Driver Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Starting it tonight. Still hope the costume shows up in Defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I still have Cage to catch up on. I have been at least one season/series behind on the Netflix shows for awhile now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I haven't heard great things, but the set would be incomplete without it. Probably start on it later tonight, if I'm not too busy trashing dino-bots in post-apocalyptia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 4 eps in, it's not bad but the weakest of the Marvel ones so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I watched the first two so far. It's good, just not as good as the previous 3 series. I might change my mind after I've seen them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maker Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I wasn't disappointed. Like others, I thought it was the weakest of the set so far, but that doesn't mean I thought it was bad. I quite enjoyed it, it's just that DD and JJ have set very high bars, is all. Loved the fights in the 6th episode, it had an almost 'A Game of Death' feel to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Done. It was.... okay. All my initial complaints held. It just never grabbed me. It was terrible-- but it was just okay. And like every single other Netflix/Marvel show it feels divided in that the first half seems planned, and the second half is made up on the fly. I didn't love what they turned the hand into, definitely demystified them from how they were in Daredevil. As cool as it was seeing Claire there as the one who is going to unite the Defenders, I felt really bummed we didn't see Colleen giving private lessons to Misty Knight. And why was Davos a British Indian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrian Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 And why was Davos a British Indian?Probably because part of the Himalayas is in Nepal, and I've worked with a lot of Gurkhas, some of whom look a lot more South Asian than Oriental. Plus the British have long had a presence in the region, so it's not that far fetched. Then again, I say this without actually knowing anything about the comic book version of Davos (assuming he has one?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 episodes left, I'm really starting to wonder if George Lucas wrote and directed this. Some scenes remind me a lot of the dialogue between Anakin and Obi Wan in the final duel. . .or maybe Finn Jones delivery just seems inspired by Hayden (or both) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Up to episode 9! Is it weird that I'm more interested in Ward and Joy than Danny and co? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 I hated Ward at first. I thought he was a terrible actor, but by the end I realized he was the best thing on the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robin Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I stopped watching at episode 6, if that was the poorly done game of death homage anyway. I will finish it, but I'm really meh. I'm sure the show has issues, most agree on them, but I think I've ruined this by imagining what could be before it aired. I love Iron Fist and Luke and Doctor Strange and all the mystical Marvel stuff. This series reminds me of how I felt as I was watching The Phantom Menace; it's good too see all this but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I hated Ward at first. I thought he was a terrible actor, but by the end I realized he was the best thing on the show. I thought the same thing. He was super unlikable at first but as the show has gone on, I feel sorry for him. I feel like the arc with him, Joy and their father is a lot more interesting than Dannys'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Finished it. The prequel comparison was dead on, this was dreadfully written and had absolutely no direction or point to it at all. Hopefully first episode of Defenders they hopefully get rid of Rand and just give the Iron Fist to Colleen Wing. Jessica Henwick was the only real highlight of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrian Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I think Davos' first words to Danny had it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Rankings so far is first season Daredevil>Luke Cage>Second Season Daredevil>Jessica Jones>Iron Fist. RZA directed an episode of Iron Fist and I think they had the best kung fu scenes and set ups. The first fights in other episodes didn't feel right. Slow pacing is kinda making it easier for me to put aside seeing Iron Fist in one binge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Yeah, it's pretty terrible. That said, there have been worse comicbook adaptations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 I think it failed cause it's not really about anything. All the other shows had some deeper high concept stuff working behind the obvious story that elevated it. Daredevil is about our failed justice system, Luke Cage is about institutional racism, Jessica Jones was about abuse, Iron Fist is about... what? I've heard people say it's about our disdain and dismissal of mental health, but the problem with that idea is that Danny isn't crazy-- people just assume he is. Luke was stuck in a racist prison system, Jessica was a victim of abuse, Matt was fighting and failing to protect the little guy in court. Danny just needed for people to believe him. If that was their angle, and he came back to New York with amnesia, and thought maybe Kun Lun HAD been some weird coma dream and he wasn't sure if he was sane... maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Assuming the show gets renewed for another season I wouldn't be surprised if it gets a new showrunner. The fact that the Defenders is being run by the Daredevil showrunners gives me hope for a better portrayal of Danny, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 If there's a Iron Fist season two before a Punisher season one I'll burn it all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I thought Punisher was definitely coming out later this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 You're right. After Defenders they've said-- but I haven't heard anything about them shooting it yet. They could be keeping quiet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I hope they just combine Luke Cake & Iron Fist S2 into Heroes for Hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robin Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I like the amnesia, uncertain reality angle that Driver posted about. If they did that with some Thru the Looking Glass trips into super medicated dreamstates then this series could have been truly something. "Crouching Tiger over the Cuckoo's Nest". Much later edit in: I just realized this idea is essentially that Zack Snyder film Sucker Punch. Ugh. Blarf. Much much later edit in: Probably would have been a great episode at least though, 'specially if they had allowed Danny to be a bit loosey goosey Zen in persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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