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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 02 2018, @07:09AM (1 child)
While it has a variety of stupidness forwarding the plot, none of the characters are OUTRIGHT stupid, although like most humans they sometimes make stupid choices whether due to character flaws, hubris, or choosing what seemed like the obvious choice at the time.
The best part about it is the hero doesn't always win. Innocent people get caught in the crossfire. People redeem and fall to the darkness. It's got a little bit of everything, and while it's primarily black focused, there is actual diversity in the background characters, unlike some shows where it tends to be all black or all white casting, or ignores minority demographics that aren't white or black.
Z Nation on SyFy is another show that has done truly excellent diverse casting, both of background and speaking characters.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 02 2018, @07:13AM
And I mean who doesn't love a leprechaun supervillain?