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Dragonlord's Review of Netflix's DAREDEVIL Season Two (No Spoilers)
Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight is one of the big reasons why Daredevil season one was such an amazing show. In season two, writers Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez replaces DeKnight as the showrunners and the difference is noticeable.
The main cast is back and everybody gives a terrific performance. Unfortunately, the new character storylines makes some of them unlikable at certain points. Matt Murdock seemed unbearable and whiny-ish when struggling with his ideology and debating the merits of killing versus non-killing. Foggy Nelson, who was once a lovable, easygoing comic relief in season one, turns into a nag. Nothing blatantly wrong with Karen Page but her romantic dates with Matt was corny, complete with cutesy long stares, cheesy long kisses and silly no-sex outcomes.
But the new season is all about the two popular Marvel characters making their much-anticipated MCU debut – Frank Castle a.k.a. the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Elektra (Elodie Yung).
Bernthal as Frank Castle was terrific. But he sort of loses me a little whenever he talks too much since I’m very familiar with Bernthal’s other works and the similarities between his tics and performance can shatter the facade. Plus my idea of a Punisher doesn’t talk much or at all.
Yung’s Elektra is different but a refreshing take on the character. Instead of a being bitter and brooding, this Elektra is more of a classy, exuberant wild child. Her accent is sexy as hell and there’s just something in the way she says “Matthew” that’s very seductive.
The fight scenes are still impressive, especially the extended building fight sequence in episode 3. The story is somewhat lacking and the pacing is a tad dragging. Some of the fight resolutions are a bit disappointing and unsatisfactory, like it’s not as good as you imagined it to be. The Hand storyline is frustratingly unresolved. I suspect that they are intentionally stretching out the Hand plot because they will be main antagonists in The Defenders series.
For a show of this caliber, the quality control– ability to lessen plot holes, inconsistencies, illogical actions and dumb character decisions – in season two is regrettably lacking (see spoiler tag below for examples).
Overall, Daredevil season two is still a good superhero crime drama series but mired with poor quality control, disagreeable characterizations, protracted pacing and a less-than-stellar story.
Preliminary Rating: 7.5/10
Link to previous thread: http://forums.sherdog.com/posts/115210383/
Dragonlord's Review of Netflix's DAREDEVIL Season Two (No Spoilers)
Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight is one of the big reasons why Daredevil season one was such an amazing show. In season two, writers Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez replaces DeKnight as the showrunners and the difference is noticeable.
The main cast is back and everybody gives a terrific performance. Unfortunately, the new character storylines makes some of them unlikable at certain points. Matt Murdock seemed unbearable and whiny-ish when struggling with his ideology and debating the merits of killing versus non-killing. Foggy Nelson, who was once a lovable, easygoing comic relief in season one, turns into a nag. Nothing blatantly wrong with Karen Page but her romantic dates with Matt was corny, complete with cutesy long stares, cheesy long kisses and silly no-sex outcomes.
But the new season is all about the two popular Marvel characters making their much-anticipated MCU debut – Frank Castle a.k.a. the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Elektra (Elodie Yung).
Bernthal as Frank Castle was terrific. But he sort of loses me a little whenever he talks too much since I’m very familiar with Bernthal’s other works and the similarities between his tics and performance can shatter the facade. Plus my idea of a Punisher doesn’t talk much or at all.
Yung’s Elektra is different but a refreshing take on the character. Instead of a being bitter and brooding, this Elektra is more of a classy, exuberant wild child. Her accent is sexy as hell and there’s just something in the way she says “Matthew” that’s very seductive.
The fight scenes are still impressive, especially the extended building fight sequence in episode 3. The story is somewhat lacking and the pacing is a tad dragging. Some of the fight resolutions are a bit disappointing and unsatisfactory, like it’s not as good as you imagined it to be. The Hand storyline is frustratingly unresolved. I suspect that they are intentionally stretching out the Hand plot because they will be main antagonists in The Defenders series.
For a show of this caliber, the quality control– ability to lessen plot holes, inconsistencies, illogical actions and dumb character decisions – in season two is regrettably lacking (see spoiler tag below for examples).
Overall, Daredevil season two is still a good superhero crime drama series but mired with poor quality control, disagreeable characterizations, protracted pacing and a less-than-stellar story.
Preliminary Rating: 7.5/10
In episode one, the mobsters shooting back at the wall, even though they couldn’t see anything on the other side, was cheesy and dumb. Even dumber is their first instinct is to not take cover. The first time we see the Punisher, he goes on full Rambo mode (instead of using stealth) in a hospital just to kill a low-level gangster. It was an exciting scene no doubt but really out of character. Not to mention the "missed" shotgun blasts with civilians all over the place.
In episode 3, Punisher and DD are fighting on a roof of a building. Frank knocks DD down but not out. Instead of making sure DD is incapacitated (strike one), Frank goes over the edge of the roof and fires a grenade at the parked motorcycles on the street. Even though the street is very well-lit because of the fire/street lamps and he has the advantage of concealment, Frank turns on the floodlights near him. So now, the bikers know his position (strike two). Frank DOESN'T SHOOT and just looks at the bikers through his scope (strike three). The bikers quickly run across the street and Frank STILL doesn’t shoot (strike four). Frank looks ready to shoot but half of them are already near his building and out of sight. Then DD interrupts his shot.
In episode 9, the Kingpin goes out of his way to make sure the Punisher is sent to the same prison as him. Fisk wants to kill a rival big shot inmate in the prison. Fisk explains to Frank that this prison boss is heavily guarded and only Frank is capable of killing him. Fisk says he has a prison guard under his pocket that will let him go inside the prison boss’ cellblock and that he only has 7 minutes to kill the prison boss. Once Frank is there, the guard lets him in the cellblock. Despite being advertised as heavily guarded, all the prison boss’ underlings are locked up inside their own cells. So Frank just casually walks to the prison boss’ cell and kills one underling to get to the boss. It’s ludicrous how easy it was to kill the prison boss. It was so easy that Fisk didn’t even need his convoluted scheme to bring the Punisher to do the job.
In episode 3, Punisher and DD are fighting on a roof of a building. Frank knocks DD down but not out. Instead of making sure DD is incapacitated (strike one), Frank goes over the edge of the roof and fires a grenade at the parked motorcycles on the street. Even though the street is very well-lit because of the fire/street lamps and he has the advantage of concealment, Frank turns on the floodlights near him. So now, the bikers know his position (strike two). Frank DOESN'T SHOOT and just looks at the bikers through his scope (strike three). The bikers quickly run across the street and Frank STILL doesn’t shoot (strike four). Frank looks ready to shoot but half of them are already near his building and out of sight. Then DD interrupts his shot.
In episode 9, the Kingpin goes out of his way to make sure the Punisher is sent to the same prison as him. Fisk wants to kill a rival big shot inmate in the prison. Fisk explains to Frank that this prison boss is heavily guarded and only Frank is capable of killing him. Fisk says he has a prison guard under his pocket that will let him go inside the prison boss’ cellblock and that he only has 7 minutes to kill the prison boss. Once Frank is there, the guard lets him in the cellblock. Despite being advertised as heavily guarded, all the prison boss’ underlings are locked up inside their own cells. So Frank just casually walks to the prison boss’ cell and kills one underling to get to the boss. It’s ludicrous how easy it was to kill the prison boss. It was so easy that Fisk didn’t even need his convoluted scheme to bring the Punisher to do the job.
Link to previous thread: http://forums.sherdog.com/posts/115210383/
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