Marvel's The Defenders

oh boy oh boy there are already the angry "i'm a marvel fan and i know better than you" people in the comics. Well, guess what, I'm a hardcore marvel fan and I'm having a nerdgasm. AND its rated fresh on rottentomatoes so hopefully the ironfist haters can suck it up

more than halfway through it and its better than i expected! the intro is as awesome as other shows. danny is more like comic danny. the danny and luke bromance is totally showing which is what ive been waiting so hard for. jessica is still just as badass and matt is still my emo sad son. claire and elektra are still just as charismatic and cool. and the lighting oh my god. everything the solo shows delivered but better. the wayeach one has its own color and the environment changes IS AMAZING!!

Sigourney is such a great villain. im such a sucker for these netflix marvel villains who have flaws and yet are so plainly evil. god bless this show and please, dont be a negative nerd in people's faces. its kinda pathetic. it is just a well-produced tv show after all, even if youre a comic fan.

I've been looking forward to this since the first announcement and I was super excited. I really took my time with it and I only watched 1 episode per night and even skipped a few nights. And I have to say that I really enjoyed it. Sigourney Weaver is one of my all time favourite actresses and I was over the moon to see her in my favourite universe. I REALLY love Daredevil, Jessica Jones and enjoyed Luke Cage. But Iron Fist just isn't my favourite character, I just don't find him interesting when he's standing next to these super dynamic characters. Don't get me wrong, I love Finn Jones and I think he does an amazing job with portraying Danny, it's just the character and his whole entitled vibe that I don't like.

Really enjoyed the rest of the season tho. Looking forward to watching The Punisher!

The Defenders is the closest thing you'll get to a superhero crossover without leaving Netflix’s universe. And while it doesn’t go all-in on everything, it’s definitely engaging and entertaining. Bringing Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist together in one story is a treat for fans, and the best part is it doesn’t drag on — eight well-paced episodes with no filler.

That said, there are moments where the group dynamics don’t fully click. Sometimes it feels like Luke Cage could handle everything on his own — just by walking, no kicks needed — and at others, you wonder why he doesn’t. And while the show works overall, the absence of a character like The Punisher is definitely noticeable. He would’ve been a perfect fit and could’ve raised the stakes a lot.

Sigourney Weaver adds gravitas to the villain role, and some of the dialogue between characters sparkles, though others fall into well-worn clichés. Still, the pace picks up as the story progresses, and once everyone kicks into action mode, things take off.

All in all, The Defenders feels like a reunion of old friends who might not be perfect together, but they’ve got enough charisma to make you want to stick around and see what happens next. And that’s saying something.

I give it 2 stars for each defender. Two for Matt and his dynamic tie-in to the hand. Two stars for Jessica not giving f**k about this whole thing but still trying to save the world. Also imaginary bonus points for that show stopping and LIFESAVING jump. Two for Luke being the team's goody two shoes, moral compass, and all around do-gooder attitude. And finally two for my favourite defender. drumroll please... Claire! She was, as usual a badass who put up a good flight and managed to have the best powers. The ability to control the defenders. Shout-out to all the side characters that didn't get enough screen time. Namely Malcolm, Trish, and Misty (rip the hand that was taken by the hand). The right episodes left me hyped for the other 3 Netflix shows and very excited for the new Punisher series. The team's dynamic was incredible and only got better when Stick arrived to shake things up. I can't wait to find out what happens when the team gets together again and whether or not they'd consider adding Punisher to it. Seeing as he and Matt have quite some history it will certainly make for interesting television.

I'd say it was a fun binge watch but overall was kinda underwhelming. Daredevil, Luke Cage and Jessica have spectacular chemistry. Iron Fist is still really annoying and has no character development whatsoever. The action scenes were fine in my opinion. Daredevil still has the best fight choreography hands down. The back and forth between Matt and Jess is easily the most entertaining part of the show. But the main issue I have with these Marvel Netflix shows is the convoluted, unfocused and messy plots. The payoff in all these shows are kinda underwhelming. The Hand wasn't really threatening, they came off as kinda lame and unrealistic. The five fingers of the hand had no purpose whatsoever and the character of Alexandra was highly under-utilised and left off. Elektra storyline felt rushed, but her chemistry with Matt was off the charts as always. Love the characters but really hope they go back to the drawing board to focus on their antagonists and make their storylines more compact and focused. Overall, I was satisfied and had fun.

_The Defenders_ was Netflix' answer to _the Avengers_, except on the small screen and with a group of gritty, street-level heroes. While this culmination of nearly 2 1/2 years of world-building delivers on the fun & fan service, it also feels like it was less than it could have been. It would be going too far to call the series "disappointing," but in spite of some great plot-mapping and production design (the scene transitions between characters in the first 3 episodes are a great touch), some of the pieces never quite fit, and Finn Jones sticks out like a sore thumb as the weak link among his clearly superior co-leads, Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, and Mike Colter.

The show smartly resists the urge to bring everyone together quickly, instead giving each member of the (eventual) team time to work their respective mysteries until they all meet up at the same place. And when they do, the fun really starts. The action set pieces are all done well. The production team has even figured out how to (mostly) shoot around Jones' ineptitude when it comes to martial arts. On the negative side, while Krysten Ritter plays Jessica Jones well, the writers never give her enough space to shine. Jessica isn't a "team" kind of person (none of them are, really) but her skillset is never required to move the story forward once her case leads her to her first Hallway Fight Scene. Also, beyond Misty Knight & Colleen Wing (who have important roles in the comics that they inch closer towards here), none of the supporting characters from each of the Defenders' own shows has any reason to appear beyond a passing scene or two, yet precious time is wasted on them, extending the series longer than it needed to be.

Unlike with their previous appearances, The Hand's ultimate goal is one that makes sense, and the stakes are high. (Ironically, the MacGuffin at the center of it may feel like it's coming out of nowhere until you've watched _Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings_, which didn't hit theatres until 4 years after this series was released.) What's disappointing is that more breadcrumbs weren't laid out in _Luke Cage_ and _Jessica Jones'_ first seasons. That would have gone a long way towards making their joining of forces feel much more earned. Instead, they each make useless arguments against getting involved that play out less like drama and more like wastes of time. By the time I finished my rewatch, I felt fulfilled as a fan and like I'd had fun, but that _The Defenders_ just didn't quite live up to the high standards set by _Jessica Jones_ season 1 and _Daredevil_ seasons 1 & 2. Here's hoping that Disney gives them another chance to do it better.

I think it’s better than people give it credit for but the ending is a little anticlimactic. There’s also some jokes that are drawn out even for Marvel. Overall it’s probably right at a 7/10.

I enjoyed this 8 episodes a lot more then the complete 39 of JJ, LC and IF. It hasn´t got Daredevil quality but it is way above the rest. For me JJ, LC and IF work better in a lesser role so this works well for me. And this is in many ways kind of Daredevil season 2.5 anyway. The format of the season with 8 episodes was allright, more would have only dragged out the plot unnecessarily [spoiler] and I for one was already tired of the whole The Hand thing before this. Therefore I hope we are done with them now because [/spoiler] we need something fresh for the next seasons and maybe they can all come together again for a second round of The Defenders to close out another story arc. Kinda like they do with the movies that would be nice.