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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Fuck it, I'm gonna keep watching some more Jessica Jones. Malcolm is starting to become one of my favorite characters after he sobers up. I'm still surprised this is the same actor who was on Power Rangers RPM, but then again that show was incredibly well acted and fairly dark for a Power Rangers show.
Also, I can see the bits of Simpson's personality that I can tell get kind of worse as he loses his sanity. He's a bit...over protective, I should say? Like, he means well, but he has a bit of a mean streak to him that I know is gonna get worse.
Also, those twins creep me out. Just...fuck them both, I hate them. Annoying little buggers.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?They're screwed up, but not bad people. 'Everyone's got their issues' is a bit of a recurring theme in Jessica Jones.
Robyn and Ruben are weirdly close, but the impression I got is that they were abuse or trauma survivors as well. We just don't get to see it, because they're supposed to come across as creepy and antagonistic. The point being that, unlike Malcolm, unlike Jessica herself, not everyone gets the chance to show there's more to them than their surface damage.
I don't know how popular this opinion is gonna be, but I feel the urge to say it: David Tennant as Kilgrave is infinitely better than Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk. Don't get me wrong, Fisk was a great villain, but Kilgrave is just...oh god, he's such a mix of terrifying, frustrating, hilarious, and just all around creepy.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?OK, gonna actually pause now, got done with episode eight. The TV show villains in general are pretty damn good, much better than most of the movie villains (bar maybe Loki, Zemo, and if I wanted to be charitable maybe Ultron, if only because I have a soft spot for him). They're more developed and given more focus to shine the most.
Honestly, so far my favorite TV villains are probably a three way tie between Kilgrave, Dr. Faustus, and Hive (I would add Aida but I wanna wait until after the current season of Agents of SHIELD is over first). The latter two mostly because of how compelling their presence was, and the former because of my earlier description. Seriously, Kilgrave leaves me with so many damn mixed emotions because of how he acts. I mean, most of those emotions are about how goddamn rape-y he is (his constant excuses towards his behavior make me feel nauseated), but he's just so friggin'...god damn it, I can't think of the word. Perplexing? Disturbing? Enigmatic?
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?I find Kilgrave better in terms of sheer charisma and ability to be thoroughly loathsome. But I find Wilson Fisk by far the most complex out of all the current comic book media villains. Even Loki is ultimately a spoiled brat and not much else. Fisk is just this ball of good intentions, viciousness and efficiency with a dash of crippling mental trauma.
In terms of what they stand for, they both have some pretty deep meanings. Kilgrave standing for things like rape culture and male privilege and Fisk standing for things like gentrification and social privilege.
But of course, my favorite comic book villain of current media adaptations is actually Madam Gao so moral complexity might be overrated considering the deep philosophical meanings of Madam Gao are "she's cool as shit".
edited 21st Mar '17 11:23:37 PM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Indeed.
I'm so glad they've made her a recurring character rather than just killing her off like the rest of the crime bosses. Never Mess with Granny
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Eh, Garrett is great but not as great, you know what I mean? Like, he was charismatic and fun, but he just felt kinda flat outside of his sanity slippage and descent into complete psychopathic lunacy (which was fun to watch admittedly, him ripping out a guy's rib and stabbing him with it was both disturbing and fun). Meanwhile you had Ward's treachery and general fucked-upness (plus being one of the best deconstructions of the stereotypical anti-hero and redemption arc), Reyna and her manipulative and mysterious behavior that just kinda kept you guessing about her, Calvin and Jiaying both having their own moral complexities and attachments towards Daisy that made them feel multi-layered, Hive and his sheer charisma and the paranoia he inflicted on SHIELD, and Radcliffe and Aida's own moral twists and turns with the Darkhold, the LMD's, and the Framework. I'd place Garrett above probably Whitehall (dark and disturbing but not really that developed), Lash (I liked the twist with him but ultimately he's wasted in a stupid fashion), and Eli Morrow (nice character but he didn't get enough time to shine).
Fisk is one of my favorites too, but I think what's keeping him from the top spot for me is that he's not the kind of person I'd run into in real life. Kilgrave is. Kilgrave kind of hit a bit personally to me, if I'm gonna be honest. He reminded me of a particular asshole I was friends with for about two years who always made excuses for his abusive behavior towards me. Fisk is great but he's just one character, albeit one with traits that I empathize with or am terrified of. He doesn't remind me of anybody I would know. Kilgrave, meanwhile, is the personification of abusive people everywhere, and it hits a chord with me because I've met people like that. You go one minute from loving them to wanting to vomit at the sight of them the next, and you're terrified of leaving them. You'd do whatever they told you to do because you place trust in them, only to see that trust eroded by their actions.
edited 21st Mar '17 11:44:27 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?I suppose that's fair, though I'd also argue Fisk being the kind of person you don't run into real life very often is part of the point. He represents the wealthy elite, the man who make society spin. In the first season of DD in specific his entire deal was operating from the shadows, and in the second he seems to be trying to gear up the same scheme again. So not meeting him is part of the point.
The Fisks of our world do exist and are plentiful, but they hide their existence under the invisible hand of market and whatnot.
The Madam Gaos of our world however are that old lady you help with the groceries. You know she's up to some shit.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Speaking of Madame Gao, the Iron Fist revelation that she's a major Hand leader casts her role in Daredevil's first season in an odd light.
Like, did Nobu know she was his superior and he was just there to back her up? Or was her identity a secret even to him and as far as he knew she was just some little old heroin supplier?
edited 21st Mar '17 11:57:31 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!In addition to his personality, I love Kilgrave's powerset too. It's so simple, yet so creative. It's basic yet pervasive. Easy to understand, hard as f*ck to counter, and a constant terror.
Like, any moment you could turn a corner, run into Kilgrave, and then you're just f*cked. There's no running from him. No fighting him. He's omnipotent but only on a strictly personal level. The highest tier of street-level threats without ever throwing a punch.
EDIT: Which also works amazingly well with the fantastic metaphor he embodies, because to a victim, that is exactly what a rapist feels like.
edited 22nd Mar '17 8:42:39 AM by TobiasDrake
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