Is there a Daredevil thread..?

[Felicity, I guess so]

I'll ask the Q 1st, and add my tuppence if it already exists, or here if it disnae. I can't find one at the moment.

(I mean the Netflix tv series, btw)

[Felicity, I guess so]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

Safe to proceed, then?

I was a big comics fan in my early teens. They coincided with a period when DC was childish and silly and Marvel was the bees knees. I loved The Hulk, but the one I collected fervently was Daredevil. I think I really went for the working class Irish origins, and I thought the deep red costume was cool, as were the shadowy alleyways he usually hung out in.

The Kingpin was a great villain, far more human and threatening than the latest radioactive-animal-themed baddie that Spiderman tended to fight back then. It also clearly toyed with being the darker, vigilante-themed, more sexually explicit (for a comic) book on the Marvel roster, so I grew up with it, and Frank Miller's runs on the comic I read and re-read.

I didn't mind the DD film with Affleck. It certainly reminded me of some of the things I liked about the comic. It was just as good as the early Spiderman movies, so I didn't see why it got so badly slammed.

But all sorts of people have badgered me to watch the Netflix series as it was so much closer to the spirit/more authentic etc etc

And it is good. The casting works- the guy playing Foggy is excellent, and basically it benefits hugely in narrative terms from the pacing and scope of a multi-episode series.
There's been a fair bit of debate about the violence but my suspicion is they are laying it ion quite thick to set up big 'moral-doubt' issues for Matt Murdock for later on. I've seen 4 so far and heartily recommend, especially to comics fans (it may be a tad simplistic as social drama- it's not The Wire).

[Felicity, I guess so]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

A bit further on now, and the yet-to-be-named Kingpin is proving the main draw. He carries out a spectacular act of violence and woos an art dealer with his knowledge of fine wines. Excellently played by Vincent D'Onofrio, albeit not as fat as in the comics.

[multipleman78]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

The trailer for series 2 has just been released. It looks superb. Series 1 was great as was it's companion show, Jessica Jones.

[Beatle Simon]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

Felicity, I guess so wrote: I'll ask the Q 1st, and add my tuppence if it already exists, or here if it disnae. I can't find one at the moment.

(I mean the Netflix tv series, btw)

We briefly touched on it here, in its sister thread:
http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/30-film-tv/1133849-a-k-a-jessica-jones

[Amor de Cosmos]

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Anyone watching s02?

I've seen four episodes so far and I'm finding the constant bloody ultra-violence and torture hard to take. It's been relentless, with brief time-outs for saccharine justification and cod-discussions on the moral justification of beating someone up really badly over killing them outright. There's really nothing else going on. Maybe some semblance of a plot will emerge eventually, but there's no sign of it yet. What the season lacks even more is a performance as strong as Vincent D'Onofrio's in s01. Electra's just shown up, maybe she'll add something substantial to the mix. If not I'm gone.

[Reed John]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

I really like it.

Although it is more visceral and "realistic" than any other superhero show, you still have to suspend belief and accept that a single punch will simply render the punchee briefly unconscious with no lasting damage. Almost all action movies rely on this trope.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

I get that, but there's really nothing else going on but fighting. I might as well watch MMA (which I hate.) There's no depth to any of the characters, good or bad. The first series was fine, and Jessica Jones even better, but this... nah.

[Mumpo]

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I have literally just watched episode 9. It is literally brilliant.

[MsD]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

I've watched two and thought it was brilliant but maybe a bit too dark for me, and just before I woke up this morning I was in Hells Kitchen being harassed by lowlifes.

I fancy Daredevil, which is a complicating factor.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

You have a thing for sightless masochists with costume issues?

[WOM]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

Great first date question.

[MsD]

Is there a Daredevil thread..?

Ha. I don't think he's a masochist, he's pretty hard, but fair. And he rocks a scarf.

I've watched about 8 of them now, still find it a bit dark, but Daredevil is great and Vincent wossname is brilliant.

(I'm also enjoying the fact that I can understand the Russian and most of the Spanish. Not the Chinese, though. But I like the fact that they use subtitles and don't do the "heavily accented English" thing.)

I'm a bit worried about the cat Claire was sitting. I'm hoping a friendly neighbour found it and it was returned to its owner.