.
The acting was very good and I really liked the guy who played Luke Cage. Can’t wait to see his series when it comes out.
I kind of think they underpowered Jessica from the comic book to the series. I seem to recall she was more injury-resistant in the comics. But I can understand that…there has to be a challenge for the main character.
I really like David Tennant. He managed to make a supervillain seem to have real motivations, making his psychopathy understandable, though not sympathetic.
The only part I didn’t like at all was the whole deal with Tricia Walker’s cop boyfriend. I thought that whole business was extraneous and unnecessary. Maybe it’s setting things up for next season, when we find out more about the mysterious corporation behind Jessica’s powers, but I just found that whole plotline distracting.
I’m rewatching an episode to catch my wife up an on a second viewing of the show I’m really struck by how beautiful the cinematography is. Light, color, camera angles, framing, all beautiful. Gives you the feel of the comic book panels without ever feeling comic booky.