But in a sense you can't go wrong with emotions, because all humans run on those? Emotion made some really memorable shots and moments, imo, and all these characters feeling things so hard means we ended up with a bunch of interesting story threads left to build on.
Yes! That's essentially why the show worked so well for me, because the plot/fights might not have been all they could be, but it was so full of characters just FEELING THINGS, at high intensity, and that pulled me in (and made me want all the fic with EVEN MORE FEELS). Can't wait for season two - I'm going to finish up Defenders first (which I'm also loving) and then plunge in. The tiny scraps I've heard about the second season are making me even more eager.
We need an Iron Fist Defense Squad.
Haha! Sign me up for that. XD (There's a thing you posted awhile back, something about going for "the mediocre white boys that Tumblr hates" and uh, yeah. It me. XD But still. *fistbump of solidarity*)
I mean, yeah, rationally I get why people didn't like the show and why a lot of people didn't even give it a chance, but I'm just so glad that I didn't let the bad hype scare me off, because I thoroughly loved this dumb quirky little ninja show, in a way I might not have loved it if it hadn't been such a weird mix of kung fu and family-drama soap opera.
He has this trademark thing he does where his eyes go wide and damp and he looks like he's about to cry, but he doesn't quite, and it kills me every time. His face just does so much.
YES. GOD. That almost-crying thing ... he just gets so much suppressed emotion into his face. I think Ward is one of those characters who needs a really good, subtle actor to sell him as a character, or else he's just going to come across as a whiny rich kid with daddy issues, but Pelphrey absolutely acted his heart out.
I'm currently missing him in Defenders - not that the show isn't stuffed full of characters as it is, but I get the impression he must have been left out because of scheduling issues with the actor and not any other reason (they even name-check Ward in a scene where he really should have been, when Danny's getting info on Midland Circle from his company, which makes me think the season was plotted with Ward in mind and then they couldn't get him for some reason). And it's not like he's vital, the show is cranking along just fine with the 50 billion characters it already has, but I keep thinking about the possibility of getting a couple more between-seasons Danny/Ward scenes, or Ward with his dry sarcasm interacting with the total weirdness of the Defenders world - or hell, Ward and Jessica, they'd either love each other or hate each other. I'm fine with the show as it is, but I feel wistful for what could have been!
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Yes! That's essentially why the show worked so well for me, because the plot/fights might not have been all they could be, but it was so full of characters just FEELING THINGS, at high intensity, and that pulled me in (and made me want all the fic with EVEN MORE FEELS). Can't wait for season two - I'm going to finish up Defenders first (which I'm also loving) and then plunge in. The tiny scraps I've heard about the second season are making me even more eager.
We need an Iron Fist Defense Squad.
Haha! Sign me up for that. XD (There's a thing you posted awhile back, something about going for "the mediocre white boys that Tumblr hates" and uh, yeah. It me. XD But still. *fistbump of solidarity*)
I mean, yeah, rationally I get why people didn't like the show and why a lot of people didn't even give it a chance, but I'm just so glad that I didn't let the bad hype scare me off, because I thoroughly loved this dumb quirky little ninja show, in a way I might not have loved it if it hadn't been such a weird mix of kung fu and family-drama soap opera.
He has this trademark thing he does where his eyes go wide and damp and he looks like he's about to cry, but he doesn't quite, and it kills me every time. His face just does so much.
YES. GOD. That almost-crying thing ... he just gets so much suppressed emotion into his face. I think Ward is one of those characters who needs a really good, subtle actor to sell him as a character, or else he's just going to come across as a whiny rich kid with daddy issues, but Pelphrey absolutely acted his heart out.
I'm currently missing him in Defenders - not that the show isn't stuffed full of characters as it is, but I get the impression he must have been left out because of scheduling issues with the actor and not any other reason (they even name-check Ward in a scene where he really should have been, when Danny's getting info on Midland Circle from his company, which makes me think the season was plotted with Ward in mind and then they couldn't get him for some reason). And it's not like he's vital, the show is cranking along just fine with the 50 billion characters it already has, but I keep thinking about the possibility of getting a couple more between-seasons Danny/Ward scenes, or Ward with his dry sarcasm interacting with the total weirdness of the Defenders world - or hell, Ward and Jessica, they'd either love each other or hate each other. I'm fine with the show as it is, but I feel wistful for what could have been!