Netflix: The Defenders

[keg in kc]

That is all.

[Beef Supreme]

I think I'm on episode seven, and I'm enjoying it. I guess I don't have impossibly high standards.

[unlurking]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

The writing was average at best. They dragged it out with boring scenes featuring the B characters. Foggy had more screen time than Iron Fist.

Iron Puss was horrible- he was such a little bitch in this one.
...

I figured he wouldn't be any better.

Less screen time than Foggy is probably a good thing.

[Nickhead]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

The writing was average at best. They dragged it out with boring scenes featuring the B characters. Foggy had more screen time than Iron Fist.

Iron Puss was horrible- he was such a little bitch in this one.

Ending it with DD getting out was just dumb.

I would give it D for being boring as shit- but overall a C plus- since the fight scenes were well choreographed.

i didn't want to mention at the beginning of the thread, but when asked has iron fist gotten any better, i wanted to reply: they figured how to make iron fist relevant, kept him tied up and not talking

[unlurking]

Originally Posted by Nickhead

i didn't want to mention at the beginning of the thread, but when asked has iron fist gotten any better, i wanted to reply: they figured how to make iron fist relevant, kept him tied up and not talking

Might be worth watching now!

[listopencil]

I felt like the entire thing was an attempt to make the Iron Fist relevant and that bogged the whole show down. It was interesting enough at first but went downhill as the episodes went on.

Spoiler!

DD getting trapped under the building and then them spending 15 minutes of emo time showing everyone dealing with his "death" was just stupid. I skipped through it

When Iron First was fighting Elektra..

Spoiler!

It was stupid how obvious it was that she was going trick him into punching the wall open

...and it's annoying how incredibly stupid Danny Rand is. He's just a dumb character. He's a stupid person who does stupid things and he really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. I'm already sick of the man-child bullshit. And his super ability is stupid. Supposedly when his fist lights up he can do all of these great things but at one point near the end he's just doing his normal shitty karate moves with his fist glowing and none of his enemies are reacting to it. Oddly, it's believable that the dumbass was just too stupid to remember to use it even when his chi was charged up. It's not a chi thing. It takes all three of his brain cells working together at their highest capacity to actually pull off a move that accomplishes anything.



TL/DR: Iron Fist ruined the show.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet

I think I'm on episode seven, and I'm enjoying it. I guess I don't have impossibly high standards.

It gets worse as Iron Fist becomes more and more the focal point of the story.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

Villains were meh.

Hopefully DD S3 will see the return of Kingpin.

Sigourney Weaver was a huge let down. I honestly can't say if it was the writing, directing, or the acting. But she was a big meh. She started off OK but never really brought it home.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by 007

first episode was a complete throwaway ep.

Yup. Annoying after the long wait.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I felt like the entire thing was an attempt to make the Iron Fist relevant and that bogged the whole show down. It was interesting enough at first but went downhill as the episodes went on.

Spoiler!

DD getting trapped under the building and then them spending 15 minutes of emo time showing everyone dealing with his "death" was just stupid. I skipped through it

When Iron First was fighting Elektra..

Spoiler!

It was stupid how obvious it was that she was going trick him into punching the wall open

...and it's annoying how incredibly stupid Danny Rand is. He's just a dumb character. He's a stupid person who does stupid things and he really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. I'm already sick of the man-child bullshit. And his super ability is stupid. Supposedly when his fist lights up he can do all of these great things but at one point near the end he's just doing his normal shitty karate moves with his fist glowing and none of his enemies are reacting to it. Oddly, it's believable that the dumbass was just too stupid to remember to use it even when his chi was charged up. It's not a chi thing. It takes all three of his brain cells working together at their highest capacity to actually pull off a move that accomplishes anything.



TL/DR: Iron Fist ruined the show.

Yep at one moment, Iron Puss's fist is soo powerful it knocks down a wall and another time it just glows in the dark and does not hurt anyone. I was hoping Stick would just cut his head off- is that bad of me?

I don't see them making another Defenders after this dud.

DD should get another year and possibly Cage the others- nope.

[Miles]

Just started watching and the fake film grain is pretty out of control to the point of being distracting.

[kc rush]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I felt like the entire thing was an attempt to make the Iron Fist relevant and that bogged the whole show down. It was interesting enough at first but went downhill as the episodes went on.

Spoiler!

DD getting trapped under the building and then them spending 15 minutes of emo time showing everyone dealing with his "death" was just stupid. I skipped through it

When Iron First was fighting Elektra..

Spoiler!

It was stupid how obvious it was that she was going trick him into punching the wall open

...and it's annoying how incredibly stupid Danny Rand is. He's just a dumb character. He's a stupid person who does stupid things and he really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. I'm already sick of the man-child bullshit. And his super ability is stupid. Supposedly when his fist lights up he can do all of these great things but at one point near the end he's just doing his normal shitty karate moves with his fist glowing and none of his enemies are reacting to it. Oddly, it's believable that the dumbass was just too stupid to remember to use it even when his chi was charged up. It's not a chi thing. It takes all three of his brain cells working together at their highest capacity to actually pull off a move that accomplishes anything.



TL/DR: Iron Fist ruined the show.

I just finished watching and this pretty well nailed it.

[unlurking]

In the middle of episode 2 and want to slash my wrists every time Danny Rand is in a scene.

I'm just going to assume that he is a fake Iron Fist. The real Danny Rand is friends with the real Mandarin and just hired a stand in from the same company so he can sit home snorting blow off of Squirrel Girl's tail.

http://heros4parties.com/characters.html

Notice that the Iron Fist page has been taken down? He's obviously on a long term assignment.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

The writing was average at best. They dragged it out with boring scenes featuring the B characters. Foggy had more screen time than Iron Fist.

Iron Puss was horrible- he was such a little bitch in this one.

Ending it with DD getting out was just dumb.

I would give it D for being boring as shit- but overall a C plus- since the fight scenes were well choreographed.

For all we could fault this series for the biggest thing is wasting Weaver.

Why was she even in this? The Madame Gow (sp?) character was much more interesting and apparently she had the force as well.

Ripley didn't do jack $#it other than do a poor job walking in heels...

[007]

Originally Posted by Rausch

For all we could fault this series for the biggest thing is wasting Weaver.

Why was she even in this? The Madame Gow (sp?) character was much more interesting and apparently she had the force as well.

Ripley didn't do jack $#it other than do a poor job walking in heels...

She pulled of the villain monologue well.

[old_geezer]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I felt like the entire thing was an attempt to make the Iron Fist relevant and that bogged the whole show down. interesting enough at first but went downhill as the episodes went on.
................and it's annoying how incredibly stupid Danny Rand is. He's just a dumb character. He's a stupid person who does stupid things and he really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. I'm already sick of the man-child bullshit. And his super ability is stupid. Supposedly when his fist lights up he can do all of these great things but at one point near the end he's just doing his normal shitty karate moves with his fist glowing and none of his enemies are reacting to it. Oddly, it's believable that the dumbass was just too stupid to remember to use it even when his chi was charged up. It's not a chi thing. It takes all three of his brain cells working together at their highest capacity to actually pull off a move that accomplishes anything.


TL/DR: Iron Fist ruined the show.

I see a great future for Iron Fist.............in porn.