1. Plot (7.5 points)
As a TV series, the plot is always the most important decisive factor. The lead writer of the film + Showrunner is Marco Ramirez (Dare Demon Season 2 Showrunner). The reason why Jeph Loeb (the head of Marvel's TV department) handed over the finale to him is entirely because Daredevil's high reputation reflects the excellent skill of the screenwriter. However, Ramirez said in an interview that the difficulty of the play is beyond imagination, and it is the biggest challenge he has encountered since his career. Why? My personal analysis is that he faces at least four difficulties in the script:
First, he cannot fundamentally influence the personal storylines of the four protagonists, because this will affect or even anger the other three single-drama producers. This determines that the timeline of the play cannot be too long, and only if the problem is solved in a short period of time will it not have an impact on the development of the next single-player show.
Second, the character settings of the four protagonists must be preserved. What is different from the Avengers is that these four characters have been paving the way for 13 hours (26 hours for Daredevil). Will trigger a chain reaction.
Third, there must be a special and important element that can connect the four "heroes" from different backgrounds, identities, and different communities in New York, and this element cannot be too blunt.
Fourth, to meet the special expectations of fans, such as Luke and Danny's "Hero of Hire", Colleen and Misty's Dragon Daughter combination, and so on.
The plot of the play is simply that the five fingers of the hand-healing association once practiced in Kunlun. They found a way to obtain eternal life in Kunlun. They were expelled by the Kunlun Presbyterian Church because of their impure purpose. After they came to the earth, the five fingers had the ability to resurrect the dead. Many powerful people like Harold Mitcham (the villain in the first season of Tekken) and Jin Bin have cooperated with the Shouhehui or take orders from him. After all, who doesn't want to live forever? We serve life itself. The last keel in the world is buried deep underground in New York, and the keel is removed. New York will become the second Pompeii (here the dragon represents the lifeblood of a city, and I think it’s easy to understand as a Chinese), Stick It has been said that Pompeii was not destroyed by a volcanic eruption but by the stolen keel. Therefore, the Five Fingers don’t care about New York. It's just a city, you will get used to see them fall. In the process of digging the keel, the hand-combination encounters difficulties. The sturdy stone like a seal tightly seals the keel, only iron fist. Only the chi of shao-lao can be opened (in the comics, Shao-lao is a dragon, and after Shao-lao's death, the dragon's power is transferred to Iron Fist), a battle for iron fist and a defense battle to prevent the destruction of New York begins.
In fact, let me score, the plot is 7 points, but in view of the difficulty of the script, I give an extra 0.5 points to the screenwriter Marco Ramirez. Compared with Luke Cage, who was full of bugs and the lackluster iron fist, Marco Ramirez narrated a story that was basically flawless under very difficult circumstances. The four difficulties were basically solved, and the reason for the gathering of the four people was more natural. The kind of bridge where the little nurse took a phone and called several people together didn't happen, thank goodness. The bigger flaw is to satisfy the drama fans. Instead of putting a lot of insignificant supporting characters into the defenders, the plots of the police station's supporting characters forcing the tea party are still more embarrassing.
2. Characters (7 points) To
put it simply , the characters of the four protagonists in this short 8-episode miniseries have all developed and improved. Let's look at them separately.
Daredevil: At a time of emergency facing disaster in New York, Lawyer Ma finally walked out of the shadow of Erica’s death and embraced the identity of a superhero again. In fact, of the four street superheroes, Lawyer Ma will always best represent the essence of MNU. A person, he does not have strong ability, he is powerless to prevent the destruction of the earth, but he will be the one who stands up for you when you encounter difficulties and dangers.
Jessica Jones: Jessica, a poisonous tongue who turned into a silly mouth, decided not to escape her super-British status after the defender's battle, because she knew in her heart that she had the ability to change some things. Alias Detective Agency renewed The day it opened was the moment when Jessica completely abandoned the shadow of the Purple Man and truly began a new life.
Luke Cage: Forever Moving Forward Luke Cage was the first of several heroes to realize the principle of "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility" (I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m not here to make). The concept of "super friends" came, and he was very arrogant and unwilling to embrace Lawyer Ma, and had a fight with Danny, but the influence of the defender on Luke was to let him know that he was not alone on the road of Moving Forward. Combat.
