Amph Marvel's Daredevil (Born Again, Again, Being Filmed Again)

That really is a shame then imo because there was nothing quite like seeing Fantastic Four, Shield, X-Men, Avengers, etc. teaming up together in the comics + cartoons.

Still is copacetic to see a Daredevil series in general, though, no doubt about that, and hopefully one day--sooner rather than later--we may see the crossovers happen in other reboots or something of the like.

 

"HOWARD SAINT!"
"You killed my son!"
*distant scream and explosion*
"...both of them."

 

Yeah that whole scene, and the preceding one with John Saint ("You look like a strong kid. Ever try isometrics? This anti-personnel mine only weighs about 8 pounds. Not much, but try holding it with an outstretched arm. Hell of a workout") is so perfectly Frank to me. The former solider, the planner, the thinker - he punishes John Saint but manages to also punish Howard at the same time.

i want to watch this again...

 

I read the Garth Ennis run that it was inspired by and I liked the movie a lot more

 

Yeah I still have a bagged and boarded War Zone #1, from like 1991 or 1992. Frank "tortures" Mickey with an icecream in that too. The only Marvel I really read was Punisher, so I was geeking out in theatres when I saw the film.

 

His helping in that situation was coincidental to the fact that he was already on the scene tracking the Lizard, who has a formula developed by his father, and which he, Peter Parker, is interested in. The maneuver cost him little in the way of time and nothing in terms of risk or personal safety. We live in a miserable, worthless society if the bar is so low that preventing a child's death when it doesn't at all inconvenience the interventionist is going to be hailed as heroism.

This new Peter Parker is not worthy of the name. The Punisher is more altruistic than him. Apocalypse has contributed more positive things to human society. I suspect that Sinister Six feature film is only happening because the studio executives realized the audience wanted someone to root for, not some sneering libertarian jerk of a teenager.

 

yeah he didn't behave like a sixteen year old kid still figuring out responsibility and all that. At all. Better to be an 18 year old who looks 26, has mild spectrum autism, and sounds like a stroke victim?

 

Sixteen year olds can make mistakes and be selfish intermittently. But you aren't going to get away with the excuse of youth in explaining why he never did a single selfless act all. People of all ages can muster that. He might've even just done one as a normal person, without any use of superpowers at all. Apparently he was too irredeemably awful for that too, though.

And we won't even get into the way the movie was cheerleading for him as he glibly ignored a vow he made to a dying man--a man who had died to save him.

 

Me, I'm curious as to what direction they'll take with Daredevil. Marvel Knights, the current ongoing, the Miller era?

 

Last I'd read was when his identity got known. That still a thing?

 

Oh yeah.

 

They'll probably pick what they like, but going with a grittier take on Mark Waid's run would make sense. The MCU is pretty light-hearted, after all. It would fit right in.

 

Daredevil to starts shooting in the summer in New York

http://marvel.com/news/tv/2014/2/26/22021/marvels_netflix_series_to_film_in_new_york_city

 

Have they cast a lead yet? I don't remember anything being announced on who was replacing Batfleck as DD.

 

Not yet. But since they're filming in the summer they'll have to start casting pretty soon. I expect we'll know within a month or two.

 

Charlie Cox has been cast as Daredevil.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/303613-charlie-cox-cast-as-marvels-daredevil

 

He was great on Boardwalk Empire. I like this choice a lot.

 

Maybe he will be better than Affleck's Daredevil?

 

That's not asking much.

 

I like him. Good choice.

 

He was pretty awesome in Stardust and could hold up, at least reasonably well, with Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer...

 

I've never seen him in anything and that's OK. I like that he's a relative unknown. Let's just hope he does a good job!