Jessica Jones AKA Krysten Ritter Kicks Ass

to be fair, that's a low bar to pass.

I got irrationally angry when I thought the very tiny amount of snow was gonna knock out our internet services, not because I would be very sad without the internet (though I would be) but because I wanted to watch as much as I can of this before doing out later today. 

Thankfully it seems to be okay for now. Anyway, love it so far after the pilot. 

I've seen only two episodes so far, but you bring an interesting point. Already Kilgrave does indeed seem to be one completely evil villain in the Marvel canon, whereas Fisk in Daredevil still had some humanity left (his relationship with Vanessa being the main indicator) and that made him the most compelling part of that show. David Tennant seems to be doing his best to put as much unadulaterated malice in his voice as possible. I hope this doesn't mean he will turn in a forgettable villain like all those ones in the movies.


This is a very beautiful looking show, with such vibrant colours, for all its noir influences. And it is very funny, in a subtle way. I'm looking forward to binge-watching the rest of it later today.

Douay-Rheims-Challoner I've just finished episode 7 and him grinning like a maniac while looking at that door was the creepiest thing that has happened in this show. He's a very puzzling fellow, I'll give him that.

This is off topic, but will there be a season 4 of Moone Boy? The Internet tells me confusing things. Maybe you know more.

Watched the first episode, I really really liked it. Pretty much feels like vernoica mars with superpowers and explicit sex.

One thing I didn't like which is a pet peeve of TV in general. Oh, this person is damaged let's make sure we get the point across with as much showing of booze as possible, it's edgy! Just once I would like to see an antihero that is a teetotaler and not a recovering alcoholic at the same time.

In my experience, seeing a sober person on TV (assuming they haven't been an alcoholic in the past) means they're probably a villain.

Carrie-Anne Moss is just the best in this. I missed seeing her being all icy and determined. Also David Tennant is far more entertaining when playing the villain rather than the hero.

Oh yeah, the opening credits are much much better visually than Daredevil. On daredevil it looks unfinished, literally like I'm looking at something that is sitting halfway done on a hard drive. Just too much red. Jessica Jones however is just perfect, visually.

to be fair, that's a low bar to pass.

I can't binge watch it either. I watched 5 episodes this weekend and had to take a break because it's just SO INTENSE. Amazing, and deserving of all the hype, but it's a very 'heavy' show psychologically speaking. I'm someone with very few triggers, fortunately, but it even gets to me if I watch too much at a time.

My involuntary reaction to Killgrave is shuddering and yelling, "you're disgusting, just DIE already, fuck, ew" because he skeeves me out just that much. I literally can't stop myself from doing it every time I see or hear him.

Krysten Ritter and Rachael Taylor are luminescent.

It is a great performance! He's achieving the skin-crawling skeeziness that the character requires, although I'm not thrilled that in interviews, Tennant keeps trying to insist on sympathizing with Killgrave. Like, no. He's literally a mind-controlling abuser and rapist. I think it's okay to not sympathize with him. I could also do without the fangirls...

In other news, Jess and Trish's friendship is so fucking great. I love it. I adore Trish so much I cringe from secondhand embarrassment whenever a random character goes, "Patsy, I loved your show!" and starts singing the theme song.

Just finished the last 3 and impressed as hell.

Going to leave this here... a piece on the Kilgrave romance fandom. Yes, it's a thing. The author of the piece doesn't condemn the women who are in this - problematic faves, complex desires etc - but notes how very iffy an idea it is.

Me? I'm with Andrew Vachss: if you allow an abuser the excuse that they were themselves abused, it pisses on all the other survivors of abuse who did not emulate the abusers.

I sort of have mixed feelings on said show and start-stopped my way through it. The performances are very good across the board and it has certain scenes and elements I really like but on some level I felt like I appreciated what it was going for more than I was really engaged with the viewing experience.

I'm still enjoying it. I last watched AKA Sin Bin, and am excited to see what comes next.