Netflix
debuted the new Daredevil series from Marvel. What that means is that
every single episode was released at once. All 13 episodes came out
in one day which meant it became a race to hurry up and watch them
before everyone started to spoil them which is hard depending on how
much time you spend online. Which meant I personally had to hurry the
fuck up and finish this. Daredevil is the story of a guy that was
blinded as a child saving someone from dying and chemicals enhanced
his other senses. As an adult he fights crime. Here are 10 Reasons
Why You Should Have Watched Daredevil. This will be full of spoilers
so if you don't wanna know or haven't watched this yet read this
another time.
1. The
Man In The Black Mask
Charlie
Cox plays Matt Murdock aka Daredevil in this. He is awesome and does
this perfectly. What I really dug about this was that he does not
start off wearing the costume that we're used to. He starts off
fighting crime known as “the man in the black mask.” For the
first few episodes I was starting to think that they wouldn't even
get to him wearing the red costume. They did eventually but they made
this story so good that I wouldn't have been mad if they hadn't.
2. Human Interaction
This
series was not just about how hard Daredevil could punch or get
punched. This was very character driven and I appreciated that. Some
movies and series with heroes depend far too heavily on the special
effects and the story gets lost. Not in this. There are actual
fucking relationships in this series that surprised me. Matt has a
different relationship with everyone because he is a different person
to everyone he is around. The other characters are also not flat and
one dimensional which cheered me up. When someone dies or is hurt it
matters and there are repercussions because of it.
3. The
Well Placed Flashbacks
When
the scenes showing Matt as a child happen it doesn't feel forced or
lazy. They show Matt and his relationship with his father Battlin'
Matt Murdock played by John Patrick Hayden as a child and you can see
why he fights and behaves the way he does. His father didn't want him
to be a dumb fighter like him and made him read and study. Matt is
also shown being trained to fight by Stick as well as being in
college studying to be a lawyer. Something would happen, a flashback
would explain it, then the story keeps moving.
4. Foggy Nelson Isn't An Idiot
I was
set for Foggy Nelson played by Elden Henson to be a bumbling jackass.
From the few comic books I have read (the first comic book I ever read was a Daredevil comic) Foggy was Matt's friend but always seemed
to be in trouble or making mistakes. In this he is competent and a
good guy. I first saw this guy in Max Landis' Death And Return Of
Superman and thought he was funny but never figured he would be able
to pull this role off.
5. Karen Page Is Not A Crackhead
Deborah
Ann Woll plays Karen Page who in the comics is Matt's love interest
that eventually becomes a drug addict. Thank god they didn't throw
that into this from the start. I am not familiar with her acting in
anything so I was able to appreciate her without any baggage from
previous roles. Though she does a lot of things that are questionable
she never does it because she is stupid or because Daredevil needs
something to do.
6. The
Fucking Kingpin
Good
lord, Vincent D'Onofrio was awesome in this! I was expecting a
version of Kingpin that barely talked and just used his size to beat
up people that got in his way. This version is a guy that doesn't
want to go out in public. Not because of the bad shit he is doing,
but because he is awkward as fuck! When he talks to a woman he buys a
painting from and develops a relationship with he can barely even
look at her. He thinks that he is doing the right thing to save his
city and can't begin to see how it is wrong. He doesn't even show up
until maybe four episodes in. He is talked about and no one is
allowed to say his name, Wilson Fisk, out loud. When people do they
tend to die about a minute later. Or they slam their mouth on a spike
like that one guy did. That was fucking nuts.
7. Matt
Murdock Isn't Boring
There
are a lot of movies made where the person is not interesting unless
they are wearing the costume. Most Batman films had this problem.
Captain America was great because before he even got super powered he
was a likable guy. In this, Matt is struggling with the fact that he
is fighting people that play by different rules than him. He will not
kill them and these are not folks that can just be sent to jail and
stopped. He is struggling as a human, religiously, and mentally with
his abilities and his past.
8. Rosario Dawson
I had
no idea that Rosario Dawson aka Fap of The Year 2011 was in this
because I didn't want any spoilers. If you read that and got mad
you're an idiot for reading this far. She plays Claire Temple, a
nurse that finds Matt after getting his ass kicked and helping him
get better. She is not as one dimensional as I thought she would be.
They could have easily made her someone that helped, had sex with
Matt, and was forgotten about. She was useful and helped move the
story along. And she's hot.
9. The
Fucking Costume
The
red costume shows up in the final episode and I was not upset with
how it looked. The guy that creates it made me smile because I know
who he is and what he becomes. It is a very deep red with black and
looks like something I would have make for me if I was stank ass
rich. When the costume finally appears its one of those “Shit just
got real” moments. I read where some people wanted it to be a
brighter red and look more like the Ben Affleck version of the
costume. Those people need to shut their dirty whore mouths! This
costume is badass!
10. The
Fights Make You Feel Lazy
As
much as I love Flash the fights are over quickly because, well, he's
the Flash. Don't be stupid. In the Batman films the camera moves a
lot and you can't tell who is doing what to who. Lots of action moves
just can not let a fight happen without a hundred cuts. Not this. In
this there was one fight scene that was, like, two minutes long with
no changes. He was just whipping ass in a hallway against five or six
guys and it was hardcore and brutal. The fights in this are rough!
When someone is shot in the face you see it. One guy got his head
taken off by a car door! Watching Daredevil do his thing made me feel
like a bum for sitting on my ass and watching him work so hard.
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