alphaflyer | Thoughts on Daredevil

A warning: these thoughts are likely not to be popular...

I was looking forward to this one, based on all the enthusiastic comments I'd read here and on tumblr, findthesea's stories and other stuff. And yes, the acting is good, the cinematography is interesting, and the whole idea of a storyline built on the fallout from the Battle of New York and rooted in real-life things like municipal corruption and organized crime is right up my alley, in terms of plot.

But you know what? Three episodes in, and I'm ready to give up. Here's why -- it boils down to concerns related to violence and ethics.

1. Excessive, unnecessary violence. So, yeah. Gritty realism is what they're aiming for, I get that. And yes, the "Murdoch boys" come from a culture of boxing and fighting and spitting out blood. Not something I am wildly fond of, but I can go with it for the sake of a premise, and character back story. But bashing someone's head in with a bowling ball (blood-spattered perp as a bonus), showing splintered bone sticking out of someone's arm, seeing someone impale his eyeball on a spike is something I expect from a Tarantino movie, not Marvel. "Nice show," muttered my husband. "So ...that happened...." remarked one of the teens watching. Consensus of all 7 of us on movie night was not to watch another episode that night (we watched a "Newsroom" instead.)

2. Realism is ... Balancing a legal practice with night-time vigilantism (sleep much?) is arguably a very tricky thing. But taking a client only to find out what motivates him, and attcking him as soon as you get him off and basically torturing information out of him? Can we spell d-i-s-b-a-r-m-e-n-t? Seriously -- if you don't actually believe in such things as the rule of law and professional ethics/conduct, why bother pretending to be a lawyer? Sorry, but that premise is so, so wrong, it's not funny.

3. Torture is a good idea (when done by the hero, for presumably Good And Cogent Reasons, and bearing in mind the Greater Good). No. Just .... no.

You may perceive a slight contradiction here, with these comments coming from someone who writes about a pair of assassins who go around killing people on behalf of a somewhat shady Government organization. And you wouldn't be wrong. No one ever said we are creatures of consistency. But I guess what got to me with Daredevil is the attempt to root the whole thing in "reality" -- at which point I bring some of my reality to it (the perverted approach to law) -- and the excess "darkness"/"grittiness" or whatever the fashionable term du jour is for what amounts to cinematic representation of brutal violence.

So yeah -- line drawn. Not a fan. Sorry, Marvel.

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Star Trek only TOS so far for me though, including the new movies - I only started watching it a year ago. In Dresden we were so deep in the valley that no TV waves from Western Germany could reach us (the so called "Tal der Ahnungslosen") so I did not grow up with it during my childhood in the Seventies.

Okay then, let's try it! I'm always up for a good chat. And those few of us that are left on LJ should stick together ;)

I just have become a bit more careful after someone threw a tantrum when I unfriended them and they found out half a year later. Claiming we had got along well when in truth she never commented on my entries and I never commented on hers - which would have been difficult, as most were in Spanish and those that were in English were about a computer game I don't know and don't play. And not cutted even so I had to scroll past long entries. When I friended her I had hoped to find out about life in Chile.

I don't think you need to send a request though, just add me? People can add others without them adding them back. But I just added you. I didn't get anything that says I need to accept you though?

Cool. I didn't get a notification, but you now show as a "mutual friend", so .... get ready for a lot of picspam! Love the action figure dioramas...

And "Tal der Ahnungslosen". Love! (although not so much what it stands for...)

Yeah, I didn't get a notification either. Weird.

Love the action figure dioramas...

Thanks! I hope the fun is also understandable for people not in the particular fandom. If you look in the upper right corner, there are the link lists all sorted by fandom, so you can pick out all Star Trek related ones for example. I am having a blast with them. This shows when I am in a fandom, as opposite to only watching a show.

And "Tal der Ahnungslosen". Love! (although not so much what it stands for...)

ARD was also called "Außer Raum Dresden" ;)
Luckly we did at least get RTL in August 1989. If we had depended on the local news, we may have not even noticed the world changing around us. Which is a frightening thought ;)

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