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Siskoid
Season 1: The Defenders teams up the various Netflix Marvel heroes - Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and (groan) Iron Fist - in a sort of non-team, in deference to the original comic by that name, though they really oughta be called the Heroes for Hire. Stylistically, each hero's is color-coded (red, purple, gold, green, the villains in white) and follows the style of its home show, with shared spaces showing elements of each. An interesting idea, but you may have gathered from my other reviews that I wasn't that keen on the Hand and all that Frank Miller ninja malarkey, and well, a couple of the shows have been building to it, so yeah, it's all about the Hand. Again. Which means Iron Fist has a big role, and even the other heroes have difficulty not rolling their eyes at how whiny, volatile and useless he is. That it's only 8 episodes is a mercy. That it advances several of the stories significantly (Daredevil's and Luke Cage's in particular) makes it necessary watching for fans of those shows. Jessica, however, is left out to dry, just there to make snarky remarks or play her alcoholism as if it were a comedy shtick. 6 years 7 months ago