Netflix Cancels The Punisher and Jessica Jones, Ending its Marvel Shows (cnet.com) 273
An anonymous reader shares a report: Netflix is officially no longer producing Marvel's live-action shows. The streaming service has canceled both The Punisher and Jessica Jones, according to Deadline, with the latter's third season set to debut as the last batch of Marvel live-action episodes on Netflix. "We are grateful to Marvel for five years of our fruitful partnership and thank the passionate fans who have followed these series from the beginning," a Netflix representative told Deadline. Netflix didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sad that others went as well (Score:3)
I can see dropping Jessica Jones and Punisher, I'm having trouble even finishing season two of Punisher and JJ was getting a bit repetitive.
What I was more sad to see go, was Luke Cage - that still had some interesting story left to tell. Iron fist I never even watched so I guess I can't be too sad that is gone as well.
I have to say though, that I'm enjoying Netflix's Umbrella Academy more than any new Marvel content, whose world is at this point generally over-worked.
Re:Sad that others went as well (Score:5, Funny)
> Iron fist I never even watched so I guess I can't be too sad that is gone as well.
You're not missing anything, Iron Fist was terrible. Let's cast someone with no martial arts skills in a role as the world's greatest martial artist, and while we are at it, let's make sure they are anything but a compelling actor. But hey, we got his race correct!
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I (mildly) enjoyed it (only because I wanted to find out what happens next) but yeah I have to 100% agree with your analysis.
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> Iron fist I never even watched so I guess I can't be too sad that is gone as well.
You're not missing anything, Iron Fist was terrible. Let's cast someone with no martial arts skills in a role as the world's greatest martial artist, and while we are at it, let's make sure they are anything but a compelling actor.
The problem wasn't the actor's martial arts skills or his acting ability. It was casting the wrong actor for the part.
I don't know what they thought the character was going to be, but they seemed to have built it entirely out of traits that were outside Finn's range.
But hey, we got his race correct!
There was a push for an Asian actor but I think Iron Fist was one of the few roles where you really don't want to change the actor's race, or more specifically don't want an Asian actor.
A central point of the character was supposed to be that he
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Heck, that iron fists movie RZA did was more entertaining...
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>"You're not missing anything, Iron Fist was terrible."
Well, at least I found it more interesting than Punisher season 2. I swear, I have tried for weeks to watch it. I have fallen asleep over and over during watching after the 3rd episode and can't seem to get past episode 5.
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I can see dropping Jessica Jones and Punisher,
I can't speak for Punisher, but drop in the quality of Jessica Jones between Season 1 and Season 2 was very noticeable.
Season 1 was great (with a very clear villain), while somewhere halfway or so through Season 2 I just stopped watching.
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Punisher season 2 was not good either.
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Punisher was fantastic for both seasons. Jessica Jones first season was amazing, but the second season while not BAD just wasnt the same ,largely down to the villain. Daredevil was predictably pretty good but never quite gripped me. Iron man, terrible first season, fantastic second season.
Luke cage was my man. I frigging loved everything about those two seasons and I'm sad it had to end. It really felt like there was more of that story to tell (Particularly with the semi-cliffhanger S2 ends up in with Cage
Re: Sad that others went as well (Score:2)
By iron man read iron fist. Slashdot really needs the ability to edit posts especially in the mobile era
Re: Sad that others went as well (Score:2)
Jon Bernthal was amazing. An absolute fireball of rage and violence but still able to portray a character that at heart is big hearted lonely guy who just wants to protect people , even if by means of killing everything that moves. It can't be easy to make such a contradictory character believable let alone relatable
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Knew about Disney streaming, not continuation... (Score:3)
You don't seem to be aware that Disney is launching their own streaming platform later this year and they own the Marvel franchise.
I did know that, but the shows were canceled a bit ahead of when that would have naturally occurred.
Even though these shows are being reported as "canceled", they aren't being terminated. They'll just be moved to new studios and production is going to continue.
That I did not know, where did you read that?
Personally like I said, I felt like most of them were kind of played out an
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Not an expert on Marvel but I didn't see the link between marvel's current set of characters (batman, superman...blah blah ) and these ones so maybe with time when people noticed the lack of the link between them they slowly gave up.
As other people have pointed out, you're mixing universes. However, you're still right: each show is conceptually happening along with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, meaning that minor things like Thanatos wiping out half of all life in the universe should have happened at the same time as these shows.
