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Daredevil TV Show Debuts; Early Reviews Positive

Posted by Soulskill on from the sight-for-sore-eyes dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Daredevil has been a staple of Marvel's superhero lineup since the 1960s. But Daredevil's most recent on-screen legacy was a terrible film in 2003 starring Ben Affleck. Since then, Marvel has gotten a lot better at adapting comics to the big and small screen. Yesterday saw the debut of a new Daredevil television series. It's a Netflix original, which means the whole first season went up at once. Early reviews of the show are quite complimentary. Slate praises the acting, and adds, "Daredevil is a bloody show that also bleeds: It has more interest in human bodies than much recent Marvel fare, and more interest in human beings as well. It's remarkably patient, resisting the urge to tell its viewers everything at once, a restraint largely enabled by the binge-y sprawl of the Netflix format." Ars Technica says the violence can be a bit over-the-top at times, but praises how the choreography and cinematography reflect the main character's blindness. The Verge simply says Daredevil raises the bar for superhero television, even though many new shows have found success recently.

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  1. Agreed, 110% - I liked both films you noted... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    DareDevil w/ Ben Affleck was a GREAT film: It was VERY true to the original as well (not all are) from the comic book tale itself (except for the KingPin being black & the film being "more modernized" rather than the 60's when the tale took place originally).

    * I enjoyed the exchange between Foggy Nelson & Matt Murdock on "fight club" & the salt in Foggy's coffee, when Daredevil told Electra "I've never seen him before" (he being blind of course that went over well, as she asked him "That a friend of yours?").

    I also really enjoyed the final battle between KingPin (God rest the actor's soul, Michael Duncan iirc, passed away) & DareDevil when he says "I'm not the bad guy..."

    I really liked the Punisher with Thomas Jane also - just an ordinary man pushed BEYOND his limits takes things into his own hands to handle it - it was a really good film! Loved the fight with "the Russian" in the apartment complex, + HOW they developed Frank Castle's relationship with those neighboring fellow tenants of his also...

    BOTH film develop the character well too.

    APK

    P.S.=> I never understood why some fools "panned" either of them (then again, there's a LOT of 'sockpuppeting' for FAKED REVIEWS out there in this world, paid for too, so - take THOSE all with a grain of salt, & who CARES what others think IF/WHEN something pleased you - you're the one that counts (& if you think for yourself, you know this anyhow)) - a lot of people that have to "fit in" due to their own low self-esteem & low self-belief operate on 'what the crowd thinks' instead of what THEY themselves think (if they can even REMEMBER how to think for themselves anymore, that is)... apk