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We have to hear twice some minor bit of 'character development' of Foggy's - we hear early on he took the language Punjabi just to mack on a girl. Gau, both speak each other's tongues, but have been hiding that fact, because they're Smart. We have to hear multiple times that Fisk, and his associate Mrs. Not only do they not say interesting things, but far too many dialogues are barely-reworked repetitions from previous dialogues. They rarely say anything interesting at all in Daredevil. Two people talking can be both the cheapest and most interesting filmmaking - if the characters are saying something interesting. But Daredevil takes this to the edge of acceptability.

The cheapest sort of filmmaking is just filming two people talking. The worst part of the show is how pointless and time-wasting the dialogue is. I would bet you any amount of money that this was what was conceived, but due to budget, we get Daredevil taking out a single armed guard, then fighting Fisk. I expected the final fight to involve Daredevil sneaking into Fisk's heavily-guarded estate and taking out thirty ninjas before having his final fight with Fisk himself. You don't see it in the climax, where the 'World on Fire' view of the world (a clever conceit for a character named Dare devil, I think) should certainly have been featured, but wasn't, I guess because of budget. They show Daredevil's 'Radar Vision' once. Fights tend to be one-on-one, conveniently in an alley, warehouse, or room, where it's cheap to stage them.

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The series is very low budget, and it shows. Rosario Dawson was also good, and the only thing in this dreary show I'd call a breath of fresh fun air. I started weightlifting, telling myself: 'I gotta get into Daredevil shape.' The one thing Daredevil managed for me was to get me exercising again. The only guy who's consistently good in this is Daredevil himself, Charlie Cox, and he's mostly good because, damn, he looks good in a tight shirt. His explosions of rage are, admittedly, well-done and fairly realistic (criminals have low impulse control, after all, and a need to dominate violently), but the Fisk presented here, the alleged archvilliain, has been so humanized, softened, and filled with flaws he's simply not a worthy nemesis for any A or B list hero. He is a weak man, given to self-pity and romantic neediness. Why not just have the Kingpin of Crime get down on his knees and bawl for forgiveness like Jon Turturro in Miller's Crossing?Īnd that brings me to the biggest fast-forward of them all: I began fast-forwarding Wilson Fisk himself, because the character, as presented here, is not interesting. Every scene is basically the same: A criminal associate complains that Fisk doesn't have his shit together, and Fisk, get this, takes it, often promising to do better.ĭo they not realize that every time Wilson Fisk lowers himself to appease a criminal associate the alleged power of the man diminishes? I should have been fast forwarding any interactions between Fisk and and his criminal associates. Every single of of his lines is a Bro Joke that's supposed to be funny (in-universe, it's funny, because people smile and laugh - or pretend to, maybe).Īnything involving Owsley - fast forward. He's a very annoying actor and he's been written in the most annoying way possible. There are fleeting moments in the 11+ hours of the origin story (and yes, it is basically an origin story, padded to the rafters, told tediously over 11+ hours) of interest, but most of it is a long, hard, tedious slog.īy the last five episodes I was fast forwarding though most episodes. Okay, perhaps not terrible - but poor to mediocre.

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I started out a little bored, but was still psyched enough about Daredevil being on TV I got through five or six episodes before becoming firm in my opinion:

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