Marvel's Netflix serieses

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:28 pm

teaser for Daredevil season 2 looks like Elektra and Punisher might be featured

Hamlet3145 · Post by **Hamlet3145** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:42 pm

The early buzz on Jessica Jones is awfully good.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:54 pm

Wow, that's a lot of high praise. Can't wait!

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:45 am

Jessica Jones full trailer

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:23 pm

tru1cy wrote:Jessica Jones full trailer

Yes. Still in.

Hamlet3145 · Post by **Hamlet3145** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:28 pm

Nice. And I'm digging Luke Cage too.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:45 pm

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the Luke Cage and Iron Fist entries.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:30 pm

tru1cy wrote:Jessica Jones full trailer

I try not judge a book TV show by its cover trailer, but that looks really good.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:57 pm

hepcat wrote:Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the Luke Cage...entries.

Uhhh...have you read the Jessica Jones comic? Because if you did, I see what you did there. And if you didn't, well. I'll just back away slowly.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:00 pm

I actually haven't read the Jessica Jones stuff, but I know it was in a "mature audiences only" line, so I can guess I made some inadvertent sexual joke there.

I used to read Heroes for Hire as a kid, so that's my exposure to the characters.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:19 am

I have to admit, I'd never heard of Jessica Jones before this series was announced, and I still know nothing about her. I remember Luke Cage from being on the cover of comic books that I never bothered with (can't buy 'em all), but I don't really know anything about him, either. These next couple of series are going to be all new ground for me.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:09 am

hepcat wrote:I actually haven't read the Jessica Jones stuff, but I know it was in a "mature audiences only" line, so I can guess I made some inadvertent sexual joke there.

I have the first half a dozen issues of Alias (the Jessica Jones comic) that (IIRC) came out in 2001. Either the first page or the first panel opens with Jessica and Nick Cage having...relations in an uncomfortable place (not the back of a Volkswagen). It was a hell of an opening to a story (certainly back in 2001) and if I'm also remembering correctly the first company Marvel hired to print the comics refused to do so because it depicted interracial sex. I never in a million years would have thought this comic would have been adapted for TV but given how much entertainment has matured in the last decade, now I can totally understand why it was created. Unless they screw up something fundamental, everything I've seen so far suggests it's going to be another great Netflix series.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:14 am

Smoove_B wrote:Either the first page or the first panel opens with Jessica and Nick Cage having...relations in an uncomfortable place (not the back of a Volkswagen).

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:44 am

Hahah - I missed that completely when I read it.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:30 am

Damn. Need more coffee. I didn't read all the comics so it's still possible she has sex with Nick Cage. And Luke Cage. Possibly Johnny Cage.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:43 pm

Smoove_B wrote:
I have the first half a dozen issues of Alias (the Jessica Jones comic) that (IIRC) came out in 2001. Either the first page or the first panel opens with Jessica and Nick Cage having...relations in an uncomfortable place (not the back of a Volkswagen).

A mini cooper?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:27 am

Ability to wait... fading.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:17 pm

Dang, that looks good.

Daredevil season 2 was shooting near my office when I left work yesterday. Lots of lights and trailers along 17th St, but I didn't see any of the actors.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:03 pm

I will resist my natural urge to punch anyone wearing fingerless gloves and watch this when it debuts.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:19 pm

The Purple Man made her do it.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:13 pm

Jessica Jones is the Complex (Super) Heroine We've Been Waiting For. (The Verge)

Kwame Opam wrote:Daredevil was great by Marvel standards. Jessica Jones is just great.

...

[T]he show’s greatest triumph is in exploring how women can be powerful, multi-faceted masters of their fate. Jessica Jones, while nowhere near as bloody as Daredevil, is psychologically brutal, and women largely bear the brunt of that violence. The series delves deeply into abuse, sexual assault, and rape from the outset. But no matter what trauma they experience, the women of Jessica Jones are all consistently portrayed as either having control of their lives or working hard to regain it. No Marvel Studios property — not even Agent Carter — has ever done that so effectively, and after months of seeing a character like Black Widow be sidelined by her male counterparts, this is a breath of fresh air.

Tonight!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:16 pm

Oh man, gamergate folks are gonna be piiiisssseeeedddd.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:17 pm

hepcat wrote:Oh man, gamergate folks are gonna be piiiisssseeeedddd.

