Marvel's Luke Cage

The Walter Mosley paperback he's reading at the end, nice touch. Plus the nod to the Power Man bracelets from the original costume.

can't wait for this!

Hope Doom makes an appearance.

http://comicsalliance.com/files/2010/08/powermandoom02-hfh9.jpg

lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axd-SR43mKE

First big review is in:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-s-luke-cage-is-the-unapologetically-black-superh-1786315815

Has anyone seen any of the artwork from Genndy Tartakovsky's new solo Luke Cage book? It's... something.

https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2016/07/11/who-is-marvels-blaxploitation-luke-cage-comic-even-for-exactly/

I had a very similar reaction.

I'm very hopefuly about the netflix show!

just watched all the clips and i'm v all in on this now

all the cynicism about superhero shit and marvel shit in particular is to some extent v understandable but with the way this looks and the way jessica jones was, i'm fine w/ the big tentpole flicks paying the rent for more interesting/idiosyncratic shit like this

It looks, from the episode credits, like they're going to keep with their pattern of having characters cross between shows keeping continuity. Hopefully that means plenty of Misty Knight appearances from here on out.

Enjoy some opening credits

https://twitter.com/LukeCage/status/781534826541248513

And this story:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/09/luke-cage-marvel-netflix-black-superhero-cheo-hodari-coker

Odd slam here:

Luke Cage starts out slowly, but builds, over the course of the season, into a raw representation of street-level heroism, sparing us the corniness of, say, Supergirl.

I was hoping for a funkier theme song, but I'm still very excited for this

Guy playing wah-wah guitar should have figured out the second half to that lick. It just sorta peters out...

Who's scoring this is it Sean callery again

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Three episodes in and: Fuck. Yes. I'm feeling this hardcore. The scene at the end of episode two was moving and rousing, a real 'THIS is what a hero looks like' moment. Cage is about to enjoy the cultural cachet he's been denied for way too long.

And Simone Missick (Misty Knight actress) is incredibly crushworthy, omg.

Just finished ep 2, really into this.

On ep 7 out of a lack of anything better to do. The pacing issues are pretty brutal. These shows really should not be doing 13-ep seasons.

yeah i heard this suffers from the same issues that JJ and DD did being a handful of eps too long

this one also has a villain problem tbh, which is really too bad as it has the best hero out of these series

The theme song has this familiar-sounding John Barry guitar riff, did Portishead sample it?

Also: Blind Butchie!

lol this has been a v frustrating viewing experience but I will wait to say any more than that

xp: and Burrell!

What signs of when this is set are there. I didn't see anythi8ng at the beginning of the first show and the only indication of time there seemed to be when the street hustler is offering images of the big event or whatever it's called here. Which I thought was Avengers #1.
So does this follow on from when Luke has his place burnt down in Jessica Jones?

It's after JJ and very soon after Daredevil season 2. When Claire Temple arrives in the show, she talks about having seen a guy live after a shotgun blast to the head (from JJ) and a body that had been autopsy'd come to life (DD 2).

mike colter's ability to project invincibility by posture alone is incredible

"Your new VH1 show? Criminal Spinsters?"

best line ever.

this show really makes me wish that there was a great black family drama to watch on t.v.

that wasn't some empire/godfather/scarface thing.

Like Parenthood with an afro. that would be cool.

I mean, there's Queen Sugar.

i haven't seen it yet! would watch. i'll have to check and see if its on hulu.

i just watch alfre on this and i could watch her all day long as the matriarch on a complex family drama that runs for years. there are so many amazing african-american actors out there right now.

and a lot of actors doing great work on other shows. but you know what i mean.

i kinda feel like luke cage and kalinda the only reason i watched the good wife as long as i did. they should team up on a show together.

With the time setting thing, I was initially wondering why he had to establish himself enough that he was in a low pay job like pushing a broom and thought it must be closer to his origin. Butt looks like he was just totally wiped out by the destruction of his bar etc.

Surprised that he can shave with a plastic bic. Would have thought that all of him would have become impervious in the process taht made most of him that way. But he still had long hair and full beard when he came out of the tank. & they show a cheap disposable razor as what he's shaving with.
Reminds me of wolverine immediately healing everywhere. Does that extend to his hair restoring to what it would have been groomed from?

no splitting hairs on the comic book superhero threads.

tbh I noticed the Bic thing too

I haven't watched the show but it's supposed to be his skin that's unbreakable

i do like the music on this show. even the rap guy i've never heard of i liked. everything fits really well for the most part.

