I was a writer for Iron Fist AMA.

Made it two and a half episodes in before I couldn't take it anymore. One of the worst shows I've ever started watching.
 
Do your agree with the overwhelmingly low critic and fan reviews? And what do you think is the single biggest reason for them?
 
I watched the first season. The casting is what ruined this show.
 
blaseblah said:
Serious question. Are you the reason it sucked compared to the other Marvel shows? If not, who was? I'm not trying to diss but you know the response that first season got (I haven't seen the second season). Also who's idea was it to cast Finn? One of the worst castings I've seen.
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I personally blame myself for not using my voice when I should have. This show didn't have just one writer. Picture yourself on a jury for a minute. Everyone on this jury thinks the individual on trial is guilty but you believe he's innocent. That was my life. All my stuff got edited over or completely disfigured before it came down.
 
Yorkist said:
Why didn't you write better dialogue and characters?
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I tried but other people's visions were more important. It's a rat race down there. They expect you to work together but that person you're working with would be the first one to kick you while you're down.
 
dembonesPLUSone said:
I tried but other people's visions were more important. It's a rat race down there. They expect you to work together but that person you're working with would be the first one to kick you while you're down.
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I know the feels.
 
TS do you think a better showrunner could have wrangled the competing visions and got everyone on mission more effectively? Or was it a case of the pressures coming from the rightsholders/studios preventing people below them from executing his vision?

Do you think having Iron Fist on your resume will end up being a plus or a minus going forward?
 
Aegon Spengler said:
Alright well I dunno if I believe you but I'll ask anyway

The dialogue. What goes on when you plan a scene and write dialogue? If it's bad, do you notice before it is shot? Do you just blame the actors for not being able to deliver? Do they ever ask to make changes to it (and was it usually a good thing when they did, or a bad thing?)
How get defensive do you feel when people criticize different aspects of the show? How personal do you take it when a show gets shit on for the writing?

I thought Iron Fist had really good plotting. The story from start to finish just flowed well and made sense. The family dynamic you guys brought in was ambitious and worked really well.
That evil psychopath father played by David Wenham was damn near perfect. There were genuinely complex moral challenges Dany had to face that bounced from his role in society to his "extended family" and his role as Iron Fist which really fleshed the character out. There was a lot in there to like.

But Finn Jones didn't deliver his lines very well, and he certainly didn't make for a convincing martial artist. Did anyone ever think to just have him wear the mask and get a stunt double in for the fight scenes? And I am having trouble coming up with specifics but I also remember the dialogue making me cringe quite a bit. I just don't understand how that happens. People talk to one another all day. We know what sounds fake and rehearsed vs real and spontaneous. How do forced-sounding interactions slip through?
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So lets say I write a really basic scene right now.
Person A thinks it would be better if the conversation took place somewhere else. So the location gets changed. Person B thinks the dialogue would so better if you change up the lines. Then more people turn what they did into their vision. It was a joke.

Don't get me started on the damn mask. If it was up to me, he would've been in full Iron Fist outfit 65% of the time because you're right about Finn. I saw things like you saw things.

And I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the family dynamic. We really wanted to make it seem like everything was perfect on the outside but once you got behind the veil it would be one of the most horrendous train wrecks ever witnessed.
 
Organic Damage said:
TS do you think a better showrunner could have wrangled the competing visions and got everyone on mission more effectively? Or was it a case of the pressures coming from the rightsholders/studios preventing people below them from executing his vision?

Do you think having Iron Fist on your resume will end up being a plus or a minus going forward?
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Oh YEAH. Should've fired about 75% of the creative team and brought in actual fans of Iron Fist. We would be having a totally different conversation.

That's a big old Whopper on my resume. It's like having a pair of white shoes and someone just scuffs them.
 
What other projects have you worked on? Have you done other stuff for Netflix?
 
Arqueto176 said:
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Elaborate, is she a bitch? not that fine in person? dish the dirt bro, goddammit...............asking for the same creepy friend.
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I don't know her well enough to really answer your questions. I don't wanna say something that will paint her in a bad light.
 
How many of the writers, yourself included were actually familiar with the source material.
 
Did you get to meet Jessica henwick and how hot was she irl?

What was the story arc going to be next season? She had two white fists? How’d she learn so fast and Danny was so slow and stupid? Also how’s he get iron fist too and shoot iron bullets?
 
TheWorm said:
What other projects have you worked on? Have you done other stuff for Netflix?
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NDAs are in place with some of my past projects. However, I will ask that you keep an eye out for The Witcher.
 
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