After watching eight episodes in one day, I consumed more than half a catty of melon seeds. Overall, not as good as expected.
Count the characters first: The foursome: Lawyer Ma, Jessica, Luke Cage, Iron Fist. Friends and Family: Fudge, Sharon, Tracy, Hogarth, Malcolm, Claire, Misty, Colleen. Pros and Cons: Old Man Stick, Erica. Five Fingers: Alexandra, Mrs. Gao, Bo Tu, Japanese who can't remember their names, Africans who can't remember their names.
It can be seen from this that there are only eight episodes. In addition to putting almost all the old friends in the first five dramas, new characters must be introduced. The result must be that everyone will be assigned very few scenes. An easy way to make the Defenders stand out is to cut down on non-main characters.
But the screenwriter and director didn't do that. We can see that Colleen, Claire, Sharon & Fudge, and Misty have a lot of roles in the family and friends group. It's not bad that their appearances are not embarrassing, and they don't drag on the plot.
It is a pity that, on the other hand, the role of the villains seems to be a little less - Africans, they are easy to appear on the stage, and the meaning of the opponent's meeting is to give the first head; Doing things but his skill is too low, the meaning is that it represents a disunity factor; Botu, that is, a little bit stronger than Colleen, can't feel his value to the Hand. Mrs. Gao, as a one-on-one defender who does not lose to everyone, she has to be a thug and have a little abacus. It's really hard for her. The last one, Alexandra, the leader of the group, personally felt that she didn't show her ability (whether in combat or leadership), and didn't understand why the other four were afraid of her.
The transformation of the old man is not unexpected. After all, he is a man who has been fighting all his life. He has been dedicated to preventing hand unions all his life, and he will use any means of taking selfies. However, it still seems a little silly to destroy the Great Wall on the verge of death.
Erica is a rather strange character, and it is not surprising to kill Alexandra against the water, but at the end I don't understand why she is fighting.
After talking about the characters, let's talk about the plot.
Originally, because the episodes were too short, the story could not be told, but even so, the rhythm of the first few episodes was still a bit slow. It was not until the third episode that the four talents gathered for the first time. In the fifth episode, there were still internal quarrels, which was really annoying. Anxious; the funny thing is that the villains are also quarreling, and they have been together for several lifetimes and wrangling with each other.
There is also that underground treasure, which is very mysterious before, what destroys New York, what wins in one fell swoop, and also said that it was sealed by the former Iron Fist with magic power, so it could not be opened, giving people a full sense of magic. Later, it was found that this treasure was a fossil keel, and the way it destroyed New York was that moving it would cause an underground collapse... It always felt... a bit inconsistent.
Finally, let's talk about the soundtrack. The most impressive thing is that in the season finale, Iron Fist made a big move, but it was accompanied by black rap music. Are you sure there is no mistake?
To sum up, as far as the show itself is concerned, it is a maximum of 5 stars. But since it is the first collection of the Marvel Netflix universe, I will give it four stars. Remembering that the characters are also super many Avengers 3, I believe that the carefully crafted movie will be better.
The last piece of advice, if you don't like Marvel, or if you haven't watched the previous dramas, don't watch it. If you have to watch it, don't regret it, don't spray it, you know.
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