Daredevil . . . sigh . . .
Great acting, great martial arts choreography, nice set design but . . .
questionable writing/plotting.
In the 4 new sci fi series I was following this season (Daredevil, Magicians, Expanse. Colony) I hated all the leads. None were likeable albeit they all had heroic motives.(The male lead in Colony, I kinda liked, but that show wasn't really sci fi)
In the Daredevil series it appeared they were trying to cast our hero as some kind of anti-hero, ie a flawed protagonist with heroic motivations. Unfortunately in Daredevil he was so flawed that I simply had no sympathy for him. Sure I wanted him to win his fights because I like the martial arts trope of one guy against many, it's terrific fun.
But, the conflict dialogues between Karen and Matt made no sense. Matt's love interests made no sense. Matts dereliction of his attorney duties made no sense. And far to often his arrival in court seemed far to scripted. And who didn't see the Electra resolution coming from a chapter away.
I did like the Punisher though, too bad the 2nd season didn't deal mostly with him. Does he know or doesn't he know . . . he knows. I loved how his fingers twitched when he found his treasure trove. Electra was great along with Stick, Fisk and basically everyone in the cast. Even the evil DA was deliciously evil (in a bureaucratic way). I stuck with the show but as I watched I kept on saying . . . Aw come on, far to often.
I doubt I'll be back - unless I hear they give Karen a powerful gun and the 3 season is only one episode long . . .:lol:
Great acting, great martial arts choreography, nice set design but . . .
questionable writing/plotting.
In the 4 new sci fi series I was following this season (Daredevil, Magicians, Expanse. Colony) I hated all the leads. None were likeable albeit they all had heroic motives.(The male lead in Colony, I kinda liked, but that show wasn't really sci fi)
In the Daredevil series it appeared they were trying to cast our hero as some kind of anti-hero, ie a flawed protagonist with heroic motivations. Unfortunately in Daredevil he was so flawed that I simply had no sympathy for him. Sure I wanted him to win his fights because I like the martial arts trope of one guy against many, it's terrific fun.
But, the conflict dialogues between Karen and Matt made no sense. Matt's love interests made no sense. Matts dereliction of his attorney duties made no sense. And far to often his arrival in court seemed far to scripted. And who didn't see the Electra resolution coming from a chapter away.
I did like the Punisher though, too bad the 2nd season didn't deal mostly with him. Does he know or doesn't he know . . . he knows. I loved how his fingers twitched when he found his treasure trove. Electra was great along with Stick, Fisk and basically everyone in the cast. Even the evil DA was deliciously evil (in a bureaucratic way). I stuck with the show but as I watched I kept on saying . . . Aw come on, far to often.
I doubt I'll be back - unless I hear they give Karen a powerful gun and the 3 season is only one episode long . . .:lol:
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