Luke Cage

[Launchpad McQuack]

Cant wait to get home tonight and dive into this. Its pretty awesome how every episode is named after a Gangstarr song.

[postjack]

have a music thing tonight but might could squeeze in an episode. will definitely watch tomorrow.

Hoping its way better than Jessica Jones or the last season of Daredevil. By the previews it looks like it should be.

[itrainmonkeys]

Really looking forward to this. The soundtrack/music seems awesome and I'm a huge fan of the Marvel on Netflix shows. Looking forward to Iron Fist, Defenders, and eventually Punisher.

[Cokes]

I'm probably going to start this when I get home tonight.

If you guys look in What's Playing, I posted a playlist of all the Gang Starr songs the episodes draw their titles from. It's a pretty killer mix and a great way to get pumped for this.

[Dan'ROO]

Three episodes in and I'm hooked! I'm enjoyin' it much more than I thought I would with what we saw of his character in Jessica Jones.

[Bishop]

I'm three episodes in (taking these in slower than the two seasons of Daredevil or Jessica Jones, which I finished within the weekend of premiere), and it's definitely slower paced and more character development driven, so far. I LOVE the music, I loved Mike Collar in "Jessica Jones" and he seems to be perfectly cast as this character, and the dialogue I think is particularly strong. Simone Missick should be a breakout star from this, Misty Knight is one of the more underrated characters in Marvel Comics in my opinion. Also, Mahershala Ali is outstanding as Cottonmouth... terrifying performance.

I have the next 3 and a half days off, and I'm for sure going to be done by the time I go back to work on Thursday night. Early reviews suggested this was the best of any Netflix Marvel show, yet, but I think it's going to be tough to pass Daredevil season 1.

[itrainmonkeys]

This show is awesome. Only 4 eps in but really enjoying it. Love the main storyline, main antagonists, and the backstory that is revealed. The music is great, too.

[dreamingtree]

I finished it last night.  Such a great show.  Loved everything about it, but the soundtrack and musical appearance have been stellar! 

[dreamingtree]

Sept 30, 2016 9:38:20 GMT -5 postjack said:

have a music thing tonight but might could squeeze in an episode. will definitely watch tomorrow.

Hoping its way better than Jessica Jones or the last season of Daredevil. By the previews it looks like it should be.

I personally thought it was WAY better than both of them, but there are lots of tie ins to both of them.

[Vieux]

I am on episode 12 tomorrow. It is way more gritty and gruesome than Daredevil and Jessica Jones IMO. I love it. Hooked. So good.

[postjack]

Yup, it's good. Definitely better than Daredevil or Jessica Jones. Music is great, performances are pretty good.

If I could pick at it a bit, some of the dialogue writing could use some sprucing up. The scenes between Cottonmouth and the Councilwoman feel... odd to me. They are kind of saying the same thing over and over again (i'll take care of the money, you do the politics), and it just doesn't seem to flow well. In these scenes they both come across as way too dumb to have achieved the positions they have.

Just finished episode 6 so almost halfway through. And Westworld started last night! TV is about to ramp up y'all.

[dtm4994]

Wasn't able to binge this thing because of a crazy weekend. Was able to knock out two episodes, and the beginning of episode three. I've loved everything so far. Music is phenomenal. Especially the the theme. Can't wait to finish it.

[Launchpad McQuack]

Loving all the cameos from The Wire cast.

[Bishop]

Finished it this afternoon... it's really damned good. I think it's the best written of any of the Marvel Netflix shows so far, with some of the most interesting characters. LOVED Misty Knight, loved Luke, I was kind of bothered with how Night Nurse was handled in this series, but she's still great. It maintained a great quality throughout. However, I wasn't totally invested or riveted with the main story thread, necessarily, as I was with either Daredevil season. Really can't wait for the next run of shows, though. Ranked, I'd say I thought this was the second best season of these Marvel Netflix shows, behind Daredevil season 1, and followed by Daredevil season 2.

Yep, definitely great. Definitely recommended to those not even with any interest in comics.


