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8 Reasons Why Iron Fist Isn’t As Bad As The Critics Say

The long-awaited first season of Iron Fist has now landed on Netflix and, unlike Danny Rand's hand, its critical response has not been glowing. In contrast to just about every other property in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Fist has received some pretty scathing reviews, which have pulled apart its writing, acting and directing.
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Published: Mar 21, 2017 11:00 am

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6) The Nods And Connections To The MCU

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Something about the Marvel Netflix shows that you can’t help but love are the many nods to the wider world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’re not going to get Robert Downey Jr. turning up in these things, but the easter eggs are enough to remind us that they’re set in the same continuity.

Iron Fist is likewise great at this, with sneaky references to “the incredible green guy” and several callbacks to “The Incident” – the in-universe term for the Battle of New York seen in The Avengers.  More notably, the show is particularly strong at dropping in connections to its fellow Netflix series, even giving us hints as to what the other Defenders are currently getting up to.

For instance, it’s alluded that Luke Cage is writing letters to Claire from inside Seagate Prison and Jessica Jones is still taking on sleazy cases and drinking hard after the death of Kilgrave. Daredevil is also name checked a couple of times.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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