Right from the very beginning, Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin was surrounded by fellow crime lords. One of them was a ninja (Nobu) and another was the enigmatic Madame Gao who (in one scene) declared that she could speak any language. I don't know about you, but that was impressive. And then of course there's the scene where Daredevil confronts Madame Gao in her heroin-stuffing warehouse and she throws him twenty feet with a single punch. But this isn't the last dangling hook this character drops. That particular hook happens when Madame Gao is talking to Leland and she says she's going to be returning to her homeland to reflect upon things. He scoffs and says, "What? China?" And she replies that her homeland is much further away than China and just leaves it at that.
Well...what the hell does that mean? My opinion is that it means K'un Lun.
K'un Lun is the home of the immortal Iron Fists (which we now know Netflix is making into its own series). It is a city of aliens that isn't always where it's supposed to be, sometimes vanishing only to reappear many years later. It's also one of the Seven Cities of Heaven, who all periodically pick champions to fight in a Mortal Kombat-style tournament to decide which city gets to appear once every ten years on Earth. If Madame Gao is from K'un Lun, I'm thinking we haven't seen the last of her and that she's probably going to crop up in the Iron Fist series as soon as it's available to binge watch on Netflix. Perhaps she's even a major villain, but I suppose that wouldn't necessarily be too much of a spoiler now would it?
I know nothing about Iron Fist so I'll guess you're right.
ReplyDeleteSmart to catch that. DC guy, so I don't know much about the minor characters of Marvel.
ReplyDeleteYou make something I'd never watch sound SO interesting. I don't know if can get this series here in Mexico yet. I have Netflix, but it's always six months behind the States.
ReplyDeleteI only know Iron Fist from his appearance on one of the recent Spiderman Disney XD cartoons and I hardly even watched that show. Very interesting details here Mike and I loved Gao on Daredevil. Nice to think she might come back in a big way on another series. Plus I love a female fighter who not only fights and also does not look like she walked off a catwalk. Looking at you Daredevil Elektra.
ReplyDeleteDon't know anything about this, but you do sound intrigued by it.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason why I need to get Netflix.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think of the casting of Loras Tyrell (Finn Jones) as Iron Fist? While I prefer TV/Movies stick close to the comic books I do think Netflix would have had more to work with if they cast an Asian-American. A guy writing for Vox stated it better than I ever could.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vox.com/2016/2/26/11121378/iron-fist-racism
"[I]f Danny is Asian American, the scenes of him embracing the ways of K’un-L’un can be viewed through the lens of cultural re-connection. In fact, I’d play up Danny’s rejection of his Asian heritage prior to venturing to China. I know as someone who similarly connected to my cultural heritage later in life, that story would be deeply resonant to me."
I don't mind the casting and plan on watching the series (and probably enjoying it). I hope the martial arts are as good as "Into the Badlands."
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