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Post by badwolf on Mar 30, 2018 10:52:54 GMT -5
{Spoiler: Click to show}
So this Karl Malus appears in Spider-Woman from the 70's? I have a healthy run of those issues but not sure I have his appearance...have yet to read them either. He is in #31 which is the Hornet issue. |
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Post by The Captain on Mar 30, 2018 13:15:44 GMT -5
Finished the series on Tuesday. Didn't like it nearly as much as I did the first season. No compelling villain, no likeable characters, subplots that had little impact on main story (too much time given to Hogarth, IMO). Not sure what they are going to do with Patsy going forward, based on the end of the last episode, but they really did a lot of damage to her character this year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 15:29:03 GMT -5
I'm (finally) 2 episodes in, and so far I think it's holding up well - maybe not as strong as the best of the last series, but probably better than the fairly slow start to s1
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Post by berkley on Apr 11, 2018 22:18:36 GMT -5
I'm about 2/3 through it - episode 9 or 10 - and my reaction is leaning more towards The Captain's: the storyline about Jones's mother hasn't really grabbed me and Trish/Patsy, a character I thought was a positive in the first season, has become less so in this one, with the addiction angle feeling monotonous and forced.
Callum Keith Rennie and Carrie Lynn Moss are great in their parts but the characters themselves as written are neither engaging nor interesting in any other way.
But even season 1 of JJ wasn't one of my favourite Marvel tv series so it was never likely this one was going to change my mind unless some pretty drastic changes were made.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 12:16:00 GMT -5
9 episodes in and I think I'm in agreement with most of the above - it's OK, but it hasn't really caught fire like the first series did - I'm happy to see an episode every day or 2, whereas the first series was compulsive
It wasn't helped by some ass-hat spoiling part of it, so I knew how ep13 started before I ever saw ep 1, which has taken a lot of the tension out of the early episodes.
The sub-plot around Jeri and the ALS has just felt like complete filler, detached entirely from the main series.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 14:33:54 GMT -5
Finished it, but underwhelmed. Didn't much like the ending, and thought the whole arcs for Patsy (particularly) and Malcolm were really weak
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 14:25:51 GMT -5
I finished season 2 this weekend and while it wasn't quite as good as season 1, I enjoyed it. Interesting take on Patsy's evolution to Hellcat and I hope we see her assume that identity in season 3. Hope Jessica can find some happiness as hinted at the end with the building superintendent and son. I thought Trish's video for I Want Your Cray Cray was hilarious! Also liked the episode that explained where her jacket came from as well as Alias.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2019 12:56:17 GMT -5
S3 trailer for JJ is out
The Salinger guy is apparently one of the iterations of Foolkiller, a character I know virtually nothing about.
My initial reaction is "meh", but I'm not sure whether it's the trailer itself or just generally being kind of burned out on the Netflix series (I still haven't seen most of LC2, any of IF2, DD3 or Punisher 2, so I'm waaaay behind)
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Post by Jesse on Jul 19, 2019 0:36:35 GMT -5
Late with this show but just finished season 2 it was pretty solid
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 21, 2019 14:41:03 GMT -5
While my wife was away to see her parents this weekend, I sat in front of the drawing table and binge-watched (or more accurately binge-listened to) the third season.
Wow! I don’t know if it was as good as season 1, but if not it was very close! I especially liked the concept of the villain, a clear departure from Killgrave or the gene-altering shenanigans of the two previous seasons. This new villain is so... loathsome, so pathetic, and at the same time so true to life that it’s easy to come to hate him. No redeeming virtue whatsoever in this one, not even the respect that Killgrave’s absolute evil inspired.
The stakes are much higher for Jessica in season 3, on a personal basis, but not in a way that comes across as hiding a lack of new ideas by the producers.
The ending is left open, which is suitable considering the series is apparently cancelled for good. (That’s one that can’t be saved, like Lucifer was, by getting picked up by Netflix!!!)
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Post by rberman on Sept 8, 2019 12:50:37 GMT -5
I finally finished Jessica Jones and was blown away. This may be the best superhero show I've seen. The first season achieved its goal of telling a good story while examining the ways men take advantage of women. That would have been enough. But the second and especially third season pulled off an amazing narrative about co-dependency, the varied ways that screwed up people find other screwed up people so they can feel needed and maybe incidentally do some good, or feel like they are.
I also noticed that the dialogue in the third season took a major step up in clever quotability. A little research revealed that Whedon alum Jane Espenson came on board as a producer that season. She was only credited with one script, but knowing how the process works, I am sure she had a hand in crafting the best lines all throughout the season. Patsy Walker had an amazing arc which proved once again that there are no bad characters, only bad writers.
If you're daunted by the sheer number of superhero shows on TV but feel like you have time to commit to one for now, this is the one.
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Post by UKMikey on Jan 5, 2020 15:41:24 GMT -5
It's a divisive show for me. Some people like it better than DD, others like me can't sympathise with the damaged and cynical characters. Defenders was much worse but the character was a lot less abrasive in that show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 15:46:07 GMT -5
It's a divisive show for me. Some people like it better than DD, others like me can't sympathise with the damaged and cynical characters. Defenders was much worse but the character was a lot less abrasive in that show. The nihilism of Jessica Jones made it a series I could not binge watch. There was some nihilism in other Netflix shows, but not enough to prevent me binge watching. Jones hates everyone: herself, her clients, employees, everyone she works with, acquaintances, etc. So I did feel incredibly drained after watching an episode of her show. Luke Cage and Iron Fist are slightly nihilistic. But I'd share a beer with those guys any day of the week. I couldn't share a 10-minute coffee with Jessica Jones. Sort of reminds me of the first season of 24. Entertaining and well-written, but draining. By the end of it, you feel like you need a long break from the characters. And like Jessica Jones, the nihilism of 24 did not lend itself to binge watching. |
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Post by rom on Jan 9, 2020 15:53:30 GMT -5
Finished watching JJ S03 in late December last year. Superb show! Really liked the combination of the super-hero & the detective/noir/thriller elements. S03 was possibly the best one (with S01 being a close 2nd). That being said, I found S03 somewhat complex - so I will need to watch it again soon to let the storyline "sink in". I also sometimes appreciate watching TV shows/movies more the second time around because I notice more details/etc. that I may have missed the first time around.
And, JJ was my second-favorite Marvel Netflix show, my first being Daredevil. Though Luke Cage, The Punisher & Iron Fist were were also very solid - to me JJ & DD were superior.
The Defenders was my least favorite Marvel Netflix series; I felt these heroes did better in their own shows than as a team - but that's me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 8:45:08 GMT -5
Well, the second season of Jessica Jones was a slog to get through. It did not need 13 episodes.
A nihilistic character, with no humorous person as a contrast, is going to be a slog. But all that aside, this season dragged. And, to be honest, it ended with a whimper rather than a bang. There were also some sub-plots that seemed to exist solely to pad things out.
While there were some entertaining moments, and a couple of things I did like, this has been the most underwhelming MCU series so far. Not good.
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