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TV review: The Defenders

August 18, 2017 Iain Hepburn 0

So here we are. 28 months, 65 episodes and a billion dead ninjas since the surprisingly successful rehabilitation of Matt Murdoch, and we’ve reached the end of the Marvel Netflix Universe Phase One.

TV review: Iron Fist – season one overview

March 25, 2017 Iain Hepburn 0

The road to the Defenders has been a somewhat rocky one. Indeed, in many ways, it mirrors the original assembling of their big screen cousins The Avengers.

TV Review: Luke Cage – Season One Overview

October 2, 2016 Iain Hepburn 3

How do you tell an exciting story about a superhero who’s unbeatable? Finding and exploiting a vulnerability in an invulnerable hero is a challenge that’s plagued comics and script writers since the genre began, from Superman onwards.

TV Review: Daredevil Season Two Overview

March 21, 2016 Iain Hepburn 3

Spring rolls around, and with it a return to the Marvel Media Universe (since Cinematic Universe feels utterly redundant in these days of SHIELD, Carter, Jones, Cage, Damage Control et al).

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TV Review: Jessica Jones – Season One Overview

November 22, 2015 Iain Hepburn 4

Jessica Jones had the potential to be a tough sell. For fans of Brian Michael Bendis’ original Alias comics, the character and her story is held in high regard. For the casual fans brought to the MCU through the big Hollywood films, she’s pretty much a nobody

TV Review: Daredevil – Season One Overview

April 12, 2015 Iain Hepburn 4

And so, with much fanfare, arrives the latest addition to Marvel’s increasingly inaccurately named Cinematic Universe.