Is it the actress or the character?

With all due respect - it's the viewer.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. But Jessica's character is just not for you I suspect. She's very, very different from most superhero tropes so I think it's just not your cup of tea - which is fine.

It's impossible to say if another actress would have made you feel differently, but I suspect it wouldn't. To me, Ritter did an amazing job portraying a damaged victim who is terrified of her own powers. But that's only my own opinion.

Reading my signature constitutes admission that I am correct. (Too late)

a bit of both.
she is just another carbon copy of the strong female lead character all the shows are trying to push right now. she's pretty, she's gritty, she says whats on her mind and she doesn't take *beep* from anyone, oh, and she's model skinny so obviously she has super strength but she can be emotionally vulnerable to pander to the weak PC masses. it's getting old. when people get off the whole PC way of doing things and go back to being edgy, which is what got shows views in the first place.
the show isn't terrible it's just nothing special.
the Boss lady and the Black guy are good actors and characters but that doesn't save the lead.
i think a different actress could help but it's looking the part that matters. plus the show takes too many easy outs.

I'm not familiar with Jessica Jones in the comics at all.

Is it the actress' portrayal that I don't like or is it the character? I don't know but I can barely stomach watching her.

Actress. Ritter comes off as rather a wooden actress without much dynamic.

It's a bit more subtle in the show, but it's there - originally Jessica Jones was something of a happy normal single woman with her roommate / sister, in a world where people with super powers were somewhat routine. She took a swing at being a superhero, but wasn't quite adept enough to make it work, so she became a private detective. Kind of normal.

Then came Killgrave. The man who enslaved her and made her do whatever he wanted for eight months. He raped women while she watched, made her go out and hurt people, commit crimes, etc, etc, etc. She knew on the inside what was happening, but couldn't stop herself.

She finally escaped, and yeah - it left her pretty damaged.

IMHO Krysten Ritter nailed the portrayal of a broken, terrified, angry woman. She's Krysten Ritter, so the "before" part wasn't as happy/bouncy as the comic Jessica, but it's the after part that matters, and it's what made her such a powerful character to watch. If you've seen Ms. Ritter's other work then you should know that's kind of who she is, but I wouldn't fault her - she was cast perfectly for the role.

We're not supposed to "like" her - this show is telling a story.


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I put off watching the show because I was too indifferent to these characters. I had never heard of Jessica Jones before. But this past weekend I decided to give it a shot.

Having finished the show last night, it's basically good in the long run, but it's so bleak and touches on such uncomfortable issues for a superhero show like rape and Hope trying to have a miscarriage. If I didn't know better I'd swear they upped the sexuality in this show just as a middle finger to those DC trolls who call Marvel too "kiddie." Jessica and her friends make so many bad decisions they constantly make things worse, maybe on behalf of the writers so they could stretch out the show. If Simpson had shot and killed Kilgrave rather than tranquilize him that one time they could have avoided a lot of pain and misery.

Sometimes it feels like they want us to believe Jessica is struggling between the line of hero and vigilante. But THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) this show is not. As morbid as it is to admit, Kilgrave is one of those villains who should die.


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You won't be forced to watch that icky Jessica in order to see his story line.

It's the character on the show. In the comics she was a lot more likeable.

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