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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The chattering monkeys line is one I can almost physically see the writer's intention and how it slipped up. It's exactly the type of bizarre old-school Kung Fu movie insult someone like Lei Kung the Thunderer would throw at someone. Like calling your student "young grasshopper" and things of the sort.
The writers just happened to overlook how calling a room of mixed race students "chattering monkeys" would sound like.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I actually like the fight choreography, but it is obvious that neither the actors nor the stuntmen had enough time to train for them and the editing is rough. And yes, I know that usually rough editing is a sign that the material is bad, but I don't think that this is the only problem here. The editing in general is very questionable (honestly, it REALLY frustrates me how often the show has truly beautiful and interesting camera work, but it is impossible to enjoy it because it nearly always cuts away more or less immediately)....the drunken master fight mostly works so well because the edits there are done way better. I mean, not exactly surprising if you consider who directed the episode.
I stand by my statement the showrunner of this show should have been RZA (who directed episode 6, the episode I still consider to be the best, what with the Mortal Kombat-esque tournament shit). He knows what's up.
Also his directorial debut was a film called The Man with the Iron Fists come on. It's meant to be.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Iron Man With The Iron Fists sounds like it should have been a cartoon from the '60s like Superfriends or (Harvey) Birdman and The Galaxy Trio.
If you ask me, as someone who's a big fan of Iron Fist (his current run is pretty awesome btw), he didn't go over the top enough.
Scythe strangling a man with a microphone cord was just the kind of shit I needed.
I love how every time you make that joke you make the time period longer.
edited 4th May '17 4:34:31 PM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."You told the story. It's pretty damn shitty of him.
I guess I misremembered the date, I remembered you saying something like sixty-six years last time you said that.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."You know what I want?
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There, your annual Queen song.
At the very least, I want to see Angel Punisher, just for the "wtf" factor.
edited 4th May '17 5:38:42 PM by fredhot16
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.Scythe's introductory scene was both badass and probably the funniest moment in the show for me. That or the Zhou Cheng fight.
I hope Zhou returns next season, with a larger role. Would help make up for his actor not getting the leading role.
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It gets better...at the end of the day I prefer it if a show starts slow and then picks up the pace instead of it taking off running and then suddenly starts to drag towards the end. It is so difficult to get invested again for the finale then.
Ao S was the same this season...the Ghost Rider arc started too slow for my taste, but once everything was shuffled in the right place it took off running and never stopped. (Honestly, I have no idea how I am supposed to deal with the waiting time...I just hope that ABC will at least announce their schedule soon.)
@Pacing in Iron Fist: This show is weird for me because it seems to have the opposite problem of the other three shows. In the other shows the first half of the season is exciting and interesting and then it gets bogged down around episode 7 or 8. In Iron Fist the show has a slow beginning but shoots up in quality during episode 6.
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So how exactly is this Imax showing going to work? Is it basically a low budget movie that gets continued on television?
edited 5th May '17 7:59:26 AM by Kostya
Makes sense. I've seen a lot of shows use a movie as a premiere or finale, then chop it up into episode-sized chunks for rerun airing.
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He says they're "chattering like monkeys", but the unfortunate implication remains.
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