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DrCoach · Post #301 » by **DrCoach** » Sun Oct 2, 2016 9:35 pm

Marty McFly wrote:
DrCoach wrote:Misty Knight...Yummy

she's so bad, b.

Dude, I had to fast forward that scene because I was watching it with my son.

I came back to watch it later and man, she is just built right

TheBigBoss · Post #302 » by **TheBigBoss** » Sun Oct 2, 2016 11:15 pm

mugzi wrote:Binged watch season 1 this weekend. Love this show. Casting is excellent, personally I liked Jessica Jones but I liked this show more. Some of the cameos were great, especially the musical ones. Great hearing Method Man doing his thing at the end.

Diamondback is a great villain, season 2 is going to be bananas. Dont want to wait a year though, lol.

Mugzi put a spoiler that sh*t man! Not everyone has finished seeing it yet.

AllanHoustonFan · Post #303 » by **AllanHoustonFan** » Sun Oct 2, 2016 11:39 pm

Is it me or does the actor that plays Cottonmouth look like Brandon Marshall 10 years in the future.

AmazingJason · Post #304 » by **AmazingJason** » Mon Oct 3, 2016 5:08 am

Two more episodes for me to go, and I'm not liking the direction the show has taken.

Cottonmouth and Claire probably end up being the two major highlights of the season, which really shouldn't be. They dun f*cked up.

yb90 · Post #305 » by **yb90** » Mon Oct 3, 2016 7:07 am

Just a question but does anyone think the Fantastic Four need to be moved to Netflix? Would that be a better vehicle for the franchise instead of the movies?

TheBigBoss · Post #306 » by **TheBigBoss** » Mon Oct 3, 2016 8:07 pm

For those that saw episode 5:

Spoiler:

NYSPORTSNUCCA · Post #307 » by **NYSPORTSNUCCA** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 12:47 am

kane wrote:
ITGM wrote:
Smash3 wrote:Episode one and two.... Wow, it´s obviously better than Jessica Jones, the question now is how good will it get.

Is everyone watching this show high or something? My goodness, the acting is atrocious, the writing is abysmal, the directing is nonexistent, and the cinematography looks like it's been done by a first-year film student. I had lofty expectations for this show and I'm hoping it gets better (I just finished episode 4); however, to say I'm highly disappointed with this series would be an understatement.

I've yet to get around to watching it but most comic book based shows are trash and the fans of those shows ether have lower standards or just love the material so much they are blinded to the negatives

I really liked season 1 of DD and thought maybe Netflix might have something but JJ was meh and season 2 of DD was very disappointing.... to say my expectations have changed is also a understatement

I thought Jessica Jones was just flat out underwhelming especially just coming off of Daredevil season 1. However, after finishing watching the 1st season I realized that this show was Marvel's Netflix way of making a "chick" show.., an edgy one. Think of it., they had everything necessary, a love triangle, homosexuality, brooding widow, battered woman syndrome, woman empowerment, love making and all the men except for one who you felt sorry for was a-holes.

It would've been so easy for them to just make a female Daredevil which is what I was expecting but., they didn't. It has it's own identity just like Cage and Daredevil. Everything is subjective and they are doing something really really different. And by and by., Luke Cage is top tier but., even if you don't like it., you got to appreciate the soundtrack. It's the best a show had yet.

kane · Post #308 » by **kane** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 12:54 am

NYSPORTSNUCCA wrote:
kane wrote:
ITGM wrote:

Is everyone watching this show high or something? My goodness, the acting is atrocious, the writing is abysmal, the directing is nonexistent, and the cinematography looks like it's been done by a first-year film student. I had lofty expectations for this show and I'm hoping it gets better (I just finished episode 4); however, to say I'm highly disappointed with this series would be an understatement.

I've yet to get around to watching it but most comic book based shows are trash and the fans of those shows ether have lower standards or just love the material so much they are blinded to the negatives

I really liked season 1 of DD and thought maybe Netflix might have something but JJ was meh and season 2 of DD was very disappointing.... to say my expectations have changed is also a understatement

I thought Jessica Jones was just flat out underwhelming especially just coming off of Daredevil season 1. However, after finishing watching the 1st season I realized that this show was Marvel's Netflix way of making a "chick" show.., an edgy one. Think of it., they had everything necessary, a love triangle, homosexuality, brooding widow, battered woman syndrome, woman empowerment, love making and all the men except for one who you felt sorry for was a-holes.

