Iron Fist Season 2 Is Better Than Season 1… And That’s About It

As I prepare to watch the first six episodes of Iron Fist Season 2, I meditate. I channel Zaheer (one of the few Western examples where an Asian-inspired character is handled with incredible nuance) from Legend of Korra and let loose my earthly bias*.

I genuinely want the Marvel Netflix series to be good. Good cross-genre superhero shows beget better cross-genre superhero and hand to god, everyone wins and we get more chances to see other stories adapted. There have been many times I have been skeptical of new media, only to be pleasantly surprised when I actually sit down and watch. When Danny Rand made his cameo in the second season of Luke Cage, I was optimistic. That Danny Rand was personable and actually felt like some character development so I was going in to this pretty neutral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMtrmDhI1LQ After seeing the first six episodes, this is what I got: the sophomore season of Iron Fist is in fact better than its original outing. The fight choreography has had a marked improvement and the flow is significantly more fluid and the cinematography feels smoother. And now let’s talk about my grievances.

The Marvel Netflix Universe has decided to once again utilize Asian villains as the main antagonist. The Triads, specifically the Hatchets and Golden Tigers, are competing over the power vacuum left by the Hand, and I somehow found myself missing when the Meachum family was the focal point of most of our ire. To say nothing about Davos’ return. Th…