# Luke Cage trailer is out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244 "2016-08-09T14:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/1 "2016-08-09T14:05:13Z")
> **[Luke Cage Trailer Released Online](https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/luke-cage-trailer-released-online/)** > > It’s here: The brand-new trailer for Luke Cage has hit the Internet. Just like Marvel and \[...\] ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/2 "2016-08-09T14:21:12Z")
Argh. Can’t access given the network I am linked to for this project I am working on. Have to wait until this evening. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/3 "2016-08-09T14:29:05Z")
Well, I’m pumped. But then Luke Cage is pretty badass, so it would be hard not to be. I really need to finish Jessica Jones and Daredevil though. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/4 "2016-08-09T17:07:08Z")
Damn, that is one good looking guy. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/5 "2016-08-09T17:23:31Z")
Needs more shimmy shimmy ya. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/6 "2016-08-10T00:13:13Z")
Saw it. I’m in. So Jessica Jones must show up later in the series. And I notice there’s no Power Man in the title. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/7 "2016-08-10T00:42:01Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Saw it. I’m in. > > So Jessica Jones must show up later in the series. Or not at all. She might not hook back up with him until the Defenders miniseries. ---
**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/8 "2016-08-10T01:08:48Z")
He’d better say “Sweet Christmas” at some point. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/9 "2016-08-10T01:17:26Z")
You know, I’ve been thinking that the Marvel Netflix series would have been so completely awesome if they’d all been done as 1970s period pieces. That would have been incredible. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/10 "2016-08-10T03:54:58Z")
> [@Vicsage](#): > > He’d better say “Sweet Christmas” at some point. He does. From Wikipedia: “Colter noted that the character’s catch phrase ‘Sweet Christmas’ would be used in the series, saying “I was afraid of that phrase, but it actually fits so well, I don’t know why, I don’t know why it fits so well into Luke’s mouth.”” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/11 "2016-08-10T07:57:53Z")
Looks like it’s sticking with the night time _Daredevil_ colour palette, rather than the daylight of _Jessica Jones_. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/12 "2016-08-10T09:58:19Z")
Love how when he comes out of that chamber he is wearing the Power Man headpiece. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/13 "2016-08-10T11:41:20Z")
And the wristbands. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/14 "2016-08-10T13:09:36Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Saw it. I’m in. > > So Jessica Jones must show up later in the series. I’m guessing this is an origin story set before the Jessica Jones series. Or maybe straddling it. My one problem with it so far is that he only seems to be up against normal crooks who don’t have a chance against him. Watching him get punched and shot without any effect looks fun for a while but I’m not sure it will hold my interest for the whole series. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/15 "2016-08-10T13:42:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m guessing this is an origin story set before the Jessica Jones series. Or maybe straddling it. My one problem with it so far is that he only seems to be up against normal crooks who don’t have a chance against him. Watching him get punched and shot without any effect looks fun for a while but I’m not sure it will hold my interest for the whole series. I suspect you’re right about when it is set. I have not been delving behind the scenes on the making of these Netflix Marvel series, but I had been under the impression that they were, basically, kind of sequential - i.e., Luke Cage would pick up perhaps with some overlap with JJ’s timeline, such as them meeting, and then carry it forward. Kinda like the MCU movies, where they all exist in the same time flow, and come together in Avengers/Cap III movies. So all the Netflix shows would converge on The Defenders. I believe the Defenders will still be a convergence point, but the shows will function differently vs. the MCU in how they get there. Totally fine IMHO - just noodling it through. As for Luke Cage not facing powered enemies - I hear you, but am happy to see how this goes. Mike Colter is just a great pick - his Cage radiates power and being comfortable with himself as he figures out how to use his powers. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/16 "2016-08-10T14:29:26Z")
I’m thinking it will happen after Jessica Jones. He’ll head back to Harlem after his bar explodes to deal with the shit he left behind because the whole deal with Jessica has shown him you can’t run away from your past. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/17 "2016-08-10T14:43:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m guessing this is an origin story set before the Jessica Jones series. Or maybe straddling it. My one problem with it so far is that he only seems to be up against normal crooks who don’t have a chance against him. Watching him get punched and shot without any effect looks fun for a while but I’m not sure it will hold my interest for the whole series. Well one thing is that in this version of the MU, people with powers are a still somewhat of a rarity and those with powers seem to keep to themselves. So it’s not surprising we aren’t seeing a lot of ‘super’ fights shown yet. Secondly if we look back at the Golden Age of comics and even the old tv show, the majority of the time, Superman faced off against normal crooks. He often had to rely on more than just punching to find a solution, even though there was plenty of punching and gun throwing. One of the interesting topics of super-heroics is what do you do when you have power, but not enough power? What do you do when you can’t just punch someone to solve a problem? How do you fight a corrupt system which has it’s hooks into various parts of the government? Do you punch the alderman, the councilman, the police commissioner and so on? It’s a lot easier to stop another super-powered individual, but much more difficult to defeat a corrupt system. I think that’s that foe Cage is going to be fighting, although at the top on the chain of command there may be a super, but I don’t think it’s necessary. Cage’s real power would be as a catalyst for change, not merely the agent of change. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/18 "2016-08-10T14:58:05Z")
Yeah, they hinted that you couldn’t just invincible your way to solving Harlem’s problems, but that’s all we see Cage trying, and being quite successful at. I can’t wait for them to make me despise the bad guys he’s bulldozing his way through, but otherwise I’d like to know what the real conflict is going to be. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/19 "2016-08-10T15:00:41Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Saw it. I’m in. > > So Jessica Jones must show up later in the series. > > And I notice there’s no Power Man in the title. In the comic, Cage and Claire Temple date off and on for years, and given Dawson’s prominence in the trailer, it looks like they’re focusing on that relationship rather than revisiting him and Jessica. Things could get messy when the Defenders starts - Matt and Claire, Claire and Luke, Luke and Jessica… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244/20 "2016-08-10T15:02:47Z")
Yeah, i find it hard to believe it could take place before Jessica Jones, he wouldn’t be a complete unknown. Hadn’t she basically been stalking him since she realized she killed his wife? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-cage-trailer-is-out/762244.md?page=2)