Except we never get to see any of the "major" Marvel characters like Iron Man or Thor, despite the fact that conceptually - at the same time these shows are happening - the events of the movies are occurring.
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Justice League + Superman are DC, Ironman is Marvel.
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DC Comics/The Justice League (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, the Atom, etc.) along with the "Legends of Tomorrow", and Constantine, and Black Lightning, would be like Coca Cola.
Marvel/The Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, War Machine, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Spiderman, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Ms. Marvel, etc.) along with the "Guardians of the Galaxy", S.H.I.E.
I had that same issue (Score:2)
Ignoring the fact you mixed up universes there a little bit (as others kindly pointed out), I agree with your basic point.
You have all these Marvel movies, where none of the people from the TV shows do anything in them - or vice versa. I mean Jessica Jones or Luke Cage is way more useful than some of the characters that appear in the Marvel movies all the time, stock up the Jack Daniels in the Avengers tower and bring her in!
Same deal the other way, with all of New York about to be sucked into a hole you'd
Does this has anything to do with Disney? (Score:5, Insightful)
I mean:
+ Disney owns Marvel Studios.
+ Disney will become a competitor of Netflix launching their own streaming service (Disney+).
+ Disney is retiring a significant chunck of their catalogue from Netflix in preparation for said streaming service.
+ Diseny (due to their Fox Studios Acquisition) owns the majority (60%) of Hulu, another Netflix competitor.
I guess this may have something to do with said cancelations...
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Exactly correct! Not sure why Netflix is getting beat up on social media for the cancellations. Be mad at Disney.
In addition Netflix's deal with Disney for other Disney content is set to expire later this year. Disney won't even negotiate a new deal, they want all their content for their services (Hulu and Disney+).
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Oh, it's absolutely because of Disney. Or rather, Disney plays a huge role in what's going on.
The original four shows were originally only under contract for one season each, with the fifth season to be The Defenders. When Daredevil's first season ended up being a huge hit and huge exclusive at a time for Netflix when it was trying to establish its brand through its exclusives, they realized they'd do well to renew it for a second season. Frankly, I was surprised that they even did that, since by then it wa
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According to multiple sources Disney+ cannot do anything with those characters until years from now.
Also Disney does not get ownership of the current shows they stay with netflix.
Also Disnet+ has said it is not going for the age group these show go for. These characters will not be on Disney+. From what was said it might go to hulu or some other service.
Netflix has hinted at the reasons why they are doing it. 1) The cost they pay to Disney are too high; ne
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I wonder how much this will hurt Disney.
Everyone knows the Marvel heros now... 10 years from now, will they seem obsolete or "old fashioned" to people who don't have the Disney service?
With Marvel on Netflix, and spread around amongst many services, it is keeping the characters "well-known". Lock it away, and how much does that hurt the Marvel brand?
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Yes it has exactly to do with Disney's ownership of Marvel. Netflix recognizes that with Disney going to attempt the streaming market that they will probably take control of the IP or refuse to renew the license at some point as they own it. You can't succeed with someone else's IP because they control the destination. Unfortunately, as I liked all the shows, Netflix could only choose to cancel.
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At least they didn't pull the trick on them that ABC (?) did to Flash. I couldn't stand how they had every...single...male bawling their eyes out for about a third of every episode. I mean, I could have understood it in one or two shows. Some issues are truly emotional. But, he spent more time crying than he did running.
I will be glad (Score:5, Interesting)
when, just like the zombie craze, all of this super-hero stuff has played out.
We need more space opera and less supernatural ghosty stuff...
Re:I will be glad (Score:4, Interesting)
It's safe and familiar, and you know what you're going to get because it's the same every time.
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In the case of Marvel they have managed to produce a string of generally pretty good action movies. Each is enjoyable on its own and the first and most recent Avengers movies in particular have been some of the best of the year.
Meanwhile many other franchises are failing to offer much competition. Harry Potter is still going, DC is mostly failing with only the odd decent movie (Wonder Woman), and many others are DoA like Mortal Engines or the Mummy reboot. Oh, and Star Wars... I guess they thought that if M
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Problem is the general public have more disposable income and are perfectly happy with lowest common denominator content. It's the same reason we lost the Discovery, History, and Sci-Fi channels. LCD content is safe, easy, and cheap to produce.
Sadly there isn't much hope for the future. Perhaps when AI gets advanced enough to generate custom movies on the fly, things will be interesting again.
