Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Streaming Standard: Marvel's The Defenders

After the outrage over Iron Fist and the mixed reaction to Daredevil's 2nd Season, how will this turn out?
The 4 disparate Heroes of the Marvel Netflix are all doing their own thing.  The Hand makes their big move...
This draws them all together, even if they don't necessarily want to be a team.  Can they become a group that will save the day?
All of your favorite Heroes- and Iron Fist- are going to fight a ton of Ninjas, so put up or shut up!

To find out how it turned out, watch the Show.
The culmination of a number of Shows- good or bad.  To truly get the most of it, you need to have at least a passing knowledge of Daredevil (especially Season 2), Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Iron Fist.  If you don't know them, the Recaps will help a little- but not quite enough.  For example, Jessica talks about her Sister, but you only know that since he told her.  With that said, the big issue is dealing with the whole Hand thing.  You either love or hate how much attention they pay to them.  Some people just wanted it to be over with after Daredevil's 2nd Season.  When Iron Fist was all about that, hope was not high.  This is all about The Hand.  Lots of Ninjas.  Lots of intrigue.  Lots of Monologues about Immortality.  If you can get past the overall idea (or if you like it), the Action is good, the Acting is good (especially Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter) and they played with the Characters quite well.  I liked it.  I don't apologize for not hating the Netflix Marvel Shows.  Take us away, callback to the famous Hallway Fight.
If you don't like the previous Shows, this is a harder sell.  I was on board for them all, so I was quite happy with it.

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