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Jessica Jones: The Complete First Season
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While DC has made a big name for itself with their “Arrowverse” live action series, Marvel has had to play some catch up in that department. They garnered some success with the ridiculous Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (a show that I could barely choke down), they largely seemed to fail at that market. Agent Carter was actually really good, but sadly rather short lived. It wasn’t until they decided to take some of their more “non traditional” heroes and partner with Netflix to make original content that their luck started to change. With the show on Netflix, vs. broadcast TV, Marvel had more flexibility to make a series the way THEY wanted to, instead of censoring it for the standard broadcast mechanisms. Daredevil took the internet by storm, and provided one of the few TV shows in the Marvel universe that could almost be considered R rated (it doesn’t push the boundaries like Game of Thrones, Dexter or other HBO fodder, but it’s much more violent and language ridden than your average comic book show), and the fans took to it like a starving man to a feast. Jessica Jones: The Complete First Season was the followup series to Daredevil (it also takes place in Hell’s Kitchen, to coincide with the blind super hero’s antics), and it follows in the dark footsteps of its predecessor, making for a unique and visually grim superhero (or antihero) TV show.
Jessica Jones is not your average superhero. In fact she’s not much of a superhero at all. The show takes place AFTER Jessica went through her stint trying to save the world with her superhuman strength and skills. However, she encountered another inhuman in her journey. A man who would end up nearly breaking her with his incredible powers of mental persuasion and manipulation. Now Jessica has relocated to Hell’s Kitchen where she sets up shop as a private investigator. Now she’s chocking down large quantities of whiskey, mentally scarred and suffering from PTSD after her abuse at the hands of this psycho super villain named Kilgrave (David Tennant in a fantastic role). Her caustic attitude has driven off just about every friend she ever had, and the only relationship she has that’s worth anything is attorney Jeri Hogarth (Carrie Anne Moss), who ends up feeding her clients.
When Jessica is given a mysterious case about a kidnapped girl, her worst fears come true. Kilgrave is the kidnapper, and he’s using the whole situation to exact revenge on the ex superhero in a vicious way that only he knows how. At first terrified of the situation, Jessica tries to run, but when that proves futile, she decides to take this demon head on. With the help of a bartender named Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and her old best friend Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor), Jessica does the only thing she knows how to do. Cause a whole lot of pain for anyone and everyone who stands in her way.
A second recurring theme throughout the show is the use of “gray” in the right and wrong struggle. While so many of these shows focus on starkly black evil, and sharp white good, Jessica Jones dabbles with discussing the ideas of having differing shades of gray. There is very little in the series that can be considered distinctly good, and distinctly evil. Even Kilgrave has differing shades of gray once you get to know him, instead of being the pure mustache wielding villain that he’s made out to be during the first few episodes. Jessica’s interactions with people throughout the show may seem harsh, and her methods brutal, but there is a sense of decency and true desire to help. However, you start to ask yourself the question “Is she actually in the right?” many times. She tends to engage in illegal activity to stop a greater evil, but then as the lines blur you realize that even her intentions and end results are all that good either. It’s a strange dichotomy that makes her a uniquely intriguing, and heavily flawed antagonist.
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Jessica Jones: The complete First Season is one of the better Marvel offerings as of late, and acts as the first spin off after Daredevil became so wildly popular. While it doesn’t have your traditional superhero vibe to it, the female eccentric show is more than interesting and one of my favorite of their recent dalliances. It’s a dark series for certain, but not dark for no reason, or filled with unnecessary angst. There is a purpose to the darkness, and a good bit of light infused into the series as well. Disney’s Blu-ray set looks and sounds great, but I was a little disappointed at the complete lack of extras. However, don’t let that dissuade you from watching one of the better Marvel comic book shows out there. Recommended as a great watch.
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Starring: Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, Rachael Taylor, Carrie Anne Moss
Created by: Melissa Rosenberg
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 AVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD MA 5.1, German DTS-HD HR
Studio: Disney/Buena Vista
Rated: TV-MA
Runtime: 780 Minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: August 22nd, 2017
Recommendation: Great Watch
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