Yea Jessica is fine, though they still need to do better, she has no durability.
Luke at the very least could've done some slap-fu shit in this lmao
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Marvel's The Defenders *SPOILER THREAD* |OT| Super Friends - August 18th on Netflix
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Yea Jessica is fine, though they still need to do better, she has no durability.
Luke at the very least could've done some slap-fu shit in this lmao
I agree with that. I really do wonder about the actor being able to convincingly pull off some choreography.
Zomba13
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Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Jessica just fucking throwing dudes around was a highlight for me.
In fact I think she's the best part of the team. Krysten nails that role.
In fact I think she's the best part of the team. Krysten nails that role.
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Knocking Danny out and throwing Elektra like a sack of potatoes was fun.
LordRaptor
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stealing homeless guys beer was the apex of he character arc
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Need a gif of that ASAP
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Y'all took too long:
I suck at making gifs. Thank you btw.
I love that Danny got punked by Matt, Jess, and Luke separately and together.
Honestly though, I think that they should cancel IFS2 and have Danny in a recurring role trying to help Luke and *completely* fucking it up.
Also, Defenders made me like Colleen less.
Better plan:
Honestly though, I think that they should cancel IFS2 and have Danny in a recurring role trying to help Luke and *completely* fucking it up.
Also, Defenders made me like Colleen less.
Better plan:
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I love that Danny got punked by Matt, Jess, and Luke separately and together.
Honestly though, I think that they should cancel IFS2 and have Danny in a recurring role trying to help Luke and *completely* fucking it up.
Also, Defenders made me like Colleen less.
Better plan:
God, no. AoS is dying but I'd rather let it end great like the last seasons. Season 4 was better than anything not named DDS1.
You are welcome.
Punisher would probably make these shows go a lot quicker lmao
I can see it now, Matt and Luke would chastise him for killing people, then they'd eventually stop giving a fuck just like they did here lol
Same, being around actors like Cox and Ritter makes her standout the way Danny did in his show.
Better plan:
She's too good for them. If someone told me I'd be saying that about Daisy after Defenders came out, I wouldn't believe them.
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This reminds me of the CW cycle but instead of seasons of the same show, across shows.
I hope that Punisher is better.
Daisy is also a Bendis original, so she's fit right it.
BronsonLee
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I haven't seen IF so I'm assuming he's wack in that, but Danny fits real good in the eps I've seen so far
Just a colossal punching bag for everyone but he's VIP so they gotta keep the boy around
Just a colossal punching bag for everyone but he's VIP so they gotta keep the boy around
At this point I was already convinced Incompetent Fist is written and acted as intended. And it amuses me, moreso than most of this show/season.
is the key to all of thisDanny
You're not wrong. He's MCU's young Anakin Skywalker.
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Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yeah, Iron Fist is all wrong. He's way too self serious here. The comedy they do derive from him has been the occasional fish out of water gags in his own series, which is fine. And then sometimes they'll play off other people thinking he's crazy. But he's 100% serious about himself and doesn't cut the tension, like comic Danny would do. Netflix Danny doesn't have the social awareness to realize that calling himself The Iron Fist and a living weapon to someone he just met is ridiculous.
RedAssedApe
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man...getting yourself served by a blind man must really be a humbling experience. especially for someone calling themselves the living weapon.
the only reason he actually got a hit in on DD was because JJ was in the way. lol
the only reason he actually got a hit in on DD was because JJ was in the way. lol
Dude is allergic to smiling aswell. Even Cage probably has him beat in that area.
RedAssedApe
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in the comics can Danny really only use the IF once and then he needs to take a nap? or is that something they are using here so that he's not OP
it really only seems useful as a distraction so that he can knock people down and then run away lol
it really only seems useful as a distraction so that he can knock people down and then run away lol
They really need to have him get better mastery of the iron fist so he can use it more and it's more powerful.
Spiritreaver
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This show is a big whopping meh. It occasionally has its moments, and the middle episodes are okay, but boy does it fail to stick any sort of landing. Marvel Netflix fell from grace pretty hard and fast, lol.
Also maybe I blinked, but didn't Misty save Claire? Yet Claire can't be arsed to be at the hospital to say thank you?
Also maybe I blinked, but didn't Misty save Claire? Yet Claire can't be arsed to be at the hospital to say thank you?
Jest Chillin
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For Danny to have the happy go lucky dork tone, the show would have had to take an entirely different angle on him, that would've required skipping any origin stuff almost entirely.
Like, the two panels shown above are calm, personal interactions with characters he's extremely close and has years of shared experiences with.
They went a different direction with Neftlix Danny and I can see why considering plans to unite them in The Defenders but whether it was a good idea or not is debatable.
