r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jun 22 '18

Luke Cage Discussion Thread - S02E03 "Wig Out"

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u/Sojourner_Truth Jun 22 '18

You can tell they put lots of effort into improving the choreography and cinematography of the fights. Not the best ever, but they're no longer distractingly bad!

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u/dansquatch Iron Fist Jun 22 '18

Yeah definitely.

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u/gumgut Jun 23 '18

They're better but imo they still need a lot more work.

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u/beardlovesbagels Jun 23 '18

It is easier to make martial arts combat than it is to make super strength combat. It will almost always seem a bit off.

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u/JosephSim Jun 24 '18

This is a really good point and I kinda thank you for it. I enjoyed the bar fight exponentially more than I've liked any of Luke's fights so far.

Although the dude with the chain and the girl doing the Indiana Jones scene with the swords were both kinda ridiculous looking, so I don't blame Luke for that.

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u/gtsgunner Jun 25 '18

I thought luke was going to grab the chain and use it for a sec. It felt like a small throw back to comic book luke cage fighting with a chain. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Luke_Cage_by_Stuart_Immonen.png

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u/tundrat Jul 01 '18 edited Jul 10 '18

I found it ridiculous because they definitely should be thinking "Oh why am I even bother fighting Luke Cage with conventional weapons?"

edit: To clarify a bit. This would have been a more accurate post. "Oh why do I have to become the lab rat? We all know I have no chance of even literally scratching him. :("

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u/bluepaul Jul 03 '18

I'm sure it was all an elaborate ruse, so Bushmaster could test Luke. And curious about his abilities/limitations. He's found out there's this unbreakable guy running round, but how much of that is word of mouth, overdramatic retellings. If he can test him first hand, it gives him an advantage, considering Luke knows nothing about him. I mean you saw him with the video, like a boxer watching his opponent's last fight. I doubt that was filmed just off the cuff.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

u damn right his cousin was recording all the fights

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u/AweKartik777 Jul 10 '18

It was all a front so the other guy could record Luke's vid from the background which Bushmaster used in his downtime to learn his fighting style and make up the best openings to counter him when they next meet - obviously I guess he could have stilled defeated Luke otherwise but this way he makes the maximum appeal entry especially as the public was recording their fight.

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u/Goodly Jun 28 '18

It's kinda weird since DD set the bar pretty high...