The show didn't lay much groundwork for Diamondback and Luke's childhood so it was- as I like to call it- a hard left turn. Plus the character made no sense and was bizarre (and not in a good way)

I remember bizarre bits and pieces- like when he was getting a Chinese seal (stamp) of his name, a crayon-making factory… also- perhaps non-coincidentally, I became I librarian.

More symbolically than anything else. It would also depend on whether or not the content of the books exist elsewhere.

Black Widow? Scarlet Witch and Vision might not fit. Falcon would be cool.

Shakespeare as it should be. I'd love to got to something like that.

I hear what you're saying- it is a rather gristly statement. However in my opinion if doing so is something of a tradition- the very decision to stop the tradition out of fear as a very different, and just as disturbing, statement.

A simple search of "Shakespeare in the park" and Obama comes up with multiple sources- mostly recent comparing the recent uproar with the lack of one in 2012. Since the point of the play is the you shouldn't use undemocratic means to get rid of democratically appointed official, I think the play is more important than…

Where was the outrage when the company portrayed Cesar as an Obama-look-alike?

I agree- he's pretty awesome and I love that he's getting screen time and wider attention.

Am I the only one that thinks Daveed Diggs's Perry doesn't quite fit in with the show? I get the sense that he's perhaps playing the role a bit too straight or doesn't quite embrace the whimsical nature of the show.

Ms. Marvel is a Marvel property. Not DC.

Hallmark romances is one of my guilty pleasures. There was one where I thought for a hot second that the couple was going to be interracial. I got so excited- thinking FINALLY! But nope, the Black best friend just had way more charisma than the bland white actor and appeared on screen first.

I suspect she's there to kill him. When the two do get together, God will then be pissed.

Yes. Lol. I guess Leterrier is more appropriate since it's still set within a larger universe.

I'm considering this the Hulk of Netflix Marvel.

I'd have settled for not great acting if it was balanced with martial arts ability and choreography that took advantage of it.

I think the show would have had more heart if nothing else.

IMO Marvel does it best when either a: the show is a creators/lead actor's passion project (Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man for example) or b: they're combining the story with a different genre (Luke Cage and blaxploitation and Winter Soldier as political thriller).

Agreed. If I had one word to describe Iron Fist- it would be Lazy (or half-hearted).

The first 6 episodes were the screeners that critics got. It's no surprise the series was panned. The first few episodes were definitely the weakest. The flaws that were pointed out in the reviews didn't get corrected either- though some of the plot points did mature.