W_Z wrote:
now that it's all wrapped up, and i've watched the 3rd season completely, the show had real promise and a great first season. but after that, it was very uneven.
i didn't like much of the second season; i thought the subplot about trish wanting to become powerful was OK but i just didn't really care much for the character. the villain should have had a lot more strength than what wound up happening. and jessica's droning narration started to wear on me.
ditto the 3rd season, although the villain was much stronger. there were some nice psychological elements. but it took *4* episodes before it started getting good. and talk about stretching and padding the run time...there was an episode that was almost 40% just a repeat (literally) of the previous episode.
the acting and production values were all good, and trish's character was a little more ironed out in this season. but i still just don't find her that interesting. malcolm was always my favorite secondary character, but even his subplot seemed a bit unfulfilling.
best and surprising character was gillian, jessica's new receptionist. yes, it's "good for the narrative", yes it's progressive as hell. but she's a good actor and should be given kudos for that. great character too.
so if you're a fan of "jessica jones", the third season is still worth watching. but there are a lot of dead spots to endure.
I stopped watching these Marvel shows a while ago, but always liked the JJ series. I decided to jump back in and started up Daredevil season 3 last week.
The main issue with these shows is they are way too fucking long. 13 episodes, most over 50 minutes is ridiculous and IMO the reason these shows never succeeded.
So, what I do is fast forward through at least 20 minutes of every episode if not more. If a scene is slow or not going anywhere or going somewhere I can already predict I just fastforward. When watching DD I always fast forward through any scene that involves Karen or Foggy. Also fast forward through a lot of Matt Murdoc scenes if they are boring. I've basically succeeded in reducing these series from 13 eps to about 8.
After I finsh DD3 I'm gonna do Punishser season 2 and then wrap it up with JJ3. A big fuck no on Luke Cage season 2 and any of the Iron fist garbage.
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