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I was skeptical because Daredevil has traditionally sucked on screen, but the first episode was very well done. Strong Frank Miller vibe. Will be binge watching this.
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I'm three episodes in, and have mixed feelings so far.
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I'm liking Private Pyle as Kingpin.
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Definitely warmed up to it. Good treatment of the material.
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WildGorillaMan wrote:Definitely warmed up to it. Good treatment of the material.
I think I was in the same boat you were after the first three episodes, but I got hooked with the way the handled the Russians and Kingpin starting the fourth episode. IMHO they don't let up, and I've never seen Kingpin handled better.

They dropped a hint about Elektra-- hopefully she and Bullseye will be the focus of the second series.
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Turdacious wrote:
They dropped a hint about Elektra-- hopefully she and Bullseye will be the focus of the second series.
I won't lie, I cracked a big fanservice grin when Foggy asked "Whatever happened to that Greek girl?"

And Vincent D'Onofrio is doing what he does best: acting both tortured and menacing at the same time. Pretty solid casting choices in this series.
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WildGorillaMan wrote:And Vincent D'Onofrio is doing what he does best: acting both tortured and menacing at the same time.
This show was quite good overall, but the Kingpin was the high point.

The spin-flip bullshit in the fight scenes was the worst part, but that's to be expected in something like this. You could usually ignore it.
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