And, I guess this could be considered a spoiler of sorts, but

SPOILER: Click to show

I flipped the fuck out when Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings showed up in the finale

!

[itrainmonkeys]

So excited for the future. Iron Fist teaser leaked. ANd this:

[itrainmonkeys]

[robinbobin]

I've finished Jessica Jones, should I watch Luke before Daredevil? Or will I be missing something?

[postjack]

Oct 11, 2016 22:00:03 GMT -5 robinbobin said:

I've finished Jessica Jones, should I watch Luke before Daredevil? Or will I be missing something?

Nah you'll be fine watching Luke first if you want.

[Launchpad McQuack]

[postjack]

Oct 3, 2016 11:17:14 GMT -5 postjack said:

Yup, it's good. Definitely better than Daredevil or Jessica Jones. Music is great, performances are pretty good.

If I could pick at it a bit, some of the dialogue writing could use some sprucing up. The scenes between Cottonmouth and the Councilwoman feel... odd to me. They are kind of saying the same thing over and over again (i'll take care of the money, you do the politics), and it just doesn't seem to flow well. In these scenes they both come across as way too dumb to have achieved the positions they have.

Just finished episode 6 so almost halfway through. And Westworld started last night! TV is about to ramp up y'all.

following up from the above. To be clear, I did really enjoy Luke Cage, and watched it pretty quickly. Having said that, I have an opinion I don't see stated often, which is that all of the Netflix Marvel shows start out with a solid idea and the earlier episodes are great fun, but towards the end of the season things seem to fall apart, and become either slightly frustrating or less entertaining or both.

I think Luke Cage was the least offensive in this regard, but it still wasn't completely sin free. Diamondback was a ridiculous antagonist in my opinion. The guy is so psychotic it's amazing he can dress himself in the morning, much less run a hugely successful cutting edge weapons trading and manufacturing empire.

Daredevil is the next least offensive, but good lord I actually got tired of watching Daredevil beat people up, not to mention his endless homilies on not killing people. Get over yourself.

Jessica Jones is far and away the worst offender, with her and her blonde friend whose name escapes me making the worst possible decisions for no other reason other than to create some dumb plot conflict. Kilgrave was far and away my favorite character on the show.

But again, Luke Cage is the best of all the Marvel shows, but I'm thinking The Punisher might be the best yet.

[itrainmonkeys]

Oct 18, 2016 14:42:38 GMT -5 postjack said:

Oct 3, 2016 11:17:14 GMT -5 postjack said:

Yup, it's good. Definitely better than Daredevil or Jessica Jones. Music is great, performances are pretty good.

If I could pick at it a bit, some of the dialogue writing could use some sprucing up. The scenes between Cottonmouth and the Councilwoman feel... odd to me. They are kind of saying the same thing over and over again (i'll take care of the money, you do the politics), and it just doesn't seem to flow well. In these scenes they both come across as way too dumb to have achieved the positions they have.

Just finished episode 6 so almost halfway through. And Westworld started last night! TV is about to ramp up y'all.

following up from the above. To be clear, I did really enjoy Luke Cage, and watched it pretty quickly. Having said that, I have an opinion I don't see stated often, which is that all of the Netflix Marvel shows start out with a solid idea and the earlier episodes are great fun, but towards the end of the season things seem to fall apart, and become either slightly frustrating or less entertaining or both.

You're not alone in thinking that. While I tend to enjoy the stuff so far (Loved Daredevil both seasons, liked Jessica Jones for the most part, still working through Luke Cage) many others have said it suffers from a slump in the middle. One of the critics I read a lot from has said at times that some of these shows might benefit more from 10 episode seasons instead of 12-13 for each. I didn't mind it as much with Daredevil but I remember at times with Jessica Jones being like "Really!?!?! They let him go and need to catch him again?" and getting annoyed at the show stalling.

I'm still getting through Luke Cage but I've enjoyed it so far. But I'm about to get into the second half so maybe that'll lull my interest a bit.

[Launchpad McQuack]

Early reviews saying the new season is really bad. Bummer.

[Fozzie Bear]

Marvel can't catch a break with its Netflix shows.

