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Vox Review: Netflix & Marvels Iron Fist is an ill-conceived, poorly written disaster
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Discotheque
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whoa, lets leave season 1 out of this. the show had it's CW soap opera cheese but the action and villain was great. season 5 is the new best tho, with all that relationship drama iced out too.
paragonpro
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I find this funny, i dont think anyone can call gaf out as a hive mind ever again gaf=suspect of the varying quality of marvels netflix series, dumps all over iron fist, praises the cwverse. Then gaf=dcceu is shit shut it all down too grim dark i hate it. Marvel da gawd, wheres thor the dark worlds oscar? This was all in jest so please no one take this too seruiously.
Or it's entirely possible that people have different taste than you.
You know who doesn't need any cuts to look badass?
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Thatonemoor
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The writing is laughably bad but I'm still working my way through it. It's really boring but episode 6 was actually really good. I wish the whole show was episode 6. Anyway worse marvel show but it's worse problem is being boring. I think season 1 of Agents of shield is still worse so far (on episode 7 for context.)
LilWayneSuckz
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I tried the challenge
BlazinSkatinAxel
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Good thing Agents of Shield is coming back to wash the taste of Iron Fist (Goku minus skills) away.
Fancyarcher
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I haven't bothered watching IF yet. I'm not expecting much at this point anyway, especially given the writers/showrunner involved.
Out of Marvel's Netflix shows, I actually liked Daredevil Season 1, parts of 2, Jessica Jones, and the first half of Luke Cage. They're not perfect, but I do like their overall stories.
Out of Marvel's Netflix shows, I actually liked Daredevil Season 1, parts of 2, Jessica Jones, and the first half of Luke Cage. They're not perfect, but I do like their overall stories.
It's weird how an action series based on martial arts can make me feel absolutely nothing during what should be the show's bread and butter. I feel like this is endemic to modern cinema and television.
Might Morphin Power Rangers from 95-98 literally has better fight scenes than some of these scenes.
Might Morphin Power Rangers from 95-98 literally has better fight scenes than some of these scenes.
George Oscar Bluth II
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So three threads on a gaming website suddenly negates the critical acclaim from everywhere else in the internet & most importantly actual critics? Hmm
Daredevil had amazing fight choreography
Admiral Woofington
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Yes
That's exactly what it is
We're just hating for the sake of hating
Only you have the correct opinion
UnemployedVillain
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Truth. It was the closest I've seen a western show come to eastern choreography
I'm not sure about that, the show has received plenty of warranted criticisms & is currently sitting on a 37 metacritic score with scathing reviews to boot. Think they're just calling a spade, a spade here.
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/marvels-iron-fist/critic-reviews
We all thought we were getting this...
And got this...
It's not a bad show but leaves a lot to be desired compared to the previous series, even AoS and Agent Carter.
And got this...
It's not a bad show but leaves a lot to be desired compared to the previous series, even AoS and Agent Carter.
Garrett Hawke
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I dislike Marvel films, I find them very uninteresting, visually and sonically bland, and poorly written - all of them. They are just various shades of it with the occasional highlight (GotG).
But I thought Jessica Jones was pretty good.
But I thought Jessica Jones was pretty good.
We all thought we were getting this...
And got this...
It's not a bad show but leaves a lot to be desired compared to the previous series, even AoS and Agent Carter.
AoS is frankly the best out of all of them right now.
It's probably the worst superhero TV show in the past 5 years.
Like, I get not liking Luke Cage or Jessica Jones, but this is on an entirely different level of bad. LC or JJ at least had actors or themes to latch on to. In Iron Fist it's basically just David Wenham hamming it up, and even he's not half as interesting as Ali or Tenant were.
Like, I get not liking Luke Cage or Jessica Jones, but this is on an entirely different level of bad. LC or JJ at least had actors or themes to latch on to. In Iron Fist it's basically just David Wenham hamming it up, and even he's not half as interesting as Ali or Tenant were.
Into the Badlands is pretty much Shaw Brothers.
