Marvel's Luke Cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymw5uvViqPU

I cannot wait for this

Definitely hopeful

He was the best part of JJ, so I'm anticipating this one highly.

I do 5-3-5 but I wonder if 5 in red is better? that shield tile is beastly.

A+ Euler (I'm also 5-3-5 but have considered trying 4-5-4)

great trailer, psyched for this. mike colter is so great as luke.

go 3/5/5 cage, mix with a 3/5/5 iron fist and then take any red/blue/yellow mix and that's my death roster

Stoked for this. After the initial '61-68(ish) wave of iconic heroes and villains, I think Cage is one of the best characters Marvel ever developed.

go 3/5/5 cage, mix with a 3/5/5 iron fist and then take any red/blue/yellow mix and that's my death roster

Pretty much this (though I'd stockpile the yellow for Luke's nuke). I don't get why, though, people don't go with Vision as a third in addition to Magneto.

Is this going to be as good as Jessica Jones, or as stupid as Daredevil?

After the initial '61-68(ish) wave of iconic heroes and villains, I think Cage is one of the best characters Marvel ever developed

Watching the trailer I was def missing his classic yellow costume with the chain for a belt, tho of course I realise a TV series more faithful to the 1970s comicsploitation vibe of Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart, Don McGregor, George Tuska and other assorted white guys wld be very extremely difficult to pull off, today, but not impossible. I'm trying to think if there were that many working class heroes (for hire) before Luke Cage - I guess Peter Parker - Ben Grimm - Nick Fury?

Trailer looks dope, but I still think it's missing something. I want Danny/Misty/Colleen tagging along to complete the group.

Fist's series is up next.

iron fist is loras from game of thrones?

Fist's series is up next.

― Pleeesiosaur (Leee), Friday, July 22, 2016 1:19 PM (14 minutes ago)

What? Cage happens this September, and Iron Fist is sometime in 2017.

I didn't want to muddle the streams but this trailer came out as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSPda7xQ3s

There's also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBZtM8q2Z1g

The Defenders one is dispiriting - I'm dreading the fact that the Suicide Squad movie is going to be a big hit and usher in a new era of 'edgy' garbage complete w/ horrible Nirvana 'tributes'

What? Cage happens this September, and Iron Fist is sometime in 2017.

My "next" meant after Cage.

nah, i think marvel are secure enough in what they're doing that the defenders will be solidly in line with the tone set by daredevil and jessica jones so far xp

i'll grant you the music in that trailer was fucking awful though

mainly it just seems like a bad idea to make a trailer for a show that afaik hasn't shot a single frame of footage yet

Ward, that's a weird and, assuming you've watched the other Netflix series, borderline incoherent criticism.

Bizarro otm down the line. Music probably only grates on (or even registers with) People of a Certain Age.

"The world is ready for a bulletproof black man," says 'Cage' showrunner
Nice line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytkjQvSk2VA

oh hell yes

I hope the rest of the casting is just as excellent. Mike Colter's parts in JJ were such a great mix of "don't fuck with this guy" and "I love this guy!"

Rah pretty psyched for this already.

Frankie Faison!

yep this looks great - already feel like this might be the best of the marvel netflix shows yet

The Walter Mosley paperback he's reading at the end, nice touch. Plus the nod to the Power Man bracelets from the original costume.

can't wait for this!

Hope Doom makes an appearance.

http://comicsalliance.com/files/2010/08/powermandoom02-hfh9.jpg

lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axd-SR43mKE

First big review is in:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-s-luke-cage-is-the-unapologetically-black-superh-1786315815

Has anyone seen any of the artwork from Genndy Tartakovsky's new solo Luke Cage book? It's... something.

https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2016/07/11/who-is-marvels-blaxploitation-luke-cage-comic-even-for-exactly/

I had a very similar reaction.

I'm very hopefuly about the netflix show!

just watched all the clips and i'm v all in on this now

all the cynicism about superhero shit and marvel shit in particular is to some extent v understandable but with the way this looks and the way jessica jones was, i'm fine w/ the big tentpole flicks paying the rent for more interesting/idiosyncratic shit like this

It looks, from the episode credits, like they're going to keep with their pattern of having characters cross between shows keeping continuity. Hopefully that means plenty of Misty Knight appearances from here on out.

Enjoy some opening credits

https://twitter.com/LukeCage/status/781534826541248513

And this story:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/09/luke-cage-marvel-netflix-black-superhero-cheo-hodari-coker

Odd slam here:

Luke Cage starts out slowly, but builds, over the course of the season, into a raw representation of street-level heroism, sparing us the corniness of, say, Supergirl.

I was hoping for a funkier theme song, but I'm still very excited for this

Guy playing wah-wah guitar should have figured out the second half to that lick. It just sorta peters out...

Who's scoring this is it Sean callery again

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Three episodes in and: Fuck. Yes. I'm feeling this hardcore. The scene at the end of episode two was moving and rousing, a real 'THIS is what a hero looks like' moment. Cage is about to enjoy the cultural cachet he's been denied for way too long.

And Simone Missick (Misty Knight actress) is incredibly crushworthy, omg.

Just finished ep 2, really into this.

On ep 7 out of a lack of anything better to do. The pacing issues are pretty brutal. These shows really should not be doing 13-ep seasons.

yeah i heard this suffers from the same issues that JJ and DD did being a handful of eps too long

this one also has a villain problem tbh, which is really too bad as it has the best hero out of these series

The theme song has this familiar-sounding John Barry guitar riff, did Portishead sample it?

imo the near complete lack of reaction when shot is less humorous than it is symbolic. he doesn't even shrug off bullets, they're not a concern. the people shooting are denied the satisfaction of even a flinch

Luke's invulnerability in the early episodes sets up an effective contrast with his suffering in the prison flashbacks.

Boring fight scenes, never the sense that Luke is remotely in any danger.

Uh, isn't it known from episode 1 that he escaped from prison and is wanted by the authorities and could get sent back to South Carolina Supermax, or whatever the name of the institution is? He also doesn't have money or a stable place to live, after his building burns down. He might not be "in danger" while fighting, but the repercussions of those fights are definitely dangerous for him.

^^

finished this last night.
it looked and sounded gorgeous.
enjoyed the attempt at mixing social drama, and full on old school goodies vs baddies beat'em up.

at the end, of the two bad guys, i definitely preferred cottonmouth to diamondback.
cottonmouth had a more interesting back story.
his love of music, and keyboard skills that were put a brutal stop to.
the dilemma of 'what could have been', whereas diamondback it was just 'daddy loved you more than me .. '.

did chuckle at the anti-Cage rally in the club though.
at the back of the crowd, someone was holding up a sign : "the only superfreak we love is rick james"

lollll I missed that!

cottonmouth is a way better villain than db, yeah

Mariah is the best villain in the show

otm

oooh totally re mariah ..

i was specifically on about the guys

and did everyone spot the stan lee cameo ?

was not his usual type of appearance ..

yeah mariah is the fkn business

Mahershala Ali is fantastic and his scenes with Alfre Woodard are incredibly compelling. The rest of the show could have been garbage and I'd still think that: the rest of the show was not even close to garbage. I forgive a show that gets so much right when it overreaches occasionally (some of the "insert inspiring speech here" moments worked despite the actual words in the script, the weird tonal change after Cottonmouth's death was offputting as hell), 'cause it's better than the alternative, God knows.

I never actually finished this, I stopped on the episode where Diamondback shows up and shoots Luke and just kinda forgot about it.

dude srsly

ok I went back to this. a few things:

- lol @ "lemonade was a popular drink" ref
- generally this show has way more exposition than I find generally acceptable. Just tons of scenes w characters melodramatically restating their motivations and current role in the plot. exposition /= character building
- the bit w Method Man was awesome, so perfect
- I have one episode to go, finally the epic fight scene sheesh

I do think the actors generally elevate the material, and so many of the little details are right that the show's world feels lived in and compelling

Second season trailer is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU4Xn__5Qjg

I've been kinda wondering over the past couple of weeks if Marvel is now kicking themselves in the seat for relegating Luke Cage to Netflix.

Something to note, building on the Jessica Jones second season

http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2018/04/neema-barnette-millicent-shelton-kasi-lemmons-steph-green-and-salli-richardson-whitfield-among-luke-cage-season-2-directors/

Also, Coker's been quoted as saying a Heroes for Hire combination could be interesting.

New trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1in0KkoG4

(And because the non-Netflix shows don't seem to rate their own threads, here's a reminder that Cloak and Dagger is also starting a couple weeks after Luke Cage season 2 drops.)

Two eps in to the new season. Highlights: Reg E. Cathey's inimitable drawl, Jamaicans. Lowlights: bluesy rock, explication and pacing, Shades & Mariah's tepid cuddling.

probably not going to watch s2, but I found fans' seemingly earnest affection for Shades completely baffling

Much more so than last season, if you don't know the inside references or the backstory from other shows or who the characters popping up are supposed to be, some of these scenes are pretty opaque.

Like, is it an inside joke that everybody keeps shooting at him even though he's famously impervious to bullets?

It's not even an inside joke. Several of the dudes who've shot at him have made reference to the futility of their gesture.

This has been solid thus far. Lots of good character-based stuff. Finn Jones hasn't shown up yet, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Simon, I don't know who you've seen repping for Shades but no. He's a weak link. Agreed on Shades and Mariah's canoodling being off-putting.

Also of note: once again, a Marvel Netflix show brings a scene of ott brutality (Bushmaster's first kill) that probably tops those that came before. Like I don't think I've even seen shit like that in a horror movie.

watched the first episode. already deeply bored and unlikely to continue.

Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

I look forward to enjoying the actor who plays Shades when he's an old character actor some day.

The Shades/Comanche plotline was good, I'll give him that much at least.

Oh, I'm glad Comanche's going to have a plotline. Thus far in my viewing he's just a guy who is around.

I’m only halfway in and love the cheesy jokes
“I’m 6’3”, black, and bulletproof. You think if I put on a mask people won’t know who I am?”
“There are still people who think Shock G and Humpty Hump are different guys”

Finished last night. Minor quibbles:

-Maybe reel it in a little with the songs that directly reference the plot and characters, guys. I counted no fewer than three (two within the last two eps alone).
-Also maybe curb the Netflix ultraviolence already. Not entirely sure a 15-second unbroken shot of someone burning to death (let alone the two subsequent flashbacks to that particular moment) was, y'know, entirely necessary.
-Danny Rand: still kind of the worst, at least whenever words are coming out of his face. Thankfully restricted to a single episode.
-Ending the season with a scene that directly photocopies the final scene of a classic movie is maaaaybe a little too DO U SEE????

Otherwise, this was one of the more successful Netflix seasons, imo. I appreciate how things wrapped up, as it opens some interesting and unforeseen avenues (to the extent that these shows continue to loosely overlap).

I fast forwarded through so much of S1 idk if I have the patience for a second. I feel like this is one of those things that I'm glad exists and is p great for what it is, but it also happens to be a thing that doesn't really hold my attention (ie, a police procedural)

It's pretty sweet that Shades is about the only non-black face you see through most of its runtime. Again, I have to wonder how hard Marvel is kicking themselves post-Black Panther for not taking a shot on a Luke Cage film.

otoh that Shades actor is really fucking annoying, p much hated every second he was onscreen

Also of note: once again, a Marvel Netflix show brings a scene of ott brutality (Bushmaster's first kill) that probably tops those that came before. Like I don't think I've even seen shit like that in a horror movie.

Have seen, but yeah, it was on some kinda giallo, grand guignol tip. I guess I should've said it was more extreme than the average kills one would see in a relatively mainstream horror movie.

watched the first ep and it was about what I expected - some enjoyable stuff (the corny jokes, the music, a couple speeches) and then a bunch of *meh* stuff (loads of exposition, that Shades guy trying to look like a badass).

it's crazy how padded these eps feel, like there really isn't enough going on to merit stretching every episode out to an hour

kudos on them making Bushmaster twice as interesting as Diamondback was in season one, though

I like the Jamaican angle.

I tapped out of S1 when Diamondback came in, totally boring

If they removed all the intense pointless conversations between pairs of characters, they'd have a pretty good 4-episode season.

lol exactly

yup - another season of Marvel’s Two People Talking (In A Mostly Empty New York)

Netflix Marvel is just sad

Wow, this season's narrative unravels really quickly.

Yeah gets a bit clunky in places.
Cameo from Iron Fist if you stay with it that far.
But did have some bits i enjoyed.

Phew. Made it through this one. Once I saw the post about Two Characters Talking Intensely I couldn't get it out of my head, so thanks for that! Seriously they need to make these 8 episode seasons, at most. I feel like most of the Netflix Marvel shows have some good stuff in them (ok, not Iron Fist, and Punisher was too violent for me to even make it through one episode), but so much damn filler...

Is there any financial reason Netflix seem committed to these 13 episode seasons?

Their revenue comes from subscriptions so can't see how an 8 or 10 episode season would impact on things. Is it just viewer expectation?

Would have thought that a viewer expectation could always be redrawn if the prototype for the change was successful.
Is there a history of shows long enough for there to be a tradition yet.
13 weeks = 1/4 of a year but these things are simultaneously released so that doesn't hold much water.