I had read some favorable things about this Netflix TV series and was anxious to see it when it became available. My wife and I viewed the first 3 episodes and now have cut our losses.
I was a big comic book fan growing up but also was totally unaware of Jessica Jones until this series was out. Apparently she had been a super hero of sorts but is no longer. None of this is explained in any coherent way, if covered at all, in the first 3 episodes. That is my first disappointment, I don't enjoy watching a recurring series with no idea where things originated, like Jessica's super strength.
My second disappointment, and more critical, the episodes are not very interesting. Maybe they would be to a die-hard fan of the comic books. They seem to drag with little happening and episode three features three different times where Jessica and her man jumped into bed for some quick, hot sex. If this is the story line then it is going to a place I don't care about.
Krysten Ritter, who was so good in "Breaking Bad", is in the lead as Jessica Jones. She may be playing the role exactly the way the director and producers want but to me she is very underwhelming, almost boring. She is attractive enough but not enough to make one want to watch just for her looks, and her character seems just a mess.
I am aware that this is exactly what some like to watch, but I am not one of them.
I was a big comic book fan growing up but also was totally unaware of Jessica Jones until this series was out. Apparently she had been a super hero of sorts but is no longer. None of this is explained in any coherent way, if covered at all, in the first 3 episodes. That is my first disappointment, I don't enjoy watching a recurring series with no idea where things originated, like Jessica's super strength.
My second disappointment, and more critical, the episodes are not very interesting. Maybe they would be to a die-hard fan of the comic books. They seem to drag with little happening and episode three features three different times where Jessica and her man jumped into bed for some quick, hot sex. If this is the story line then it is going to a place I don't care about.
Krysten Ritter, who was so good in "Breaking Bad", is in the lead as Jessica Jones. She may be playing the role exactly the way the director and producers want but to me she is very underwhelming, almost boring. She is attractive enough but not enough to make one want to watch just for her looks, and her character seems just a mess.
I am aware that this is exactly what some like to watch, but I am not one of them.