11 Simple Fixes That Would Have Saved Marvel's Iron Fist

9. Cut Back On The Hand

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Yeah, ok, the Iron Fist is "the sworn enemy of the Hand" and all that jazz, but once again the MCU's resident evil ninja organisation make for incredibly dull viewing.

Despite the fact that they're an evil ninja death cult, there's very little personality to them, nor much interesting in their motivations. We constantly see them defeated en masse, the leaders are incredibly vague, and even though they're supposedly really powerful, they've essentially been turned into a drug cartel.

This might not be such an issue if they weren't such a big part of things, but the Iron Fist's existence is to fight against the Hand, and they dominate the latter half of the season. Having a different villain, or even just some different storylines, to take attention away from the Hand would've been welcome. As it is, they remain a major concern ahead of The Defenders.

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