Superheroes have been teaming up in the comic books for more than 75 years, so it’s no surprise that Netflix is giving us “The Defenders” — a lower-budget way of creating a TV version of Marvel’s two “Avengers” hits and DC’s “Justice League” (coming in November).
That’s not an insult. Hey, I love TV. But even Netflix — which continues to spend mountains of cash on programming — can’t afford to do a series with a budget anything like a theatrical blockbuster.
Nor does TV have access to A-list superheroes. So Netflix signed up for blind vigilante Daredevil (Charlie Cox), superstrong detective Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), bullet-proof Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and martial-arts master Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — and the combination of the four in “The Defenders,” which begins streaming today.