Lazy Sunday today and rewatching bits of The Defenders on Youtube, I really hope Feige has some near future plans with these characters because there's so much massive untapped potential here. Daredevil was fantastic all the way through but seeing these four team up against the Hand should have been EPIC. I wasn't as tepid on the Defenders season as a lot were, I enjoyed it for what it was, but definitely some big missed opportunities. And this fight should have been so much better:
The Defenders was trash. I'm not gonna mince words. It was bad.
From it's terrible pacing (I know some try to claim "It was a slow burn." No...Just no. There's a pretty discernable difference between a slow burn and a slow piece of media. Defenders was clearly just slow), the character interactions being lackluster, to just about all the characters being annoying; it was a bad go at things.
I very much agree that The Hand vs The Defenders final fight should've been a lot better. I say this as someone who loves Wu Tang and has Enter the 36 Chambers as one of his favorite albums ever, the song was really out of place. The Hand went from these bad ass creepy ninjas in Daredevil season 2, to just being a bunch of bland normal looking people in Iron Fist and Defenders. And then the heroes themselves...idk it's just not cool to see a team up when 3/4 of the group isn't in costume. Jessica Jones looks like she's just gonna go for a stroll down the street.
It's been said before, but it seem like they were ashamed to be a SH show. From the constant jabs at costumes, to no featuring costumes, to not even having the one character who had a costume (Daredevil) appear in costume for most of the marketing was an odd move.
They should've a) gave them a bigger budget (how does Daredevil a show for 1 hero look better than a show for 4 heroes), b) gave them costumes c) had the characters be more likable, d) hire the same stunt/fight people as in Daredevil
...and then imo get better actors for Luke Cage and Iron Fist
As far as future plans? I see Daredevil coming sooner rather than later. There's even the rumors that he'll appear in Spidey 3. I'm not sure about that, but I see him arriving in the MCU proper soon.
Iron Fist we'll never see again I'm pretty convinced. Or at least not for a long long time. Especially with them promoting Shang Chi, another martial arts heavy hero and then the whole casting "controversy" I can see them just leaving him alone. Especially when his rep is so in the toilet thanks to the Netflix verse.
Luke Cage I can see him having a Disney+ show pretty soon. But not in the immediate future.
Idk about Jessica Jones. While the MCU is pushing women forward a lot, I can see them sitting on Jessica Jones because I think to do the character right you have to go to a dark place. And I don't mean "dark for the MCU" I mean FX/HBO levels of dark. And I can't see them doing that.
Although not a Defender, I can't see the Punisher coming soon either. Similar to JJ, the character is just too dark for the MCU. And on the other hand, similar to Iron Fist, the character has enough controversy around him that I can see Disney just being cool on continuing with him in live action. It's not like he has HUGE earning potential anyway I don't think.
