Luke Cage Trailer

Netflix Synopsis:
In this Marvel live action series, a street-fighting ex-con battles crime on the streets of New York as the Super Hero, Luke Cage.

Early reviews for the series are very positive.  Some are saying this show surpasses the previous Netflix shows which is extremely high praise as all of the previous shows have been extremely positively reviewed and even awarded.

Early Reviews:

Collider - 5 stars "Excellent"

Deadline Hollywood - show "Flexes Serious Mucles"

Trailer 3:

Get some. #LukeCagehttps://t.co/yoTlJqD6lW

— Luke Cage (@LukeCage) August 9, 2016

Trailer 2:
New trailer is a lot longer that the original.  It shows some of the dynamics that are going on in Harlem that lead Cage to come out of the shadows and become a hero.
His origins at Seagate are shown as well as his friend and villain Shades.






Break Down of Luke Cage Trailer by Toylab's resident film critic:

Sir Kent is Toylab's resident Film Critic

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I wanted to take a break away from the

GUILTY PLEASURE series of post that I had been working on. After watching both

LUKE CAGE trailer's like 80 times, I had such a NERD-GASM that I HAD to write my hopes, dreams and speculations on this upcoming Netflix/Marvel masterpiece. I won't concentrate too much on Luke Cage's history as I am sure many of you know it and those that don't will have it explained to you in the form of a flashback in the series. I wanted to focus more on the villains that will be appearing in the series.

Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes will be played by Mahershala Ali (Try saying that three times fast!).  He will be playing the cousin of Council Woman Mariah Dillard played by the great Alfred Woodward. We will circle back to this in a minute. In the comics, much like the series, Cottonmouth controls all the heroin traffic in the city. In the comic, however, he was known for sporting filed down teeth that he used to bite people!   During one fight in the comics, Luke Cage knocked actually knocked those teeth down Cottonmouth's throat.  An interesting fact is that, Cottonmouth, after his return, was nearly as strong as Luke Cage!

So much to the point that he fought him to a stand still and nearly bit his f 'Beeping face off! It's also worth noting (Simply because I TRULY hope this happens in the series) that at some point, Cottonmouth becomes such a threat to the city that Daredevil sends a group of HAND Ninja's to assassinate him! THAT I want to see! It will be interesting to see how Netflix works with the teeth thing. Can you say “Cannibalism”? Ewww that'll make me feel all kinds of queasy.


The most interesting and, in my opinion, the BEST character they will have on the series will be Willis Stryker AKA Diamondback. You're probably saying “Why is HE so f BEEPin' interesting?” I will tell you why. This is an opportunity for Netflix and Marvel to introduce a new villain that could be as cool as Bullseye or Capt. Boomerang. (I of course am refering to the SUICIDE SQUAD Capt. Boomerang not  the fBeeping lame cartoon Capt. Boomerang!). Stryker got his name while running in the same gang as Luke Cage did. His ability at hand-to-hand combat and edged weapons was legendary on the streets and earned him the moniker of Diamondback. However, he and Luke Cage fell for the same woman (Ain't that how it always happens?). As the two of them grew closer, the fire of jealousy burned within Diamondback. So much so that he stole a kilo of heroin from Cottonmouth and planted it on Luke Cage.   The plan was for Luke to be either be killed by Cottonmouth or arrested. The plan completly backfired when Luke Cage was arrested, and she only fell for him more. This drove Diamondback insane who swore to find a way to either win back the woman or kill Luke Cage.