It would've been so easy for them to just make a female Daredevil which is what I was expecting but., they didn't. It has it's own identity just like Cage and Daredevil. Everything is subjective and they are doing something really really different. And by and by., Luke Cage is top tier but., even if you don't like it., you got to appreciate the soundtrack. It's the best a show had yet.

I watched the first episode at least they talked about the Knicks a lot .... :lol:

Sedale Threatt · Post #309 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 1:11 am

NYSPORTSNUCCA wrote:It would've been so easy for them to just make a female Daredevil which is what I was expecting but., they didn't. It has it's own identity just like Cage and Daredevil. Everything is subjective and they are doing something really really different. And by and by., Luke Cage is top tier but., even if you don't like it., you got to appreciate the soundtrack. It's the best a show had yet.

Yeah, but she's not. They generally stuck to the character and provided a different flavor to this corner of the MCU they're building, which I thought was great. Especially in the comic book realm where sameness rules and a lot of those themes aren't touched on. Probably more than the actual execution itself but I thought it was cool they tried to do something different. Female Daredevil -- why do we need that when we've already got two full seasons of male Daredevil? As for Luke Cage, I'd give it a B minus so far -- I don't think the acting, outside of a few really bright spots, or the dialogue are all that great -- but I think it's very cool that they're giving us such a black-centric show, which is something we've never had as far as I can remember.

AmazingJason · Post #310 » by **AmazingJason** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 2:59 am

Sedale Threatt wrote:
NYSPORTSNUCCA wrote:It would've been so easy for them to just make a female Daredevil which is what I was expecting but., they didn't. It has it's own identity just like Cage and Daredevil. Everything is subjective and they are doing something really really different. And by and by., Luke Cage is top tier but., even if you don't like it., you got to appreciate the soundtrack. It's the best a show had yet.

Yeah, but she's not. They generally stuck to the character and provided a different flavor to this corner of the MCU they're building, which I thought was great. Especially in the comic book realm where sameness rules and a lot of those themes aren't touched on. Probably more than the actual execution itself but I thought it was cool they tried to do something different. Female Daredevil -- why do we need that when we've already got two full seasons of male Daredevil? As for Luke Cage, I'd give it a B minus so far -- I don't think the acting, outside of a few really bright spots, or the dialogue are all that great -- but I think it's very cool that they're giving us such a black-centric show, which is something we've never had as far as I can remember.

Yes, and Luke Cage is like the homeless man's The Wire with a Marvel superhero.

Colton's acting - and the plotlines - have been underwhelming so far. It's almost like he's a cypher for those bright spots to shine: Cottonmouth, Pop, Misty, and Claire. That's not enough to carry a superhero show. Claire seems like a bigger hero than Cage, TBH.

Smash3 · Post #311 » by **Smash3** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 5:56 am

Sheet... Just saw episode 7

Spoiler:

AmazingJason · Post #312 » by **AmazingJason** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 3:02 pm

Smash3 wrote:Sheet... Just saw episode 7

Spoiler:
Cottonmouth was one of the guys carrying the show, I don't think the show will bounce back without him. Bad choice Imo, he could have been great linking up with Fisk in prison etc for the defenders

Spoiler:

Smash3 · Post #313 » by **Smash3** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 3:24 pm

AmazingJason wrote:
Smash3 wrote:Sheet... Just saw episode 7

Spoiler:
Cottonmouth was one of the guys carrying the show, I don't think the show will bounce back without him. Bad choice Imo, he could have been great linking up with Fisk in prison etc for the defenders

Spoiler:
A great show wouldn't have killed off Cottonmouth so early. It was really unnecessary and rushed at this juncture. He was the critical - and charismatic - link between Misty, Mariah, Luke, Pop, and the Harlem community. All the things that drew me in...thinking there was the potential to be great.

