This is certainly a very different series and very polarizing. Someone expecting "more Daredevil" type stuff or who really is into the more traditional vigilante type of show is likely at a disadvantage.
Someone who likes noir or psychological dramas or who is eager for a new take on the "get powers, become a hero" trope is more likely to like this series.
I know you're just stating your opinion and it's valid of course - and others have a similar take. But for me, I liked the way this show was very different from other shows in the genre. I watch nearly everything even loosely "comic book" and I'm getting a bit tired of the formula where someone gets powers, practices on a roof top, sews a costume and then fights crime like a boy scout.
Seeing Jessica first reject/hide her powers and then later on come to fear her own powers was a great new take. And honestly, as much as people day dream of getting bit by a radioactive spider and saving the world, if a teenage kid woke up to find their family dead and that they now have powers they can't explain, I think they would freak out much like Jessica did. Then add to that someone later in life abusing that person and their powers to the point of having them kill an innocent person - wow man.
Anyway, to each their own.
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dmcreif
8 years ago
The way I see it, I think some of those put off by Jessica Jones aren't put off by her being a woman, but the genre of the show. The Netflix protagonists are more like antiheroes in traditional detective-film noir works (Luke Cage is the MCU version of The Wire, Jessica Jones is a psychological thriller with horror elements, and Daredevil is a crime drama). And these antiheroes are flawed, not pure-hearted and godlike. And superpowers are more of a liability than a benefit. Matt Murdock gets beaten up to the point of needing medical treatment pretty regularly. Will Simpson's "Reds" make him stronger but also cause him to go insane. Luke Cage has durable skin, but it's a pain in the ass to treat him when something injures him like a shotgun at point-blank range or a Judas bullet. Mind control turns Kilgrave into a 21st century version of Gyp Rosetti. On and on.
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dmcreif
8 years ago
Then add to that someone later in life abusing that person and their powers to the point of having them kill an innocent person - wow man.
Well, "innocent". In light of learning Reva's complicity in the Seagate experiments and the cover-ups, I'd say "perceived innocent."
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haxemon
8 years ago
Fair enough. Though I think the impact on Jessica is the same. Unless Jessica at some point discovers Reva's involvement (which is entirely possible). At that point it may help a bit in her dealing with it.
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dmcreif
8 years ago
Fair enough. Though I think the impact on Jessica is the same. Unless Jessica at some point discovers Reva's involvement (which is entirely possible). At that point it may help a bit in her dealing with it.
The Defenders speculation.....
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haxemon
8 years ago
Yup.
If IGH is mentioned in any way at all during Iron Fist then that should seal it. I sure hope it's not "the source" of his (or Daredevil's) powers though.
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