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Yeah, ditch that mask, or get Daredevils tailor to make a new one.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
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I don't mind them incorporating the mask into it in the flashback bit. They have had little nods to everyones costumes so far but his (besides his generally green color palette for his clothes).
Making the mask part of some ritual thing back in Kun Lun is fine.
He was MUCH better in Luke Cage 2. I am looking forward to him getting out of these introductory growing pains and getting some heroes for hire going.
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I enjoyed the first season fine, enjoyed Defenders fine, and thought his appearance in Luke Cage was fun, so I'm looking forward to enjoying the second season fine as well.
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
Is it me, or is Danny Rand the most out of shape superhero in the whole MCU?
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Turnip Jedi wrote: Fingers crossed they've spent a bit more time at fight camp this time, or upped his fisty power so he can just brawl like Luke or Jones
If they're not already, they should be going to the same fight camp as the one the Into the Badlands cast uses, they managed to put together some vaguely convincing fight sequences where Nick Frost was involved
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
Turnip Jedi wrote: Fingers crossed they've spent a bit more time at fight camp this time, or upped his fisty power so he can just brawl like Luke or Jones
If they're not already, they should be going to the same fight camp as the one the Into the Badlands cast uses, they managed to put together some vaguely convincing fight sequences where Nick Frost was involved
that was an utter genius bit of casting for that role
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Lance845 wrote: I don't mind them incorporating the mask into it in the flashback bit. They have had little nods to everyones costumes so far but his (besides his generally green color palette for his clothes).
Making the mask part of some ritual thing back in Kun Lun is fine.
He was MUCH better in Luke Cage 2. I am looking forward to him getting out of these introductory growing pains and getting some heroes for hire going.
Yeah, that's right in line with how they got Luke Cage into something resembling the classic Power Man outfit. It's a nice nod to the source material.
I didn't think Season 1 had any issues that couldn't be solved with more fight training, better fight choreography, and better characterization. The actor will be fine with some better writing.
At SDCC the director and cast talked about putting a lot of time into the fights, and the teaser from that show seems to bear that out. Has a nice edge to it, I think.
Ive said it before, Iron Fists problem on netflix has been that he has not been portrayed as a good enough martial artist to actually be the iron fist.
At the beginning of Dr Strange the bad guy and his mooks run into the Sorcerer Supreme in a side street and all they can do is bide their time before they find a way to run. Thats what the Iron Fist should be for martial arts. He's the Sorcerer Supreme of martial arts. Not going to be one day. IS.
If he spent all the episodes at the beginning dodging around people and avoiding getting into any fights and then the hand showed up and he just started ripping through them it would have all been fine. But so far he hasn't actually been a good enough martial artist.
The layman thinks hes the iron fist because his hand glows. Untrue. His hand glows because hes the iron fist.
These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
Iron Fist season one's general awfulness can be traced back to a single man: Scott Buck. This is the guy who would go on to make the even worse Inhumans series for Marvel TV as well.
He is gone. They have new people. They have a new choreographer. Finn Jones is being given more than 15m to learn and rehearse an entire fight scene this time around.
This should be much better.
Lance845 wrote: Ive said it before, Iron Fists problem on netflix has been that he has not been portrayed as a good enough martial artist to actually be the iron fist.
It's worse than that, because Danny himself thought he was super-awesome and prepared for anything, yet kept failing or finding others to teach him things he should already know.
The idea that a Hand leader taught him how to recharge Chi and heal with Chi is just absurd. How can he be The Immortal Iron Fist if he doesn't know those things?
He should always be the best fighter in the room.
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I didn't have a problem with the broadest brush strokes of season 1. There's nothing with starting the character out in a less likeable place. And establishing him as 'the worst Iron Fist ever' is an interesting take, IMO. The issue was with not establishing that earlier in the season and giving the character more time to redeem himself. Basically the normal Marvel heroic arc. Writing was the biggest issue, IMO.
I actually kinda hope they stick with the notion that Danny was a questionable to mistaken choice to receive the power. It's a little more interesting than the standard "chosen one" approach.
Best ways to reconcile it would probably be either A: Danny was a bad choice, but they knew via mystical-wotsits that Davos would have been some kind of monster so Danny got it by default, or B: it's all some kind of long game by the K'un-Lun elders who knew that Danny would be a gimp in the short term but could grow into just what was needed to prevent some future threat, while Davos would have been a hidebound traditionalist who'd get everyone killed.
Of course what I expect is they'll just ignore it altogether and pretend Danny has been awesome the whole time.
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"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
-----
"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
I actually kinda hope they stick with the notion that Danny was a questionable to mistaken choice to receive the power. It's a little more interesting than the standard "chosen one" approach.
That's exactly my read on Danny's character... which I kinda dig. His journey is to prove that they made the right choice, rather than being an uber-Bruce Lee.
It wouldn't be that interesting of a story if he's uber-Bruce Lee'ing out of every situation now would it?
This is arguably what all the Netflix Marvel shows should be, as I've yet to see any of them use all 13 episodes effectively (except Punisher). Even DDS1 and JJS2 went off the rails with 1 episode per season. The rest could not justify their full 13 load.
Yeah no, Last ironfist was pretty bleh. I don't think i could stomach another "I am the immortal iron fist of kun lun blah blah." *stares at a wall for thirty minutes*
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
H.B.M.C. wrote: Iron Fist season one's general awfulness can be traced back to a single man: Scott Buck. This is the guy who would go on to make the even worse Inhumans series for Marvel TV as well.
As long as Scott Buck isn't involved, it might have a chance. No idea how that guy kept failing up like that.
