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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I still love that hallway fight in Defenders.
I'm disappointed that after being around for so long, the Hand were just so utterly unprepared for what the Defenders had to offer.
Like, I get it. These guys are superhuman in some way, but as Danny showed with the fist, someone like Luke can be hurt.
Speaking of, I also really like Danny's appearance in season 2 of Luke Cage. I think it influenced Danny sucking a lot less in season 2 of his own show.
One Strip! One Strip!Me too. This one in particular
◊ was incredibly cool for Zola, with the Uncanny Valley head and the claw hands. They should definitely keep the creepy reverb from that scene and the green distortion in his screen.
Also on the subject of the Hand's leadership, Madame Gao is a borderline case. The show generally hinted she was a version of Crane Mother and Bakuto is from the comics, but the remaining three (Murakami, Sowande and Alexandra) are indeed straight outta nowhere. I do enjoy the idea of the Hand having five fingers leading them but they could have picked a lot more interesting people to lead it.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."To rehash a previous post of mine, at least speaking anecdotally, my sense is that parodies of the Hand, such as the Foot Clan of TMNT are better known than the original, which is a sign that they should not be adapated, or else, should be adapted in a work that goes for the goofy, fantastical stuff, not for "gritty realism".
Nope. She trained and increased her musculature for this role
And holy shit, talk about a glow-up, Anakin will now be the one getting choked, alright
Edited by VengefulBale on Mar 6th 2021 at 6:23:18 AM
Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, nglShe wasn't but I'm amused picturing her being always that jacked in every one of her roles.
Nute Gunray kidnaps Padme and then Padme just beats the snot out of him.
Black Swan but she's a mega buff ballet dancer.
Annihilation and she fights the bear fist to claw.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Mar 6th 2021 at 4:44:03 AM
General assumption is that Disney was in the midst of creating Disney+, and since the shows were joint owned by Netflix they couldn't follow the MCU into the new distribution format Disney had in mind and were thus cut looks - alongside your standard slew of creative and business differences between Netflix and Disney, of course.

Plus the fact the Hand is lead by Canon Foreigners.
The Fingers suffers from a lack of prescience and style compared to Nobu who was a badass ninja in a bright red gi.
Nobu had presence and style in spades.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."