[captaina152]

I know this isn't really the thread, but I just found out that there are Marvel shows on Hulu. Runaways and I have seen ads for Cloak and Dagger. Are they worth watching? I thought the Runaways had a couple of good story lines when I was reading. Don't know much if anything about Cloak & Dagger. Would love to see Marvel give Moon Knight the Netflix treatment.

[Fozzie Bear]

Jun 15, 2018 12:55:38 GMT -5 captaina152 said:

I know this isn't really the thread, but I just found out that there are Marvel shows on Hulu. Runaways and I have seen ads for Cloak and Dagger. Are they worth watching? I thought the Runaways had a couple of good story lines when I was reading. Don't know much if anything about Cloak & Dagger. Would love to see Marvel give Moon Knight the Netflix treatment.

Noooo give Moon Knight a movie so it can at least be decent.

[itrainmonkeys]

Jun 15, 2018 12:55:38 GMT -5 captaina152 said:

I know this isn't really the thread, but I just found out that there are Marvel shows on Hulu. Runaways and I have seen ads for Cloak and Dagger. Are they worth watching? I thought the Runaways had a couple of good story lines when I was reading. Don't know much if anything about Cloak & Dagger. Would love to see Marvel give Moon Knight the Netflix treatment.

Runaways is pretty good but if you love the comics I've heard some complaints. Basically, they don't actually "run away" until very late and there's a lot more focus and back story on the parents as well as the kids. I enjoyed it, though. Not the best show out there. I think I ended up liking The Gifted more (on fox / Hulu). Good amount of X-Men references in that one.


I only watched the first episode of cloak and dagger so far. Pretty good intro but we'll see if I like it as more come out

[captaina152]

Jun 15, 2018 13:09:50 GMT -5 Fozzie Bear said:

Jun 15, 2018 12:55:38 GMT -5 captaina152 said:

I know this isn't really the thread, but I just found out that there are Marvel shows on Hulu. Runaways and I have seen ads for Cloak and Dagger. Are they worth watching? I thought the Runaways had a couple of good story lines when I was reading. Don't know much if anything about Cloak & Dagger. Would love to see Marvel give Moon Knight the Netflix treatment.

Noooo give Moon Knight a movie so it can at least be decent.

But it would be so short. I think he is one that would benefit from being fleshed out over a season, especially since he is an unreliable narrator. Also I enjoy a lot of the Netflix shows that I have watched. Which admittedly isn't a ton. 1 seasons of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Daredevil were great. Punisher is probably my favorite. Iron Fist was pretty terrible though. Haven't seen the second season of anything and still need to watch the Defenders.

[captaina152]

Jun 15, 2018 13:14:36 GMT -5 itrainmonkeys said:

Jun 15, 2018 12:55:38 GMT -5 captaina152 said:

I know this isn't really the thread, but I just found out that there are Marvel shows on Hulu. Runaways and I have seen ads for Cloak and Dagger. Are they worth watching? I thought the Runaways had a couple of good story lines when I was reading. Don't know much if anything about Cloak & Dagger. Would love to see Marvel give Moon Knight the Netflix treatment.

Runaways is pretty good but if you love the comics I've heard some complaints. Basically, they don't actually "run away" until very late and there's a lot more focus and back story on the parents as well as the kids. I enjoyed it, though. Not the best show out there. I think I ended up liking The Gifted more (on fox / Hulu). Good amount of X-Men references in that one.


I only watched the first episode of cloak and dagger so far. Pretty good intro but we'll see if I like it as more come out

Thanks, I will check them out. Not a huge fan of Runaways but they were fun to read during some of the crossovers (Civil War & X-Men v Avengers).

Edit: Never even heard of The Gifted will have to check that out as well.

[itrainmonkeys]

Yea, it's weird because The Gifted and The Runaways came out around the same time but he Runaways focused more on gifted children exploring their abilities and The Gifted focused on people with powers constantly running away from government forces. I kept mixing them up.

But yea....The Gifted was pretty solid. Good special effects/CGI and a lot of X-Men references. Magneto's daughter is one of the main characters.