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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Reviews don't fill me with confidence, but then again I've typically never went along with reviewer opinion.
If it turns out to be good, or at least appeal to me, then hey, no problem. If it turns out to be mediocre, then well, at least I had something semi-decent to watch on TV for several hours and can hope they make it better for Defenders or season two.
Not sure I understand the logic in actively enjoying the fact that it got bad reviews, though. Wouldn't you prefer the show turn out to be unexpectedly good rather than meet your low expectations?
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Marvel usually goes for who actually suits the part better, as opposed to who has the physicality for the parts, which normally works out in their favor. This was a point raised by Paul Bettany when Jason Statham criticized the movies by saying you can tell it's stunt men doing most of the action (Bettany replied by asking if Jason can get an acting double then).
In this case though, when the whole premise behind the character is that he's supposed to be an amazing martial artist, it may have bit them in the ass.
That is the thing....what the reviews are describing as the downside of the show actually sounds appealing to me. I wanted Danny Rand to be naïve and perhaps annoyingly optimistic...I didn't WANT another broader, we already have three of those in the Defenders. I also was afraid that they would put too much emphasis on the fight scenes so again, hearing that there aren't that many overall makes me happy. If the reason is an exposition dumb, well, that would be unfortunate, but I have to see how it is handled and what the eventual pay-off for all the set-up is.
At the end of the day, we are not talking about a movie but a Netflix show. If it were a movie, I would most likely say "okay, let's wait a little bit until more reviews are in and what the fans say and then look if I put this on my "have to watch", "watch if I have the opportunity" or "eh, can wait until I get it elsewhere" list. But this is a Netflix show. It only costs my time. Which I will invest anyway because there is no way that I jump into the Defenders without having seen everything which leads up to it. And there is no way that I miss out on the Defenders, because I want to see more of Jessica. So in a way the reviews are kind of mood for me.
Also, every review I'm reading says how great Colleen Wing is, so I'm going to watch the show if only for her. io9's review
said it was Marvel's first failure, but also:
So she is the Ryan Reynolds' Wade Wilson of this X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it sounds like.
edited 8th Mar '17 1:50:36 PM by comicwriter
Because if someone disagrees with you, they're being coerced somehow.
And I desperately want the second half of the series to be better. Man cannot live on the Samurai Jack sequel alone.
... Just going to second everything Unsung said last page, though I might skip this one altogether if my schedule's heavy since it pretty low on the backburner anyway.
But yeah, looking even more forward to a possible Daughters of the Dragon since Misty ended up stealing the show for me in Luke Cage and that's where the demand likely is.
edited 8th Mar '17 2:14:26 PM by AlleyOop
I doubt it, because speaking as someone who is Chinese American and annoyed by the casting but did not consider it a dealbreaker I already found the preview trailer pretty underwhelming, the show's ostensible high concept lacking in substance compared to the last three, and was aware of the general doubt about Scott Buck and Finn Jones' general ability given their previous resumes. It had a lot stacked against it without taking the race thing into account.
Same was true about Ant-man, though. Lot of bad buzz, but the end result wasn't as bad as the Edgar Wright bemoaners like to claim. Then there is Ao S, which did start underwhelming, but was so worth sticking around for the pay-off.
Honestly, a lot of the reviews I've read did address the race/Mighty Whitey controversy, but they had other negatives too. It wasn't like they spent the whole review frothing about the casting of Finn Jones. The reviews all seemed to be along the lines of, even putting the whole racial iffiness aside, the plot, the acting, the martial arts, and the dialogue were just plain bad. Again, though, this is just for the first six episodes. It might pick up in the second half. But yeah, that's my take on the reviews.
When we're done, there won't be anything left.

I do hope there'll be some merit in the second half that might save at least some of it for me, I'll give it at least that tiny benefit of the doubt.
Also, when does Defenders come out?
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