I finished it this afternoon. I enjoyed it, but definitely felt like it was the weakest of the Marvel Netflix shows so far. It took me a couple episodes to get into it, but even then I felt like some of the story lines dragged on and on. I felt they could have told this story in about 8 episodes and really tightened up the writing.
As some have stated already, the choreography was pretty weak at many points; Daredevil did a much better job with that aspect. Also, Danny was getting his ass whooped far too many times for a guy who has done nothing but train in kung fu for 15 years, not to mention the fact that he's the Iron Fist. There were some moments I felt like I was watching one of the CW shows, which was unfortunate and unexpected. I was a bit frustrated it took so long to find out
exactly why Danny left K'un-Lun, but even when they gave us the answer I was still couldn't tell you. Lastly, I found it slightly annoying that for the entire show Danny was confused about who he was supposed to be (which I understand was intentional because we are watching him grow as the Iron Fist and as Danny Rand), which made me confused about who exactly the Iron Fist is and actually kind of upset that he betrayed the people that he swore to protect. I get that he wants the Iron Fist to be "something more," but he did get the powers and then hightail it out of there, leaving his responsibility behind...And look how that turned out for him!
There were a lot of things I loved about it though. One of my favorite aspects was actually the family Meachum family drama, especially Ward and Joy's relationship and seeing how tortured Ward was and how it lead him down such a dark path. Colleen Wing was also great and I'm excited to see more of her. Claire's scenes were great too, especially when her and Colleen were on screen together. Additionally, it was nice to get more insight into the Hand, and I really liked that there are different ideologies and opinions of what the organization actually stands for, giving it more depth. Should be interesting to see how
The Defenders handles the Hand.
Overall, I think the writing and choreography could have been better, but the characters kept me intrigued and interested. I agree with @
Gimpdiggity in that it felt void of a unique identity, as opposed to the other shows. I have high hopes for season 2, as long as Marvel/Netflix can iron out the kinks of the first season, which shouldn't be too difficult. I do hope that Danny ends up wearing his costume too...it'd be kinda silly if Matt Murdock is the only costumed Defender...