Admiral Woofington
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What if they're wrong.jpegBut he does have the correct opinion ¯_(ツ_/¯
George Oscar Bluth II
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What's the normal rate when Netflix announces a 2nd season?
Will this even get a 2nd season?
The fucking HIVE is special effects but no dragon? Fucking hell, I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Buck cheaps out on Inhumans...oh wait, they already are.
Will this even get a 2nd season?
The fucking HIVE is special effects but no dragon? Fucking hell, I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Buck cheaps out on Inhumans...oh wait, they already are.
But Iron Fistdoesn't even shoe the damn dragon at all.
Oh thank you so much, I was looking for that Daisy GIF lmao
UnemployedVillain
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I've only seen part of S1, but that's really good too! It'd rank that up there as well.
They typically don't do it for a while. Even Stranger Things took forever to get an official renewal.
With the harsh reviews I was expecting worse.
Episode 1 and 2 were kinda slow and lacking in flashy fights but watchable. Also, the plot appears to have advanced, even if it's not yet clear where this show is going.
Colleen is the highlight so far. Her line delivery is so much better than Danny's, but maybe it's just the writing. Danny has a lot of bad lines and is generally acting pretty dumb. I generally don't like plots that rely on characters being really dumb.
Given the premise, I was hoping for Daredevil or better fight choreography but it sounds like I'll be disappointed. The bad guy seems promising so far though.
Episode 1 and 2 were kinda slow and lacking in flashy fights but watchable. Also, the plot appears to have advanced, even if it's not yet clear where this show is going.
Colleen is the highlight so far. Her line delivery is so much better than Danny's, but maybe it's just the writing. Danny has a lot of bad lines and is generally acting pretty dumb. I generally don't like plots that rely on characters being really dumb.
Given the premise, I was hoping for Daredevil or better fight choreography but it sounds like I'll be disappointed. The bad guy seems promising so far though.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Hive.
I bet we're gonna be seeing Lockjaw for like 1 minute total the entire season.
Admiral Woofington
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The biggest issue with Iron Fist is that theyve the taken the joy out of coming up with a porn parody name
miller.skippins
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Finally....something for DC WB Fanboys to celebrate about...
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I've seen the first two episodes of Iron Fist.
It's okay. The actors are good actually.
But the writing is uninspired.
It's okay. The actors are good actually.
But the writing is uninspired.
But they're still crying on the inside
MHWilliams
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This is the problem.
Iron Fist isn't a horrible show. It's not a great show either. It's just there. Light and airy. In and out of your head.
This was a show that needed to do one thing real good: the fights.
It doesn't. Arrow and Agents of SHIELD are up to par with this for the most part and surpass it at times. The best thing that could happen to Into The Badlands is the S2 opener happening the same weekend Iron Fist debuted.
ITB has bad dialog and poor characterization, but it is a cut above on the fights. That's all Iron Fist had to do. It didn't.
I'm shocked Marvel didn't get someone from that show for fights.
Suicide Squad won a Oscar for
Best Makeup
Kilgrave carried the show.
Now that he's gone
MHWilliams
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I have the same worry. This is also true of Luke Cage.
Cage has Black Mariah and Shades still about
JJ...Nuke? I dunno. They may have to steal a baddie.
George Oscar Bluth II
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I'm guessing Daredevil S3 will have Nuke because Born Again so... who knows? Maybe JJ will have Nuke as the villain? Random cases? Original story? All 3 options are kinda worrying, tbh.
I dunno if Luke Cage has had a season 2 announcement yet, so maybe they can merge it with Iron Fist and do Heroes for Hire instead.
I think we've learned that 13 episodes is too long for a tight compelling story. All the Marvel Netflix shows felt like they had filler, and would've been better if they were a bit shorter. Maybe they should just do 2 or 3 complete arcs per season, kinda like S2 of Daredevil did, so that the pacing doesn't bog down.
Also, I don't want these shows to do the Heroes S2 thing, where after they spent all of S1 coming together, they just randomly all split up and don't Even have a way to reach each other.
Also, I don't want these shows to do the Heroes S2 thing, where after they spent all of S1 coming together, they just randomly all split up and don't Even have a way to reach each other.
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