Snow Gives Way
- Episode aired Mar 17, 2017
- TV-MA
- 57m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
4.7K
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After being presumed dead, Danny Rand returns home to New York after fifteen years, only to find things aren't as they were.After being presumed dead, Danny Rand returns home to New York after fifteen years, only to find things aren't as they were.After being presumed dead, Danny Rand returns home to New York after fifteen years, only to find things aren't as they were.
James Hutchison III
- First Rand Security Guard
- (as James Albert Hutchison III)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBig Al's philosophy about farming being "the worst mistake in the history of the human race" is not the ranting of the deranged mind of a homeless man. It actually comes from a 1987 paper of the same name by noted American scientist Jared Diamond and makes the case that modern ills such as pandemics, war, sexism, and social stratification among other things can all be traced back to humanity's adoption of agriculture.
- GoofsIn a panning shot of the Manhattan skyline we catch a glimpse of the PanAm (Metlife) Building and the Metlife sign. In the MCU (of which Iron Fist is a part) that building is the Avenger's Tower.
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Uninspired, poor script
I've seen a lot of people complaining about Iron Fist for casting a white guy in the lead, so putting ALL THAT ASIDE, here are all the technical reasons why Iron Fist was bad.
At the very best, the script is a 4/10. It's full of bad dialogue, bad exposition, tonal inconsistencies and a tonne of soap opera moments which all fall flat. None of the characters in Iron Fist feel like real people, especially Danny, which is a huge disappointment. But I can almost forgive a lot of that because in the hands of the right director and actors, it can turn out alright. At the very best, it can be pure popcorn entertainment. As is turns out though, the acting was terrible and the direction likewise. I really wanted to be able to defend Finn Jones for all the heat he's copping in the media right now, but I just can't. I don't usually like to single people out because it feels rude to say, but he just doesn't bring any finesse to the role and he's not a very good actor. The supporting actors aren't great either. In fact, they're pretty bad, especially the actor playing Ward. I thought most of the female actors were okay, but then again they didn't have a lot of scenes so who knows.
I've been trying to piece together what was going on in John Dahl's mind because the episode he did for Jessica Jones ,"AKA Sin Bin", was great, but for his pilot episode of Iron Fist he dropped the ball. I have a theory too that maybe John Dahl and the rest of the cast were expecting the show to be edited together with a much faster pace which would account for the unnecessarily drawn out takes and mismatched "comedic" scenes and dialogue, but then again the shot set up is too poor to purely blame the editing department for not being able to efficiently move the story forward.
And now: the action sequences. The reason why the now famed "Netflix-Marvel" fight scenes have worked so well, especially in Daredevil's case, is because they were all used sparingly, with proper motivation to propel the story in a meaningful way and to establish the characters further. The action sequence between Danny and the security guard henchman was cheap, and that's the only way to put it. It was almost as if the person writing the script said to themselves "Oh yeah, gotta throw in the token action sequence".
I was really disappointed in this one. If you're craving a Marvel action show, stick to Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Or if you're in the mood a billionaire playboy coming back with a vengeance, go watch Batman Begins or Arrow because they did it a lot better.
In summary:
-Bad script (characters, dialogue, exposition, pacing, tone, it was soapy)
-Poor directing that didn't build suspense or establish a world for the characters
-Horrible acting all around
-Token action sequences were meaningless
-Lacks originality, and the concept has been done a lot better by other shows/movies.
3/10
At the very best, the script is a 4/10. It's full of bad dialogue, bad exposition, tonal inconsistencies and a tonne of soap opera moments which all fall flat. None of the characters in Iron Fist feel like real people, especially Danny, which is a huge disappointment. But I can almost forgive a lot of that because in the hands of the right director and actors, it can turn out alright. At the very best, it can be pure popcorn entertainment. As is turns out though, the acting was terrible and the direction likewise. I really wanted to be able to defend Finn Jones for all the heat he's copping in the media right now, but I just can't. I don't usually like to single people out because it feels rude to say, but he just doesn't bring any finesse to the role and he's not a very good actor. The supporting actors aren't great either. In fact, they're pretty bad, especially the actor playing Ward. I thought most of the female actors were okay, but then again they didn't have a lot of scenes so who knows.
I've been trying to piece together what was going on in John Dahl's mind because the episode he did for Jessica Jones ,"AKA Sin Bin", was great, but for his pilot episode of Iron Fist he dropped the ball. I have a theory too that maybe John Dahl and the rest of the cast were expecting the show to be edited together with a much faster pace which would account for the unnecessarily drawn out takes and mismatched "comedic" scenes and dialogue, but then again the shot set up is too poor to purely blame the editing department for not being able to efficiently move the story forward.
And now: the action sequences. The reason why the now famed "Netflix-Marvel" fight scenes have worked so well, especially in Daredevil's case, is because they were all used sparingly, with proper motivation to propel the story in a meaningful way and to establish the characters further. The action sequence between Danny and the security guard henchman was cheap, and that's the only way to put it. It was almost as if the person writing the script said to themselves "Oh yeah, gotta throw in the token action sequence".
I was really disappointed in this one. If you're craving a Marvel action show, stick to Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Or if you're in the mood a billionaire playboy coming back with a vengeance, go watch Batman Begins or Arrow because they did it a lot better.
In summary:
-Bad script (characters, dialogue, exposition, pacing, tone, it was soapy)
-Poor directing that didn't build suspense or establish a world for the characters
-Horrible acting all around
-Token action sequences were meaningless
-Lacks originality, and the concept has been done a lot better by other shows/movies.
3/10
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- scarlettyforest
- Mar 17, 2017
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- Runtime57 minutes
- Color
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