Iron Fist was more like Paper Fist and that's okay
- Opie Akinsilo
- Mar 22, 2017
- 3 min read
The fourth defender has arrived, and his entrance has been more than a disappointment to many of the Marvel die hards, especially since its arrival is meant to lead in to the much anticipated Defenders. It also marks the first mediocre series out of the Netflix and Marvel collaboration. So why shouldn't you be worried ? Why shouldn't you bite your nails from sheer nervousness? Well thats because despite Iron Fist being an iron dud, we have four previous seasons of amazing between Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage. Here's why you don't have to lose sleep sweating over the up coming Defenders.
There's no "I" in team...
While Danny Rand never really seems to get it together during the first season of Iron Fist, the rest of the team has delivered amazing performances. From Daredevil to Cage, the three previous series hit in all cylinders and setup the dark and gritty backstreets of New York that Iron Fist quite frankly just stumbled through. Touching on various themes like being a black superhero in New York or living with abuse and moving past it, the realism of it all make it feel like this was an actual New York and not a fictional one. Now that the stage has been set we are going to see the return of the genius show runners behind Daredevil, Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, coming to lead the biggest team up of the summer. Not many could argue the about the success they brought to Daredevil's first and second seasons and can only suspect that they are gonna bring that level of focus with this team up. Iron Fist may not have delivered on high expectation set by the others but with that being said it's far to soon to count Marvel out after so many triumphs.
The man with the unbreakable skin...
Danny Rand struggled to really find himself and came off as an arrogant spoiled kid. Something that contributed to a large part of the show being a misfire but for those who are familiar with the comics know that Iron Fist is only one half of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is Heroes for Hire. Where there's Finn Jones's Danny Rand, a character struggling to develop and move past the emotional little boy that survived the plane crash, Michael Colter's Luke Cage is quite the opposite, an educated black man trying to do right by his community while being a fugitive from the law. His more thoughtful approach to the stigmas of being a black man who can't be shot in America, may just be the level of maturity that can definitely help bring up to speed the very immature depiction of his karate wielding counterpart. These character feed off each other and that dynamic can only be good moving forward and now that needs to happen as soon as possible.
Measure twice cut once ...
I'm sure by now you get the point ... Iron Fist fell flat but so did the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D with it coming back with a much stronger second season. Marvel studios has been know to play the long game, making sure that each factor is ready to contribute to the over framework. It's these factors and attention to detail that worked with the Avengers and Civil War and while Iron Fist proves to be a set back, you can rest assured that it is a minor one. We can rest assured that Marvel has a lot more than Danny Rand up there sleeves. When it come to these series they have earned the confidence it instills when you hear name Marvel, delivering on some many. So yeah I can rest easy knowing that the Defenders are around the corner.
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