贴一片我很喜欢的影评 Right. Have now finished Iron Fist. It had bad reviews from people who only saw the first six episodes, who basically thought that it dragged, but having seen all thirteen episodes, those first four slower episodes are really about world and character building; this does pay off in later episodes. Also, the 'slowness' is, in part, due to a lack of chop socky fighting. That's there in later episodes, in excess, almost. The 'hallway fight' thing is done several times; almost satirically the last few. Breakout actor is the lass who is Colleen Wing, and there is a real chemistry between her and Iron Fist; she becomes an intrinsic part of the story instead of, as happens so often in the Marvel television series, being a character who is shoe-horned in to introduce yet another Marvel character. Although you don't realise it initially, the actor who is Ward Meacham is also very good, and fairly subtle; this is why it is hard to get a fix on him at the start. Another arc over the whole series that contributes to the slowness of the first four episodes is Danny Rand's growth. The scriptwriter has clearly studied cultural re-entry experiences, and Danny was last a ten year old in American culture. His responses are initially that of a ten year old, but until you realise this, he reads as something clunky. The plot points and series arcs revolve around family, loss, grief and truth and lies and I think they do this well. At times I did get a bit fed up with what seemed like a lot of bollocks being imparted through the medium of interpretive dance. There is a tendency to exposit, poorly disguised, which isn't needed for binge watchers and there are some narrative glitches, at the level of individual scenes. For example, at one point, Danny says 'follow me' and the newly recruited Colleen nods and OKs that; they slip into a hiding space, and then Colleen is the first one out of that hiding space. That sort of thing. Although the series deals with serious themes, it does feel a bit as if the take on some of them is pretty much that of a keen, comic-loving ten year old who is hiding in the den he has ridden to on his BMX to read his comics. That is, in part, resolved towards the end, but it is that simplistic starkness - which, to be fair, is a homage to the comics - which irks in the beginning, I think. I finished it wanting more. I think that the initial reviews are wrong. It felt no more clunky by the end than, say, Jessica Jones and was far less confusing than Daredevil 2. The clarity of the love story threaded throughout is one of the best things about it, as is the redemption arc of one of the characters.