Showing posts with label The Defenders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Defenders. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Jessica Jones

AKA the girl that doesn't smile a lot.

The last of the Defenders whose show is now cancelled after three seasons, this series follows the powered Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) who works as a small time private investigator and her loads of baggage. I'll be honest, season 1 wasn't great as the protagonists were really hard to get behind, thankfully the fantastic villain (David Tennant) was enough to keep it interesting.

She does a lot of drinking in the show.

Season 2 fixes up most of the issues in season 1, and there are again clear improvements between season 2 and season 3 - enough for me to now lament that there will be no season 4. If you are a Marvel fan then it's definitely one worth watching, and even if you aren't or don't really like the whole super hero vibe, this is probably one of the easier shows to try out as Jessica's powers are downplayed significantly, unlike her compatriots who tend to get into fisticuffs half the time.

Monday, 10 December 2018

The Defenders

Because the Avengers aren't available.

When a syndicate of mystical undead ninjas threatens the city, the local heroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist must band together to stop them! Crossovers are always fun, and while the writers had been sort of building up the ninja threat in some of the individual shows it still feels clumsily put together.

Possibly one of the reasons so many of their shows got the axe.

Most of the fault lies with the bad guys I believe, who are simply power scaled to whatever the plot requires. Regardless, if you like any of the shows of the aforementioned heroes then this one is definitely one will entertain you - though by that same token, you probably already have.

Due to Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil getting the axe, I think this doesn't have much of a chance of coming back, or if it does - it will probably be with a totally different team. We can always hope.