Marvel's Iron Fist
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Xexx
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I am at like episode 11 now so far I do like it but as the Danny's monk friend said danny is a terrible iron fist. Still the whole series is like an old time kung fu movie story. There is no compelling villain because the story is not really about him fighting anybody but his own inner demons so he can become his true self the iron fist. I think they would have been better off having a few less episodes and condense things a bit but I think it does work mostly for what they were aiming to do. I am just not sure that is what people were expecting/wanting them to do.
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Caliane
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that was really poorly shot. we should have had alot more of that drunken boxing style stuff. Like, if this was done right, the "tournament" where he fights 3 matches. the poison girl, the twins, and the last guy.. would have been 3 entire episodes themselves. like ninja scroll or some shit.
But yeah, the camera work and lightning for that drunken boxing was awful. Because it used such regular camera work... it just looked like a guy on the street pretending to drunken box. ridiculous.
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Finished it last night, and while I was mildly entertained throughout, I find it difficult to really point to anything I loved about the show other than Colleen Wing. The actress that is, not necessarily the character. I have never had yellow fever, but I would go all in for her.
I almost feel like they intended to have a running theme of the show be that he's essentially a 10-year-old boy mentally, which would explain how fucking retarded he is about EVERY SINGLE THING, but then someone came through and cut every reference to that storyline out. Because you can see a few times where they kind of mention it, and he definitely acts that way almost the entire series, but they don't use it enough and don't offer any other explanation for why he's fucking retarded. I know we were supposed to pick up on this a little, but it clearly isn't the main reason he's so dumb. I don't know what that reason is, but it isn't because he is mentally a child.
I actually liked Ward about the most of all the characters on the show, just because he wasn't a cardboard cutout like everyone else.
I almost feel like they intended to have a running theme of the show be that he's essentially a 10-year-old boy mentally, which would explain how fucking retarded he is about EVERY SINGLE THING, but then someone came through and cut every reference to that storyline out. Because you can see a few times where they kind of mention it, and he definitely acts that way almost the entire series, but they don't use it enough and don't offer any other explanation for why he's fucking retarded. I know we were supposed to pick up on this a little, but it clearly isn't the main reason he's so dumb. I don't know what that reason is, but it isn't because he is mentally a child.
I actually liked Ward about the most of all the characters on the show, just because he wasn't a cardboard cutout like everyone else.
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While it's possible to nitpick the shit out of this like you can anything really. The shows cardinal sin is that it's boring as all hell and the things that anchor the two sides of Dannie's struggle, (family Rand Corp, Kun Lun) are left entirely up to the audience to bridge that divide.
Also they sure as fuck don't know how to use flashbacks.
Also they sure as fuck don't know how to use flashbacks.
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Yeah, that tournament was rough. Fighting a guy and then suddenly 'i should run away so we have a different setting to fight in, oh this room full of scaffoldings his weapon can get caught on works'
I've just got the final episode left tonight.
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I'm on episode 8 now, and the actor playing Iron Fist seems to have gotten a little better at striking. But his horse stances are absolute garbage (it takes four years to get a decent horse stance) and apparently he skipped elbow strike day (they come out wobbly and are slow).
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Most of the actors on this show have poor form so it's probably more of a direction issue. I could deal with the neutered Iron Fist powers if every damn move on this show wasn't so slow and telegraphed.
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Chanur
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If feels like you can see them setting up their opponent for the next move, particularly in one of the battles with Wing you can really notice the victim helping line up for a throw. If you are going to have that kind of thing then you need to cut the scene to make the action feel more frenzied and less like well...acting.
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So did Marvel decide to just phone it in with the fight scenes in this series? They are really... really... bad.
Interesting that so many of you think DD was the best Marvel Netflix series so far though. It's been the only one I couldn't finish. Couldn't even make it past 3 episodes of season 1. Foggy and Vampire chick bother me so much I can't even enjoy the good parts of the show. Those 2 characters make that show completely unwatchable for me.
Interesting that so many of you think DD was the best Marvel Netflix series so far though. It's been the only one I couldn't finish. Couldn't even make it past 3 episodes of season 1. Foggy and Vampire chick bother me so much I can't even enjoy the good parts of the show. Those 2 characters make that show completely unwatchable for me.
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All signs point to rushed into production so they could make their deadline for Defenders. Finn Jones remarked he had less than 6 months to prepare for the role.
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