The trailer begins with Danny Rand in the big ol' City that Never Sleeps. It's been about 15 years since the magical martial arts land of K'un-Lun took him in and raised him into the living weapon he now is. The Immortal Iron Fist has come home at last.
It's pretty funny how this trailer starts. Poor Danny introduces himself to the secretary of his family's company, only for a couple of guards to try and throw him out. They try, anyway. Speaking of Rand Enterprises, what is it exactly that they do? What do they specialize in? Pharmaceuticals? Aerospace? Manufacturing shuriken?
Anyway, the guards try to throw him out, but they get their butts handed to them. Rand is next seen in an elevator. Yeah, Danny, way to not look like a desperate crazy man.
We next get glimpses of his origin, and his return to civilization. It's very remisicient of Tony Stark in the first Iron Man movie blended with a bit of Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. We also see him interact a bit with Jessica Henwick's Colleen Wing. I'm hoping she meets Simone Messick's Misty Knight and they get a detective agency spin-off together. Daughters of the Dragon, the next Netflix/Marvel smash hit right there!
We also see Danny kick butt. I expect lots of butt-kicking in this series.
There's some brief flashes of Danny's training in K'un-Lun. Clever nod here, we do briefly see his gi is yellow-and-green. Nice.
David Wenham then appears as Robert Meachum, who was a partner of Danny's parents. Yeah, he caused their deaths in the comics, so it's safe to assume that he's a bad guy here. There's a woman in shadow telling him there's no place for Danny Rand. I think it's possible that here, Meachum is a flunky for a Bigger Bad. Some bigger is going down.
Hey, it's Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple! She's the Netflix Nick Fury, bringing the future Defenders together. Heck, her speech here is in the vein of Nick Fury's speech as to why he brought the Avengers together.
What are those songs in the trailer? They're great.
Was that Madame Gao from Daredevil at 1:27? If that is, I wonder what role she has here. Hmm, it's all connected indeed. She's probably thinking, "First that Devil in Hell's Kitchen, now this guy. For Pete's sake..."
Lots of fighting footage, which is good. And the Iron Fist itself is awesome, the way it glows. I think we may also get a little romantic tension between Danny and Colleen here. Interesting, but I was kind of hoping that it's be between Danny and Misty Knight, as they were a couple in the comics.
Claire, what does the Iron Fist mean? It means if he punches someone with it, the recipient will be hurting.
This trailer was fun to watch! Loved seeing all the action in it! Can't wait for this series, and the upcoming Defenders! Bring it on!
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