Oh Great, Iron Fist Is In ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2
I regret to inform you that Marvel is at it again. They’ve decided that audiences just haven’t had enough of super-doofus Iron Fist, and are finding a way to insert the character into season 2 ofLuke Cage. So if you haven’t had enough of Danny Frickin' Rand telling people he’s the “Immortal Iron Fist” over and over again, you are in luck!
Marvel and Netflix’sIron Fistfocused on Danny Rand (Finn Jones), the heir to a vast fortune who also has super powers that make his fist glow gold. I guess he has some other powers too, but honestly, I don’t care what they are because the character is just an annoying jerk who won’t shut up about being the Immortal Iron Fist, the Protector of K’un-Lun, and so on.
The first season ofIron Fistcertainly has itsdefenders, but most seem to agree that the show was weak sauce. Dannysort ofworked in smaller doses inThe Defenders, but again, it seems that most agree the Iron Fist moments were among the low-points of the much-hyped superhero team-up. But Marvel is committed to finding some sort of way to make the character work, gosh darn it, so they’ve brought him aboardLuke Cageseason 2.EWhas the first official image showing Danny and Luke Cage. Here it is!
There are no details yet about just what Danny’s role will be in the show, but you can tell from that image he’s probably saying more stupid stuff and getting on everyone’s nerves. Ugh, shut up, Danny. Of course, there is precedent for all of this. In the comics that inspired these Netflix shows, Luke and Danny are actually BFFs. The pair appear in the comic seriesPower Man & Iron Fist, where they’ve worked together as “Heroes for Hire.”
The Defenderstouched on some of this by featuring scenes pairing upMike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones' Danny Rand. These scenesmostlyworked, primarily because Colter is just so damn charismatic that he helps balance out Jones' less-than-stellar performance. Of course, sinceLuke Cageis Luke Cage’s show, Danny’s involvement there will probably be minimal. Unless, that is, season 2 is going the full “Heroes for Hire” route.Luke Cage showrunnerCheo Hodari Cokerhasn’t confirmed that yet, but he did acknowledge the possibility in the past,saying:
