Promo bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ostYFNFjhJ4
August 18th on Netflix, etc. etc.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
EMMY VOTERS: For Your Consideration
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
i was looking forward to this until iron fist, now the thought of seeing finn jones again is giving me a rash
― stanley weebeard (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
Perhaps the adventure will consist of the other three hazing him.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
hopefully it'll be one of those fatal hazings you hear about frats performing every now and again
― stanley weebeard (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
beat him up, tie him up in the basement, go about their adventures
will watch
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
I can see the episode titles now:
Shut Up, DannyShut Up, Danny: Pt 2Danny. No.Jesus Christ, DannyDo We Really Have To Humor This Tool?WHAT THE HELL, DANNYI'm Gonna Kill HimThe Danny GambitRIP DannyHow Did He Survive?????Let's Move To New Jersey
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
We SAID, Fuck OFF Danny
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
-danny dies in the first 15 minutes- he passes his iron fist power on to lewis tan just before he draws his last breath- everyone agrees this will never happen again because they will defend people from the series' villain- THE DEFENDERS title card appears, audience cheers
― stanley weebeard (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
"'Iron Fist Is Bumming Us Out': Defenders TV Show Files Restraining Order Against Lame Character"
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Krysten Ritter just can't avoid slumming, can she?
― ...and DON'T *bleeep* IT UP! (Leee), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
Come get defended! Or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3m7B4v6Zc
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
I am encouraged that the general dynamic among the 4 of them appears to be "shut up, Danny"
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
can we have an entire series of luke cage knocking the fuck out of danny rand pls
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
Scene: 1991.
"Great, Kurt, great. Money out of our ears. Great. Now, this Killing Joke ripoff you want as a next single, we're going to sign a deal for a quarter century from now so it can be used then in a superhero streaming TV trailer and be called 'poignant.'"
"Whuh?"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
psyched for our next thrilling instalment of corridor fight adventure hour
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
I will repeat my assertion here that this version of Danny Rand would be perfect if he were modeled after MacGruber, from the movie MacGruber. I can only hope that the writers of the show are taking note of this internet message board thread.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
srsly tho the presence of sigourney weaver in this is awesome and i'm really looking forward to seeing what she does
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
i hope she and scott glenn get a decent scene together
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
xxp really don't need to see Ser Loras with a stick of celery up his butt tbh. Saw enough of that on GoT. >>rimshot<<
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
I mostly just want to see him weepily proffering sexual favors to the other Defenders so they'll keep him on the team every time he inevitably fucks up (because he's an inept fuckup).
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
I... do not.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
hard cosign on that
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
in fact i'd like some way of scraping that troubling mental image from my consciousness forevermore
I will also settle for Danny getting hit by a bus five minutes into the show and his Iron Fist powers magically flowing into Claire while she's halfheartedly "trying" to save his life.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
I am half-wondering if they are ever going to get into Luke having slept with Jess, Claire, and Misty (they did Claire and Misty a little bit)
Also, are they going to continue to break from comic book canon and keep Luke with Claire or is Luke going to go back to Jess?
yes I am viewing this as a soap opera with punching, so what
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
all my favourite superhero stories are soap operas with punching!
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
Seriously! I'm invested in the same questions, for sure.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
I was curious how Daredevil actually fit into the comic book canon with the other three as I know Luke is BFFs with Danny and married to Jess; I didn't know that Kilgrave sent Jess to kill Matt while she was under his control and that is what kicked off the chain of events that eventually broke her free of his powers. Thanks, Wikipedia!
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
if that's not a soap opera w/ punching i dunno what is
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Also apparently Luke and Matt are buddies? I missed out on a lot by only reading X-Men comics for years.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
Bendis-scripted Daredevil and Alias were deeply intertwined (to the extent that one comic would occasionally repeat a scene from the other from a different perspective), and Cage was a central supporting character in Alias, as that was the origin of the relationship between him and Jessica. IIRC, Matt hired Luke and Jessica as faux bodyguards while he was defending the allegations that he was secretly Daredevil.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
His stretch of writing those characters (which continued into Secret War and New Avengers and The Pulse) was easily Bendis's apex.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
Perhaps the character in the whole series is just him doing this.
