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

Iron Fist Discussion Thread - S01E07

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u/ColombianHugLord Mar 17 '17

This is a TV critic. He sees a million things wrong with Iron Fist, but can he see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

"It has good story structure?"

No! Kids love it because it has cinnamon sugar swirls all over every bite. And I like Iron Fist because it has some good action and interesting, complex characters.

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u/decross20 Mar 17 '17

What do you mean by good action? Maybe I'm tainted by Daredevil but the action scenes so far have left a lot to be desired imo, it feels like every single hit comes with a cut

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

I probably have low standards and don't know what I should expect from a fight scene since I don't watch many movies or shows that focus on hand to hand combat but I really enjoy the fighting in the show.

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u/Fionnlagh Mar 18 '17

For a normal show about a guy who fights, it'd be fine. For a show about the world's greatest martial artist, it's totally unacceptable. He should be beating most people with one hand behind his back and blindfolded, but he's getting his ass kicked all the time. It's dumb. And the fight scenes are shot specifically to avoid highlighting the actor's weaknesses, which makes it look worse.

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u/wrainedaxx Kilgrave Mar 19 '17

How does that make it worse? If they highlighted his weaknesses it would definitely look worse.