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The Netflix shows were not very super-hero-esq though. The idea behind those characters is that they are mostly just ordinary people with maybe one of the less outlandish super powers, dealing with street level crime.
They also had some of the best villains on TV, far better than the movie ones. Fisk (Kingpin) and Kilgrave both stand out, from season 1 of Daredevil and Jessica Jones respectively.
There were some great fight scenes too, especially in Daredevil.
Netflix (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Netflix (Score:5, Insightful)
This seems to be how ALL serial dramatic content is written, nowadays. Certainly the CW’s DC shows quickly degenerated into nothing but angsty relationship melodramas... but it’s everywhere else as well. My wife likes hospital dramas and cop shows - I’ve tried to watch them with her, but 90% of those story lines are, again, about broken serial relationships and people who can’t manage to stay happy.
It’s almost like every modern television writer grew up on a steady diet of PD James murder mysteries. I remember when PBS’s “Mystery” would serialize those. All of the main characters would be so obnoxiously annoying, and the interpersonal relationships so consistently dysfunctional, that the question in my mind wouldn’t be why the particular victim was killed - I’d wonder why no one had taken out all the other characters as well.
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I gave up on Legends of Tomorrow pretty quickly - maybe I should take another look.
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Hmm, I started with all four of those shows. Still watching The Flash, Arrow I kind lost interest two seasons ago, Supergirl almost immediately and LoT after a couple of episodes too.
Maybe it's worth trying LoT again. What makes it great? And can I skip the first season to get to the good stuff?
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"I’ve tried to watch them with her, but 90% of those story lines are, again, about broken serial relationships and people who can’t manage to stay happy"
Yeah. Action soaps. Meh.
To be fair DC's always done that (Score:2)
For Marvel you've got a point. Besides the various Jean Grey/Scott Summers love triangles it's rare to see them devote more than a half page to romance before Hulk starts smashin' and Thing starts clobberin'.
Maybe it has finally run its course. (Score:2)
First it was zombies, then came the comic book super-heroes. I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
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First it was zombies, then came the comic book super-heroes. I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
Those aren't as profitable. Franchises guarantee you'll get the same people coming back for each new rehashing of the same story. Guarenteed cash flow; whereas, unqiue films are hit-or-miss in how audiences will respond.
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First it was zombies, then came the comic book super-heroes. I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. When was the last time Hollywood had a movie with stories and/or quality acting?
Comic book based movies have the advantage in that there is often a decent background story (a story that became popular without relying on big name actors or special effects). Of course that does not mean that the story is actually used when the movie is made.
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I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. When was the last time Hollywood had a movie with stories and/or quality acting?
My wife and I go out to see a movie regularly, and we've never seen a superhero movie. I've tried a few comic book movies on Netflix, and the only one I managed to sit all the way through was Wonder Woman (probably just because Gal Gadot). I find that my ability to suspend disbelief is no match for the sheer idiocy of most of those films. There are a lot of excellent films being produced that feature stories and quality acting. Green Book, A Simple Favor, Throroughbreds, Game Night, Molly's Game, Darkest H
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I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
Back to?
Do you mean Tracy/Hepburn movies?
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I agree, though I think vampires were there before the zombies.
As to story, I'm afraid this boat has sailed. Rejoice though, you'll get more and bigger explosions and plenty of incomprehensible actions scenes with frantic editing and unruly camera movements.
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You just described "Charlie's Angels".
What is old is new again.
GOOD! (Score:5, Interesting)
Opposite take for me (Score:3)
After what they did to Black Mirror
I personally liked the Black Mirror interactive episode better than every single other Black Mirror episode combined.
Their entire Defenders Franchise was a flaming pile of shit. I look forward to a proper reboot on Disney's Streaming service in 2021.
I don't agree with that, and I don't think a lot of other people do as well. In particular, the first seasons of Jessica Jones, and Daredevil were great. I also liked Luke Cage fairly well.
Or maybe you specifically meant just
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Well, there's always one, right? Every well received show always has some people who hated it.
As for Black Mirror, welcome to the world of British TV. You are lucky if you get six episodes a year.
Might be more accurate to say Disney than Marvel (Score:5, Insightful)
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No it wouldn't. Marvel may be owned by Disney but this content does not exist elsewhere. It was made by Netflix. They only paid to use a story which had never seen a screen adaptation before.
