His comic counterpart gets blown up by demon ninjas so they can get some cheap real estate.
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Marvel's Luke Cage *SPOILER THREAD* |OT| Where WAS His Money, Honey?
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His comic counterpart gets blown up by demon ninjas so they can get some cheap real estate.
Mighty Chin
Banned
Slay you know that's another Cottonmouth and Diamondback.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Fear is too weak of an explanation. He's just a crazy guy shooting random people who work for him and possible business partners. I know it's a comic-book show and some suspension of disbelief is required of the viewer but after 6 episodes of Cottonmouth it didn't work. Diamondback just felt like a hired gun with a gimmick. When he was first introduced with the "Can you dig it ?" line I loved it. But he shouldn't have been the main villain.
Diamondback is god awful from the acting to the character arc and overall motivation, trying to sound too much like a Pulp fiction character. Going from Cottonmouth to him is such as letdown.
On the other hand I really liked Shades, latino Littlefinger.
Question : I might have missed it but who is Romeo ? He's mentionned shortly before Zip death but otherwise I dont remember seing him.
Marvel will get a lot of trouble if they set their patriotic superhero against so many black people
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Last episode deserves to be an entire episode of CringeCompliation. That suit, fight, and comments during fight were so awful. Like, where is their budget?!
Cottonmouth, Mariah, Misty, and Shades made this show. Every one else kind of sucked.
Lol @ Methodman.
I think my favorite part of the entire show was when Diamondback open the crate containing his power suit and he says the line about a pale horse. Stahp writers stahp.
Cottonmouth, Mariah, Misty, and Shades made this show. Every one else kind of sucked.
Lol @ Methodman.
I think my favorite part of the entire show was when Diamondback open the crate containing his power suit and he says the line about a pale horse. Stahp writers stahp.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Yes, I totally went into the show hating it. Show fell apart near the end. It was funny. I'm glad best girl Mariah came out on top. Glad Luke went back to jail and hopefully Fish burns those documents so Luke never gets out. Make it the Misty Knight show and say she got super powers somehow. Edit: scratch that, remove the super powers, that element drags this show down.
Maintenance
Member
Mariah was well acted but her character was meh, Mama Mabel 2.0 (Justified did it better). If they ever come back I wish Shades betrays her and finally get to rule, that's one villain I would root for.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
He already rules. Dude is playing everyone. He's what Lex Luthor or Zemo should have been.
The fight scene felt like it was something out of the original Spiderman trilogy, which feels like something out of a campy comic. So I guess mission accomplished. Still better than Agents of Shield.
Diamond Back was the worst. It felt like the writers' room was taken over by the generic Marvel cinema writers half way through and then they decided to throw in a weak villain.
But I guess ultimately Sam Rockwell's Iron Man 2 character is the real villain since his name got dropped every other episode?
Mighty Chin
Banned
Cottonmouth, Diamondback, Bushmaster. We can combine them
Bushmaster was in it?
The Giant
Banned
Anyone else spotted the Iron Fist reference in the last few mins of the final episode?
If you didn't. Here it is.
http://comicbook.com/2016/10/02/luke-cage-includes-an-iron-fist-easter-egg/
If you didn't. Here it is.
http://comicbook.com/2016/10/02/luke-cage-includes-an-iron-fist-easter-egg/
SuperStiltzkin
Member
this. Rest of villains cast was so good until him.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
You apologize to Sam Raimi right now.
Out of all the MCU music to date (besides the Silvestri Avengers stuff, and the moments in Cap and Thor), this music easily resonates the most with me.
The opening credit song, especially when coupled with Harlem imagery that I grew up with, makes it just perfect. I love the Method Man song because it does capture what Luke Cage means for "everyday Joe" communities, and more importantly what it means in today's political landscape.
Pepper that in with great performances from Harlem's Paradise coupled with Cottonmouth's love for sound and music...and you have one of the best sounds in the MCU to date. I even had a "day the music died" with Cottonmouth, making his death all the more devastating.
The front half of Luke Cage really resonated. Even though I didn't love the back half as much, I appreciate the relatively comic book accurate portrayal of Diamondback. Shades came to life in the second half. I love Claire as the ultimate hacks for all of our Defenders. I liked the birth of Black Mariah. Most importantly, I love seeing Luke Cage become the hero we know in the comics.
The opening credit song, especially when coupled with Harlem imagery that I grew up with, makes it just perfect. I love the Method Man song because it does capture what Luke Cage means for "everyday Joe" communities, and more importantly what it means in today's political landscape.
Pepper that in with great performances from Harlem's Paradise coupled with Cottonmouth's love for sound and music...and you have one of the best sounds in the MCU to date. I even had a "day the music died" with Cottonmouth, making his death all the more devastating.
The front half of Luke Cage really resonated. Even though I didn't love the back half as much, I appreciate the relatively comic book accurate portrayal of Diamondback. Shades came to life in the second half. I love Claire as the ultimate hacks for all of our Defenders. I liked the birth of Black Mariah. Most importantly, I love seeing Luke Cage become the hero we know in the comics.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
I really dig the dude's movies but...
They're campy.
Well, sure. But comparing his action scenes to Luke Cage and Diamondback awkwardly throwing themselves on cars for 5 minutes is sacrilege.
