{"id":46203,"date":"2018-09-11T22:52:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46203"},"modified":"2020-08-08T22:52:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T02:52:44","slug":"netflixs-greatest-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46203","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s greatest accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They made Iron Fist<\/em> cool.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not one of those nerds who automatically assume Iron Fist to be the worst show out of the Netflix Marvel Comics Universe solely because it\u2019s about Iron Fist, one of the lamest heroes in the history of Marvel Comics.\u00a0 Frankly, I thought season one wasn\u2019t terrible, and I maintain my unpopular stance that it was stronger than either season of Jessica Jones<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the grand spectrum of the Netflix MCU, both are still at the bottom of the barrel in comparison to Daredevil<\/em>, Luke Cage<\/em> and the Punisher,<\/em> but we all know that they all had to exist and be created in order for there to even be a The Defenders<\/em> in the first place.\u00a0 But if you ask me, Iron Fist stands above Jessica Jones, and it\u2019s not really that much of a contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I just finished season 2 of Iron Fist, and my general reaction isn\u2019t one of relief that I ground through it and that I\u2019m up-to-date on Netflix MCU programming (like I did after Jessica Jones S2), but one of a general satisfaction, and reason to be optimistic that the series could continue in a positive direction in the upcoming season(s) that I genuinely hope come to existence someday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frankly, unending kudos go to Netflix, the writers and the showrunners for taking such a weak property and molding and shaping a halfway decent program out of it.\u00a0 It was undoubtedly better than the first season, and the performances from the crew were all pretty decent in their capacities.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say that I really followed the comics at all, but from what I understand the season has been a somewhat fair portrayal of source materials while seeming fresh enough to adapt to live performances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the overall lower-echelon tier of Iron Fist compared to other Netflix MCU shows, I would still say that Iron Fist has the best action sequences of them all.\u00a0 Daredevil most certainly has some great action sequences, but it\u2019s still one character kicking ass; but Iron Fist has several strong characters who get chances to shine, from Danny Rand (who was vastly less of a bitch (but still kind of a bitch) than the season prior), Colleen Wing, and even Misty Knight, who appears to have taken the mantle of Rosario Dawson as the character that keeps all the series linked together.\u00a0 The action is fast paced and exciting, and is far preferable to when Luke Cage and Jessica Jones just kind of throw people around with their OP invulnerability.<\/span><\/p>\n

It goes without saying that it\u2019s Jessica Henwick\u2019s performance as the aforementioned Colleen Wing who carries the show, and if there\u2019s one consistent trope of the Netflix MCU, it\u2019s that the titular characters are rarely the most interesting of their respective shows, and Colleen Wing emerges from Iron Fist as the strong powerful female character that Jessica Jones wishes they could produce.\u00a0 And not to spoil anything, it\u2019s Colleen Wing that basically solely makes it possible to accomplish the unthinkable, in making Iron Fist cool and respectable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to go unmentioned was the interesting and good call for the writers to introduce and incorporate the character who most comic fans know as Typhoid Mary<\/a> into this season.\u00a0 I never saw it coming because I refuse to watch previews, and I didn\u2019t even connect the dots when she was introduced, because typically, she\u2019s been a character more involved with the Spider-Man and Daredevil franchises in the comics, but frankly Iron Fist could use all the help it can get, so I was pleasantly surprised to see her emerge in this show.\u00a0 I think she\u2019ll be a good edition to future seasons of Iron Fist or any other Netflix MCU shows later on.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bottom line is that I was surprisingly pleased with Iron Fist S2.\u00a0 It was way better than the previous season, still better than Jessica Jones, and I have tons of reason to believe and feel optimistic that the Netflix MCU is headed in a positive direction, even after the first season of the Defenders kind of shook things up for all involved franchises.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They made Iron Fist cool. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not one of those nerds who automatically assume Iron Fist to be the worst show out of the Netflix Marvel Comics Universe solely because it\u2019s about Iron Fist, one of the lamest heroes in the history of Marvel Comics.\u00a0 Frankly, I thought season one wasn\u2019t … Continue reading Netflix\u2019s greatest accomplishment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[140,83,69],"class_list":["post-46203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-comics","tag-observations","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46205,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46203\/revisions\/46205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}