So any one watch the new Daredevil yet? Is it actually decent or more slop?
It's overall good.
The performances are good, they feel a lot more in character than they did in their other MCU appearances.
But the CGI, when they use it, is bad. Shots of DD doing moves a stunt actor obviously can't do, a few understandable greenscreen shots. What I'm trying to say is every time they use CG, I get why, but the result is bad. There's this shot where a train is passing behind a character, and the guy's edges look like he's a fucking cloud.
They've so far handled the continuity vague but well. It's obvious it's a continuation of the old show if you watched it, but if you haven't they tell you
enough (I expect they'll remind us more of the background later) but are still a bit vague about certain things. They walk around their other MCU appearances pretty well, so you don't really need to go into Hawkeye or No Way Home or Echo or She-Hulk to know what's going on (essentially, they allude to the events of Hawkeye and Echo in very general terms, and say nothing about the others... at least so far; I've seen shots from trailers that show the gold helmet, so Matt's trip to Los Angeles may come up later).
There's obvious parallels to real world things, but they're handled much more tactfully than most other shows or movies would, and they said in interviews it wasn't the goal to make it about that.
Some things they're doing I don't like, but some of it may be just a personal emotional response. Mileage may vary and all that.
Yeah, you can tell Born Again has been stitched together. The first version of this season (which they finished up to episode six of before deciding to start over) had both Karen and Foggy dying in between seasons, so I'm guessing we won't see much of Karen for these first six episodes. The stuff with Bullseye I'd wager is the new material.
I'll admit
I'm so sad about Foggy dying, and somewhat coping with the most likely unfounded rumor that he may have been revived by EMTs offscreen and then faked his death; but I'm also happy Bullseye didn't die. I was like, great, they wasted two great characters. Oh shit, they only wasted one, phew.
Also, I'm surprised they went with Heather Glenn for the new love interest. In the comics, Matt ended up driving her to suicide.
True, but in the comics, Karen ended up a junkie AIDS pornslut and then died, and here she's doing much better. Maybe Heather will have a better outcome.
Or not.