Kung-fu billionaire, still can't get on the list. pic.twitter.com/YQeveZSNc7— The Defenders (@TheDefenders) May 12, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
lonely guy just thinking baout things
― The Patricia Routledge Meatspin Gif Has Made You Gay (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
So #TheDefenders is coming on Netflix next month. pic.twitter.com/NZczGosqGV— Da⁹⁰ (@DigitalAbdullah) July 9, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 July 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
lol classic
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 July 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
Seriously: episode one, cold open, Danny's fighting someone (doesn't matter who), gets first distracted and then disemboweled, Claire tries and fails to patch him up, Danny dies and Iron Fist powers flow into Claire. Cut to black, 'YOU'RE WELCOME' briefly flashes on the screen, roll opening credits.
― Dippin' Sauce on my Nice New Slacks (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 July 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
Sadly, Danny appears to survive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6J9BqgonU
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 July 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
No thoughts on this yet?I think it's better than Iron fist which I gave up on. But not as good as the other 3. Just wondering if it's me in a different head space or what others think so far. I'm up to episode 6 so far.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 19 August 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
I'll give this a try even though I hated the second season of Daredevil and entirely skipped Fist, probably because I miss the hell out of Jessica Jones.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
It's a bit crowded. (3 episodes in)
― May contain peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, pits or pit fragments. (WilliamC), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
Its weird to me that this even exists what with it not featuring any of the actual canonical/OG Defenders
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
it's (slightly) weird that they used that name
it's certainly not weird that it exists
― Number None, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
Ok sure
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
I guess they just needed a team name and they that one lying around (and it's not like the original members are ever going to specifically team up in the TV/movies)
― Number None, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Yeah it's just odd. If asked, there are like a dozen members of the actual Defenders i would name before getting to any of these guys
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
Marvel Knights would have been a more comics-appropriate name but that sounds really stupid so
― Number None, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
This is so bad.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
why do they look like a 2005 indie band?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:41 (six years ago) link
this had some ok parts, definitely better than Iron Fist, ultimately felt kind of inconsequential
― mh, Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
I can't get past the clumsy dialog ("I used to do heroin" is just the beginning) or how the ultimate weapons pretty much suck.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
"even after l of this time I was tired of being alone. you are the black sky" does not even make sense. what is sigorney doing?
― remy bean, Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
god ep 1 was a snoozefest
idg why you would waste time setting up who they are blah blah WE KNOW EVERYONE WATCHED AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THESE SHOWS WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
i feel like tonally this has more in common with iron fist and that annoys me
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 August 2017 04:58 (six years ago) link
every scene is two people talking to each other about boring stuff no one cares about
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 20 August 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
props to sigourney workin that slanket
― Οὖτις, Saturday, August 19, 2017 8:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah I was saying that when I found out that Doctor Strange's release merely coincided with this being a forthcoming show and didn't directly lead up to it.I had assumed it would have at least some of the same team in.
Has Prince Namor surfaced in this Marvel Universe yet?
I kept wondering if the writing really was bad or if it was me. But not really a classic. I think it calls itself series 1 so I hope if there are going to be further series there is the marked improvement that there is room for.God, just seen that there is a series 2 of Iron Fist due.
I don't remember Finn Jones in previous shows. Is he the sinking point? Or is it just otherwise a bit clunky.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 20 August 2017 09:45 (six years ago) link
Midway through ep6 I have completely lost interest.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Sunday, 20 August 2017 10:14 (six years ago) link
He was in Game of Thrones as Loras, not enough of a presence to sink or raise his scenes.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Couldn't even finish the first ep, just relentlessly dull, grim, flat, dutiful
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
I bailed after ten minutes. Unwatchable. The fights were better choreographed in Wet Hot American Summer last week.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 20 August 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
I enjoyed the majority of this. I especially liked episode three and the first group up fight.I thought it was far from perfect - certainly not as good as Daredevil Season 1 or Jessica Jones but it's still got plenty to enjoy in it.At the very least it wasn't a fast-forward fest like Iron Fist.
