The Defenders
S.J. Clarkson , a director and executive producer on Marvel and Netflix’sThe Defenders , has reveal why the show ’s New York superheroes do n’t meet up in the first episode . The Defendersis Marvel TV ’s first - ever major crossing over case , bring Daredevil ( Charlie Cox ) , Jessica Jones ( Krysten Ritter ) , Luke Cage ( Mike Colter ) and Iron Fist ( Finn Jones ) together to fight The Hand - a mysterious mathematical group that operate under the supervision of the enigmaticAlexandra ( Sigourney Weaver ) .
talk toThe Wrap , Clarkson - who guide the first two episodes ofThe Defenders- explained why the show starts with its heroes doing their own thing freestanding from one another :
“ My hope is that people who have n’t seen any of the show might tune up in and look on “ The Defenders , ” and love it in its own rightfulness . Well , I actually intend there ’s no rush for those people because they do n’t make out them . So you want time to sort of reintroduce the characters and sort of spend meter with them , to really see who they are , understand where they ’re at , so when they do finally converge I imagine the payoff is expectant cause you ’ve had time to sit with them and settle in where they are . ”
Clarkson also explained how this storytelling overture makesThe Defendersaccessible to newcomers , yet at the same time rewarding for those viewer whohaveseen all of the late Marvel / Netflix TV shows :
“ I desire it to feel like is when you watch it you were being introduced to these characters for the first sentence but every bit , if you were conversant with them , you were sitting back down with an one-time friend . "
All things considered , this sounds like a good way to show what Matt , Jessica , Luke , and Danny are up to on their own , before they have to come together and bilk Alexandra ’s architectural plan . This should allow the dynamic between the Hero to educate in a more organic fashion , in summation to making it easy for them to set them off to their respective adventures once again , onceThe Defendersseason one has conclude .
That approach seems to have mostly panned out too , withThe Defenders ' betimes reviewshaving proven to be mostly positive thus far . The chief gripe , however , that critic seem to have with the serial is the incompatibility of its pace - a seemingly recur problem with even the solo Marvel / Netflix shows , as it were .
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The Defenderspremieres August 18 on Netflix , followed byThe Punisherseason 1 sometime this fall . Premiere date for the new seasons ofDaredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke CageandIron Fisthave yet to be announced .
Source : The Wrap
