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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2018-09-30 10:30 pm

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So I'm watching Defenders and ...

... I love how each character's scenes are filmed in their color palette - red for Matt, yellow for Luke, green for Danny and blue for Jessica. It's really cool looking! And it means you can tell at a glance whose part of the storyline you're in.

It reminds me of how incredibly cool the coloring was in Daredevil (in a way I haven't noticed as much in the other shows, though that might just be because of getting used to it - but I remember being really struck by that the first time I watched Daredevil).

I'm early in episode two and just got to where Jessica's and Luke's storyline come together for the first time, and it's staged in such a way that the scene has both their colors in it (Jessica's blue and Luke's yellow) - like there's blue walls, yellow/tan doors, blue and yellow FBI jackets, yellow police tape with blue background lighting. It must have been incredibly challenging for the set designers and props people to manage to achieve this, but the effect is really cool! (And makes me think that eventually when they're all four in the same place we'll end up with a full color palette, sort of like those "you can only see color if" soulmate AUs.)

So far I'm liking this a lot! The people who said in previous comments that the tone was more like what I liked about Iron Fist (not as dark as the grimmer shows in the 'verse) were right. This is right up my alley and I'm having a lot of fun.
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[personal profile] lilacsigil 2018-10-01 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of people said the colouring was kind of hokey but I loved it! Some grim stuff does happen, but yeah, the overall tone is a lot lighter than most of the series and I think the plot moves faster, too.
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[personal profile] goss 2018-10-01 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
I also like the tone of Defenders, that mix of light-hearted and dark. Give me ALL the snarky banter! :D
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2018-10-01 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't even notice the color scheme! That's so cool.
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[personal profile] selenak 2018-10-01 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That was one nifty aspect of The Defenders; I loved that season, flaws and all, as the character interaction was really all I'd hoped for.
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[personal profile] maplemood 2018-10-01 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like all four shows have really distinctive color palettes (red and vibrant, bold colors for Daredevil, blues and purples and cooler colors for Jessica Jones, yellows and other warm colors for Luke Cage, lots of greens for Iron Fist). Seeing the way they blended all of them for The Defenders was really cool!
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[personal profile] monanotlisa 2018-10-01 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I ended up liking The Defenders a lot, less for its story (to be honest, that I have already forgotten) than its atmosphere including the look and feel of the show. And you know what, that's more than enough for television to please me.
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[personal profile] darjeeling 2018-10-01 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I really enjoyed Defenders, and I didn't notice the colour palette on the first watch through but I did on the second! You're in for a ride :)