Meh. (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm actually very "meh" about this. On the one hand, I enjoyed the first season of (most) of the Netflix Marvel shows (guess the exception), but on the other hand, while they kept on making it seem like something cool could be just around the corner, they never quite managed to deliver. The Iron Fist was the worst at this. Its final season ended with a setup that seemed like it could potentially be cool, but given that it was the Iron Fist, I kind of don't care that we'll never get to see if they would have managed to capitalize on it.
Beyond that, all the shows were getting kind of stale. Luke Cage's second season seemed to be a large bit of padding to set up for a third season that may have been interesting, one we didn't get to see. Jessica Jones's second season set up for maybe having an interesting new character while otherwise being pretty dull - dull enough that I managed to forget a large bit of the plot involving a fairly major character! Jessica Jones is getting a third season (the one they just finished before being canceled), so maybe the third season will manage to capitalize on the hooks the second one set up, but - well - I'm not counting on it.
Ultimately I think they all fell to something I remember reading about, how super hero origin stories are easier to write than stories where they've already been established. Origin stories are inherently the Hero's Journey, something that's very well defined and understood. The first seasons were all origin stories, and then once they were defined characters - the show writers didn't know how to continue. This meant that pretty much every "next season" of these shows ended up effectively being the origin stories of other characters beyond the "main characters." Which almost worked.
So I'm left with a mixed feeling that while the shows may have been able to move the characters in interesting directions and show us neat new things, it was probably time to cancel them. Leaving me feeling basically unable to care either way. Had they continued, that might have been interesting. Or not. So it doesn't really matter that they won't.
And, yes, I know this is a lot of text to say "I don't care" but it's this weird thing where I wish I could be invested in the characters because the shows seemed promising at first, but ultimately, I'm just ... not.
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The origin story thing is what ruined the Spiderman movies, and also some of the old 90s Batman movies.
The best thing Marvel did with the new, actually quite good Spiderman movies was to have Uncle Ben pre-murdered and Spiderman already a street-level crime fighter.
Screw the fans (Score:5, Informative)
Love them or hate them this isn't about ratings. This is about Disney rolling out their own streaming service.
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Netflix still hold the rights to those characters for years after the last show is producted. Marvel/Disney cannot do anything with them until the mid 2020s.
netflix has come out and said the reason they are doing it is the cost and that the shows are not bringing in any new customers for any length. They got a spike of new customers for them then it stopped.
The only streaming service that had any d
you know what's cheaper? (Score:5, Funny)
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Or better yet, take a look at all of the DC ripoffs that worked, and rip them off.
To move to di$eny online (soon to forced bundles) (Score:2)
To move to di$eny online (soon to forced into internet bundles) along with E$PN on line
Punisher season 2 was not great (Score:3)
I can hardly believe I watched it until the end.
Clever business model (Score:3)
1) Get rid of all the shows people would actually watch and replace them with cheaply made true-crime documentaries and bad stand up comedy specials.
2) Assume people are too lazy to cancel their monthly subscriptions.
3)...
Seriously, Netflix has gotten rid of their once-impressive back catalog of classic movies, bought a bunch of cookie-cutter European copies of American cop-shows, and has been sucking increasing ass.
But I'm part of the problem I guess. I'm too lazy to cancel my monthly subscription and even though I keep telling myself it's time to cut them loose, I keep thinking they've got to improve sometime but they never do.
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Yeah, OK. I've seen some good Japanese stuff on Netflix, and Unfortunately Events wasn't bad, but that only covers one month of that subscription.
Storage isn't an issue, so why not have some pre-Code 1930s films and pre-1990 foreign films and maybe some early animation. Avant Garde films of the 20th century, like that. The royalties would be miniscule and there is definitely an audience. Meanwhile, I've had to add back in the DVD option for Netflix and pay extra so I can see some of the old and less main
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Storage isn't an issue, so why not have some pre-Code 1930s films
Yeah they could definitely do that.
When the 'modern' TV era arrived, I spent a lot of time binging on various series, but after a while I got over it. They didn't attract me the way they used to, it suddenly became a game of critiquing the writers, figuring out what they were trying to do, instead of enjoying and being swept away by a story. So now I don't watch TV or Netflix or Hulu much. A lot of the content I can just see where it's going, getting a story dribbled out one plot element per episode, eve
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All good points, and that Wild, Wild Country is really something else. I've seen a bit in my long life and yet I still spent a good part of that series with my jaw dropped and mouth agape.
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>"But I'm part of the problem I guess. I'm too lazy to cancel my monthly subscription and even though I keep telling myself it's time to cut them loose, I keep thinking they've got to improve sometime but they never do."
