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All 13 episodes of Marvel's Daredevil dumped onto Netflix today. Here's what some of the critic's have to say...
...A cool, solid start for Marvel's Daredevil - Netflix's super-gritty, broken bones take on the famed Hell's Kitchen hero. A series that feels appropriately different from the rest of the MCU, in the same way that Daredevil comics feel different than, say, Avengers comics. A gloomier, more intense tone focused on sin and salvation.
... This show is gruesome. The bloodletting is relentless here; at one point, a character slams his own head through a wall spike just to make a point. But what really sets this apart from Nolan’s films and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that Daredevil shows how superheroes fail us. The Avengers saved the world, but the New York they left behind is still scarred for it.
... This is easily the best of Marvel's three shows so far, and quickly moves towards the front of the overall superhero TV pack. … The first episode's a bit generic (even with Matt already in action, there's still a lot of exposition to get through), but following that, you get a very claustrophobic story about what happens after Matt has been in a fight where he's gotten punched, kicked and stabbed multiple times; then an episode focusing largely on Matt and Foggy's legal practice (which, as in the comics, provides a secondary story engine so the show doesn't have to always lean on the superheroics); then a Kingpin spotlight; etc.
Dim and steaming with urban grit, personal pathos and intense violence, Marvel's great new "Daredevil" series for Netflix proves, once again, that no one understands the multiple-platforming world better than the comic book company originally, and fittingly, known as Timely Publications. ... Some story lines are weaker than others — a pair of Russian brothers seem needlessly stereotyped as does an Intrepid Reporter — and though the body count is relatively low, certain deaths are unnervingly brutal (heads are literally bashed in). But the cast is universally strong and the writers — Steve DeKnight replaced Drew Goddard as showrunner two episodes in — remain resolute in their convictions. This is not the splendid shiny gizmo-dependent Marvel, this is the comic book hero stripped bare: Blind, without benefit of costume or companion, fighting with his bare fists for truth, justice and the next wave of great television.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
... the emphasis is as much on character development as it is on derring-do fight scenes, although there are plenty of those, too. … improves markedly on both the previous “Daredevil” movie and the other, current Marvel universe TV series. …
… slickly produced ... That blindness – the byproduct of an accident that gave the young Matt Murdock (“Boardwalk Empire” alum Charlie Cox) superhuman senses as compensation – actually serves a more practical purpose in TV terms, since the advantage Daredevil gains while battling in darkness also tends to obscure the limits of a made-for-TV budget. …
... finds no irony or credible defense for its most glaring weakness — that Daredevil himself is just a blind man who is really good at close-quarter fighting, but who, realistically, would be shot dead within the first 30 seconds of any encounter he had with real bad guys. … to people who haven't read the comics, he will surely come off as a low-rent Batman without all the cool gadgets and money. … After watching three of these Daredevil episodes it struck me that NBC's Blacklist is more entertaining and that Cinemax's Banshee is a much better investment of time (and a far better show). …
Daredevil is the first of four Marvel superheroes coming to Netflix. The Man Without Fear will be followed by Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, and they will eventually team up in a Defenders TV show (kind of a down and dirty, misfit Avengers).
Let us know if you agree with what the critics have to say in the comment section below.
Written by Richard O Connell |
Written by Richard O Connell |