Being slow isn’t a problem for me as long as things stay intriguing. I made it up to episode 11.
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Gao is running a separate faction of the Hand that focuses on drugs while the “good” Hand is pulling a Foot with recruiting kids off the street to make warriors out of them. Use a couple of other kids and put them in positions of power to maintain global influence. They can give Hydra a run for their money.
Being naive is one of Danny’s signature character traits. It’s always been one of his flaws. I agree with his gimped abilities. This show nerfed the hell out of his powers.
I would put it on the same level as Jessica Jones. I finished the series and I liked it.
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It kinda sucks that Joy is seemingly turning on Danny and possibility teaming with Davos. I found it odd that Davos stuck around instead of heading back to Kun Lun. Knowing the monks are dead and the city gone would have definitely cemented the heel turn
I just finished it and no, Scott Buck fucked it all up. It is clear he just Zack Snydered it and knows nothing about the character. [details=Spoiler]They basically made him into shitty batman, they stripped Danny of all of his charm and just made him brooding. There is also way to much soap opera bullshit, it was one step away from Days of Our Lives. Danny got some bullshit no kill code that he never has had and tried to add way too much emotional bs that shouldn’t be There. There is also very very little fighting and the show assumes every character is as dumb and naive as possible. [/details]
I personally didn’t watch the last few seasons of Dexter but the complaints people had to that apply here, he fucked up Ironfist hard.
Danny is too childish and optimistic for brooding. Danny doesn’t want to kill because he wants to hold on to his identity as Danny Rand. It’s clear it’s expected of him to abandon his humanity to fulfill his duty as Iron Fist and that’s a major source of internal conflict for him.