Ok ok, I apologize for that. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage fight scenes are awkward. But to be fair, that comes with the territory of being super strong with no agility. Where as the train scene in Spiderman 2, prior to the involvement of New Yorkers, is amazing.
Leave the pour guy alone.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
All this shows is you're not reading my posts then. You're going, "that guy said something negative about X, he must HATE it all."
Only the greats are remembered.
Which one?
forgeforsaken
Member
So, as someone not overly familiar with the comic, is there something the Barber Shop is supposed to become?
Subpar Spatula
Banned
The Hall of Doom
DeviantBoi
Member
Just finished the season and I agree with a lot of your comments...
1. Cottonmouth was an awesome villain and it sucked that he died
2. Diamondback sucked as a villain and everything about him was cringeworthy.
I guess we'll see Diamondback again in season 2?
1. Cottonmouth was an awesome villain and it sucked that he died
2. Diamondback sucked as a villain and everything about him was cringeworthy.
I guess we'll see Diamondback again in season 2?
I never once doubted her fineness
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
They really should consider having these shows be 10 eps rather than 13, they could be spending the time and money on those weak-ass action sequences rather than destroy the pace of the show.
That said, I really enjoyed the show, I liked all the villains except Diamondback and found myself rooting for Cottonmouth and Shades on several occasions, though they do a good job of making you hate Shades and Mariah at the end. They do need to stop giving all their villains daddy or mommy issues though, Cornell, Mariah, Diamondback and Fisk all became villains because of their parents basically, it's becoming a tired formula to slowly explain their backstory through flashbacks with their parents.
I would like to see more crossovers from now on though, they teased the Matt Murdock cameo a couple times but it never happened, if we don't get lots of Cage airtime on Iron Fist's show they'll have failed in my book. You can't just let them all meet each other in Defenders, build that shit up.
Also this is minor but I do hope Cage and Jessica end up together at some point, I do not approve of the night nurse ship.
That said, I really enjoyed the show, I liked all the villains except Diamondback and found myself rooting for Cottonmouth and Shades on several occasions, though they do a good job of making you hate Shades and Mariah at the end. They do need to stop giving all their villains daddy or mommy issues though, Cornell, Mariah, Diamondback and Fisk all became villains because of their parents basically, it's becoming a tired formula to slowly explain their backstory through flashbacks with their parents.
I would like to see more crossovers from now on though, they teased the Matt Murdock cameo a couple times but it never happened, if we don't get lots of Cage airtime on Iron Fist's show they'll have failed in my book. You can't just let them all meet each other in Defenders, build that shit up.
Also this is minor but I do hope Cage and Jessica end up together at some point, I do not approve of the night nurse ship.
Spring-Loaded
Member
This show is supremely dope. Sharon Jones and the Delfonics too, goddamn
can't stand seeing two people of color hooking up, huh
can't stand seeing two people of color hooking up, huh
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Loved it.
No no, Claire said she knew a good lawyer. Foggy gonna make it right.
I really hope the awkward baggage from individual shows are thrown in as filler for Defenders. (i.e. Super strong Cop in Jessica Jones, the Hand, and Diamond Back 2.0) Based on what I've seen, I can't imagine any of those threads being able to carry their weight in stand-alone shows.
I was rooting for Cottonmouth the moment I saw the Biggie portrait.
Lol, yeah Matt screwed up bad in Daredevil season 2, but in season one he was really good in the few courtroom scenes we saw. Hopefully Nelson & Murdock falling apart will help him get it together.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Expected Misty to lose the arm. 
Expected a Danny cameo.. or any cameo really. Jessica or Matt.
Expected a Danny cameo.. or any cameo really. Jessica or Matt.
Expected Misty to lose the arm.
Expected a Danny cameo.. or any cameo really. Jessica or Matt.
Trish Talk!
Heroes for Hire maybe.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
I still love the part where Zip comes with the shades on and Diamondback is like, "what the fuck".
Zip is an idiot.
Zip is an idiot.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Turk... Fisk's lawyer... ADA Tower... Luke Cage has the most cameos.
thelastcrusader
Banned
Just finished it.
Fantastic.
My only gripe was Misty, she started off so strong and just became an annoying whiny character.
Shame Cottonmouth died at all, he was my boy so that was disappointing but I guess it was worth it to see the payoff from Mariah. Mariah was the fucking shit + Shades. I loved their dynamic.
I don't know why everyone is complaining about Diamondback, I actually loved it. I did think the suit at the end looked a little ridiculous, but the over all story between the two and the sheer insanity of the character was great.
Added: Also, did anyone else jump for joy when Shades shot Candace in the head? Damn I was glad she got that. Needed that loose end tied for Mariah.
Fantastic.
My only gripe was Misty, she started off so strong and just became an annoying whiny character.
Shame Cottonmouth died at all, he was my boy so that was disappointing but I guess it was worth it to see the payoff from Mariah. Mariah was the fucking shit + Shades. I loved their dynamic.
I don't know why everyone is complaining about Diamondback, I actually loved it. I did think the suit at the end looked a little ridiculous, but the over all story between the two and the sheer insanity of the character was great.
Added: Also, did anyone else jump for joy when Shades shot Candace in the head? Damn I was glad she got that. Needed that loose end tied for Mariah.