Finally finished watching Jessica Jones. It was really well done. I didn't like it as much as Daredevil and there were some moments that took me out of it but I have to say that Kilgrave is the most terrifying Marvel villain ever. More so than D'Onofrio's Kingpin who I thought was amazing. He is perhaps the most terrifying comic book villain portrayed on screen ever - period - supplanting even Ledger's Joker. Yeah I said it. If for nothing else than just for the level of his power combined with his total lack of moral compass and the fact that Tennant knocked it out of the park.
A thought I came away with after watching this though, is that even though these characters exist in the same MCU, this Netflix content is so mature that I can't conceive of how these characters can ever meet up with the movie universe. Jessica Jones was dark and disturbing. More disturbing than anything we've even seen in Daredevil. And I would never want my kid watching something like this until he is fully grown up and emotionally capable of processing this kind of content. My wife didn't even want to keep watching it because she could see where things were going and didn't want to know anymore - whereas I was hooked on the premise.
But I see no point in joining these universes now. I love the all ages appeal of the movie Marvel universe with colorful costumes, humor, epic action and sprawling stories. I love how the Russos managed to take things to the edge without going too dark and I can't wait to see what they've done for Civil War. But Jessica Jones/Daredevil dark doesn't work for me and I think it makes sense to keep these two sides of the brand distinct for separate audiences. There's no "one size fits all" here.
