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Airaku on 20 August 2017
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FloatingWaffles said:

I enjoyed it, thought it was really good. Not great, but good. Some of the fights were a mess though, especially that one in the parking garage place. Like what the fuck happened there?

Sigourney Weaver's character felt completely wasted. Like it felt like they made a big deal out of her being in the show but her character hardly even did anything and wasn't even much different from any of the other villains in the past. 


I will say though the lack of real connections between the TV shows and films is really starting to become more noticably dumber and nonsensical. Stick tells them that only they 4 can save New York City. How the fuck is it that in this world, since it takes place in the MCU, not a single one of them even thinks to mention The Avengers or Spider-Man? It's dumb and makes no sense at all. Just like how New York, the place where all the Avengers, Spider-man, Doctor Strange, etc are shakes super violently in the first episode but apparently none of them cared to check it out what was causing it. Not like they live there or anything.

Well let's be honest. The media reported it as a regular Earthquake and Stark would have taken the bait, Peter would be going to school, Dr Strange hasn't happened yet in the timeline, Captain America probably isn't in America. Not many of the Avengers are in NYC currently as far as we know and Ant-Man lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. crew is closer to Washington D.C. The information that was fed to the public was controlled by The Hand. This is made a huge plot point by Trish and is clearly depicted to the audience.

Also Stick might not know much about the Avengers, and frankly he doesn't give two and a half shits about them. He trained his whole life for this with the Chaste, who NONE of those characters where made aware of. Daredevil and Electra were trained by him. This is what Stick believes and he makes that clear multiple times like when he mentions how he was raised to know "how the world really runs". Iron Fist is relevant because he is the weapon to be used against the hand and the key to so much more. Jessica and Luke become entwined with these characters and their fight against the hand. They just happened to involved in things that connected their paths to the Hand.

It would really make no sense for Iron-Man or Spider-Man to get involved unless there was something to get them involved. Since Spider-Man and Daredevil haven't crossed paths yet there was no reason for Matt to ring up Spider-Man and say "Hey bro, I need your help with something" which in turn would have the MCU's Spider-Man call up Iron-man and say "Dada help plz" or what ever stupid thing this version of Spider-Man would say to Stark that will trigger me off the rails.

The other characters really don't make since timeline wise. The Defenders takes place in 2016 shortly after Civil War. Basically around the time of Ghost Rider's emergence and his struggles and Spider-Man is busy with The Vulture. At this time Dr. Strange is in a hospital bed from his accident. Many people don't actually realize that the events of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Doctor Strange are both in September 2016. Though Doctor Strange's movie takes place over the course of 2-3 months.