Netflix Danny can get there, but he needs a lot of personal growth. There were shades of it in the Chinese Restaurant though.
Like, the two panels shown above are calm, personal interactions with characters he's extremely close and has years of shared experiences with.
They went a different direction with Neftlix Danny and I can see why considering plans to unite them in The Defenders but whether it was a good idea or not is debatable.
Netflix Danny can get there, but he needs a lot of personal growth. There were shades of it in the Chinese Restaurant though.
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I still like this IF, so I think he'll grow over time.
Putting Frank Castle on a team like this is grossly misunderstanding how horrible that character is.
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Eh, at least it proves the character(and his show) are totally salvageable with a better showrunner
I just won't ever understand this.
Well mostly so Ward could just tell Danny to fuck off
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He uses a lot more whenever he's in trouble and uses both fists
In the comics while brainwashed he was beating the shit out of BP and I think he was wearing armor and gave him brain damage
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This was really meh. Thank god this was only 8 episodes. Iron Fist is fucking insufferable. And how the fuck was Nobu more a problem than his boss? Hopefully Misty gets her mechanical arm and teams up with Colleen. That whole black sky shit was so fucking stupid. That had to be something made up by the writers.
- How was Misty able to shoot through the door when it was secured by a bent pipe independent of the lock
- Why does hand immortality work differently every time its on screen
- Harold Meechum - died of cancer, came back, now spontaneously regenerates in swamp
- Hand ninjas - died, have no heartbeats, have autopsy scars
- electra - died, no autopsy scar, revived in jar, no heartbeat
- Hand fingers - some impervious to bullets, but stabbing kills them permanently? Or is it a highlander thing with the heads? and if it is just the head removal that stops them coming back, why is Alexandra worries? also they have heartbeats.
- how Strong is everyone? Luke brushes off punches, then doesn't. Electra fucks up Luke with one kick, but multiple straight shots on DD leave him standing. Danny has to summon the fist to even knock Luke down...
- Fingers want to go back to Kun Lun. Kun Lun has been slaughtered by the Hand as shown in IF. Never explained why having more of the substance would allow them to go back. Why not go back when they HAD substance over the past, say, 1,000 years or so.
- removing dragon bones from under one building in NY will collapse entire parts of the city. Collapse into what? The bones were about a foot thick, ffs.
- why cant the cops get into the skyscraper if only the stairwell door was blocked. And don't say "the building was on lockdown" because a) the hand would WANT the cops to take out the Defenders for them, and b) the entire front entrance is made of GLASS
If people want to say "There are plot holes and the writing is uneven, but my affection for the characters was enough to look past it and I enjoyed it nonetheless" - great! I am super happy for you. I found it hard to look past the flaws, love of Marvel notwithstanding, and I found it below average - and it makes me worry for any future Marvel-Netflix collaborations, as it seems like they aren't willing to invest sufficient budget for decent writers and production design.
Now, we don't need to run the plot holes thing into the ground any further, I think the point is well proven.
Shin K Dash
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I just won't ever understand this.
When the main character of IF is a sack of bricks, Ward was the only entertaining thing in that series.
BudokaiMR2
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These aren't really comparable though. Unless I am missing something wouldn't comics Danny at that point be one of Marvel's most seasoned veterans?
This show is him at the very start with very little experience. I think they have nailed Danny perfectly in that respect.
Do you really think the series would be better off if Danny started off from the outset as a perfect Kung-Fu Gary Stu Billionaire Genius White Savior?
What
How do you get there from that
That's not even close to his comic charectization
rackham
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Just finished it. The show had way too many problems. I hated the shaky cam for every fight scene. The hallway scene was the best fight and we saw that in a trailer a while ago.
Pretty disappointed with this series.
Also Danny continues to be the worst Iron Fist. He gets his ass kicked in every scene. How was he chosen?
Pretty disappointed with this series.
Also Danny continues to be the worst Iron Fist. He gets his ass kicked in every scene. How was he chosen?
Dominican Power
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They really fucked up The Hand when they deviated from the ninja aspect of it. They should of kept it primarily an evil ninja organization like it was in DD S1.
BudokaiMR2
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I will admit that was a little bit hyperbolic.
In the hands of a great writer, they do manage to build beyond those points but honestly he does fit almost all of those descriptors outside of the 'genius' part I guess.
Kung-Fu Gary Stu- Orphaned White kid raised by secret mystical monks and bestowed their highest honor.
White Savior - See above?
Billionaire - No reasoning needed.
I'm just pointing out that expecting a well-adjusted chill Danny during this point of his life seems kinda silly. They tried to inject a bit of that in the Chinese restaurant scenes, which I thought were well done. The general situation just kept those light-hearted bits to a minimum for obvious reasons.
Escape Goat
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He punched a dragon in the heart.