Exactly. I´m not finished with the show so I still have some hope it´ll turn around, but that was just amateurish to be honest.

tjumper78 · Post #314 » by **tjumper78** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 5:36 pm

i liked it but didnt think it was that great. daredevil spoiled me badly.
waiting for iron fist. march 2017 =..(

NYSPORTSNUCCA · Post #315 » by **NYSPORTSNUCCA** » Tue Oct 4, 2016 10:50 pm

tjumper78 wrote:i liked it but didnt think it was that great. daredevil spoiled me badly.
waiting for iron fist. march 2017 =..(

Damn! That long? Yikes.

I guess those are the Pro/Cons of getting a whole season all at once. On one hand you can binge something in just two days but on the other.., you have to wait a whole year for the next installment. Even though March isn't a whole year from now., we are going to have to wait even longer for a LC season 2 (If it has one and we all know it will ;-)

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kane · Post #316 » by **kane** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 2:17 am

AmazingJason wrote:
Smash3 wrote:Sheet... Just saw episode 7

Spoiler:
Cottonmouth was one of the guys carrying the show, I don't think the show will bounce back without him. Bad choice Imo, he could have been great linking up with Fisk in prison etc for the defenders

Spoiler:
A great show wouldn't have killed off Cottonmouth so early. It was really unnecessary and rushed at this juncture. He was the critical - and charismatic - link between Misty, Mariah, Luke, Pop, and the Harlem community. All the things that drew me in...thinking there was the potential to be great.

Jessica jones did the same thing, why I have major doubts about season 2

Spoiler:

Smash3 · Post #317 » by **Smash3** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 7:35 am

kane wrote:
AmazingJason wrote:
Smash3 wrote:Sheet... Just saw episode 7

Spoiler:
Cottonmouth was one of the guys carrying the show, I don't think the show will bounce back without him. Bad choice Imo, he could have been great linking up with Fisk in prison etc for the defenders

Spoiler:
A great show wouldn't have killed off Cottonmouth so early. It was really unnecessary and rushed at this juncture. He was the critical - and charismatic - link between Misty, Mariah, Luke, Pop, and the Harlem community. All the things that drew me in...thinking there was the potential to be great.

Jessica jones did the same thing, why I have major doubts about season 2

Spoiler:
they killed off probably the best villain in all of the MCU in season 1

Spoiler:
david tennants kilgrave was literally the only reason to watch that show, and marvel has hard enough time finding good villains to just keep killing the off

Spoiler:

Johnny Firpo · Post #318 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 11:03 am

Spoiler:

IllmaticHandler · Post #319 » by **IllmaticHandler** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 1:13 pm

Im personally not feeling the show. Its like a bootleg Wire in the marvel universe. The biggest mistake of the writing is not making it feel like a marvel universe. They ruin the feel of the show by making it to Hip Hop themed. I get Luke Cage is black and from Harlem, but they are trying to hard if you ask me.I think they were trying to hard to get black viewership,as everybody I know was hype to see a black superhero get a show. Im a black dude, and its not pulling me in. I looked up the writer and he said he was wanted to make a "hip hop western". a Hip Hop western is not a marvel universe. I was Hype to see a brother get a show, but this is lack luster to me. A bunch of good actors, but theme is lacking. Best part of the show was looking at Misty Knights boobs.

Post #320 » by **j4remi** » Wed Oct 5, 2016 2:22 pm

I just finished episode 6 and I'm happy with it so far. What I like about this is that every episode has at least one real action sequence that requires the hero's super power. Jessica Jones was too slow and Dare Devil after two seasons just gets beat up a bit too often for me. Luke Cage is an actual super hero, doing super hero things.

The plot...ehhhh...not bad, not great. I like that the lyrics of the songs are applicable to the episodes though sometimes they're too on the nose. Direction overall has that problem, there are some really cool images and frames used but then sometimes it's too on the nose. Characters are mostly cliche'd which hurts, especially when they kill off some of the most interesting and 3-dimensional characters but keep around the most blatant cliches...but it's good to know they can build nuanced characters at least.

So far, I'm really intrigued with where it will go from episode 7 on. Cotton Mouth and his cousin combined to create a Harlem King Pin type of character, so I wouldn't mind moving away from them toward a real threat who distinguishes himself more (Diamond Back is obviously gonna appear some time). That's not to take away from Cotton Mouth though, that dude is a great actor (kills it in House of Cards too) and made his character the best part of the whole show to me.