And here we are. A new Marvel series. But we could say that this one is 4 in 1. Here the paths of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Lucas Cage and Iron Fist cross and go beyond. The center of the story is Iron Fist and it's the other characters that move around him until they get together.
The series keeps the spirit of its four predecessors, meaning that the main characters are people with special gifts/power that want to be normal, they are not the typical superheroes with their special outfit that wants to save the world. They are just people who want to keep going with their normal lives. To point out that only 1 put of 4 is wearing a superhero outfit, the other three they don't care and don't want anything to do with it, they even make fun of Daredevil's one.
On one side are these four people. On the other side, we have Sigourney bad-ass Weaver. She is really mean in her role as the main antagonist of our so-called heroes. She doesn't have any special power, but still, she can face the four of them together without messing her hair up. The only thing I have against her, is that she should have more screen time. Really a pity.
As for the plot; itself is a bit slow and at some point, you might ask yourself, who are the bad guys in here? And what do they want to do? Maybe one problem is that the season is only 8 episodes long and they show-runners want to add everything possible from the other four shows, including all these secondary characters who will make you feel lost because you won't be able to place them properly on their respective backgrounds; and if you'd like to, you would have to watch 5 different seasons, but by the time you finish The Defenders you won't feel eager at all to do so.
Although that from these 4 series I have only had the opportunity to watch the Jessica Jones one, I would say that it is safe to say that The Defenders is better than Lucas Cage and Iron Fist (after checking the critics reviews, that's it). But sorry, Jessica Jones is still my favourite of the whole lot. As per Daredevil, it is probably at the same level as The Defenders, specially taking into consideration that a character from that series is one of the main characters in this one.
In a bigger picture the series is good, mainly because you just want to watch how these different characters come together in the main story. But once they are together, it feels like the story slows down and then at the end we are running to catch it up and we face a bit of a cliché ending. Still, worth your time.
The series keeps the spirit of its four predecessors, meaning that the main characters are people with special gifts/power that want to be normal, they are not the typical superheroes with their special outfit that wants to save the world. They are just people who want to keep going with their normal lives. To point out that only 1 put of 4 is wearing a superhero outfit, the other three they don't care and don't want anything to do with it, they even make fun of Daredevil's one.
On one side are these four people. On the other side, we have Sigourney bad-ass Weaver. She is really mean in her role as the main antagonist of our so-called heroes. She doesn't have any special power, but still, she can face the four of them together without messing her hair up. The only thing I have against her, is that she should have more screen time. Really a pity.
As for the plot; itself is a bit slow and at some point, you might ask yourself, who are the bad guys in here? And what do they want to do? Maybe one problem is that the season is only 8 episodes long and they show-runners want to add everything possible from the other four shows, including all these secondary characters who will make you feel lost because you won't be able to place them properly on their respective backgrounds; and if you'd like to, you would have to watch 5 different seasons, but by the time you finish The Defenders you won't feel eager at all to do so.
Although that from these 4 series I have only had the opportunity to watch the Jessica Jones one, I would say that it is safe to say that The Defenders is better than Lucas Cage and Iron Fist (after checking the critics reviews, that's it). But sorry, Jessica Jones is still my favourite of the whole lot. As per Daredevil, it is probably at the same level as The Defenders, specially taking into consideration that a character from that series is one of the main characters in this one.
In a bigger picture the series is good, mainly because you just want to watch how these different characters come together in the main story. But once they are together, it feels like the story slows down and then at the end we are running to catch it up and we face a bit of a cliché ending. Still, worth your time.