Looks like you gave Elektra's powers more thought than the writers did. They birthed her in this mystical mumbo-jumbo and then… she's just fast and good with weapons?

How did I miss the 'we're not so different, you and I' bits? Or maybe I just unconsciously dismissed them as more general cliches. But, the whole 'I can still reach her' stuff was just dreadful.

Agreed, very much so. Say what one will about any/all of them, but the Marvel movies do generally know how to let their characters spark and sparkle; even theoretically stodgy ones (like Thor) or limited ones (like The Hulk or Hawkeye) get to breathe and have more distinct personalities. And, as you note, that helps…

Sorry, LONG post below. Ignore at will.

Nope, no Meachums.

Though that would have very much diluted focus on the Defenders themselves. Something like what you say could have been done, but perhaps better as interceding material along the way so the Defenders, either individually or in groups, could have participated in the resolution of those various subplots.

Fundamentally, I think the primary problem was that the show had eight hours to fill and only about enough plot to fill two, maybe four with a slow burn. It's like they conceived of the plot as a normal-length film and just filled stuff in around it.

Gotta say that, for the most part, the filming of this series was, er, not great. From the preview clips, the series looked so much more visually promising, but, alas, no.

I know what you mean. And it's all downhill from there… Oy, literally quoting from one of the most famous scenes in film history? What the hell were they thinking?

The key will be in Bannon and Breitbart's responses to this. If they go to all-out war mentality, a whole lot of shit's going to go down. If not, or if it's even somewhat peaceable, I'd be more inclined to think this was a severance for public purposes and that Bannon will remain on Dolt 45's speed-dial and probably…

And they'll all be direct shots to the face.

Can't wait for legions of furious Breitbarters to start socking their own cuck.

Am working through the series now and can say that the first two episodes and the first half of the third episode are underwhelming. Their pacing is dull and their filming is awkward. But the scond half of the third episode finally gets the series into gear and the fourth episode really starts to get things going. …

Indeed it is. Hopefully, soon it will just be that scumbag Ezra Levant in a dark, damp room sobbing gently as he repeatedly tries and fails to suck his own cock.

I was thinking more of a kicked-up, sillier, more ebullient version like Van Morrison used to do 25+ years ago.

So, in the death count The Night's King won't count?

Your saying that Thoros and Beric are "kind of a pair" got me thinking that somebody should do a video of those two set to "Send In The Clowns."

And one back at ya, for exactly the same reason. :)

He does have a claim, as the living descendant of Robert Baratheon, whose lineage is still assumed to be of primogenitive importance, even if Cersei currently holds the throne. His claim, if provable (or if the majority of the remaining Westerosi powerholders accepted it), would certainly usurp Cersei's. But, then…

It will depend on what the pool deems as death. Given the massive blue eye from the pre-air previews, my hunch is that we're going to see one of Dany's dragons die, sort of, and become an ice dragon. But, if that does happen, will the pool count that as a death if the dragon is still around to cause havoc?