The Official Netflix Marvel's "Iron Fist" Thread

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Ziggiy said:
Yep yep.


Episode 5-6 it picks up a bit, episode 6 is the best overall but 6 also makes it PAINFULLY obvious that Sir Laras is painfully outclassed in the fighting department.

I'm going to say this again, but this show would've benefited MASSIVELY from casting an Asian American actor in the lead.

I don't give a fukk if the source material is a Cac. Iron Fist debuted at a time when white people could get away with such gross cultural appropriation. These aren't those times anymore. It's 2017, and even CACS are tired of seeing themselves outright stealing the culture and heritage of other races (in the media. Real life is another story)

White bread Danny Rand coming back to reclaim his father's company isn't exciting. There's literally NOTHING fresh about it. It's been done to death by better writer/directors a thousand times over. Arrow pretty much mastered it. There's no new ground, and the way in which the showrunners are going about it is ham fisted as all hell.

Sir Laras doesn't look like he can kick ANYONE'S ass, so him
Kicking the ass of THREE straight Asian characters in EP 6, who are supposedly masters, is fukking insulting. The great all powerful white man ALWAYS finds a way to be the best. fukk outta here

Claire Temple brings some MUCH needed humor and familiarity to the proceedings whenever she's onscreen. Colleen feels like their holding her back, she's more natural at it than the damn hero of the story. The Brother keeps getting progressively more annoying (your dad comes back to life from cancer but you can't believe the shyt Danny is saying?) and the sister is just kind of there to look either highly annoyed or completely shocked.


I will say the soundtrack is good. Cinematography is too notch, and The Hand storyline remains compelling. The evil dad is played well by the actor, I wish he was given more screen time over then brother/sister duo. Claire is a highlight.
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I agree with most of this. Describes how I felt too. Still a solid show in my eyes :ehh:
 
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Ironman said:
If he doesn't like it he doesn't I'm mot interfering in anyone's viewing experience. Myself personally, the Hand storyline is much needed as this season has been slow as hell. On episode 6 this feels more like I was hoping for.
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Yeah given how shyt the hand were in DDs2 it's very indicative of just how weak this show is that their inclusion is the only thing keepin me from dropping it
 
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Is Misty Knight in this? If not, fukk this where is JJ season 2
 
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I hate to say this but Iron Fist is not a good show.

1. The acting is sub-par, Finn is not a good actor and the only time I enjoyed anything was when characters like Claire Temple (night nurse), Madam Goa (Daredevil), and the lawyer from Jessica Jones appeared.
2. The fighting scenes were terrible. Finn looked awkward as hell in every fight sequence and it felt like I was watching a 70s Kung Fu flick without any of the charisma. Swords, Ninjas and nunchucks in 2017 brehs :wow:

3. It's painfully obvious that Netflix is rushing these shows in order to coincide with Infinity Wars which is why the quality is steady suffering because of it.
4. Finn Jones was a miscast in my opinion. Dude is very unlikable and I wouldn't care if he died to be honest. :francis:

5. I don't know if Netflix is making these shows on a shoestring budget and is unable to secure decent actors, writers and directors, but now I'm worried about The Defenders.

Marvel takes its first L :mjcry:

It was bound to happen.
 
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