Tag: Vincent D’Onofrio
REVIEW: Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 6, “Excessive Force”
If “Excessive Force” proves anything, it’s that Daredevil: Born Again is braindead, yet another Marvel endeavor that doesn’t care about crafting a compelling story, giving the characters satisfying journeys, or even having much that happens on screen make sense. Watching it is a hollow expe...
Read MoreREVIEW: Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 4, “Sic Semper Systema”
“Sic Semper Systema” has one great scene, one good scene, and a whole lot of boring, useless, infuriating crap. It’s maddening to see what’s become of Daredevil under Marvel’s tight control, watching Born Again sap all the soul and excitement out of what was a fantastic TV series on Netfl...
Read MoreREVIEW: Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 3, “The Hollow of His Hand”
“The Hollow of His Hand” encapsulates some of the biggest problems with Daredevil: Born Again, telling a story that should’ve been allowed to breathe in as short a time as possible and feeling weightless as a result. This is not the ever-unfolding story of Matt Murdock so much as seeing what ...
Read MoreDaredevil: Born Again Ratings Are Bad
Daredevil may be born again, but he’s not bringing Marvel with him. The Disney+ revival of the acclaimed Netflix series was supposed to be the turning point for Marvel’s streaming shows, the one that pleased fans and finally got people to subscribe – or resubscribe – to Disney+. They even ga...
Read MoreREVIEW: Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 2, “Optics”
I was, to put it mildly, less than thrilled with the first episode of Daredevil: Born Again. Its follow-up, “Optics,” is better, perhaps benefiting from getting past the season’s setup and jumping into a plot that keeps Matt busy. It also has some nice small touches, particularly one I didn’...
Read MoreREVIEW: Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 1, “Heaven’s Half Hour”
Daredevil: Born Again may be the last straw for a lot of people when it comes to Marvel. The revival of the amazing Netflix series that introduced Matt Murdock and his street-level crime cesspool to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (don’t listen to all that “Now, Daredevil is part of the MCU” n...
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