Marvel's Jessica Jones

[kybearfuzz]

After the Thanksgiving holiday week, I spent a lot of time catching up on my DVR. One of the perks of this time of year is that a lot of series are hitting their mid-season finales, which frees up a lot of time from TV to watch other things.

I went through my Netflix and finally decided to watch Jessica Jones, after reading rave reviews by various folks on Facebook. I hadn't read the comic book, but I was familiar with the character and I could see it would make for a great series.

Admittedly, I was hooked after the first episode. Krysten Ritter plays the damaged superhero/private investigator really well. She comes across as tough, but cautious; caustic, but vulnerable. The supporting cast is just as good. David Tennant as Kilgrave (the Purple Man from the comics) is especially villianous.

The first season only has 13 episodes and I've been trying to meter out my watching of them. I have three episodes left and I'll probably go through those this weekend.

With this series being so good, I am now planning on watching the Netflix "Daredevil" series next, as I've heard good things about that one too.

Comments

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I watched the first episode and was kinda "meh" about it. I may give it another shot :)

[dendren.livejournal.com]

Supergirl is growing on me. It's one of those ones that could go either way still. It needs *something* but I'm not sure what. They are making some of the characters a bit less one dimensional (Cat Grant comes to mind) and that is helping quite a bit. I still don't like their version of Jimmy Olson. I don't have issue with him being black but I just don't like the personality they have given him. He's too confident and grown up. I think Kara's other buddy, ummm the young geeky guy, seems much more Jimmy Olson-like.

Bringing Martian Manhunter into the mix was kind of brilliant though :)