Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll): Can I ask a personal question?
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox): I haven't always been blind.
Karen: I guess that's what everyone wants to know.
Matt: That or, "How do you comb your hair?"
There is something that is just so seductive about this poster.
Well what a fantastic move that
was with Daredevil? If you haven’t
seen any of it, I beg you go watch it. It’s a brutal and dark take on Marvel’s
series. While Marvel is on the upswing, taking time to produce something of
merit with the story was really spot on move. Along with the decision to move to T.V. and collaborate
with Netflix, Marvel are killing it!
Initially I was a little confused
with the Charlie Cox casting as Matt Murdock, I loved Stardust for so many reasons I thought I wouldn't be able to leave
Cox’s Tristan Thorn behind. I know he’s done a bunch of stuff since then, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey and then
there’s The Theory of Everything. He’s
had a slow burner of a start to his career but that’s not to say there’s not
great things coming from him. As far as Cox goes with Daredevil, it’s a fantastic surprise that he is really great at the
superhero thing. He absolutely kills any memory of Ben Affleck in the role.
This is a gritty and dark piece of T.V. a total contrast to Marvel’s work with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. which I have kind
of let fall by the wayside after the first few episodes, the same can be said
for D.C’s Gotham they just don’t have
the pull that I wanted them to have.
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, I
have most certainly had mega-girl crush on her since her first appearance on True Blood and I've been eagerly
anticipating what she would move onto next. She is as charming and tenacious as
I had hoped and the fact that the looming/inevitable romance has been somewhat
put off in the series, it’s really refreshing to see that the sub-plot was less
about romance and more about the friendships. The friendship between Murdock and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) is especially captivating watching these
friends deal with each other’s live choices. Henson is far becoming one of my
favourite supporting actors, for me he was incredible in The Butterfly Effect (which I think is totally underrated BTW.) and
who can forget The Mighty Ducks! OK I
JOKE! Maybe? Who knows? Now the antagonist of the whole scenario is the one and
only Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) brilliantly cast and a character of many
layers. Thankfully they left behind the Bullseye/KingPin storyline from the
atrocious Affleck Daredevil. Fisk is
dark to perfection and oh did he make me hide behind cushions! Having now
finished the series I can only eagerly await The Defenders which should be appearing on Netflix by the end of
this year, finger’s crossed!!

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