[Dr Kain]

Episodes 3-5 were really really good, especially the last two. I'm still not a Luke Cage fan by any means, but I'm really enjoying how this show is put together as after the second episode the pacing seems to have evened out. The lighting is still top notch and despite some of the rap music, the music is extremely well executed. Can't wait to get another 3 episodes watched tomorrow.

[KRX]

I just finished Luke Cage.

I think it's my favorite Marvel show so far.

[Kiryu]

Season 2 of Luke Cage needs to happen NOW

[Dr Kain]

So this show just keeps getting better and better. We watched episodes 6-9 tonight and this show has exceeded the first season of DareDevil, making it my second favorite of the series right now. The stuff that went down these last few episodes was pretty badass. My only nitpick is I want to see some regular costume super villains for a change, which all of these shows have been lacking. Nevertheless, we're most likely just going to finish it tomorrow because I don't want to wait any longer to see how it ends.


I read through X-Cutioner's Song today and overall, it was a decent story. It wasn't as amazing as I remembered, but it wasn't as bad as I was fearing. The worst part of the series was Jae Lee's X-Factor artwork because my god, none of that even matched the art throughout the rest of the story. Did he even look at what Bishiop and Cable wear? Or did he just go off and make up his own looks for them? There were a few panels of his I did like, especially when Cyclops and Jean were on the moon, but for the most part, he was unfit to do the art for this crossover if he wasn't going to make it match up with the other three series.

Stryfe remained pretty bad ass and this was the storyline that made him be one of my favorite villains when growing up. It was pretty cool finally understanding his whole plight and why he wanted revenge. Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be very much in the way of a story here though. It was just one action scene after another and having the different teams battle each other came out very forced. There was really no reason for this thing to be 12 issues long (well 13 with the epilogue) as it could have been half of that.

Overall, it was nice to reread this thing after 24 years, but it was not the 'OH MY GOD THIS IS SO AWESOMELY BADASS I LOVE IT!!!!" type of story I thought it was. Nevertheless, it was entertaining, if nothing else. On to Age of Apocalypse.

[Electric Turahk]

Eight episodes in to Luke Cage. Totally did not see the ending to 7 coming. I was really enjoying Cottonmouth too.

[Dr Kain]

Damn! No really, DAMN!!! That was one god damn phenomenal show!! Why did it have to be over with already? This was the first Netflix series I felt 13 episodes was way too short and I'm not even into Luke Cage. I want more and I want it now. When does Defenders come out because I don't want to wait too long to see how this story continues?!

[Paladin]

4th Defender has a release date! Iron Fist hits Netflix on March 17, 2017.

[AgileSiamang7]

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Originally Posted by Paladin

4th Defender has a release date! Iron Fist hits Netflix on March 17, 2017.

I hope his hand actually glows whenever he's using it, instead of some apologist "realism" where he just punches through people, otherwise he's no different from Luke or Jessica in terms of appearing super-strong.

[Dr Kain]

I just hope they start wearing the masks with Iron Fist. I'm tired of non costumed super heroes and super villains in these shows (especially the villains).

[Dr Kain]

So I have begun to read Age of Apocalypse and finished the Legion Quest story. I wish there had been a little backstory as to when Legion regained consciousness since the last time I saw him he was in a coma, but whatever. For the most part, it was an interesting read and it was most certainly funny to be reading it before and after Flash had aired last night. I did not realize that Gaby was Legion's mother. WOW!! No wonder he is so messed up. Anyway, that four parter was a good but the Cable story that comes after that sort of takes place between those events was garbage. It added nothing important, there were a lot of inconsistencies (Angel is wearing blue and white in the four parter, but he is wearing red and white here, and also he never comes to visit Jean and Scott), and it seemed way more convoluted than it needed to be. I also felt it took away from the impact the ending of X-Men 41 made.

I did also read X-Meh Alpha, the story that pretty much launches the whole series and it was good. It pretty much just gives a brief look at the way the entire world is. It kind of just felt like a generic post-apocalypitic world that has been done to death. Of course, there isn't much to go on right now, so I'll be back when I have read through more.