You could see this when a number of people positively threw a shitfit over the final fight sequence from Season 2.

You'll see even ostensibly historical novels littered with accounts of magical and supernatural occurrences that make the occasional Shakespearean ghost or witch seem tame.įrankly, I think a lot of the audience of Badlands suffers from not really having learned how to read the story. It makes the relentless double-, triple, quadruple, etc-crossing seem exaggerated, but it's a fairly typical occurrence in Japanese and Chinese stories. I also think people aren't familiar with certain elements of Eastern literature, such as the notion that personal loyalty is far more important than allegiance to a particular banner, party, or nation. There isn't going to be a version where Tybalt has to be killed three times because he supernaturally survives the first two times he's fatally run through. People complain about the writing because certain thematic elements just aren't going to happen in the next production of Romeo and Juliet you see. Within those parameters, the show is as good as anything ever introduced to American audiences. It's meant to be an American-friendly version of the Hong Kong-style martial arts soap opera. I want to strongly disagree with this assessment of Into the Badlands that keeps popping up.īadlands is incredibly successful at being the show it's intended to be. Then I remember that the real problem was that no one listened to the stunt team on that show (at least, according to a stuntman on YouTube). I haven’t seen Into the Badlands, but I have seen the fight scenes, and it made me wish these people worked on Iron Fist instead. Unlike Finn Jones, Chloe Bennet actually does a solid chunk of her own fight scenes, especially the one-takes. Instead, you had an untrained actor who can’t use a stunt double much because there’s no costume, horrible editing to try and hide said stunt double’s face, and potentially decent choreography that’s ruined by the first 2 things.īy comparison, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D does a much better job on a smaller budget. I get that it’s not exactly the most important thing in a TV show, but when your entire premise centers around ONE OF THE GREATEST MARTIAL ARTISTS IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, I at least expect them to look somewhat good, especially given that it’s on Netflix. To be fair, Iron Fist is incredibly below average in terms of stunts and choreography.

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