Yeah, I thought he was cheesy too. I doubt he will be in this. The cheese factor on DD, Jessica and Cage (so far) has been low.
Trish Walker = someone else we should know?
Trish = Patricia = Patsy?
I finished it and thought it was quite good. It's weird reading about it online. In the kinds of sites I read, everyone thought it was the greatest thing ever. I feel like that was mostly because it was really the first female main character superhero depicted onscreen since the old Wonder Woman show. The show is good, don't get me wrong, but I don't think it's the greatest thing ever. It's a different kind of show than Daredevil, which was certainly much more about the physical fighting. But since this is the second show in that Marvel Netflix series, I think it's fair to compare them.
The villain in Jessica Jones is much better. People praised the Kingpin from Daredevil, but I thought he came off as childish or mentally handicapped. Killgrave in Jessica Jones is a pretty terrifying villain, what with his power, fixation, and total lack of conscience.
The supporting cast from Daredevil was a lot more interesting. It's cool seeing Luke Cage in Jessica Jones, but I don't really understand the purpose of much of the rest of the characters. Trish Walker is fine and interesting (she's Hellcat in the comics), but everyone else seems superfluous. I felt the story really bog down when we focused on the lawyer or Jessica's neighbors. I liked the supporting cast much better in Daredevil. I liked Foggy and Karen, and bringing in Stick really allowed them to open up the story beyond the four corners of Hell's Kitchen. That allowed a bit of mysticism and frigging ninjas to come in, making you really feel like what you were watching was just a small part of a much bigger world of weirdness. Jessica Jones is a much smaller story. There's nothing wrong with that, but I liked Daredevil better in that regard.
I also felt like Jessica Jones suffered from the TV budget more than Daredevil did. You're getting powered people here, and I felt like it the budget prevented cool depictions. They would actually turn the camera away from scenes of her "flying" sometimes. And I don't know if this is related to the budget, but I felt like the portrayal of her powers was inconsistent. She can take a direct hit from a moving car and crumple the car, but she can also be knocked for a loop by someone swinging a piece of wood? That doesn't make sense. Plus, with the kind of strength she demonstrates sometimes, when she punches people, their faces should essentially cave in. It's not clear if she has tougher skin/bones/whatever than normal (other than a line about healing faster than normal people), but if she's jumping down from buildings and stuff, she would have to have that stuff not to turn into a pile of goo or absolutely liquefy her hand when she punches through walls.
I definitely liked the show, but it wasn't the revelation a lot of people seem to think. I'm very curious to see where they go from here with the Marvel Netflix shows. They haven't officially announced a date, but supposedly Daredevil season two is next, followed by Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the Defenders, a show where they all come together. There hasn't been word yet as to whether Jessica Jones will get her own second season, but I read there are deadlines for delivering each of the shows and that adding second seasons delays those others. I'm looking forward to the Iron Fist show quite a bit more than you guys seem to be; I like them bringing in the mystical stuff, and it seems like he may have a connection to Doctor Strange through K'un L'un, the fake Asian country where apparently everyone in the MCU learns magic.
