GRRM sent them doodles he drew on some cocktail napkins.

I did watch the video and honestly it’s not that much of an improvement. You just get to see more of it. And the point is as geeks we should know better than anyone that early footage of CGI might not be fully rendered and render judgement accordingly.

I found the one who missed the point entirely.

There’s always a point: to sell comics.

Good on him! Taking a socially conscious stand publicly and forcing producers’ hand like this is admirable. I didn’t know who Ed Skrein was before he gave up a role in a movie I hadn’t planned to see, but I’ll remember him in the future—surely he’s caught the fair eye of some in the industry as well.

an actor backing out of the role and specifically citing the white-washing as a reason is at least a step in the right direction, i guess

I think I’m broken, because I don’t have anything cynical to say about this. Good job, guy? I approve? That doesn’t sound like me!

Emma Stone will take his place.

Season 2 had, what, maybe a couple episodes that weren’t firing on all cylinders? And when this season’s done, I imagine we’ll be saying the same thing. Also, I can’t thank the writer’s room enough for culling the herd of obnoxious fans a bit (you know, the type who track down who wrote what episode so they can shit…

It’s gonna take some time to get used to looking at the right side of my screen when I’m at the Kinja AVClub.

WHO THE FK CAN DISLIKE THIS I CAN THINK Of 3 I am not sure if I spell them correctly

TBH I don’t think it’s a portal to K’un L’un at the bottom of the hole, it’s just a mausoleum for a local dragon. Powdered dragonbone is the substance behind the Hand’s resurrections (they show it getting mixed into the blood used to revive Elektra a few episodes back). That’s why dudes come in with saws next episode.

Yes, it’s clearly intentional that Danny is both naive and not in control of his Iron Fist power, though I’m really not sure why on the latter point. (There’s a moment in the Iron Fist series where we see a clip of a previous IF doing stuff Danny didn’t even think was possible, and it’s like WHY I WOULD RATHER WATCH…

This Episode is what cemented Jessica as the best thing on this show and in this Universe. Her stealing that beer was perfect and Krysten plays it perfectly.

That’s the Episode 5 review, though. I did find 6 eventually, but they’re all out of order on the Defenders Season 1 page.

I’m making this my bitching thread. Straight from google:

This site revamp is the Iron Fist of site revamps.

Agree. Foggy giving matt his suit was less I accept you and more if you’re going to do heroin with your girlfriend at least use clean needles and condoms.

Watching The Defenders, I’m glad that I skipped Iron Fist, the show. I thought that Danny’s mostly a fine character, especially when he’s the upbeat one of the ground, even if I found it a little weird how quickly his PTSD from failing K’un-L’un seems to have faded.

“unlike Karen, who still doesn’t understand that the costumed hero isn’t any less Matt Murdock than the lawyer”