― treefell, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
I have to say, the shows where you’re irritated that some characters get a plot arc and some don’t, this isn’t one of them. No one gets a plot arc!
― mh, Sunday, 20 August 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
the fight scenes in WHAS were surprisingly good, did not expect that.xposts
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 20 August 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Every time I see Iron Fist, this is the image that asserts itself in my mind.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Monday, 21 August 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
On episode seven and not overly impressed. The fight sequences, for the most part, are really disappointing. I'm actually enjoying Matt and Jessica's interaction, but there's zero chemistry between any of the other characters. The whole "why should we be a team?" thing is so contrived - just get on with it, guys.
Most of the Hand scenes are pretty bad too, especially when they stand around and exposit about their silly plot to do whatever to the city; it reminds me of those interminable scenes in the later Mythology episodes of the X-Files, where the Conspiracy would sit around in the dark and blather po-faced about inoculation from the coming blackoil apocalypse
― Duane Barry, Monday, 4 September 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
i'm impressed you made it that far. i bailed after ep3.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 4 September 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
I may as well finish it now that I've gotten this far, but really I just want it out of the way in time for Bojack S4
― Duane Barry, Monday, 4 September 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
man this was... underwhelming
i particularly enjoyed the scenes where all four of them are standing together with danny, luke and jessica chilling in their street clothes and matt strapped into his daredevil pervert suit - the showrunners maybe should have thought a bit harder ahead of time about the optics of that
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 08:15 (six years ago) link
A theory
Danny Rand is a good character because whenever Danny Rand is onscreen, he reminds us he is Danny Rand. https://t.co/vUsACTAbEJ— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 12, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
the showrunners maybe should have thought a bit harder ahead of time about the optics of that
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, September 12, 2017
zinging a blind man over "optics"... have you no sense of decency sir?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 06:13 (six years ago) link
i apologise if any blind people were offended by reading my post
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 09:03 (six years ago) link
I enjoyed the first three episodes of this but I have to ask: is Danny supposed to be a moron?
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
Because hoooooooboy he is not bright
(I only watched the pilot for Iron Fist and wasn't feeling it enough to continue)
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
hard to say for sure but finn jones def gives a bravura performance as a dislikeable dumbfuck
god danny is such a shithead, i fucking hate him
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
going to say it again: he landed on his head in the plane crash
― mh, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:07 (six years ago) link
I understand trying to use the weight of his corporation to go after The Hand above-board; that is a good application of the privilege Luke pointed out.
Waltzing in without backup and announcing to the bad guys, "I know you're The Hand; I'm the Iron Fist and I'm gonna TAKE YOU DOWN... in the courts!" in their board room while surrounded was also an application of privilege. A very stupid, hilarious application.
I did like that three separate strands of investigation pointed the heroes towards that corporation, making Sigourney Weaver's "does it look like we're trying to hide?" point hit harder. Also, the stairs/elevator gag made me laugh a little too hard.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
imo they should have just named their company THE HAND, INC. and had a large hand logo on the top of the building
― mh, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
that boardroom scene was priceless, and is persuasive evidence in support mh's 'severe brain damage' thesis
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
the best part of this show was luke punching danny really fucking hard - in my mental reconstruction of this scene i have chosen to edit out danny's subsequent retaliation
i will grudgingly admit that danny and luke show some pleasing chemistry in their scene together in the chinese restaurant, but again i'm choosing to award most of the credit for that to mike colter
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I still think of this show as one that did a decent job of getting the team together, but they decided that each had their own social hardship- The blind man- The black man- The woman- The guy with intellectual disabilities
― mh, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:49 (three years ago) link