[TV] The General Marvel TV/Streaming Thread
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It's $11.99 per month for Hulu with no commercials. I like Hulu because they have current episodes of some TV shows for a limited time. I think they come out the day after broadcast and they're available for about a month (I think Episode 1 disappears around the time Episode 6 shows up for most shows). Showing current TV is probably not cheap for Hulu, hence the commercials/added subscription cost for commercial-free.
Both show ads on ocassion. House ads for their shows, but that's still an ad.
Hulu losing the CW shows means I just lost about half of what I used it for. Fortunately for them Fox and ABC aren't available on Playstation Vue, so I'll be sticking with them for my sitcom fix.
GasBandit
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I've never gotten an ad on Netflix.
I've been using the Netflix streaming service almost daily for eight years and I've never seen a single ad. Amazon Prime, much less frequently, but never saw an ad there either.
I've seen Netflix promo their own stuff twice, I think. Maybe about that on Amazon too.
You've had Netflix commericals before or during something you went to watch on Netflix?
Always before. I got a GEICO ad last night on Amazon before the tick.
Not during, but before. It was a while ago, so they might have just been trying it out.
Maybe it's because I always watch on a video game console? I would just think with how much I've used the service over the years I'd have seen it at least once.
I'm pretty sure in Netflix's case there's some a/b testing going on. I watch on a ps3.
I'm rewatching Jessica Jones. You know what would be really cool? Every Marvel Netflix series should bring some of the supporting cast to the Defenders series. Foggy and Karen, Trish and Malcolm, and whoever is in Iron Fist and Luke Cage. The first time the Daredevil and Jessica Jones casts are brought together, I'd love to see Foggy glare at Trish for a few minutes while the heroes are having another philosophical discussion on superheroism. Then Foggy suddenly pipes up, "I knew I recognized you! I watched your show when I was a kid. 'It's Patsy! It's Patsy! Really wanna be your friend, hope this day will never end...'" and then you see Trish's neck tense up because she really hates that.
I figure that Foggy is the right age to have grown up watching It's Patsy. It would be fun to see Daredevil sing that theme song himself but I don't think Matt watched much TV as a kid.
I figure that Foggy is the right age to have grown up watching It's Patsy. It would be fun to see Daredevil sing that theme song himself but I don't think Matt watched much TV as a kid.
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I really wish I could stay home today. I've been so looking forward to Luke Cage.
But even then I know I'm not going to binge it in one day. I'll have finished by next weekend, sure, but I like to let these shows breathe, couple episodes a night.
But even then I know I'm not going to binge it in one day. I'll have finished by next weekend, sure, but I like to let these shows breathe, couple episodes a night.
Haven't seen it yet. Don't care. So happy to know they did it.I just finished the fourth episode. It was a treat seeing him in his original outfit, complete with tiara and afro. This was my reaction.
--Patrick
Just about to finish that one up too. As usual I devoured another Netflix/Marvel series when I meant to make it last.
Dave
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Just finished. Some spoilery thoughts:
All in all I think I like the character of Luke Cage a lot. I like Daredevil the best (strike that - I like the Punisher the best!) but I like Luke much more than Jessica Jones. And although all three series were basically the same story, they felt different.
Only gripe I have is that in every story there are a bunch of crooked cops. Am I just that naive to think that this trope is way overused? It's one of the things I liked about Stranger Things. The cops were intelligent and careful. That was kinda rare in shows.
- It's interesting how in this one all the bad guys (besides Cottenmouth) actually wins! The councilwoman & Shades (by the way, That Thing You Do is wanting its character back) are safe and making money and all the competition is pretty much dead.
- Diamondback is not only still alive, but now he's going to have superpowers as well thanks to Dr. Frankenfuckup. It'll probably work on him, too, as they share the genetic component.
- They are setting up the Defenders excellently. Claire is shown tearing the flyer for martial arts training (besides introducing Iron Fist, she really needs this considering the circles she runs in), she is also getting Luke a "good lawyer". Which means that three of the primaries will be together. I do like the way they are coming together through Claire. Makes it seem less forced and more organic.
- Hammertech that works?!? That breaks canon!
- The music was great! Very old-time blues mixed with some hip hop.
All in all I think I like the character of Luke Cage a lot. I like Daredevil the best (strike that - I like the Punisher the best!) but I like Luke much more than Jessica Jones. And although all three series were basically the same story, they felt different.
Only gripe I have is that in every story there are a bunch of crooked cops. Am I just that naive to think that this trope is way overused? It's one of the things I liked about Stranger Things. The cops were intelligent and careful. That was kinda rare in shows.
Yeah, but those were small town cops in the 80's. Had it been set in LA or NY, crooked cops would have probably been expected.
Really intended to let this breathe, but that's not how the weekend has gone.
I'd love to play some Overwatch today, but I predict my wife's going to have us binge through the last six episodes.
I'd love to play some Overwatch today, but I predict my wife's going to have us binge through the last six episodes.
well, uh, it's 2016
Luke Cage just came out, I need to watch it.
