Daredevil (Netflix)

This was the closest to a “live-action comic in real life” I’ve seen yet. It took everything that Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy was supposed to be and made it FEEL like this would actually happen. The Punisher storyline may be pushing the envelope too much, but the rest of Daredevil’s stand alone stories felt very believable.

When Netflix canceled everything, initially everybody was upset because they did a REALLY good job with that universe. But I think Netflix was thinking several years ahead. They knew that Disney would eventually want more money or more control or something. They knew THEY were on the hook for the production time and costs and that fans would eventually want those characters back in the MCU. They cut ties while everything was hot and gave Disney EXACTLY enough time to start producing their own version of that universe with these characters.

Hopefully, Disney takes the ball and runs with it the way Netflix did. Most of the actors have said they’d like to come back and Disney is going to have some big holes to fill. However, I doubt ANY of these shows would be on Disney+ if they kept the graphic violence, drugs and drinking meaning they’d likely be placed on Hulu.

Hopefully, if they restart making the shows, they don’t neuter them. Part of what made Netflix’s Marvel New York universe so good was how raw everything was.

While I enjoyed all of the Netflix Marvel shows… Daredevil imo is the best of the shows. There is just something about the way Matt struggles to balance the lawyer and vigilantee that he is. Daredevil Season 3, while being a great ending as it comes full circle with Matt beating Fisk, and the return of Nelson and Mudock (and Page) was a welcome one. Too bad we will never see Dex become full on Bullseye unless the show continues somehow.