Marvel’s Luke Cage creator Cheo Hodari Coker responded to a fan who was upset that the Marvel hero faced off against black villains in the Netflix series.
Mike Colter as Luke Cage in Marvel’s Luke Cage (2016), Marvel Entertainment
X user Silentpartner80 took to the social media platform to complain about the show writing, “Obviously Luke Cage was created in the 1970s, but did y’all peek how the Marvel series depicted him having to fight MORE Black people to SAVE Harlem than white villains? I did.”
Obviously Luke Cage was created in the 1970s, but did y’all peek how the Marvel series depicted him having to fight MORE Black people to SAVE Harlem than white villains?
I did. pic.twitter.com/rzCYiAQDko
— Shepherd Wolf 🐺🎱🐺 (@silentpartner80) January 25, 2024
Coker responded to the user writing, “I was trying to keep Black people gainfully employed. LOL. Just saying…”
Cheo Hodari Coker on X
Coker would also share a number of song titles that he planned to draw inspiration from if he was able to after the second season.
Public Enemy #1
Don’t Believe The Hype
Louder ThanA Bomb
BurnHollywood Burn
You’re Gonna Get Yours
Can’t Truss It.
Brothers Gonna…
Can’t DoNuttin For Ya Man
Shut EmDown
Show EmWhatchu Got
Black Steel In The HourOfChaos
Welcome To The Terrordome
Rebel Without A Pause— Cheo Hodari Coker (@cheo_coker) January 31, 2024
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However, he stayed mum on specific details writing, “I could tell you…but I can’t. And won’t. We had a great season planned.”
I could tell you…but I can’t. And won’t. We had a great season planned.
— Cheo Hodari Coker (@cheo_coker) February 2, 2024
It’s possible that the Luke Cage series could see a revival similar to what Marvel is doing with Daredevil. Marvel Studios seemingly acquired the rights to all of the Defenders series that had originally been licensed to Netflix and brought back actor Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio to reprise their roles.
They initially humiliated the characters in subpar and terrible shows such as She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Hawkeye, and Echo. It appeared they were going to double on this terrible strategy with Daredevil: Born Again.
However, the company announced in October it was going to creatively reboot the entire series. They canned the directors they had lined up for the series and removed the show’s writers. Furthermore, Vincent D’Onofrio recently confirmed the company is now viewing the series as a continuation of the Netflix series.
Mahershala Ali as Cottonmouth and Mike Colter as Luke Cage in Marvel’s Luke Cage (2016), Marvel Entertainment
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D’Onofrio told The Hollywood Reporter, “During our restart of all the creative on Daredevil: Born Again, all the creatives got together and said, ‘Look, this is how we’ve got to do it now.’ So we are for sure only speaking about it in terms of being directly connected to the original Daredevil, and that’s a great thing.”
He added, “It brings in a lot of cool stories and all the collateral story that happened in those original three seasons. So we now get to start this Born Again situation with all of that history behind us and the outcome of all that history. So we’re all talking about Daredevil: Born Again in those terms now.”
WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 08: Vincent D’Onofrio attends the Echo Launch Event at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
Marvel’s Luke Cage received a 7.2 rating on IMDb over the course of two seasons. The lowest rated episode across those two seasons was the Season 2 premiere with a 7.0.
Marvel’s Luke Cage IMDb scores
The series has an average audience score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. Season 1 received an audience score of 67%. It had an average rating of 3.5 out of 5. The second season received a 68%. It’s average rating was 3.7 out of 5.
Marvel’s Luke Cage Rotten Tomatoes score
What do you make of Coker’s response?
