27. Marvel’s Iron Fist (Netflix: 2017-2018)
Maybe the biggest problem with Iron Fist, a misguided production from the ground up, is that it was a martial arts series where the fight scenes were decidedly lackluster. Add in a weak lead performance, some glacially slow plotting, and a bunch of confusing mystical world-building, and you have a recipe for a pretty disastrous addition to Netflix’s struggling corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To be fair, Iron Fist did get significantly better in its second season, where it more openly embraced the fact that Finn Jones’ Danny Rand is kind of a dweeb. But by then it was too little too late to win over those who were already understandably turned off by a show that never seemed to have much reason to exist in the first place. [Caroline Siede]
