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The hits just keep coming for the various Defenders series. Per Deadline Hollywood, Netflix announced this evening that it has canceled Daredevil, just weeks after the show concluded its critically acclaimed third season. This news shouldn't be too surprising, but this one is a particularly tough blow for fans.
Clearly Netflix is cleaning house, since this follows surprise cancellations in October of Iron Fist and Luke Cage. That just leaves Jessica Jones and The Punisher on Netflex's[sic] roster of Defenders. Both have new seasons in the pipeline that are currently slated to air on Netflix as planned, according to Deadline's sources. But they will, in all likelihood, be on the chopping block eventually as well.
Marvel/Disney may be planning to revive the Defender series on its upcoming streaming service.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday November 30 2018, @08:55PM (3 children)
I agree with you, mostly. Iron Fist was a disaster because that kid doesn't represent, in any way, shape, or form, with is behavior, a kung fu master. In one scene he is meditating to restore his chi, and in another he acts like the biggest fucking child. I can't reconcile the two, and he is wholly unbelievable as a person who mastered Shaolin-like skills. I can believe he is a young punk with decent martial arts skills, but not a master. Not somebody that has achieved higher levels as is implied by his powers.
Dare Devil, I take a little issue with. I think his falling down in the last season was hard to watch, but he did lose a lot. It made sense to me that he became lost. Yeah, it was a drama season that departed from the action of the first ones. I would still like to see the next one, and it could be just as good as the first two seasons.
Luke Cage, I'm not sure where you are coming from. Either way, it wasn't all that great, although I think the actor did just fine as far as character development goes. He's not a dimwit exactly either.
Noticeably absent from this conversation is The Punisher. I thought it was nothing short of excellent myself. Hope that stays around, although I don't know how much darker it could get, or if that guy could continue to survive the punishment.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Friday November 30 2018, @09:22PM
I haven't watched that one yet, so had nothing to say either way. :)
That seems like a valid way to look at it, if you see that kind of behavior as a reasonable construction of drama, rather than weak character, as I see it; but just as a practical matter, that's going against the expectations of the viewers of the previous seasons. The people who loved it in season one and two aren't sure to overlap well with those who would love season three. And my guess is, they didn't.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Friday November 30 2018, @09:26PM
Oh yes, that too. :)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by rleigh on Friday November 30 2018, @09:30PM
I put Iron Fist's failure down to the writers. The writing was terrible. It started with an interesting premise, but it quickly fizzled out. It's also bit tragic when a minor character (the kung fu girl, whatever her name was), is vastly more interesting than the protagonist! Not only was the writing for her much better, she was a better actress and better at martial arts! Sad. It's like the writers set this up to fail from the start.