SPO2 Dalisay
Rebel in exile, again.
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I never understood why in this century, not 1970, a white guy doing martial arts is a thing. Everybody does martial arts as the world now understands the term from sporting mixed martial arts. On MCU screens from Captain America proving he is not just a shield to the Punisher fighting his way out of a jail ambush.It definitely felt like there were some elements of Iron Fist borrowed for this movie but certainly no more than what was borrowed from the Mandarin. There's a mystic land in another dimension, but it isn't Kun Lun (and Ta-Lo is from Marvel comics so this isn't Kun Lun with a different name). There's a dragon but the dragon isn't used the same way and Shang-Chi doesn't get his powers from the dragon. The closest we get is there's a comment that he has the heart of a dragon or something like that.
After this movie, it's hard to imagine that Iron Fist could compare. Honestly, if they make him Asian to try to distance himself from the problematic elements, he'll be completely redundant. I suppose they could cast an Asian actor in a Heroes for Hire movie just to avoid questions about why there's a white guy doing martial arts, but I think they can just call him out for his privilege and address it rather than recast and ignore it.
With the rings giving Shang Chi seemingly the same basic power as the immortal iron fist plus more Danny Rand becomes nothing more than War Machine. Same basic power sets but not as good as the other guy.