Jessica Jones

[Vee]

Finished finally. I actually thought this was even better than Daredevil. They should let these folks loose on Shield and some of the movie properties.

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Can't figure out how she can be knocked out/injured by regular people but landing from super jumps doesn't hurt her though. Or for that matter why the shotgun was enough concussive force to nearly kill Cage but none of the times being thrown through walls or being blown up bothered him at all.

[Tenzhi]

A boxer who can take all sorts of punishment can be knocked out by a good blow to the chin.  I think it's easier to jar the brain via the chin or something.

I was disappointed that:

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When Kilgrave got injected to increase his powers, he started getting all veiny and purple, but it wasn't permanent.  I was totally hoping for a full on Purple Man in the final confrontation.

[Dev7on]

I was disappointed that:

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When Kilgrave got injected to increase his powers, he started getting all veiny and purple, but it wasn't permanent.  I was totally hoping for a full on Purple Man in the final confrontation.

Me too I was expecting the same thing.

[eabrace]

A boxer who can take all sorts of punishment can be knocked out by a good blow to the chin.  I think it's easier to jar the brain via the chin or something.

Brain injuries can be caused by transferal of force in a combination of perpendicular direction (in a straight line from surface to the center of the brain's mass) and tangential direction (wrapping around the center of mass).  Skull fractures are usually the result of perpendicular force.

Let's look at football helmets.  They protect pretty well against perpendicular force and absorb most of that.  (Not many skull fractures in the NFL.)  But helmets don't protect at all against tangential forces that cause the head accelerate rapidly in a rotational motion or suddenly stop rotating when contact is made with the ground.

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What we have with Luke is a force directed upward against the chin.  The skin doesn't break, but his head whips back, subjecting the brain to rotational force.  *BOOM*  Massive concussion.

[Vee]

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I totally understood why the shotgun would cause a massive concussion. My issue was more why the explosion or all the jarring in fights with jessica wouldn't. Unbreakable skin does nothing for the brain taking all that force. If comic Cage was real he'd have been severely brain damaged to an extent even Roger Goodell would recognize from repeated concussions before he even got rid of the tiara.

[eabrace]

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[Mandu]

Now that I've finally finished binging, a few thoughts.

Netflix is good.  I'm not a big fan of dark and gritty and downplaying the "hero" part of superhero shows and movies, but they do it in a way that is a perfect balance. 

Before the show started I thought that Kilgrave would be a terrible big bad.  I've never cared for him in any comic because essentially he was just another mind control type but without all the telepathic stuff that usually goes with it.  But the writing and Tennant managed to make him fascinating.  And they did the same thing that they managed to do with Kingpin.  They made him human and made you feel sorry for him.  Not like him, he was too evil for that.  But understand where he came from, what made him, and see how it could happen to a person who would otherwise be perfectly normal.

Something I consider bad news is that Jessica Jones may not get a second season, or more likely the second season will be delayed for a year.  Trying to get it out next year would conflict with the shooting schedule of Defenders so right now Netflix is trying to figure things out.  The main reason I really want a second season isn't Jessica.  I'm sure we will have plenty of her in Defenders and crossing over into the other series.  I happen to really like some of the supporting characters from the series.  I'm sure that Trish will cross over but I don't really see Malcolm or Robyn fitting in.

To answer a question above about Luke.

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It wasn't getting his head knocked back that caused the brain swelling.  One cause of this kind of brain damage is overpressure.  Although it usually takes a bigger explosion I would guess that a point blank shotgun blast would suffice.  If his steel skin extends to his eardrums and lungs then they wouldn't rupture but the compression of the eardrums and sinuses would be more than enough to cause compression trauma to the brain.

And lastly I really really want to see Patsy as Hellcat. 

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She has had the martial arts training.  She has had a dose of the same drugs which amped up Luke and those drugs are probably a variant of the ones that gave Jessica her power.

  Just give her a costume involving ballistic fabric, and some knuckle blades.  I've always hated the fingertip style because torque causes all sorts of problems.  And Rachael Taylor fits the part perfectly.

[Vee]

Yeah the show did what I thought was impossible, make Patsy Walker likeable.

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I figure they'll Hellcat her out for the Defenders seeing as she's the only person they have in these shows so far who was a regular member in the original Defenders run. Really I'm surprised they're calling it the Defenders instead of doing Heroes for Hire.

[Kaos Arcanna]

You know, one of the things that kinda bothered me was

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pre-Killgrave Jessica didn't really seem that different from present Jessica in the flashbacks that showed how she met Killgrave.

[Tenzhi]

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She seemed more positive before, to me.  More the self-destructive penitent afterwards.

[Pep Rally]

And lastly I really really want to see Patsy as Hellcat. 

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She has had the martial arts training.  She has had a dose of the same drugs which amped up Luke and those drugs are probably a variant of the ones that gave Jessica her power.

  Just give her a costume involving ballistic fabric, and some knuckle blades.  I've always hated the fingertip style because torque causes all sorts of problems.  And Rachael Taylor fits the part perfectly.

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Those pills were from Officer Simpson a.k.a. Nuke.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuke_%28Marvel_Comics%29

I agree. Hopefully, JJ, and Trish get full costumes in Defenders.

[Mandu]

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Those pills were from Officer Simpson a.k.a. Nuke.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuke_%28Marvel_Comics%29

Gack!  I can't believe I typed that.  I meant to type Nuke but substituted Luke.  Everybody knows Luke was basically boiled in a chemical bath.  I shall now hang my head in shame.

[Rejolt]

Just finished.

My thoughts:
1. Different enough from Daredevil to not compare the two much.
2. Found the amount of punishment DD took in his series was insane, much like the amount of times Jessica was dropped by regular folks (yes, made some sense she was trying not to hurt them but you want consistent power levels) sticks out in a bad way to me.
3. Marvel is doing the solo movie x 4 = big movie climax thing with these series leading to the Defenders. This allowed Jessica Jones to go all in with Killgrave and character building. As much as I liked the series I'm good if they don't give her second season (as long as the Defenders takes off).
4. Luke Cage's show can't come soon enough. Do we have a date yet on DD season 2? How far away from Iron Fist's show are we? Netflix is NOT prime time TV. They can take their sweet time with a second season of JJ (doesn't have to be every year, just maintain the quality!).
5. I was going to write a story for my in CoH main but JJ's story is so close to it in tone I'm screwed ( had never read the MAX line of comics she came from).