Tekken: I want to say a few more words about Tekken. I think many negative comments on Tekken are not fair. It is not appropriate to simply use "stupid" to summarize him. Tekken’s character is that he is a child trapped in an adult body. Kunlun’s principle of action is [to be challenged, or challenge the opponent, defeat the opponent, or be defeated by the opponent, no bullshit]. However, this simple principle is applied to the real society. It will cause all kinds of troubles to him and the people around him. He will never do things smoothly, or even learn to lie. Everyone sincerely says that I am an iron fist. I have killed a dragon, and he will never betray. Own belief (destroying the Shouhehui), even though he can be the eldest master of RAND Corporation. He went to "Kicking Hall" in the third episode. Why, because it was like this in Kunlun, he had to pay a post before the duel. Among the defenders, Iron Fist was the most improved of all the roles. He learned to listen to opinions. After Luke taught him, he immediately decided to put on a suit to negotiate with the other party in an "righteous" manner. He learned to think independently. Among the four, Iron Fist was the only one who was skeptical of Stick's true motives (namely persuading three of them to imprison Iron Fist was actually assassinated). The facts proved that his suspicion was correct. Have you ever wondered why, in the end, Lawyer Ma will hand the task of "defending New York" to the youngest Iron Fist instead of the other two, because he knows that only Iron Fist possesses the most unwavering belief in nature, young and immature. And the impulse will slowly fade over time, and only Danny Rand can replace him to guard New York. [If you still hate Iron Fist after watching the League of Defenders, then you definitely didn’t intend to like him, so give up this show]
Villain Shougang: Given that the villain is also one of the iconic highlights of MNU, I think Shouganghui The image has basically failed compared to other villains. No matter in Daredevil seasons, or Iron Fist, Defender, the feeling of hand-healing is always "thunder and rain". The plot has always been laid out, but the result is build up for nothing. After the hands of three screenwriters, Shouhehui has changed from a ninja organization to a four-dimension organization integrating murder, trafficking, drug trafficking and brainwashing. The five-finger individual ability is also a standard Kunlun undergraduate. In addition, the role of Sigourney Weaver, the queen of science fiction, is to make Erica's wedding dress, which is a serious waste of her aunt's good acting skills.
Erica: Erica became the black sky, and the setting of leading the hand union is almost completely in Manmi’s expectation. What I am more surprised is that the screenwriter has hardly any "accidents" in the image of Erica... even if it is In the end, the relationship with Lawyer Ma was not enough to restore the boring personality.
3. Action scenes (6.5)
Frankly speaking, as far as we Chinese are concerned, action scenes are relatively ordinary, but if you look at it by the standard of American TV series, you should be able to hit 7.5. After all, those fights in American TV series are really 80% unsightly. . The action scenes of the League of Defenders are also more difficult to arrange, not only difficult to arrange, but also difficult to shoot. If you are not careful, it becomes a melee mode, and you have to count on a 360-degree sweep of the sky and the ground like the Avengers. In the later period of CGI flying randomly, the expectation was too high, because after all, the budget of the show was very cheap even in the American show.
But no matter what, there are still a few fights that I think are well arranged, such as the first meeting of Tekken with Luke in the meeting room, the subsequent hallway fight, Daredevil VS Erica, etc. The final episode is rather disappointing. The play did not play the role of climax.
4. Photography (8 points) The
defender’s photography, especially the use of light and color, is very remarkable. The producer creatively chose the way of lighting different characters with iconic background colors. Each single-player story line is distinguished. Daredevil's red, Jessica's blue-purple, Luke Cage's yellow and Iron Fist's green, these four tones always follow the four protagonists. In the scene where the four people meet in the Chinese restaurant, the four tones come together. , Marking the assembly of the League of Defenders. It's simple to say, but it takes a lot of thought. It can be seen that the production level of the film has returned to the level that Netflix should have after a mediocre iron fist.
5. Scene clothing (7 points)
Aunt Sigourney Weaver’s costume show was a highlight, and she felt that all season's clothing expenses were spent on her. Generally speaking, art design and fashion design are still low-cost due to funding constraints. Midland Circle doesn't look like a big company. The meeting room is too small, don't you feel crowded in the meeting? As a billionaire, Tekken actually drives a Hyundai SUV from South Korea... What kind of driver's bodyguard is equipped with this kind of car? I'm afraid I can't pay the bodyguard's salary when the car is sold. In addition, Tekken still has no uniform.
Overall score: 7.5. In the comics, MNU is still the leader in similar themes, but it should be seen that the far lead established by Daredevil is slowly being reduced, such as those created by Marvel and FX. "The Crowd", including the fifth season of "S.H.I.E.L.D.", I don't think any worse than the League of Defenders. On the contrary, the audience's expectations for MNU are getting higher and higher. They hope that the fight will be more exciting, that the special effects of Iron Fist will be more effective, they hope to introduce more comic characters, and they hope to go out of New York to shoot on location. and many more. After the completion of the first stage, how to improve and expand is really a question that Marvel TV Department should consider carefully.
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