Disney+'s Defenders Launch Will Disappoint Netflix MCU Fans

screenrant.com:

Daredevil and the other Marvel Netflix shows have come to Disney+ as «The Defenders Saga,» but one aspect of their move to this streaming service will disappoint fans. In 2015, an unprecedented partnership between Marvel Television and Netflix launched a range of superhero adventures unlike any Marvel had made before. The Marvel Netflix shows eschewed the cosmic stakes of the MCU and instead focused on a group of street-level vigilantes whose adventures were brutal and bloody. Marvel Television followed the same format as the mainstream MCU, introducing heroes in their own separate series ahead of a team-up event miniseries, The Defenders.

Daredeviland the other Marvel Netflix shows have now arrived on Disney+. Internationally, they've been rolled out as part of the Star package, but in the United States, the addition of these shows has prompted Disney to add age verification; they're certainly not standard Disney fare but are instead decidedly R-rated. Many viewers had hoped the Disney+ release would indicate whether or not Daredevil and the other Marvel Netflix series were considered canon in the MCU, given Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio have now reprised their popular roles as part of the mainstream MCU. Unfortunately, Disney seems to have avoided making a statement one way or another.

Related: Daredevil Season 4: Charlie Cox's Time Jump Idea Avoids 2 MCU Problems

Disney+ has categorized Marvel Netflix as «The Defenders Saga,» and the shows remain noticeably absent from the «Marvel Cinematic Universe in Timeline Order» section. They've been added in release order of the first season: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher. It's not particularly ideal because there's actually