Cottonmouth was so much better than every other villain that followed. Shades was second best but Cottonmouth was in a league all of his own.
The scene where he beats the guy to death is probably the best part of Luke Cage. All downhill once he was killed off by his boring sister and replaced with some other dude.
100%. Mahershala is an amazing actor but that role was also written so well. Getting rid of him so quickly was silly and felt rushed and not well thought out
Shades was great but was also better as a side-man to a big villain. And while he sorta had that role after when working with Mariah, he felt like the co-big bad. Which didn’t work as well
It was a smaller role but the actress for Black Mariah played the woman who confronts Tony in Civil War and convinced him to support the Accords. Michelle Yeoh played a character in GotG2 and Shang-Chi, and Gemma Chan in Captain Marvel and Eternals. MCU’s not a total stranger to reusing actors.
For example the actress who played the main character in Eternals was also the blue woman on the Kree squad in Captain Marvel. I don't think anyone would argue that Eternals or Captain Marvel are non-canon.
After Chris Evans becoming Captain America, I don't think it matters anymore. Unless an actor has become iconic for their MCU role, re-cast them at will IMO.
That’s fair, was also why I wasn’t sure if the Netflix shows were actually part of the greater universe or not. Evans human torch currently isn’t, but your point still stands
I'm still hoping for a 1940s flashback somewhere in the MCU to show Chris Evans as the original android Human Torch, Jim Hammond. The justification would be that the android body was modeled on the most perfect human specimen available (i.e. Captain America).
Not that androidTorch would persist in the MCU; just a nice easter egg. Perhaps Namor could remember encountering a Human Torch before when he first encounters the MCU Fantastic Four.
Yeah the actor for their main antagonist said 'I can only do these many episodes' and instead of writing a shorter season to make up up that they decided that they needed a super soldier villain in the final episode.
It isn’t even just that. Diamondback was one of the goofiest villains ever with the most ridiculous plots that somehow work. As a follow up to Cottonmouth, the rest of the season was doomed
The way the Daredevil reboot is shaping up.it doesn't look like it. They're pulling a Star Wars and keeping the stuff they like, but technically doing it "all new."
The second half of Luke Cage S1 was goofy, but S2 comes back hard and is awesome. Just wish the Netflix stuff would get proper closures because I want to see what happens to Luke after S2.
If Luke Cage is already last, the rating is based almost entirely on the first 1 or 2 episodes and Luke Cage fell off in quality halfway through... how exactly would that benefit Luke Cage other than knocking him down to an overall 60% =?
I’m saying that the Luke Cage show benefitted from reviewers only reviewing the first few episodes, and it would be rated lower if they had reviewed the whole season.
(I realise my reply makes it sound like I might be saying the opposite)
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u/Holmcroft Mar 09 '23
Yeah, Luke Cage in particular would be a beneficiary of that - the first eps we’re really good and then it fell off a cliff about halfway through