Why, is this show also covering ethics in superhero journalism?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:22 pm

Just making a (poor) joke at the perception that strong female characters are anathema to the group.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:28 pm

hepcat wrote:Just making a (poor) joke at the perception that strong female characters are anathema to the group.

I got it. Apparently my attempt at twisting the ethics in videogame journalism angle was even poorer.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:31 pm

We are life's winners, you and me.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:32 pm

hepcat wrote:We are life's winners, you and me.

Regardless, we get to feast on the new show in 14.5 hours. And for that, we win.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:42 am

Whelp, if episode 1 is any indication... Good stuff.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:06 pm

If I only recently started DD, should I finish catching up with it first? Or dive right in?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:14 pm

Finish DD, JJ ain't goin' anywhere.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:27 pm

hepcat wrote:Finish DD, JJ ain't goin' anywhere.

Agreed. Not because you necessarily need to see DD first, but because it's also very good.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:03 pm

I just finished episode 8, Shadows in the Glass. It was fantastic.

Spoiler:

Hyena · Post by **Hyena** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:19 pm

TheMix wrote:I just finished episode 8, Shadows in the Glass. It was fantastic.

Spoiler:
The one that ended with Fisk doing the press conference and coming out of the shadows. I never expected that kind of character development with the villain. I had to rewind and listen to the reporter's story/voice-over.

Oh, if you think *that's* character development, just wait. It only gets better.

If JJ is half the show DD was, I will be a happy camper.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:42 pm

At first I wasn't sold on Denofrio's version of Fisk. But eventually I came to love his performance. He brings a new angle to the Kingpin I wasn't expecting. And it worked beautifully.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:13 pm

hepcat wrote:At first I wasn't sold on Denofrio's version of Fisk. But eventually I came to love his performance. He brings a new angle to the Kingpin I wasn't expecting. And it worked beautifully.

No doubt Fisk was one of the best things about DD. He was a brutal, driven, compassionate and just a wee bit insane and the whole relationship bit humanized him just enough for you to forget just how much of a monster he really was. Vincent D'Onofrio really nailed that role.

GargoyleBoy · Post by **GargoyleBoy** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:16 pm

rshetts2 wrote:
hepcat wrote:At first I wasn't sold on Denofrio's version of Fisk. But eventually I came to love his performance. He brings a new angle to the Kingpin I wasn't expecting. And it worked beautifully.
No doubt Fisk was one of the best things about DD. He was a brutal, driven, compassionate and just a wee bit insane and the whole relationship bit humanized him just enough for you to forget just how much of a monster he really was. Vincent D'Onofrio really nailed that role.

All of this.

Every depiction I've seen of that character has been bland and 2-dimensional until I saw D'onofrio's. He breathed life into that role, and, I feel, redefined it in the way Heath Ledger redefined the Joker.

It helps that I'm a fan of D'onofrio in general, though (with the exception of some of his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which seemed, in some cases, phoned in).

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:18 pm

rshetts2 wrote:
hepcat wrote:At first I wasn't sold on Denofrio's version of Fisk. But eventually I came to love his performance. He brings a new angle to the Kingpin I wasn't expecting. And it worked beautifully.
No doubt Fisk was one of the best things about DD. He was a brutal, driven, compassionate and just a wee bit insane and the whole relationship bit humanized him just enough for you to forget just how much of a monster he really was. Vincent D'Onofrio really nailed that role.

Exactly my thoughts. I have to periodically stop when I find myself empathizing with him and remind myself that he really is a monster. He has done a stellar job portraying the "tortured" aspect. My favorite L&O:CI episodes are the ones where he portrays the same "barely controlled emotional struggles". He seems better than most at pulling that off.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:46 pm

TheMix wrote:Exactly my thoughts. I have to periodically stop when I find myself empathizing with him and remind myself that he really is a monster. He has done a stellar job portraying the "tortured" aspect. My favorite L&O:CI episodes are the ones where he portrays the same "barely controlled emotional struggles". He seems better than most at pulling that off.

D'Onofrio's guest appearance on Homicide is required viewing for anyone who likes his work. It's stellar television.

Looks like the whole thing is up on YouTube.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:51 pm

AWS260 wrote:D'Onofrio's guest appearance on The entirety of Homicide is required viewing for anyonewho likes his work. It's stellar television.

FTFY.

cheeba · Post by **cheeba** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:19 pm

1 episode of Jessica Jones down and... well, it's kinda slow. For the first 20 or so minutes I was a little bored. But it got better in the latter third and I'm looking forward to watching at least another couple of episodes tonight.