10 Reasons Marvel Shouldn't Mix The MCU And Netflix Characters

10. Netflix Brings The Violence

Unlike their cinematic counterparts, the Marvel Netflix shows are not for kids. Bones crunch, limbs snap and eyes are impaled as the likes of Daredevil and the rest of The Defenders show the consequences of what happens when you throw a punch.

The films in the MCU (so far at least) are for a very broad audience, and so when Thor throws his hammer it's usually at robots or camera trickery hiding the consequences of being struck by a hefty piece of metal. We don't want to neuter The Defenders just as much as we don't want to see an R-rated Captain America.

The first series of Daredevil catapulted viewers into a more adult Marvel world, with our hero not just handing out savage beatings, but receiving them as well. It would be difficult to find an example of a superhero more bloodied and beaten than Matt Murdock, not to mention the brutality of Frank Castle's prison punch-up in season 2...

It's this huge difference in the depiction of violence that largely separates Netflix from the movies and it is an issue that would be exceedingly difficult to ignore. Daredevil's onslaughts suddenly not causing sprays of claret will no doubt be incredibly jarring now that we've seen the blood-soaked streets of Hell's Kitchen.