Just watched the first seven episodes at a friends house and have to say it was awesome. Totally blows away Arrow or Flash (though I might be a little bias as I have always loved Daredevil).
Things I loved...
-Hinting at the Hand
-Kingpin
-Ben Ulrich
Things I am wondering about...or was hoping for..
- Was hoping for a mention of Elechtra...they did date in college in the Comic Books...
Can't wait till next Sat where I will finish watching the first season.
Gotten through the first 9 so far.
Really good show. Don't know if I would say it's BETTER than the Flash, or Arrow when it's on the ball, but it's as good as them, in a different way.
I've never been a big Daredevil fan (I know jack about him, though I do know enough about his periphery characters in the Marvel universe to recognize who was probably
Though there's a few moments where I have to go "Okay, what?" like when he's
There's a lot I can suspend my disbelief for if there's even a vaguely plausible explanation, but that pushed it. I was under the impression that his powers were "super senses (sans sight)", meaning he has incredible hearing, smell, touch, and taste. So I can buy fight scenes (he hears their muscles contracting! He feels the wind as they move around him!) and his usual shenanigans but that didn't make any sense to me at all.
He also has a kind of radar sense in the comics...the show though does do a interesting take in explaining it as he is using all of his super sense to paint the picture. He probably could smell the items in the warehouse...and pinpoint them that way.
Also as I said I am bias to me Daredevil is just a much better character than Arrow or the Flash are...I am also like Marvel better than DC.
I was never a Green Arrow fan either, but Flash is one of my all time favorites. He's so upbeat. Daredevil has always seemed way too broody to me. In a lot of teh stuff I've been exposed to it's like he was trying to out angst Batman. This version is better, I think.
I'd be hard pressed to say which company I like better though. There's a bunch of characters and stories from both I love.
Marvel I love Spider-Man, Iron Man, Deadpool, and a lot of the X-Men (mostly Gambit and Nightcrawler. Wolverine to a lesser extent).
DC I love Batman (and most of his Rogue's Gallery and assorted villains. Especially Deathstroke), the Flash, and assorted others.
I kinda think Marvel has better heroes, but DC has more memorable villains, so it's a net wash for many stories.
Are they separate? They've referenced the Chitauri attack so I assumed it was in the MCU.
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Luke is in a 25 ton range.wow.
Someone upped his power level. When did this happen?
Bendis wanted to use Luke Cage as an Avenger, and following on his not having a clue what the Scarlet Witch's powers were, he didn't have much of a clue (or, more accurately, didn't care) that Luke Cage could only lift a third of what Spider-Man could.
Heck, Bendis didn't even know that Tigra could lift 5 tons, and was almost twice as strong as Cage, when he had her held down by a normal dude.
Cage, IMO, was more impressive when he had an unbreakable defense, and was paired with Iron Fist, who had the unbeatable offense.
Anywho, I'm about halfway through the Daredevil series, and it's pretty cool. I love the fight scenes and how Daredevil doesn't get the cool 'villains fly away' punches that Captain America gets. It feels pretty visceral.
I think I see some potential set up for the Defenders series, but not so far the other Netflix series.
I am still confused on how series work with the Netflix deal. The creators have been talking about a Daredevil season 2, but would that have to come after Defenders? Or would we get it next year? Will we have multiple MCU series "running" at the same time?
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I'm mildly curious if we'll see references to Peter Parker or T'Challa in the later shows.
I kind of thought it would have been awesome if the Prince that Vanessa(Fisk's girlfriend) said she hooked up would have been Prince T'Challa...and who know it might have been.
Possible, but T'Challa is smoother then that. I'm pretty sure that exchange was just to poke fun at Fisk's look in the comics. You know, white jacket, purple pants, ascot.I'm mildly curious if we'll see references to Peter Parker or T'Challa in the later shows.I kind of thought it would have been awesome if the Prince that Vanessa(Fisk's girlfriend) said she hooked up would have been Prince T'Challa...and who know it might have been.
True...I was just thinking what if?
Also there is a way to bring in SHIELD...maybe not Coulson and team...but the Kingpin at one time was a member of Hydra. It actually would be kind of funny if Daredevil brings him in and SHIELD comes along and makes a deal with him for his information on Hydra.
In one of the episodes there was a reference to SHIELD on the news (while Fisk was in his car watching it), but I missed the specifics of it since it flashed by so fast.
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Never been a Daredevil fan but I'm currently four episodes in and quite impressed. Much better than Arrow or Agents of Shield, in my opinion...just entirely better than I had ever expected.
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I... may have... watched it all over the weekend.
