History YMMV / LukeCage2016

** After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, and seeing Jessica Jones take increasingly desperate (and morally questionable) actions to take down Killgrave, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good (albeit jaded) man taking out the trash.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Detective Scarfe, for being a great foil to Misty Knight, as well as being incredibly sassy. [[spoiler: Sadly, he's also a DirtyCop, but that just gives him excuse to Sass Cottonmouth as well.]]

--->'''Cheo Hodari Coker''': Luke, being bulletproof and walking through [redacted for spoilers] was really more influenced by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s invading the police station in Terminator. And we shot it that way. But when you see the images of a bulletproof black man in a hoodie walking forward…it just has like the symbolic meaning that I don’t think we even anticipated.

** Early reviews by sites like [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-s-luke-cage-is-the-unapologetically-black-superh-1786315815 Gizmodo]] state the series explicitly draws on issues like gentrification and racism, with Dillard running on a platform of “keep Harlem black".

* CatharsisFactor: After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, and seeing Jessica Jones take increasingly desperate (and morally questionable) actions to take down Killgrave, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good (albeit jaded) man taking out the trash.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: It was hard for even the creators to not draw parallels to contemporary, highly publicized shootings of African Americans throughout the United States.
-->'''[[WordOfGod Executive Producer]] Cheo Hodari Coker:''' When I think about what's going on in the world right now, the world is ready for a bulletproof black man.

** Even [[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/luke-cage-netflix-black-lives-matter-comic-con Luke's costume]] of a hoodie and jeans can be interpreted as a reference to [[http://www.npr.org/2012/03/24/149245834/tragedy-gives-the-hoodie-a-whole-new-meaning Trayvon Martin]].
*** Mike Colter confirmed this in an interview, where he says the costume was a choice he made exactly for this reason.

-->'''Cheo Hodari Coker''': Luke, being bulletproof and walking through [redacted for spoilers] was really more influenced by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s invading the police station in Terminator. And we shot it that way. But when you see the images of a bulletproof black man in a hoodie walking forward…it just has like the symbolic meaning that I don’t think we even anticipated.

*** Mike Coulter confirmed this in an interview, where he says the costume was a choice he made exactly for this reason.

** Even [[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/luke-cage-netflix-black-lives-matter-comic-con Luke's costume]] of a hoodie and jeans can be interpreted as a reference to [[http://www.npr.org/2012/03/24/149245834/tragedy-gives-the-hoodie-a-whole-new-meaning Trayvon Martin]].

* CatharsisFactor: After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good (albeit jaded) man taking out the trash.

** Early reviews by sites like [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-s-luke-cage-is-the-unapologetically-black-superh-1786315815 Gizmodo]] state the series explicitly draws on issues like gentrification and racism, with Dillard running on a platform of “keep Harlem black".

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Though Luke Cage existed as a character for ''44'' years before the 2016 premiere of his Netflix series, it was hard for even the creators to not draw parallels to the contemporary, highly publicized shootings of African Americans throughout the United States.

* ToughActToFollow: Given the universal acclaim of [[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} the]] [[Series/JessicaJones2015 previous]] Marvel Netflix entries, this show will have ''very'' high expectations going in. Not helped in the least by Daredevil's second season airing earlier in the same year.

-->'''[[WordOfGod Executive Producer]] Cheo Hodari Coker:''' When I think about what's going on in the world right now, the world is ready for a bulletproof black man.

* CatharsisFactor: After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, and Jessica Jones stooping to moral lows to take out Kilgrave, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good (albeit jaded) man taking out the trash.

* CatharsisFactor: After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good (albeit jaded) man taking out the trash.

* CatharsisFactor: After two seasons of the incredibly vulnerable and morally ambiguous Daredevil putting up with complex political and corporate schemes, there's a certain satisfaction that comes with a series about an indestructible, unquestionably good man taking out the trash.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Though Luke Cage existed as a character for ''44'' years before the 2016 premiere of his Netflix series, it was hard for even the creators to not draw parallels to the contemporary, highly publicized shootings of African Americans through out the United States.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Though Luke Cage existed as a character for ''44'' years before the 2016 premiere of his Netflix series, it was hard for even the creators to not draw parallels the contemporary and highly publicized shootings of African Americans through out the United States.

-->'''[[WordOfGod Executive Producer Cheo Hodari Coker]]:''' When I think about what's going on in the world right now, the world is ready for a bulletproof black man.

* ToughActToFollow: Given the universal acclaim of [[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} the]] [[Series/JessicaJones2015 previous]] Marvel Netflix entries, this show will have ''very'' high expectations going in. Not helped in the least by Daredevil's second season airing earlier in the same year.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The show's announced cast mostly consists of African-American actors and actresses. Needless to say, but more than a couple of MCU fans are glad that the black characters here won't be relegated to being a BlackBestFriend or a TokenMinority.
** Having multiple women in the main cast, including [[ActionGirl Detective Misty Knight]], a rare female villain in Mariah (who is played by highly respected Emmy winner Alfre Woodard), and Soledad Temple, who as the mother of Claire Temple will most likely result in Claire having more development within the story when she makes an appearance. And all of them are female characters of color, which is always nice given that actresses of color aren't often given main cast roles in a lot of TV shows, including Marvel in some cases.

* ToughActToFollow: Given the universal acclaim of [[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} the]] [[Series/JessicaJones2015 previous]] Marvel Netflix entries, this show will have ''very'' high expectations going in.