Yeah I'm digging the scoring on this. Much more than what the other guy did for jj

Would have thought that all of him would have become impervious in the process

would enjoy a marvel one-shot on sanitation workers trying to dispose of luke cage's impervious shits

you don't even drink coffee! I saw you this morning, you drank the orange juice!

v glad RD finally gets stuff to do in this one

I mean, pretty obvious she would be but Simone Missick has confirmed she'll be back as Misty Knight in the Defenders show

"You want a lemonade? Popular drink."
"And it still is"

cracked up, but not as thrilling as "I don't believe you. You need more people."

the bad/corny bits of this, particularly in the last couple of eps, reminded me a lot of The Meteor Man

lol

They went completely over the top with the Diamondback outfit. The Method Man cameo was just a little ridiculous until they stretched it into completely ridiculous.

Is Method Man just branching into acting and trying to do a lot of cameos or something? I just saw him in Difficult People though not sure when that actually happened since I'm still catching up with it.

Don't remember having come across him appearing i this before , think I have seen other members of the Wu in things though.

he's been acting for ages. Most notably in The Wire

what is the origin of the phrase to 'put somebody "on blast"' ?

He and Redman had their own sitcom! xxp

Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

I look forward to enjoying the actor who plays Shades when he's an old character actor some day.

The Shades/Comanche plotline was good, I'll give him that much at least.

Oh, I'm glad Comanche's going to have a plotline. Thus far in my viewing he's just a guy who is around.

I’m only halfway in and love the cheesy jokes
“I’m 6’3”, black, and bulletproof. You think if I put on a mask people won’t know who I am?”
“There are still people who think Shock G and Humpty Hump are different guys”

Finished last night. Minor quibbles:

-Maybe reel it in a little with the songs that directly reference the plot and characters, guys. I counted no fewer than three (two within the last two eps alone).
-Also maybe curb the Netflix ultraviolence already. Not entirely sure a 15-second unbroken shot of someone burning to death (let alone the two subsequent flashbacks to that particular moment) was, y'know, entirely necessary.
-Danny Rand: still kind of the worst, at least whenever words are coming out of his face. Thankfully restricted to a single episode.
-Ending the season with a scene that directly photocopies the final scene of a classic movie is maaaaybe a little too DO U SEE????

Otherwise, this was one of the more successful Netflix seasons, imo. I appreciate how things wrapped up, as it opens some interesting and unforeseen avenues (to the extent that these shows continue to loosely overlap).

I fast forwarded through so much of S1 idk if I have the patience for a second. I feel like this is one of those things that I'm glad exists and is p great for what it is, but it also happens to be a thing that doesn't really hold my attention (ie, a police procedural)

It's pretty sweet that Shades is about the only non-black face you see through most of its runtime. Again, I have to wonder how hard Marvel is kicking themselves post-Black Panther for not taking a shot on a Luke Cage film.

otoh that Shades actor is really fucking annoying, p much hated every second he was onscreen

Also of note: once again, a Marvel Netflix show brings a scene of ott brutality (Bushmaster's first kill) that probably tops those that came before. Like I don't think I've even seen shit like that in a horror movie.

Have seen, but yeah, it was on some kinda giallo, grand guignol tip. I guess I should've said it was more extreme than the average kills one would see in a relatively mainstream horror movie.

watched the first ep and it was about what I expected - some enjoyable stuff (the corny jokes, the music, a couple speeches) and then a bunch of *meh* stuff (loads of exposition, that Shades guy trying to look like a badass).

it's crazy how padded these eps feel, like there really isn't enough going on to merit stretching every episode out to an hour

kudos on them making Bushmaster twice as interesting as Diamondback was in season one, though

I like the Jamaican angle.

I tapped out of S1 when Diamondback came in, totally boring

If they removed all the intense pointless conversations between pairs of characters, they'd have a pretty good 4-episode season.

lol exactly

yup - another season of Marvel’s Two People Talking (In A Mostly Empty New York)

Netflix Marvel is just sad

Wow, this season's narrative unravels really quickly.

Yeah gets a bit clunky in places.
Cameo from Iron Fist if you stay with it that far.
But did have some bits i enjoyed.

Phew. Made it through this one. Once I saw the post about Two Characters Talking Intensely I couldn't get it out of my head, so thanks for that! Seriously they need to make these 8 episode seasons, at most. I feel like most of the Netflix Marvel shows have some good stuff in them (ok, not Iron Fist, and Punisher was too violent for me to even make it through one episode), but so much damn filler...

Is there any financial reason Netflix seem committed to these 13 episode seasons?

Their revenue comes from subscriptions so can't see how an 8 or 10 episode season would impact on things. Is it just viewer expectation?

Would have thought that a viewer expectation could always be redrawn if the prototype for the change was successful.
Is there a history of shows long enough for there to be a tradition yet.
13 weeks = 1/4 of a year but these things are simultaneously released so that doesn't hold much water.