It is single handedly the best superhero TV show ever. I don't normally go for Dark 'n' Gritty, but Daredevil handles it the best of any show I've ever seen.
The hallway fight will always stick in my head as one of the most brutal fights I've ever seen.
Six episodes in, and loving it so far. Daredevil's always been one of my favourite comics, particularly the later Frank Miller ones, Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil arc, and all of the Bendis/Maleev run.
So far, they've got the tone exactly right. The corridor fight at the end of episode 2 was stunning. I've been really surprised by how brutal it all is, far more violent and bloody than anything else Marvel have done, which is perfect for this.
Hopefully the second half of the season can maintain the momentum and build to something big. I'm planning to power through it over the next few nights. Who needs sleep, anyway?
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Episode 8
The origin of Fisk
This cannot be unseen and I will carry these powerful images with me for the rest of my life.
note: do not let anyone under your care that is under 18 watch this. I strongly caution against it. But for fellow adults on this thread: this is film mastery and will forever elevate the genre's bar to the stratosphere. Marvel is now truly sitting on gold.
Bendis wanted to use Luke Cage as an Avenger, and following on his not having a clue what the Scarlet Witch's powers were, he didn't have much of a clue (or, more accurately, didn't care) that Luke Cage could only lift a third of what Spider-Man could.
I am not a Bendis fan, and am generally among the first to jump on his sloppy research, but in his defense (in this case), Luke Cage had actually gotten a power up long before Bendis, in his own 90s series (titled "Cage"). He got a second dosage of the serum that gave him his powers in the first place.
It was a pretty obscure comic, however, and came at a time when there was a lot of crap on the market, so I'm not surprised it isn't widely recognized.
(And Bendis probably hadn't read it either.)
Episode 8
The origin of Fisk
This cannot be unseen and I will carry these powerful images with me for the rest of my life.
note: do not let anyone under your care that is under 18 watch this. I strongly caution against it. But for fellow adults on this thread: this is film mastery and will forever elevate the genre's bar to the stratosphere. Marvel is now truly sitting on gold.
Bah. This is PG13.
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I've never been able to get past about episode 5 of Agents of Shield. Daredevil, on the other hand grabbed me from the first episode. Different scope/goals aside, there is much to be said for good storytelling.
BTW, what's wrong with "The Wire with masks?" The Wire is on may critics top ten lists for the best T.V. show of all time. If Daredevil even gets close it will be a first for a comic-book show.
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My only real complaint about the series is that they mostly ignore the fact that he is a lawyer. I'm not a big comic reader, so I only have a passing familiarity with the a few characters from elsewhere. But I was hoping for something more paced like Burn Notice, with a solid client of the week interacting with the overarching plot. Instead, it felt like they rushed the primary plot as the only thing going on, so it felt like too much happened too quickly.
That being said, the cinematography was amazing. Others have mentioned the hallway scene, but I think one of my favorites was the episode open where they show Fisk's morning routine.
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Others have mentioned the hallway scene, but I think one of my favorites was the episode open where they show Fisk's morning routine.
That is my favorite scene / episode as well. Just wow. And the culmination of the scene where you see how it all started... unbelievable...
With that said, the Daredevil centered fight scenes are glorious and by no means "inferior". Just that the focus is shifted from storytelling to action.
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True, bit the real value of that and when its repeated later in the episode is as a buildup for the pay off for his changed morning routine at the end of the episode.That being said, the cinematography was amazing. Others have mentioned the hallway scene, but I think one of my favorites was the episode open where they show Fisk's morning routine.
The cherry on top is that they spent a good long while giving us a meticulous look at Fisk dressing, not once, but twice. And then we get a meticulous look at Fisk the Elder being undressed in almost the same fashion. Very well done.
I can't say it's my favorite MCU property, but it's a very good show, and completely different than anything in the MCU to date. I...may have watched the whole thing from start to finish on Sunday.
And I really want the Atlas Investments office across the hall from Nelson & Murdock to be vacant and picked up by Jessica Jones.
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They've set the bar super-high with this first of four/five Netflix series. I keep going into these Marvel super-hero movies / shows with low expectations, and being blown away by how good they are. That's a nice problem to have. :)
I don't expect nearly as much awesome fight choreography from Jessica Jones or Luke Cage (since both seem more likely to get the sort of 'super-punch' action we saw in the first 15 minutes of Captain America or the appearances by Sif in Agents of SHIELD, where a single punch sends normal folk flying), but Iron Fist is going to be following in some tough footprints to not just maintain, but build on this sort of hard fighting action.
Luke and Jessica are differing levels of tough/invulnerable, so I'd expect less of them being stitched up / bandaged / bleeding out in dumpsters quite as much as Matt. :)