This time, Netflix's strength interprets what is called thunder, heavy rain, and small rain. After many episodes, such a gimmicky theme has become a painless mediocrity. The whole play is completely out of touch before and after. The better part is the first half of the four protagonists before they have assembled. The four perspectives with completely different styles and tones are very innovative. Later, when they unite, the story and the The attractiveness of the narrative began to decline sharply, and the ending was even more anti-climax. In addition, Iron Fist and several newly added characters in the series are very badly written, especially the character of Sigourney Weaver, which is full of drama but poorly shaped.
At the beginning of the series, the four main actors’ four perspectives are used to unfold in sequence. The director’s approach here is very bold, that is, to show the original style of their four original dramas, which is equivalent to watching four dramas in one episode. . Four different perspectives with different styles and colors are cut together to advance the plot, which is very innovative, especially when Jessica turns to Luke, the strong contrast between the color and the character's temperament is too enjoyable. Moreover, the director did not mess up the narrative in this way. While throwing out enough story information, he also maximized and restored the basic character and status quo of the protagonists, and the overall rhythm was quite in place.
However, this diverse style gradually disappeared after they united. Of course, this is also inevitable in terms of plot. After the four-person team, the style will definitely be unified, but unified does not mean de-stylization. The procrastination in the second half of the series and the mediocrity of the lens really formed a strong contrast and gap with the front. Although the American TV series are directed by multiple directors, they generally maintain a uniform style, but the League of Defenders has taken a completely opposite path. , And the effect is not good.
The story of the Defenders follows the second season of Iron Fist and Daredevil, and can even be regarded as Iron Fist 1.5 and Daredevil 2.5, completing the content of the hand-in-hand association in their respective stories. In contrast, Jessica and Luke’s own content accounted for a very small proportion of the whole show. Both of them were mixed in as an outsider. Of course, the screenwriter still designed a reasonable plot for them to introduce. They, so the role of the two is not abrupt.
The most attractive part of the storyline is actually these two outsiders, especially Jessica's part. This time, she is not involved in the past in the independent drama, but is completely involved as a private detective. Her detective sense and the layers of advancement in the development of the plot are more interesting than the others. She is this The cool colors of the characters and the unique temperament exuded by the actors themselves are far more eye-catching than other characters. On the contrary, Tekken and his story line, which is the most relevant to the plot, is written plainly. The most important thing is that the character itself is not prominent, and the character has not grown up after experiencing the two dramas of Tekken and the League of Defenders. The dots are also very confusing and disgusting.
The focus of the episode's story is the ultimate goal of the hand-to-hand association. This is actually a continuation of the second season of Iron Fist and Night Demon, but the corresponding faults have also continued, that is, the mystery. The purpose of the Shouhehui has already been mentioned in the first two episodes through character dialogues. However, after the episodes, this point is still laid out as the biggest suspense, but what is this kind of foreshadowing given the previous explanations? What's the role? A story that is no longer suspenseful, but the screenwriters still write it like this, which is really confusing.
The three new important characters in this play are all villains, that is, the three people who have not shown their faces in the five fingers, but these three people also fit the 6 words I mentioned earlier. The thunder is heavy and the rain is small. Two of the newcomers can only be regarded as supporting roles, and it is acceptable to write poorly, but Weaver's role is really unacceptable.
Her role is equal to the four protagonists in this play. At the beginning, she has an independent perspective and story line like the other four, and it can even be said to account for more than the four of them. The first episode of her role showed multiple qualities, domineering, refined but sensitive and stubborn. Her first rivalry with the invincible Mrs. Gao in the past was clearly overwhelming, both in momentum and status. Many out. The role here gives people a huge attraction, and I look forward to her future development. However, the shaping and positioning of Weaver's role in the whole play is like this in the first episode, and the shaping of her in the subsequent scenes is basically repeated. What is even more incomprehensible is that the role of such a heavy role in the scene let her hurriedly exit before she is fully erected. There is a kind of intentional plot reversal, which means that the story of the whole drama starts from her exit. It started to collapse.
In terms of the role, there is also a poorly written one, Erica, one of the heroines of the second season of Night Demon. The shaping and positioning of her character when she appeared on the stage was very natural and clear. It was also a continuation of the end of the second season of Night Demon, but the subsequent reversal seemed very hasty. It was explained only through a few flashbacks. The audience is really hard to accept. Weaver's role made her hurriedly exit after spending so many pens and inks, but Erica only took two strokes when she needed more modeling. I really don't know what the screenwriters think.
Of course, there are also well-written characters, which is the rivalry between several protagonists. Although the pen and ink are not much, the content is very interesting. While showing the unique relationship between the characters, it also shows the qualities of the four themselves. After coming out, the most prominent of these is the role of Luke. His black and hard character is the most mature of the four protagonists in the whole play (the Madonna), so the interactions with the other three are very interesting. A big guy keeps giving three little ass. Child preaching was puzzled by karma, especially when he played against Iron Fist's opponent, it was really like a long () person teaching a bear child. It was very funny.
Finally, I will mention the action scenes of this play. Although the styles and themes of the independent plays of the four protagonists are different, they all have a lot of action elements, and the League of Defenders must be like this. In the play, apart from the open tunnel duel, the four protagonists' individual action scenes are OK, even Iron Fist and Jessica Jones have made great progress in their movements, but they are a team, and the quality of the action scenes is very good. Like the episode itself, it began to decline. This is related to the big difference in the action styles of the four of them. The difference in action styles is that they cannot be treated in a unified way like narrative and tone. The director and action director did not seem to find a suitable point, so the final shot The result is a bit embarrassing in terms of action design and lens performance. The final battle amplifies the level of embarrassment to the extreme. Not only the traces of the action design are very heavy, but the relationship between the characters during the fight is also unclear, and the original climax paragraph is suddenly discouraged.
Generally speaking, Netflix has smashed the League of Defenders this time. Although the overall quality is not too bad, it is still far from the height that we expect. It can only be said that sometimes it is not human. The more the better. . .
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