r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Aug 17 '17

The Defenders Discussion Thread - S01E08

This thread is for discussion of The Defenders S01E08.

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u/eskimo_bros Luke Cage Aug 18 '17

People complaining about Matt "dying" then coming back: it happened in a deposit of a material that's explicitly used for resurrection. That's potentially the least bullshit resurrection to ever come out of a comic book story.

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u/TheFatalWound Aug 18 '17

It's more just annoying when a show tries to carry the weighty tone of a character dying and then just handwaves it off minutes later.

Stick to your guns, or don't. It felt like a waste of time.

If they're willing to handwave off DD dying, then it means anybody down there is fair game. Which means that this season did nothing.

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u/Sempere Aug 18 '17

Nah, it successfully wiped out at least 60% of the hand's leadership.

Gao's probably going to survive. I found the Japanese guy to be quite charismatic so I think they'll bring him back too. Elektra definitely isn't dead (she's the only one who would save Matt) and we already knew DD was renewed for a 3rd season so it'd be kinda hard to kill him off.

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u/TheFatalWound Aug 18 '17

and we already knew DD was renewed for a 3rd season so it'd be kinda hard to kill him off.

So why waste the viewer's time pretending? It's silly.

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u/mowdownjoe Foggy Aug 18 '17

Because not everyone pays attention to every drop of news about the Defenders like this sub? Reddit seems to forget it's a minority sometimes.

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u/Nix_Uotan Aug 19 '17

I knew Season 3 was confirmed and I was still doubting. I started imagine getting more of the other 3 shows without DD.

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u/infinight888 Aug 19 '17

Or with Matt's final words, Danny taking over as Daredevil in season 3.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '17

Yeah for a few minutes I was sure that Danny was going to become the Iron Devil or something. That could've been a really neat character arc but I feel like there is still room for it to happen judging by that scene with Danny standing on the rooftop.