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I've heard that too, but isn't that the way with everything now? I think the filmmakers were worried that the Japanese storytelling of the anime wouldn't translate well in the west, which is somewhat offensive to us, no? Kind of like how LTK had the title change because people thought we wouldn't understand what the word "revoked" meant. There's a massive niche market of Americans that love the original animes with their unabridged stories, so I think we're a lot smarter than people give us credit for and we would be able to consume even the most asian styled story with all its unique flourishes.
Amazing show. My favorite anime series, alongside Cowboy Bebop. While I personally prefer the first season ever so slightly, the second season is every bit just as good. I actually like Stand Alone Complex even more than the '95 film, and I like the '95 film quite a lot. I'm looking into the original manga at the moment, and at least as far as the artwork goes, it appears to have more of a cartoonish and comedic quality to it. Stand Alone Complex, especially with the Tachikomas, would appear to land halfway between the manga and the film in look and tone. However, I've heard the manga is quite philosophical and intellectual all the same.
Also I just saw Solid State Society, a film continuation of Stand Alone Complex. Not essential viewing—it's not quite as good as the best parts of the series in my opinion—but worth looking into if you crave more after Season 2.
Close to finishing the series finale, and it's bittersweet, simply because it's probably one of the greatest shows I've ever had the joy of watching. Some of the best pacing I've seen from a show - no filler, everything matters, something impactful or exciting always going on. Loved it.
Thanks SKOH! :)>-
Yup! Interested to hear how Season 2 compares to Season 1 for you if you keep on.
I must check that out. Thanks Brady!
If we keep on?? I BOUGHT the second season already!!!
Sweet, enjoy! Lotta good stuff ahead!
Never fails to disappoint me, really curious as to where they will take it come the new season next year? :-?
I've never known anything about the Iron Fist character, so this served as a great intro.
I like Danny a lot- having grown up on K'un-Lun he's so nice and trusting that he comes off as completely naive, but he's completely genuine. It's a nice 'fish out of water' scenario in the mean streets of NY
To be honest the only thing I would really change is this: what we saw should have been season two! It would've been cool if all of season one took place on K'un-Lun and the cliffhanger was him arriving in New York. Then we could have gone heavy on the action! To be fair, out of all the Netflix shows Iron Fist is heaviest on the bland boardroom, white caller 'talky scenes'
Iron Fist does deserve some credit though for giving me this gif:
;)
Only just finished episode four though it seems I have watched far more episodes, I have read you could literally skip the first six episodes I'll stick with it. My issue is the casting of Iron Fist main character find him week and not a particularly good actor, also some of the fight choreography is off upto now.
I enjoyed Jessica Jones and Luke Cage got into both shows, hate to admit I have only watched the first few episodes of season one of DareDevil, I need to binge watch that even more so as I have it in 4k.
And speaking of, @fire_and_ice, without spoiling too much, certain characters we were introduced to in previous shows play a big Hand in Iron Fist
Back to DareDevil though, I almost felt bad for Charlie Cox because as awesome as S1 was, throughout S2 I was looking forward to the next Frank Castle appearance the whole time! I honestly believe I'll bingewatch the whole Punisher show in one day when it comes out later this year. Perfect casting!
The only thing keeping S2 from being PERFECT, was the simple fact that it should have been all about Castle- Electra (and possibly Bullseye) should have been saved for later.
I think that post-Defenders they're really going to take Matt to hell, and do the story we know they're leading up to that defines him as a man of tragedy. And boy is it going to hurt.
I also think The Defenders will have some sort of storyline inspired by the Shadowland series of comics, as Brady mentioned.
However, there was also a conflict with Statham and Marvel when he slammed Daredevil's action sequences, saying "my grandma can do it." I don't think they'll ever hire him. But, never say never.
http://screencrush.com/daredevil-season-2-jason-statham-bullseye-out/
And love your iteration of the character. I could imagine that kind of Bullseye going toe to toe with The Punisher as well. Imagine the cockfight.