Dave
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There's one I thought was kinda weird, but for the most part the music is amazing. And it's not usually a genre I dig, you dig?
Haven't watched the show yet, but: I think the problem is cops are just incredibly overused. I mean, it makes sense ,because they're the ones involved in crime and life-changing stories all that, but there's a lot of cop shows. And there's only so many ways to go. Incompetent cop or lazy cop - you know, fat, donut, probably doesn't really want to work. Super Cop - the main character of all those cop shows à la Mentalist or Castle or NCIS or ...- the Detective Who Solves All Crimes - it's hard to have one of these and not have them be the main character. Useless Cop - background, doesn't actually do anything, just stands around waiting for someone to point and say "arrest that guy". Crooked Cop - obviously, always useful as a story device, especially in Hero shows, as a way of explaining why our hero needs to Step Up and not just leave it to the cops.
Yes, crooked cop is overused in hero shows/dramas.... But if the cops are competent, there's usually the problem of why, exactly, we're supposed to be rooting for these usually over-violent vigilantes. Flash tries to balance it with superpowered villains, and having the main characters be cops - but even so it kinda struggles and doesn't really explain why they don't go through channels. Not every hero has super(powered) villains, though...And then it gets hard.
GasBandit
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Finished it myself last night. Overall I was pleased, but...
Oh my god did Diamondback's "super suit" looked low rent as hell. It was like the part where Cage was in the yellow/blue with bracers and tiara, only played straight and on camera a lot longer. I realize they tried to make it look like his comic outfit, but it ended up looking like a onesie with a helmet they borrowed from the set of Starship Troopers. Literal. Pajamas. I know the series is extremely low budget and probably used what they had on blowing up buildings, but man, they needed some texture on those longjohns.
Oki doki. I finished the series last night. I really loved it, certainly on par with all the others.
The Good:
I felt like this was really well acted. I really enjoyed seeing some smaller details in a lot of the characters and the way they all carried themselves. The worst performance might have been Shades just because it was a little bit over the top but it still kind of fit. I still liked how he was doing the cool, collected and methodical approach vs cottonmouth's much more animated and explosive personality. Diamondback really felt like a power hungry psycho and honestly with his smile and crazy eyes I could see that actor playing The Joker and making it work. Misty Knight was really great and even her partner who's name escapes me right now seemed to have a good chemistry and routine down. Compare this to DareDevil where Foggy Nelson is just plain bad and this is for sure the best acted Marvelflix show.
The OK:
The escalation was pretty good for the first arch but the pacing of the 2nd half was a little slow. I like that it rampped a little slower than some of the other ones but once it reaches that peak it needs to really stay that way instead of hitting that hard reset for the 2nd arch like it did. It wasn't BAD but it could have been better. Especially
THE BAD:
This part is mostly spoilery so I'll keep it hidden
Overall I'm gonna say 7.5/10 Slow at parts, but good action, good music and good acting really set it apart from the pack.
The Good:
I felt like this was really well acted. I really enjoyed seeing some smaller details in a lot of the characters and the way they all carried themselves. The worst performance might have been Shades just because it was a little bit over the top but it still kind of fit. I still liked how he was doing the cool, collected and methodical approach vs cottonmouth's much more animated and explosive personality. Diamondback really felt like a power hungry psycho and honestly with his smile and crazy eyes I could see that actor playing The Joker and making it work. Misty Knight was really great and even her partner who's name escapes me right now seemed to have a good chemistry and routine down. Compare this to DareDevil where Foggy Nelson is just plain bad and this is for sure the best acted Marvelflix show.
The OK:
The escalation was pretty good for the first arch but the pacing of the 2nd half was a little slow. I like that it rampped a little slower than some of the other ones but once it reaches that peak it needs to really stay that way instead of hitting that hard reset for the 2nd arch like it did. It wasn't BAD but it could have been better. Especially
It took like...3 episodes to resolve the Judas bullet wound? Plus they had enough time to drive to fuckin' Georgia from NYC while he was bleeding out? So when the SWAT team is threatening him with similar bullets it just did NOT feel like a threat if he's able to have them in him for what felt like a week, you know?
THE BAD:
This part is mostly spoilery so I'll keep it hidden
Diamondback felt really underdeveloped as a villain despite their best efforts. I can tell they wanted to develop him because they had him give out his back story and everything but it still feels like a big leap to have them be half brothers and best friends to Willis going to jail and SOMEHOW becoming a major crime lord who can just steal HAMMER tech for funsies? I dunno I just feel like I'd have liked to see more. Fisk got an episode for himself, Purpleman I don't think got a whole episode but shit we got to meet his parents and stuff. Cottonmouth got at least half an episode. I feel like Diamondback could have gotten an episode to himself over say that episode where Luke is wondering around with the judas bullet in him doing nothing.
Overall I'm gonna say 7.5/10 Slow at parts, but good action, good music and good acting really set it apart from the pack.
Punisher s1 has started filming! Hype!