They
know how to adjust instead of scrapping things and starting over.
I
liked the first season, and viewed it as more the story of the Hand than of
Danny. Still I can understand the
criticisms placed against it.
Instead
of giving up, Marvel built on what worked and trimmed away what didn't.
The
first season felt kind of padded and draggy over thirteen episodes- Season two
tells a story in ten.
There
wasn’t enough shown of the comic costume and K’unn L’unn- now there’s more.
Danny
is one of the less interesting members of the cast, with his innocent, moral
guide character: he struggles a little-
Since that’s who he is, it remains. But Colleen shares the spot light at
co-lead and Ward develops into a bigger role.
The
best chemistry is between side characters- A much larger presence of Daughters
of the Dragon!
The
first season was overburdened with not only introducing Iron Fist, all his
settings and his supporting cast, but fully fleshing out the Hand for the Defenders series.
I
thought it worked best as “The Hand Show!” but the main characters suffered for
it.
This
time around there’s room for character growth for all the principals, Davos, Ward and Joy had their own arcs. Plus there was room for some
new personalities.
Alice
Eve was an outstanding addition as Typhoid Mary, a re-imagining of the comic
character to fit better in the Netflix universe.
This
is why the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to rock. It follows the John
Cleese self defense motto…
Adapt,
adopt and improve.
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