I rewatched the hallway fight in Daredevil Season 1 Episode 2 just to clear my senses. I feel better now.
What really elevates the DD hallway fight is how it ended. After everything he pauses before opening the door and raises his mask so as not to frighten the kid. When he says, "I know you're scared" he's seeing himself in the kid. Remember that, just before this part was the flashback of Matt as a kid finding his father dead and suddenly alone in the world. It still makes me cry to think Matt is rescuing the boy the way he couldn't be rescued and tells him, "You don't have to be afraid anymore."We obviously disagree about a LOT - cannot agree with you more here.
I didn't even think Luke Cage was great, it was good - and yet that seems awesome compared to this. I'm on Ep 9 or something, and I went in totally ready to forgive stuff, as is my default position. But the show really doesn't give you many chances to defend it, even when you break it down to read between the lines.
The DD hallway fight, the stakes, the filming, the acting, the result....it's perfect action on TV. A palette cleanser. I did exactly the same after Ep 6 or 7 - I followed that up with the DD/Punisher rooftop, and Wilson Fisk in the prison van with his Good Samaritan story (still one of the best villain solidification of character I've seen - I think it rivals Walter White's "I'm the one who knocks.")
And I don't think I've seen one instance of Iron Fist so far that makes me feel that way, which is gutting!
I've been watching this new season and I'm about halfway through and I'm liking it quite a bit, it's much, much better than season 1. Danny is far less whiney, but still a bit too trusting and naive. The big thing is that the fight chroeography is much, much improved this season, the cast actually look like they know how to fight now and while there are still a bunch of cuts in each fight scene but they're not like quick, 1 second cuts, they linger a bit before cutting so that's good.
I just finished watching all of season 2 and I have to say that it was a massive improvement over the first season. Much better fight choreagraphy, better acting, and the characters are written to be much more interesting and we get far less whiny Danny, but we do get a bit of whiny Davos though. The one thing that I liked the most about this season was that it really got me excited for season 3, if they continue what they showed at the end of the season finale then S3 is going to be seriously awesome.
For those watching but haven't finished yet, keep on watching through the credits of the season finale, there's an after credits scene along the same line as the Marvel movies.
Yeah, I didn't quite understand that either, esp. since Colleen seems to the weakest of all of the highly trained fighters on the show. The only times that she's shown to be particularly good is against half trained cage fighters, street thugs and gangsters, and the Crane Sisters. But against people the caliber of Davos or Walker and she looks like Misty going up against a trained figher. So, yeah, I didn't really get what Danny had to learn from Colleen unless it was how to use a katana, but obviously wasn't the case. Plus Colleen fought Danny almost exclusively using a staff, which is good if Davos liked using the staff, but he doesn't, so how does training against someone using a staff prepare to fight someone who uses only their hand and feet?I'm confused as hell !!!
Danny trained since childhood and became the iron fist .
But he has to talk his girlfriend into training him ?????
Because .... Reasons ??
What He forgot everything when he lost the iron fist ?
Why don't they make her the iron fist she has all the fight scenes , the decent ones anyway .
Well
I'm getting tired of saying the stupidest thing I can think of and looking up and seeing it come true !
I know where I'm trick or treating this year , wherever Danny Rand is .
You get an iron fist and You get an iron fist and You get an iron fist !!!
Yeah, I didn't quite understand that either, esp. since Colleen
seems to the weakest of all of the highly trained fighters on the show. The only times that she's shown to be particularly good is against half trained cage fighters, street thugs and gangsters, and the Crane Sisters. But against people the caliber of Davos or Walker and she looks like Misty going up against a trained figher. So, yeah, I didn't really get what Danny had to learn from Colleen unless it was how to use a katana, but obviously wasn't the case. Plus Colleen fought Danny almost exclusively using a staff, which is good if Davos liked using the staff, but he doesn't, so how does training against someone using a staff prepare to fight someone who uses only their hand and feet?
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Yeah, but do you want to have to get a ginormous tattoo made from his blood and burnt skin in order to get that iron fist? I sure as hell wouldn't, that just sounds nasty to me and a sure fire way to get one hell of an infection or a nice blood borne diesease.