I think I fit into that, too. I kinda plan to wait for them to raise the price (which is coming soon), and THEN immediately cancel.
Of course, I will continue "DVD", since from that I continue to get actual get movies...
New Netfux series (Score:3)
Damn (Score:2)
I was actually interested in what they were going to do with Typhoid Mary.
I tried to watch these and could only stick with 2 (Score:2)
Daredevil and Punisher. All the rest I found terribly boring after 3 episodes, and gave up. Maybe got through 5 of Jessica Jones.
While the super hero thing is starting to get played out a bit, I think what helped those two shows for me was that it wasn't about super powers. Neither guy had them. It was more about the story. And while parts of both irritated me a little bit and there were some low points, in my opinion they were still great and I recommend them to people.
I am OK with them being cancelle
Sad news (Score:3)
These shows were kind of shit anyway (Score:2)
Re:And nothing of value was lost. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:And nothing of value was lost. (Score:4, Interesting)
There have been a few decent ones recently. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by the Cohen bros. was pretty good, and there have been some recent Quentin Tarantino western-esque movies lately that were arguably decent.
And then there were some westerns in disguise, like Star Trek TOS and that whole Star Wars Ep. IV thing. They never really went away, they just morphed into one branch of Sci-Fi.
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I recently started reading a book on the history of the Comanches and I think a show centering around them and the U.S. expansion into their territory would be amaz
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It was disjointed because there were several unrelated short stories, perhaps?
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Describing Firefly as a fucking western is what killed it, as far as marketing goes.
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Westerns popular during the 1950's while had some fad revivals. I feel more or less not relatable to most people. Back in the 1950's it covered a simpler time 100 years ago. 100 years from 2019 is 1919 (World War I has ended, Automobiles, Radio, Electric Lights) in Short we have a new world that is relatable to. I can probably see Gangster movies being popular instead of Westerns. This can open the door to some interesting stories. Because a lot of the 1920's there was a lot of interesting Gray areas Amer
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The plot lines for westerns is formulaic and still around. Star Wars is a good example.
There are good guys and bad guys, mystery, romance, and conflict.
Rinse, repeat.
The trend these days is to forego creativity and reboot old products and inject them with steroids.
Still, even with CGI, the plot remains the same.
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Star Wars at least mixed it up a bit: the literal black hats and literal white hats were both bad guys.
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It was classic WWII. Storm troopers anyone?
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I agree about super heroes.
Marvel reinvented origins and introduced, say, Supergirl who actually, according to the story line, preceded Superman and stuff.
The crossovers and mixes are terrible. And the goddam stable of superheroes and villains is ridiculous.
The effect is similar to what happened to 3D: If the story line sucks, no amount of makeup is going to save the offering.
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I wish they pick up some of the Sanderson's books. Either from Mistborn or Reconers series.
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The first Jessica Jones season seemed pretty original to me, and wasn't like Jessica Jones in the comics either. Of course, probably those superfans who've read every Marvel comic ever will claim it's just a rehash of a story already done (Simpson's did it!).
Re:And nothing of value was lost. (Score:5, Interesting)
Stop paying to license terrible IP and write something. CGI and bad-dialogue an original plot, rehashing Marvel shit over and over is OVER!
You're obviously a troll, but there's something to be learned here. There was great value with the Netfix Marvel shows for people who aren't comic book devotees.
For us, those shows have been fresh, (mostly) well-done, and most importantly entertaining. They're not the over-the-top comic book material like the movies. They're just accessible, interesting shows about extraordinary people.
I for one would have gladly watched another season or two of "that show with the blind lawyer struggling to reconcile his sense of duty and his sense of morality", or even another season of "that rich guy who was raised by monks and had to learn how to interact with Western adult culture while being a martial arts deity's avatar".
But no. The Mouse needs to be fed.
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"that rich guy who was raised by monks and had to learn how to interact with Western adult culture while being a martial arts deity's avatar".
Which one is that?
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No, but they have an inquisition staring them down, looking for any sign of face crime. Should any of them so much as flinch, they'll be crucified as "racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, [insert new favourite insult of the intersectional fanatics here]".
That movie was average at best. But it had blacks as main cast, and the same inquisition has been desperately trying to crucify Hollywood crowd for "insufficient representation of blacks at awards". Remember "Oscars so white" in spite of the fact that b
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Still not calling you back after fucking you in the ass for that idiotic anti-science spiel a few months ago. No matter how hard you stalk me on slashdot.
