I hated diamondback so much, lived cottonmouth though. His voice was awesome! I don't know how to spoiler or is go into more detail. So far it's my least favorite, along with DD season 1. I loved season 2 and I loved JJ. I liked Luke cage in that so maybe he is just better as a supporting character for me? I dunno! But damn I want me some more cottonmouth
Fairly boring show, enjoyed the music though even though its not usually my thing. Never felt like anyone that Luke cared about after would be harmed, or that Luke himself would be in any real life-threatening danger. Diamondback had him stone cold dead and instead shoots him in the shoulder at pretty much point blank range...And is also conveniently saved by falling into the garbage truck...that plot armor.
It was OK. After DD2, JJ1 and the reviews that praised Luke Cage so highly, I was very disappointed during the early episodes. After adjusting my expectations downward, I was able to enjoy it. I'm sorry, Mike Colter doesn't emote enough passion to be the lead actor in a series. The Netflix/Marvel team up made the most of him. Alfre Woodard outshined him so badly it was awkward. Simone Cook and Rosario Dawson did also. Spoiler Diamondback was a complete joke. However, if they decide to give it a 2nd season, I expect a big improvement like with DD.
I'm halfway through episode 9 and about to quit unless someone can convince me otherwise that it gets better. I understand that it's a comic book show, but the show dropped off tremendously and is super cheesy at this point.
Well . . . we know why Spoiler You killed off the most interesting character, CottonMouth Rocket River
I was joking about this that the only face he could emote was the "baby, why you hurt my fine ass" look you saw in Jessica Jones but also applied to that detective, Diamondback, his dead wife ,Pops etc...
Your thought has merit, but the main reason was Spoiler adding Diamondback. He was an uncredible, cartoonish disaster that killed the show.
this show was terrible. the problem was with the main character the villains and the writing. Luke cage, is a super strong, bullet proof and apparently irresistable to women is a cranky, dull ass character who only wants to mop the floor and clean dishes. Dude has no motivation, personality or interest of any kind. The problems with the show really starts when cage starts fighting. First of all, Cottonmouth and his crew are the single weakest villains of any series I can recall. Dude has like 1 or 2 body guards with him. His power amounts to a single night club, some drug running operations and an extortion racket so obvious mr bean could've shut down. Why the hell would they need a super hero to take him down, the detectives on the Wire or NYPD or Law and Order or hell, Nancy drew or the Scooby doo kids would've shut him down in a week. Lets not even get started on the politician lady and her small time racket or the lady detective who despite her "abilities" is somehow a terrible detective. Or the terrible action scenes and OMG shades or dominguiz... two of the most useless/cringeworthy characters and performances ever. On the other hand the music was good and rosario dawson is always easy on the eyes. I finished watching the series, but pretty much skipped all the dialog after episode 7.
Yeah did not love the show. Mainly I'm just upset how Claire hooked up with Matt Murdoch and (almost) Luke Cage, but never even made out with Jessica Jones. Come on, Marvel. Get your act together.
Felt that Claire was heavily shoe-horned into the show. Her destiny is to be a hero-whisperer? The F? Her entrance into the show was just as bad as Diamondback's.
I watched the 1st episode. Liked it, but did I miss the origin of his powers? The look and feel were great. Liked the colors and general cinematography and camera work. Think it is watchable. The Cottonmouth guy seemed like a decent character, but they should have showed him beating the shiot out the kid. Got confused on if Dante is alive or dead, but wasn't watching as closely as I should have been as it was background for me. The barbershop didn't really seem to fit in to the overall production, but it's clear the barber guys knows what he is capable of.
I really enjoyed it. The last episode wasn't quite as strong as the rest of the season, but these shows seem to have trouble wrapping up after the seasons have been so excellent. Plus they're all leading into Defenders so they can't leave the characters in too tentative of a place. Bring on Iron Fist and Defenders! Speaking of that Defenders started filming a couple days ago...
Sweet Christmas...I think you are all being very tough on the show. I loved it. I think there was a creative vision that was very stylized and I think it was very loyal to the source material (the comic) much as I felt Daredevil was. I did watch this before DD and JJ, though, and DD is in a whole class of its own as a show. I actually think JJ is the weakest of the three.
