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Ahtman wrote: I wonder if we'll finally get the ROM: Spaceknight series we've all been clamoring for.
Hopefully not before I get that She-Hulk series I've been waiting for. And by "waiting for" I mean "sacrificing goats to unspeakable elder gods for".
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If it sucks it sucks - it's still a day I'm not in the office and I get to stuff meself with pizza and cake and Diet Coke and tabs and beer!
I've only skimmed over the reviews (no spoilers kthx) but they seem to suggest Miscasting overall.
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I've only skimmed over the reviews (no spoilers kthx) but they seem to suggest Miscasting overall.
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I've thought many of the actors in the Netflix series were miscast. They gave solid performances and in a couple of cases were amazing. I didn't see anything in the trailers for Iron Fist that seemed to break that pattern. I'll give it at least a few episodes before I hop on any bandwagons.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: If it sucks it sucks - it's still a day I'm not in the office and I get to stuff meself with pizza and cake and Diet Coke and tabs and beer!
Hope you're drinking that for the taste.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I've only skimmed over the reviews (no spoilers kthx) but they seem to suggest Miscasting overall.
I'd ignore most of the 'miscasting' criticisms, as most of them are followed with the "He should'a been Asian!!!" nonsense. If Finn Jones himself turns out to be illsuited to the role of Danny, then fine, that's fair but we have to see the show to know that.
My hope is that it's like the other Marvel Netflix serieses, just in reverse: Weak beginning and a strong ending.
Breotan wrote: I've thought many of the actors in the Netflix series were miscast. They gave solid performances and in a couple of cases were amazing. I didn't see anything in the trailers for Iron Fist that seemed to break that pattern. I'll give it at least a few episodes before I hop on any bandwagons.
Give it at least 7. All the reviewers have seen the first 6, and many of them comment how things are starting to look like they might change by the 6th. By the 7th and 8th we'll know if this show is worth a damn.
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This has to be the worst thing I've ever read on this site and I spend time on the OT board. Now I have to go lie down somewhere and think about my life decisions.
Spoiler:
I kid of course, I just don't like the taste of Diet Coke.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I find it less cloying than regular Coke. So there. You're now scientifically wrong
I find bourbon even less cloying.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Diet Coke - for the taste and to help prevent my teef rotting in my skull (I'm under no illusion my lifestyle is unhealthy!).
As for casting - I do find many castings objectionable, but so far as I'm aware, Danny Rand has never been of Asian extraction?
Perhaps it's the same reviewers who found the superlative Dredd 'overly violent' and criticised it's 'fascistic overtones'...
Dredd doesn't have 'fascistic overtones'. it's Fascistic through and through.
It's also a very good satire! Of course, the reviewers of Dredd couldn't, more likely wouldn't, see the stark difference between the actions of the Perps, and Dredd. Perps? Indiscriminate firepower applied wherevs. Dredd? It's not even short controlled bursts. Just a simple double tap for him and Anderson both. The restraint and training evident there was completely missed.
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So, Ironfist tomorrow. Woo! Excited flailing! Yay!
Yes, even if it's ultimately a bit bobbins....because it inches us closer to Defenders, which I am very interested in.
So far, DD, JJ and Luke Cage have all had quite different feels to their shows, and one assumes that'll be followed through into Defenders. How they tie all that together for an 8 episode TV show, I can't wait to find out!
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Okay, I can see why "critics" didn't like it. It's starting out in a slow burn and certainly wouldn't have survived on network television. It's also a very "real" show instead of a "comic book" show.
One of the things I liked about Daredevil is that it took time to develop all the characters, including the supporting cast and the series' villian. Iron Fist is doing the same but I can't help but feel we could have been pushed into the supernatural elements a bit sooner.
Either way, it looks like this is a deeply interesting story and I'll be following it through to the end.
One episode in, but already completely hooked. This show seems to have everything that makes Daredevil excellent; a charismatic lead, a tight cast, a fantastic script and compelling pace, with some great fight choreography thrown in as well. There's two types of slow burn in these Marvel Netflix shows, the JJ-style 'nothing has happened in the last 4 episodes so why am I still watching', and the DD-style 'This is clearly going somewhere and I'm intent to follow it'. IF, from the first episode, is definitely in the latter camp.
Definitely. It's still got some dark stuff going on the background, but it's nowhere near as relentlessly bleak, and there's some well-place humour (even if it's pretty minimalist, it is there).
Second episode even better than the first. I don't even see where the complaints in the reviews about pacing are coming from, towards the end of the episode things really started to pick up.
I think they got used to the go nowhere feels of JJ and LC. Both of those were horribly slow to start. But at least LC had some humor that kept me in. JJ I actually didn't originally finished and only went back for the last few episodes when I started LC. Iron Fist so far is solid, not season 2 daredevil but what is with the punisher
II am seeing the reason for some of the complaining about the fights. The ninja girls fight scenes are pretty meh for the most part.
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One episode in and I am hoping the second picks up a little bit. The first episode definitely failed to suck me in. The fight scenes are a little meh, definitely not as crisp or as well shot as DD or JJ.
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Episode 10....really quite good fun!
The fight scenes aren't as brutal as Daredevil's, but I kind of like that - it sets a difference in approach between two characters that are both essentially Ninjas. Daredevil is more of a street fighter, using his environment, Ironhand instead relies solely on his skill and body.
The corporate intrigue angle is....curious. As with many such plots I suspect it won't feel right until the arc is complete and we know what's what and that.
But it's a very fun series!
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I've only watched the first few episodes, and it does seem the major issue with it is a slow burn set up and a near total lack of charisma from iron fist himself
either one would be ok if a bit annoying, but both together i'm not sure I can take
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