Re:And nothing of value was lost. (Score:5, Insightful)
CGI
If you're gonna troll, at least know the material you're working with, since you're clearly outing yourself with a comment about CGI (and your other complaints are similarly off-base). Unlike the Marvel films, the Netflix/Marvel shows are remarkably light-handed in their use of CGI. About the most notable instance of it between Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and Punisher is that Iron Fist's fist glows occasionally.
That's really about it. No super metal suits. No big green monsters. No gods of thunder. No wizards. No flying aircraft carriers. No aliens. Just five people, some with modest powers, none who want to be called "hero", all with serious personal issues that get explored, each entirely different in tone and style from the other, but every one of them engaged in street-level vigilantism set in a universe where the civilization-ending events of the movies are off-handedly mentioned about once a season so that you know those events are part of the fabric of the world in which these people live and operate.
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Your comment mirror's my thoughts on the matter. The shows themselves weren't that bad. They were entertaining, but not always trying to set the bar to some world ending adventure. They were closer to home, far more local, and a bit more personal. You managed to get to know the character and develop a sort of understanding with them instead of the rushed CGI drivel you get with a big screen adaptation.
I cancelled Netflix some time ago though, back when they started raising their prices. I think I am go
Re: And nothing of value was lost. (Score:2)
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Build this:
I put a list of items I want to buy into my phone.
- Back scratcher
- Glass wipes
- Magnifying glass
- Earplugs
- Camera batteries
Then, when GPS detects I'm 25 yards from a store that has one of those, flag me. I can snooze or make the purchase.
Another:
I want a small tile that does nothing but read temperature (do me a water detector as well) that I can stick anywhere and set alarms on my phone and stuff. I'll put one near the stove and I want a perimeter alarm to go off if the ambient temp is above 1
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I think this is why Defenders never really hit the mark as well as the individual character shows did. You didn't really get to spend the time with the individual characters, and while it did have a few great things (The interactions between Rand and Cage where a great callback to the Heroes for Hire comics) it lacked the real local feel of the others. It was an epic world-ender scenario with a magical foe and the stuff that makes the movies fun, but the movies are fun because its the massive overkill cine
Re:And nothing of value was lost. (Score:4, Insightful)
If the best you've got is tired ad hominem, you're clearly not working with much. Slashdot deserves better trolls. Step up your game if you're going to keep trying to swim with the adults.
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"ad hominem" comes to us from the Greeks (ca. Moby Dick was a minnow) and is a concatenated corruption of the phrase, "advertisement for pre-humans."
We have found those in billboard form in some caves and stuff.
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In the olden days, we had monstrous goat trolls that could even attack us with ASCII... pictographs. And hot grits.
Darn whippersnappers think mild homophobia is edgy, or something. Stay away from history books, kids, it will scar your innocent eyes.
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The problem I have seen with Netflix Marvel is the fact it was 1990's dark comic book movie format. Much like how DC makes it movies.
The formula for continuing story, arch and light harted filler seems to be off for me. While die hard fans and critics hate filler, the normal people actually like to see this from time to time, it helps us understand and relate better with the characters without the doom and gloom of a constant threat.
The DC Animated TV Universe seemed to do a good job at this. While a dark
That is what Umbrella Academy proves out (Score:2)
Stop paying to license terrible IP and write something. CGI and bad-dialogue an original plot, rehashing Marvel shit over and over is OVER!
I kind of agree with this, I think your point is proved out by Umbrella Academy (on Netflix). Yes its super-hero stuff but way more interesting than any of the Marvel stuff since the story is actually fresh (to me anyway, having never read the original comic it is based on).
It really shows there are countless stories out there that are really interesting and probably mo
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The /. armchair art critics must be falling over themselves in a rush to comment on how happy they that these shows were cancelled because one of the following: a) Netflix originals suck b) they're tired of Marvel/superhero stories c) too mainstream and action oriented; not about an autistic kid sitting in a Eastern European shack doing math on a menstrual-blood soaked bathroom floor.
Honestly, I do think the Marvel shows have been rather crap on Netflix, so not bothered that they're being cancelled personally. However, I wouldn't say I'm "Happy" about it- because it doesn't really impact me. I'm already not watching them after having bailed after a few episodes of each, it's not going to make me watch them less now they're gone.
The only goodside of it will be if the money gets redirected for something I enjoy more.
Not liking the marvel shows does not equate to not liking action btw...
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