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Is it weird to anyone else that the big crossover featuring the evil Nazi's looks more fun than the one featuring the immortal super-ninjas?

Suffice to say, I was kind of let down with the Defenders. It never really seemed to live up to the hype that was set up for it. For all the talk of "There's a War coming!" and how "The city will FALL!!!", the bad guys plan in the Defenders ended up being incredibly lackluster. And confusing. The build up to the series as well never really seemed to all come together. Rather than all the pieces falling into place like a finely crafted jigsaw puzzle, instead what it seemed like was that the writers thought up of something "Cool," but didn't know how it would place in the series proper. "What if Daredevil and Elektra find a big hole in the basement that goes down forever?" "Cool! And then what" "I don't know!"

I could go on. The villains in Defenders were lame and lacked any substance, and had baffling and confusing motivations. Stupid stuff happened for no reason other than to "Shock" the audience. Characters clashed with one another because that fuels "Drama" rather than it actually being based on actual legitimate conflict. The big final fight was indistinguishable from all the other fights in the series, except it took place in a super confined and dimly lit space. And, moreoever, it just seemed to lack any fun. Defenders just seemed like they were trying too hard to be "Edgy" and "Grimdark!" But you don't get to be serious and grim and realistic and edgy and super, duper serial, and have the big threat of your series be about a bunch of magical super ninjas who want to dig up dragon bones because it'll make them immortal for some reason.

It's either one or the other, guys. You can't have it both ways.

Meanwhile, the Arrowverse crossover, "Crisis on Earth X" just seems to be way more fun. Despite being about a bunch of super Nazis. It's just a fun concept that hearkens back to the history of DC comics. Maybe they don't have the budget or the resources or the advertising revenue or the ability to build it up across as many series as the Marvel Netflix shows, but by golly they're going to swing for the fences and see if they can't hit a home run.

And I can't but help admire their moxy and gumption on that.

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Is it weird to anyone else that the big crossover featuring the evil Nazi's looks more fun than the one featuring the immortal super-ninjas?

Suffice to say, I was kind of let down with the Defenders. It never really seemed to live up to the hype that was set up for it. For all the talk of "There's a War coming!" and how "The city will FALL!!!", the bad guys plan in the Defenders ended up being incredibly lackluster. And confusing. The build up to the series as well never really seemed to all come together. Rather than all the pieces falling into place like a finely crafted jigsaw puzzle, instead what it seemed like was that the writers thought up of something "Cool," but didn't know how it would place in the series proper. "What if Daredevil and Elektra find a big hole in the basement that goes down forever?" "Cool! And then what" "I don't know!"

I could go on. The villains in Defenders were lame and lacked any substance, and had baffling and confusing motivations. Stupid stuff happened for no reason other than to "Shock" the audience. Characters clashed with one another because that fuels "Drama" rather than it actually being based on actual legitimate conflict. The big final fight was indistinguishable from all the other fights in the series, except it took place in a super confined and dimly lit space. And, moreoever, it just seemed to lack any fun. Defenders just seemed like they were trying too hard to be "Edgy" and "Grimdark!" But you don't get to be serious and grim and realistic and edgy and super, duper serial, and have the big threat of your series be about a bunch of magical super ninjas who want to dig up dragon bones because it'll make them immortal for some reason.

It's either one or the other, guys. You can't have it both ways.

Meanwhile, the Arrowverse crossover, "Crisis on Earth X" just seems to be way more fun. Despite being about a bunch of super Nazis. It's just a fun concept that hearkens back to the history of DC comics. Maybe they don't have the budget or the resources or the advertising revenue or the ability to build it up across as many series as the Marvel Netflix shows, but by golly they're going to swing for the fences and see if they can't hit a home run.

And I can't but help admire their moxy and gumption on that.