Netflix's "The Punisher", first 20 minutes

[Saelune]

Halfway through, need to talk about it. Thanos exists...and that makes watching this show weird. Its set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which means Thanos is out there, and a talking space racoon, and Thor, God of Thunder.

But you would never know from watching this. Not a complaint, just a weird thing. I actually am thinking of showing this show to my grandparents cause they love shit like this, government cover-ups, military conspiracies, inexplicably unlit rooms. Occasionally Karen Page shows up to remind you Daredevil is a thing, but it could just as easily been just a case of the same actor.

Anyways, enjoying the show, despite lack of ninjas and capes.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Halfway through, need to talk about it. Thanos exists...and that makes watching this show weird. Its set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which means Thanos is out there, and a talking space racoon, and Thor, God of Thunder.

But you would never know from watching this. Not a complaint, just a weird thing. I actually am thinking of showing this show to my grandparents cause they love shit like this, government cover-ups, military conspiracies, inexplicably unlit rooms. Occasionally Karen Page shows up to remind you Daredevil is a thing, but it could just as easily been just a case of the same actor.

Anyways, enjoying the show, despite lack of ninjas and capes.

Myeah, the Netflix shows are supposed to be part of the MCU, but aside from some rare bits of lip service, they might as well be their own universe.

Now, I rather like their more down-to-earth approach, but I agree it is kind of weird how they barely seem to acknowledge that aliens attacked from a portal above New York, or messed up London, or that the Norse god of thunder comes to hang out with his legendary super soldier, genius billionaire in power armor and green rage monster buddies sometimes. Where Luke Cage, a superstrong bulletproof man, initially is skeptical about Danny Rand's superpunching power being mystical in origin, even though Luke's knows another superstrong person and has encountered someone with mind control powers before (and should nominally know about some other "out there" MCU stuff).

The only MCU show I've seen that has in-universe public acknowledgement of people with superpowers and other comicy stuff is Agents of Shield (notably not a Netflix show), most prominently in the later seasons when they introduce the Terrigen Mists and Inhumans (which mostly serve as expies for Mutants, since the X-Men right lie with Fox).