Finally finishing up watching Luke Cage. Decent show, though in the final few episodes it's like they got bored of the plot they'd been simmering, burned it all down, and started over in a panic.
@lmorchard We're about 3 episodes into Luke Cage. so far I like it more than Daredevil and less than Jessica Jones.
@lmorchard we haven't started Iron Fist. we are skeptical of comic movies and shows these days, so it's we gotta hear something's great from multiple sources before we'll give it a try.
@allianora That's fair. There's a lot of trash to be disappointed in and life's short. :)
@lmorchard that's some true life advice right there.
@lmorchard @allianora ugh I've heard nothing but really bad things about Iron Fist. Aside from apparently terrible execution, it seems like there's some fundamental premise-level issues that make it not seem like a very good idea
@tcql @lmorchard yeah, I hadn't heard anybody talking about Iron Fist at all, so I kind of assumed it had been made without a lot of forethought.
pretty much the summary i've gotten:
- fight scenes are pretty underwhelming (daredevil s2 were clean and exciting, these feel messy and obvious)
- rich whiny white dude does martial arts is ... a bad premise
- the show spends more time showing people in board room debates than in doing anything actually interesting or relatable
@tcql That is a very accurate summary of Iron Fist. I just finished it and I'm all like WTF @allianora
@lmorchard @tcql @allianora Without doling out too much, keep this in mind, Danny *is* mentally Ill, he's not particularly likable; if you look at him as a neurotypical, his behavior makes no sense at all, but as you begin to realize that all is NOT well, his character becomes a little more... tolerable.
But yea, the fight choreography phoned it in and Finn Jones' acting just... falls flat.
@viciousviscosity Yeah, though I'm also like: Did the monks not realize he had issues before they chose him to become the world's best martial artist and, like, their sole defense against the world? @tcql @allianora
@lmorchard I guess even monks and dragons are not infallible and make unwise decisions, that's all I got.
@tcql @allianora
@allianora Even with the flip, it's still really good. Thinking yeah it's the best of the Marvel stuff on Netflix so far. Having trouble getting through Iron Fist though :/