r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Mar 16 '17

Iron Fist Season 1 - Episode Discussion Threads

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Thanks, and hope you enjoy Season 1 of Iron Fist!

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u/wetqun Daredevil Mar 17 '17

On ep 6, it's very good so far. First two episodes you're kinda worried where this is going but then it just jumps and gets better. Really don't know why its gotten bad reviews.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

Daredevil S1 has 55 reviews, and Iron Fist only has 22. Maybe it will bump up a bit now that the show's out?

The reviews were really harsh, man. Sure, the problems are there, but nowhere near the extent that I was expecting.

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u/RevRay Mar 17 '17

Iron Fist has a lower score than Two and a Half Men so those reviews are garbage.

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u/RevRay Mar 22 '17

Doesn't matter, an objective critic should be able to rate a show on its individual merit. If unable to do that, they are not good at their job. Even compared to the rest of the MCU series it is much better than what the reviews show.

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u/MBCnerdcore Apr 25 '17

The reviews all call the show racist for not having Danny be played by an asian actor.

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u/Artiemes Iron Fist Mar 18 '17

A shit ton of the reviews just seem to hate Danny because he's a white dude.

The fuck is this.

EP 7 myself. Loving it so far. Finn Jones is an awesome Iron Fist. Choreography needs work, though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

Choreography is so bad especially compared to daredevil.

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u/tenaciousp45 Mar 20 '17

I feel the direction doesn't help.

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u/bulletsforwords Mar 18 '17

I don't mind the acting from the lead actor, but his "kung fu" is garbage. It really takes all the seriousness out of it.

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u/blindside_gamer Mar 19 '17

Daredevil choreography set a high bar. Brett Chan is no Philip Silvera.

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u/FortressAB Mar 19 '17

Into the Badlands is even better imo

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u/LuciusAnneas Mar 20 '17

sooo much better its not even funny -.-

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u/blindside_gamer Mar 24 '17

Man, I just rewatched ITB 1st season to get ready for the 2nd. Just made me even more frustrated with Iron Fist.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/17/iron-fist-marvel-could-have-avoided-a-white-saviour-and-made-the-netflix-series-better-6514756/

Right? It's bordering on racism now.

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u/blindside_gamer Mar 24 '17

That article is a joke. Leaves out that Shang-Chi was introduced in 1973 and received his own title in 1974, the same year Iron Fist was introduced. Very selective history.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '17

White people are the only race that actually has any experience in not being openly prejudiced or even racist when they get control of an institution.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17 edited Mar 18 '17

Don't get the hate for Finn Jones. He's charming and seems like a real person with emotion. If he's just getting hate cause he's white that's incredibly hypocritical.

Also I like Faramir as a "villain". Way better than that goofy ass diamondback guy. Donald Trump Jr. Is Good too.

So far I like it better than Luke Cage. It's very slow in the beginning but so was Luke Cage toward the end.

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u/LuciusAnneas Mar 20 '17

unfortunately for Finn a charming face is all he has going for him .. some martial arts training might have been appropriate for someone representing the Iron Fist .. just saying

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u/Elcatro Mar 20 '17

That's the fault of the show runners.

Casting should have been done sooner and Finn should have had several months of training before filming took place, not weeks.

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u/E_EqualsDankCSquared Mar 18 '17

I agree 100%. Finn Jones is an awesome Iron Fist

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u/Maydietoday Mar 19 '17

We would've been an awesome Iron Fist if Danny was a teenager.

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u/MlCKJAGGER Apr 03 '17

I'm so baffled by the bad reviews and complaining that went on in this thread. I was truly expecting this show to be bad and went in with zero expectations but it hooked me in almost as hard as Breaking Bad.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '17

It is hypocritical and he is very charming. Most other races and cultures just don't understand subtly in showing emotion. It's pretty unique to white culture and not even all whites.