Board Thread:Television/@comment-24416813-20140115063611/@comment-61022-20160329192807

Might as well chime in on this.

'''HERE BE SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.'''

Daredevil Season 1: Was a good start. I think they stretched out the "getting into costume" a little too far. Also my main complaint is that that focused so much on Matt's battle with crime in Hell's Kitchen that they didn't really do much with his alter-ego and his business. There was also too much focus on his costumed identity that I felt his personal relationships as Matt Murdock -- Lawyer -- was greatly neglected.

Jessica Jones: Was a powerful story, but I think they jumped into the Purple Man plot too quickly and stretched it too thin. I get it was punctuating the abuse that Jessica went through while under his control, but it got to be a bit redundant after a while. It would have been great if they focused more on her business as well. It seemed like such a missed opportunity. BMB's original run of Alias had a better balance between Jess being a private eye and dealing with her personal life. While I liked the series, the whole Purple Man plot was something like three issues of Alias, stretching it out to 8+ episodes of the TV show seemed to be a bit much.

SPOILERS START HERE Daredevil Season 2: As others have said, the Punisher in this series is great. They gave the character conviction and tragedy that is greatly under developed in other screen adaptations of the character. I like the focus on the trial of the Punisher and I wish they spent more of the season focusing on that because it was the strong point of the series.

The Electra plot line deserves a little more credit. It's not quite as boring as some other commenters are making it out to be. Plus it's kind of Daredevil cannon. However I find that the two plot lines have the opposite effect as Jessica Jones did... There's too much happening that they could have stretched out, or done two different seasons. I think both plot lines could have benefitted from more time to cultivate the story. Because it's a half-and-half scenario it just seems rushed at times. SPOILERS END

Moving forward I hope:

(1) They find the right balance with future plots. They seem to have troubles going into two different extremes: Either not enough story and a stretched out plot, or too much plot that everything seems rushed.

(2) I hope the Punisher series that is getting some internet rumbling would be a great addition to the run. Hopefully Netflix and Marvel goes for it. I hope that the body of the material is adapted from the material Garth Ennis pumped out over the years because that has been some of the best Punisher of all time.

(3) With Luke Cage, I hope that when they go into his origins they don't delve into the sort of stereotypical garbage that marred the character for years. Although some tongue-in-cheek references would be funny (especially a scene where he considers wearing a tiara) I don't think that'll be much of a problem. Marvel seems to be moving away from the walking stereotypes of old and will probably focus on creating a strong African-American character. I'm hoping that they adapt his original origin, if you excise the cheesy 70's Blaxploitation elements out of that story and update it for the times you could have a compelling story to tell.

(4) Iron Fist... They have kept tightly lipped about this one. There have probably been a lot of hints about his series (notably in Daredevil with Madam Gau, who I suspect has some kind of connection to the Iron Fist series) I'm curious to see how they're going to portray the character. Somehow I doubt it'll involve those cute yellow slippers. It would kick some severe amount of @$$ if it is stylized like the serious kung fu films that are coming out of Asia these days. It will be interesting to see where they go with this one and what they managed to pull off. I also hope the series features the Daughters of the Dragon since they were such an integral part of the Iron Fist mythos. Maybe even Shang Chi or White Tiger.

(5) Season 2 of Jessica Jones: I hope they get into developing Patsy Walker's character some more and start exploring what (obviously) will be the appearance of Hellcat. Also I think it would be really cool if they somehow did an adaptation of the Mutant Growth Hormone storyline with Spider-Woman. I think Jessica Drew deserves an appearance in the Cinematic U.. With some tweaking of the story to get around some possible rights issues it would be a solid story.

(6) The Defenders... We'll see. It's an odd choice of characters since they are basically the New Avengers. When I think Defenders I think Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Silver Surfer, and Namor. But with the rights issues (namely Namor and Silver Surfer) and the fact that Marvel is focusing on Doc Strange and Hulk in the movies, I didn't see them making the Defenders a mish-mash of those characters or similar ones. Of course they can't just call them the New Avengers because there really isn't a ongoing plot where these characters would try to take claim to the name. Certainly the series won't take any of the bizarre angles the Defenders comics have taken over the years. I could see them adapting the Shadowland plot for this series.