C-Season 1Iron Fist’s finale doesn’t enter the dragon, it trips over the finish lineCaroline Siede3/29/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkStop me if you’ve heard this one before: In the climatic final battle of a superhero story, a vigilante with parent…
BSeason 1Let the rain fall down, Iron Fist is coming cleanCaroline Siede3/28/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe weirdest thing about “Bar The Big Boss” is that it hinges on Bakuto and Davos, two people it feels like we barely…
CSeason 1Hints of potential can’t save a weak Iron FistCaroline Siede3/27/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOn a character and storytelling level, the last eight minutes of this episode (Danny and Davos’ conversation in the car…
B+Season 1Iron Fist gets better once it admits Danny Rand is the worstCaroline Siede3/26/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt turns out the biggest problem with Iron Fist wasn’t its so-so action, its lack of a central villain, or even its…
CSeason 1A slow Iron Fist offers hellos and goodbyesCaroline Siede3/25/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHalfway through this episode I started planning a jokey intro to this review in which I was going to talk about the…
BSeason 1Iron Fist gets into medium trouble in actual ChinaCaroline Siede3/24/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPlenty of superheroes live by a code. Superman fights for truth, justice, and the American way. Spider-Man knows that…
BSeason 1Iron Fist’s characters lose it, in more ways than oneCaroline Siede3/23/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkCharacters experience a lot of firsts in “Felling Tree With Roots.” The first time you chop off your finger as a…
C+Season 1Iron Fist offers extra cheese with its cheesy action showdownCaroline Siede3/22/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe unwritten rule of live-action superhero properties is that the hero must battle a villain who’s on their level in…
B+Season 1A visit from Claire Temple injects some much-needed life into Iron FistCaroline Siede3/21/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“We know a nurse.”
B-Season 1Iron Fist raises the question, is Danny Rand the Donald Trump of superheroes?Caroline Siede3/20/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWe’re only three months into Donald Trump’s presidency and it’s already cliché to frame TV and film criticism within…
B-Season 1Iron Fist starts to finds its feet as Danny gains a new allyCaroline Siede3/19/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter a slow premiere and a largely superfluous second episode, Iron Fist delivers its first solid outing of the…
C-Season 1Iron Fist flies over the cuckoo’s nest in a lackluster second episodeCaroline Siede3/18/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a meta moment in “Shadow Hawk Takes Flight” where Harold Meachum sits in front of footage of Danny Rand being…
C-Season 1Iron Fist’s premiere doesn’t make a convincing case for its own existenceCaroline Siede3/17/17 10:00amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Why does this story need to be told?” That’s the question all writers and directors need to (or at least should) ask…
