Board Thread:Television/@comment-24416813-20140115063611/@comment-1895174-20160331005036

Assorted thoughts on that^:


 * Don't forget Madame Gao had the Steel Serpent's emblem on her drugs. That opens the door for her to appear in Iron Fist, and implies the Steel Serpent might have some connection to the Hand.
 * I don't think we'll see the Daughters of the Dragon in Iron Fist, only because I don't know if Marvel TV wants Misty Knight and Colleen Wing to meet before The Defenders. A character description from Iron Fist's casting call appears to describe Colleen Wing, so she'll almost certainly appear there. I've also heard rumors about Marvel actively casting a Shang-Chi for the series, but they're so far just rumors.
 * A simple yet easily overlooked problem with Jessica Drew in the second season of Jessica Jones - having two similar-looking women with superpowers named "Jessica." I'd love to see Jessica Drew somewhere in the MCU, but I don't think this would be the right place to get her. Maybe she'd be a better fit for Agents of SHIELD, or as a supporting character in one of the movies.
 * I think The Defenders will largely focus on the fight with the Hand. Daredevil and (presumably) Iron Fist already have their connections with them, and Jessica Jones and Luke Cage would likely be interested in an army of mystical ninja attacking New York. To differentiate them from the Avengers, the Defenders could organically (and only temporarily) form when these four heroes all converge on a shared enemy. I doubt the MCU Defenders will have all that much in common with their Earth-616 namesake; likely just using the name of a team Marvel didn't have any other plans for. Making the group an ad hoc team of heroes at least keeps with the spirit of the comics' Defenders being more of an unofficial, loosely structured group. Making the Hand the main baddies in the mini-series opens the door for Daredevil S3 and the second Defenders series taking their cues from Shadowland.