Shocked that there isn't a thread up yet, did Luke Cage leave that bad of a taste in everyone's mouth?

Watched the first couple episodes, nothing too awesome nothing too bad for me yet.

Sweet Christmas

tv1113 said:

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I also think it is interesting that critics are trashing the first half they got to preview and they loved Luke Cage which quite possibly has one of the worst villains I've ever witnessed. Diamondback is up there with Leto joker and the recent Lex imo.

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I hated Luke Cage but the first half villain was phenomenal... But yeah Diamondback was so bad.



I'll still watch but I think there's enough smoke to show that this isn't going to be very good at all.

It's ok. Definitely the worst out of the 4 series so far, but it's enough to keep me watching for 13 episodes.

I'll have to reserve judgement until I watch it, but I guess it's just not that easy to follow up a series (Daredevil S1) put together by Drew Goddard and Steven S. DeKnight.

It sounds like a big problem is the fighting and that Ser Loras doesn't pull it off.

Iron Fist is supposed to be a super ninja. If that's what the character is, then they need to have some badass fighting.

Not sure if I'm going to watch if it's as bad as the critics are saying. Luke Cage had it's moments but the casting for that show for Diamondback and Shades is just awful, Shades in particular I just can't stand in any scene he's in. Makes them look that much worse considering how great Cottonmouth was, granted he did just win an Oscar.

If the fighting truly stinks then what's the point? Daredevil set the bar really high, Jessica Jones was solid, as well as the second season of Daredevil. Luke Cage was a disappointment, but I think Mike Colter does a good job so I hope they can turn it around. At least we get The Defenders next, hopefully that is a marked improvement over Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

I got an Iron Fist last night.....

Does he not wear the Iron Fist uniform??


I don't know a lot about Iron Fist, but he sounds like a really cool character, and there's no denying, he's got one of the best outfits in the MCU. If he doesn't wear it then that's lame.

If you don't plan on watching Iron Fist but you do want to watch something that has a man with actual fists made of iron, I highly recommend The Man With The Iron Fists, its a lot of fun.

A few episodes in and I've enjoyed it so far. It does start out slow though.

Starting it now. The fighting is absolutely horrible. Don't mind Loras right now. It's amazing how much I like him when he isn't fondling Renly.

Just watched the first two episodes and I'm enjoying it. The fighting is cheesy in a Ben Affleck Daredevil kind of way, but the story has been good so far.

Watching it now, enjoy the story line so far.

I'm 3 or 4 episodes in and my rankings look like this:

1. Daredevil
2. Jessica Jones









3. Iron Fist
4. Luke Cage

I've enjoyed it a lot more than Luke cage and at least a little more than Jessica Jones. Nine episodes in and I'm loving it. Then again this was the series I most looked forward to after daredevil as I was already a fan of the comics

2 episodes in. The writing and Ser Loras both need to improve, but it's at least as good as Luke Cage, and I made it all the way through that season.

Too bad they didn't cast the sand viper who wasn't shy about showing off her nice set of tatas, but I guess they wanted an Asian.

Ser Loras gets a lot better as the season goes on

nickstro66 said:

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Ser Loras gets a lot better as the season goes on

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agreed. The more the season goes on, the more this separates itself from Luke Cage at the bottom.

It doesn't have the overall power of Daredevil or the villain of Jessica Jones, but it's better than Luke Cage.

Thoughts after 5 episodes:

I thought episode 4 was the best of the bunch, but 5 was kind of a step back. Critics spoke highly of episode 6 though so maybe it will tick back up.

The fighting is hit or miss. I like Danny but I don't like the idea of making the entire first 3 episodes dedicated to the civilian / business side and very, very little to the Iron Fist / Marvel side. Also, for a guy who is a living weapon and trained his whole life to fight the Hand, he seems like he is easily countered by your average goons. Danny needs to up his game big time, as does the fight choreography, and the general pacing.

Also, I'm watching this while playing video games. Seems to be the right call.

rhutton125 said:

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Thoughts after 5 episodes:

I thought episode 4 was the best of the bunch, but 5 was kind of a step back. Critics spoke highly of episode 6 though so maybe it will tick back up.

The fighting is hit or miss. I like Danny but I don't like the idea of making the entire first 3 episodes dedicated to the civilian / business side and very, very little to the Iron Fist / Marvel side. Also, for a guy who is a living weapon and trained his whole life to fight the Hand, he seems like he is easily countered by your average goons. Danny needs to up his game big time, as does the fight choreography, and the general pacing.

Also, I'm watching this while playing video games. Seems to be the right call.

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This is the number 1 flaw of all fight movies. The best fighter always gets beat up far more than they should.

Two eps down, I was bracing myself for terrible but have enjoyed it so far. A few things do seem a bit illogical but the fight scenes aren't as bad as folks are making them out to be. The different power struggles going on intrigue me as well and the acting is generally decent (though some of the dialogue is a bit awkward).

Not that I wouldn't have finished out the season in any case, but I'm looking forward to more.

Through 5 episodes.

The action is underwhelming so far but really the story has been interesting to me and acting has been decent. The way the asian dojo girl fights is more captivating so far than iron fist, but I am enjoying it.

I'm through four episodes. It's a little underwhelming but I will stick with it. It's weird that they are explicitly telling the audience about who he is and what his powers are instead of letting you discover it.

I didnt recall much of his comic but im also a little tired of this "ultra rich kid disappears for several years only to return and reclaim what's his" storyline. I feel like I'm watching the Buddhist version of Arrow but Arrow was much better at this early point in both series.

They've already mentioned DD and tied JJ in so I guess LC is next. I give it 2.5 stars at this point.

And I feel that is part of why it is getting blasted

I'm reliving my childhood thanks to Netflix.

I grew up in the 70s collecting the comic books for all of these characters. Luke Cage/Power Man, Iron Fist, Son of Satan, etc. were some of the best drawn comic books back then, and when they teamed up with Dr. Strange, the Hulk, Submariner to form the Defenders... Definitely more interesting than the Avengers.

The Avengers/Defenders battle. Vision, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Thor, Cap, Valkyrie, Hawkeye, Namor, Swordsman, etc. That was a great crossover series.