Disney+ MCU Shows Are Already Repeating A Major Netflix Problem
Although Netflix started out releasing MCU shows, Disney+ is now the home of Marvel streaming content — but it is already repeating one of Netflix's biggest problems. The MCU has been mostly met with critical acclaim, and the various television series are no exception. However, the same problem that killed Netflix's Defenders-verse is starting to be seen in the MCU catalog of Disney+, and it must be fixed in order to save the franchise.
With the release of Daredevil season 1 in 2015, Netflix kicked off its section of the MCU nicknamed the Defenders-verse. Netflix released shows like Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and several others, all of which are connected to the MCU. The earlier seasons culminated in The Defenders, a team-up series that featured all of Netflix's Marvel heroes. Although the shows continued after The Defenders, they were all sadly canceled before any of them got a proper resolution, with only a handful of Defenders characters appearing in the wider MCU.
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Nearly every season of each Netflix MCU show is 13 episodes, which led to some problems. Since each episode was around 45 minutes to an hour, every season of every show had to fill a very similar 13-hour run. Because of this length, some Defenders shows like The Punisher and Iron Fist severely dragged in the middle, with some episodes feeling like nothing more than filler. Although all of these shows had potential, forcing them to all fit the same episode count hurt many of them. Although it started out with promise, the Disney+Marvel shows are now facing the exact same problem. While there are some deviations, most of these shows are forced to fit into six-episode seasons, creating a
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