Dec. 22nd, 2018 07:38 pm
Marvel TV/Iron Fist
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kirataelHaving finished most of the MCU movies (and all of the ones I actually want to see), I'm moving on to the Marvel TV series since their future seems a little shaky. I've seen bits and pieces - my dad, who hasn't read a comic book since 1959 and was utterly bewildered by the Infinity War trailer last year when we went to see the Last Jedi, loves Jessica Jones and rates it as one of his favorite shows on Netflix. I myself am enamored of Daredevil - I'm hard-of-hearing myself and so media like Daredevil and Covert Affairs and Matt Fraction's Hawkeye comics* are like catnip to me. I stopped because while I <3 Matt and Karen and Foggy, the beatings Matt was taking as Daredevil were actually brutal enough that I found myself squirming uncomfortably.
Anyway, trying again. But I'm probably not going to make it through Iron Fist, even though I adore Jessica Henwick. There's a conversation between Danny and Colleen in the first episode that takes place at her dojo that almost word for word matches every conversation I've had with men about martial arts for over 15 years now. The flat assumption that she isn't actually in charge. The condescending, "you didn't know that?", "maybe I could help out", the almost gentle misreading of every signal she is sending out...ugh. I didn't know whether to give the writers kudos for getting it so exactly right, or to throw my laptop right out the window.
*Which I like/am annoyed by. The run is enjoyable, but Fraction's tenuous relationship with linear storytelling and Tumblr's blind (hah) acceptance of This is How it Must Be for Deaf People ruins it a little.
Anyway, trying again. But I'm probably not going to make it through Iron Fist, even though I adore Jessica Henwick. There's a conversation between Danny and Colleen in the first episode that takes place at her dojo that almost word for word matches every conversation I've had with men about martial arts for over 15 years now. The flat assumption that she isn't actually in charge. The condescending, "you didn't know that?", "maybe I could help out", the almost gentle misreading of every signal she is sending out...ugh. I didn't know whether to give the writers kudos for getting it so exactly right, or to throw my laptop right out the window.
*Which I like/am annoyed by. The run is enjoyable, but Fraction's tenuous relationship with linear storytelling and Tumblr's blind (hah) acceptance of This is How it Must Be for Deaf People ruins it a little.