EXCITED about the pics! If this ends up being anywhere near as great as Alias, and the Daredevil series gives me a lot of hope that it will, it should be amazing.
I just really really really really really hate the fact that they're using the Defenders name for a team that's not the Defenders. The Defenders is Doc Strange, Hulk, Silver Surfer, etc. The closest thing that these people are are the Marvel Knights. Seeing Doctor Strange continue into a Defenders movie (instead of an Avengers movie) would have been awesome (although I don't think they have the rights to all the characters).
I am on board with this as a big old-school Defenders fan, but on the other hand let's remember that the Defenders were a non-team team, so there were tons of line-ups. Strange, Hulk, Surfer, and Namor would always join in throughout the series, but they didn't stay as the main line-up for that long. For instance I was a big fan of the Hellcat, Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Hulk era. As well as the Angel, Beast, Iceman, Gargoyle, Andromeda, Cloud, Moondragon, Valkyrie era. And others like Devil-Slayer and Hellstrom and Moon Knight (who would be great as a Netflix show). There's lots of characters that left their stamp on that team.
And, to be fair, both Daredevil and Luke Cage did join in with the Defenders for a few issues here and there, so there is at least a brief relationship.
But still, your larger point is certainly true. I'd love to see a real Defenders show. These characters are more along the lines of Heroes for Hire or, as you say, Marvel Knights.
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