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As a child Matt Murdock was blinded by a chemical spill in a freak accident.

Instead of limiting him it gave him superhuman senses that enabled him to see

the world in a unique and powerful way. Now he uses these powers to deliver

justice, not only as a lawyer in his own law firm, but also as vigilante at night,

stalking the streets of Hell's Kitchen as Daredevil, the man without fear. Written

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DAREDEVIL (2015) NETFLIX TV PREVIEW & REVIEW - 4-23-2015

4-23-2015 - Written By: David L. $Money Train$ Watts Journalist/Film Reviewer

FuTurXTV & HHBMedia.com - David Velo Stewart Editor www.hiphopbattle.com

I have watched the first three episodes of Daredevil (2015) and I am greatly impressed

with this next level of Marvel superheroes for the small screen. I am particularly happy

that Daredevil is being played smartly and coolly by newcomer Charlie Cox. And I am even

more ecstatic that Netflixs dark, bloody and ultra-violent Daredevil looks and feels

nothing like Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. But this is Netflix so I knew they

had a much higher bar for creating dramatic TV content than ABC. I actually cringe when

watching any episode of Agents because its so corny, predictable and badly written and

acted. And the recent news of another Agents spinoff series makes me queasy. I would

have thought another limited Agent Carter series or maybe one featuring Deathlok (J.

August Richards) spinoff would be more logical move to showcase Marvels TV diversity. I

really hope Daredevil and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. never meet anytime soon. But getting

back to Daredevil on Netflix I have to say that I really enjoy these early episodes where

we get to see the start-up aspect of Matthew Murdock being an inexperienced, flawed

and newbie vigilante as opposed to the more polished big budget version that Matt Damon

badly tried to pull off in Daredevil (2003) with Jennifer Garner playing an equally horrible

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Elektra. Chris Cox is already being viewed on social media as the better or true Daredevil.

And I want to binge watch the whole season as soon as I can before declaring 100% that

Chris pulled off Daredevil as it should be done. But I can say that Marvel fans and all

comic book fanboys will rejoice that Netflixs Daredevil writing, plot and narrative

structure so far is a highly faithful adaptation of Marvels Daredevil comic book and more

specifically the Frank Miller written and John Romita Jrs drawn Daredevil Man Without

Fear (2008) graphic novel. From Miller we get the early Daredevil black suit, backstory of

Matts tragic childhood with his boxer father and his early friendship with his law partner

Foggy Nelson. Miller was the catalyst for reviving DCs Batman comic book franchise with

his classic The Dark Knight Returns (1986), so just knowing that Daredevils first three

episodes were meticulously done so well to faithfully bring Daredevil to life from such a

well-respected graphic novel only gave me greater confidence in Netflixs newest TV series.

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I was pleasantly surprised to see the always beautiful and exceptionally talented Rosario

Dawson (Sin City: A Dame to Kill) show up in DDs second episode. Rosario plays Claire

Temple who is a trauma nurse living in Hells Kitchen. Claire saves Daredevils life after he

encountered a trap set for him by Russian mobsters who are pissed off that he is upsetting

their highly lucrative female sex and child trafficking operation. Marvel did a smart thing

by casting a great actress like Rosario, so I only hope she grows into a serious love interest

for Matt Murdock and not just his emergency hood doctor when Daredevil is stabbed or

shot. Claire might start off as a Felicity sidekick that he uses to consult on medical issues,

but I hope she grows into a bigger role during Daredevils second season. The only other

people color I saw in Daredevil with serious recurring roles are Vondie Curtis Hall who

plays ethical and throwback news reporter Ben Urich and Rob Morgan as the thug Turk

Barrett. Moiss Acevedo is Santino the boy who brings a dying Daredevil to Claire Temple.

At the law offices of Nelson and Murdock (L-R) Chris Cox, Kared Page, Vondie Hall and Elden Henson.

And I am glad Daredevil has two lighter supporting characters in Elden Henson playing

Matts affable best friend and law partner Foggy Nelson. Karen Page plays Deborah Ann

Woll, who is a troubled and secretive secretary and Nelson and Murdocks sole employee in

their fledgling Hells Kitchen law firm. Daredevil needs Foggy and Deborah to lighten up

the shows pacing not as real comic relief--but to keep Matt focused on other realities in his

life besides being Daredevil. And honestly I think Daredevil would overdose on gore and

random violence. Daredevil has intense fights scenes like on Arrow and it equally has

realistic and graphic scenes like a criminal willing to impale his head on a metal spike

(Walking Dead fanatics would be proud) because he told Daredevil about Wilson Fisk.

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My only real qualm or gripe about Daredevil so far is that Marvel still does not have

Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin right physically. I was never in favor and highly opposed to the

late and great Michael Clarke Duncan playing a Black Kingpin in Matt Damons Daredevil.

I think Fisk being a shadowy mega-evil overlord in New York City also masquerading as a

respectable rich businessman is more likely white than Black. And I know some are now

saying why cant we have a Black Kingpin and thats like saying we should have elected a

couple of Black presidents before Barack Obama got elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012.

Americas voting population had to become very diverse and young enough to be able to

seriously elect a Black/biracial president now as opposed to twenty years ago or even ten

years ago. Wilson Fisk is not only an important character in Daredevil, but he is equally

as important in Spider-Man as well. And typically I would be satisfied with the casting of

an exceptionally cerebral and powerful character actor like Vincent DOnofrio for Fisk.

And I know this is going to sound bat ass crazy, but I really wished that Marvel would have

seriously considered casting WWEs Paul Donald Wright aka The Big Show as Kingpin.

I am a true comic book geek and one of the greatest aspects of Kingpin in the comics is that

he is a huge man of great strength and has advanced martial arts skills. Kingpin can fight a

powerful Spider-Man or an agile Daredevil and even beat them if they are not careful. The

fact that Kingpin has a massive Suge Knight body type added to his aura as being a sinister

gangster because he literally could snap his underworld opponents in half with his strength

and huge muscle mass. And normally being a bulky 63 as Vincent DOnofrio is in real life

would suffice as Fisk, but this is a comic book TV series and sometimes size should matter.

Casting a seven foot and 450 pound Big Show would really have been faithful to Marvels

comic book version of Kingpin. But would Marvel really have dared risked critics hating or

clowning Big Shows limited acting experience to play such a pivotal figure in Daredevil?

The answer would have been a No on the Big Show because Marvel would have had to

live up to Netflixs high production standards for their original series like House of

Cards, Marco Polo & Orange Is the New Black. Netflix to me always goes after the

best acting talent available first and then consider my or a fanboys expectations a distant

second. And it is this attention to detail is what makes Daredevil fun and also why I am

excited about Marvels Netflix phase of gritty and urban superheroes. The Defenders

will be launched after Daredevil with ex-superheroine/private eye Jessica Jones, Luke

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Cage aka Power Man and mystical martial arts expert Iron Fist. Im sure The Defenders

will be superb. I also have much greater confidence that Netflixs Daredevil could show

up soon in Marvels Spider-Man reboot or re-reboot as a cameo. Or I could see Daredevil

play an important role in Avengers Infinity War series in a few years. The Avengers could

ask Daredevil to get The Defenders to watch over New York while they possibly leave

Earth to fight Thanos. This is more likely to happen than CWs Arrow and Flash ever

being fully integrated into any upcoming Justice League films. So right at this moment I am

greatly impressed with Netflixs Daredevil and I have to give it $$$$. And I cant wait to

see the rest of the first season and how it sets up more exciting superhero series to come.

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