Marvel's Iron Fist 2017

Watching episode #2 now. First impression: if the Marvel movies are like ivory, this show is like cardboard. The lead actor Finn Jones is great, he's making the show. But so far the other actors just aren't. Sorry.

Jessica Stroup is a pretty face that knows her lines, but doesn't demonstrate even the tiniest bit of character depth. It's like she comes to the studio, plays her part, and leaves without giving it another thought.

Tom Pelphrey, well I know he's a good actor, he was great in Banshee. But over here, in the first two episodes he's such a superficial character, it doesn't do him justice so I hope that will change as we get further along. Because he needs a character with a proper backstory so he can show his talent. Like the guy he played in Banshee: it wasn’t even a main character really, but even so, he left me wanting and wondering. It takes talent to be able to pull that off. He’s got it.

Anyway. Iron Fist. The storyline so far is lame. I won't give spoilers, except for maybe one word: Arrow. Generally, it gets really cheesy and full of cliches we’ve all seen a thousand times in various movies and series already. Psych ward, really?

The lines and story details are lame. Who in the world would not recognize a childhood friend 15 years later?! Only in Netflix land do these things happen. And you can almost predict what the characters are going to say next, like all the time.

I’m doing my best to not give you any real spoilers here, but ffs, no sensei in the world would call themselves a master and then go out to teach their pupils martial arts by letting them try to mug the sensei. And a real sensei would never talk down on their students. What were the writers thinking?!!

Choreography... It’s like they didn’t even try to make an effort. Not impressed at all. It's easy to imagine where the jump ropes were used.

Camera work.. let’s just say they do use nice color filters. That’s not a compliment. The staff knows what they’re doing, but here it shows in a bad way, like how bored they are after making the umpth Netflix tv show.

And finally the set like most of the walls are made out of cardboard. Sounds like it too. Audio quality (from boom mics) is horrible.

All in all.. well like I said, I’m only two episodes in. So it might get better. But that being said, it does have a really cheap taste to it. This is not the Marvel I’m used to. It has all the elements except for the most important one: soul. It lacks a soul.

So here’s to hoping it’ll get better. Would I recommend watching it? Yes. You might be less critical than I am. If so: great. Hope you enjoy every second of it. After I finish writing this, I’ll do my best to enjoy it too.

But I just had to get this off my chest first, and if you agree with my review, it’s time for more of us to start voicing this stuff to the degree that the studios will listen. Because we want quality, but what we get is cardboard box degraded entertainment. It’s not worth ploughing through if this is how it stays, so the rest of the story better be damn good, it’s a Marvel’s show for heaven's sake, not DC Comics!

If things stay like this though, I predict that I’m not staying a Netflix subscriber for much longer. Because if there’s any general indication to quality running down hill with them, this show proves how sloppy they have become.

Come on, tv show makers, at least try to make an effort, please!