| For one thing, his flashbacks fail to justify his journey to supervillain status. If anything, his childhood experiences should have turned him into a much better man than his douchebag abusive father. But even if we have to accept him solely on the premise that he's evil incarnate, he's such an annoying presence that you end up hating his speech patterns and mannerisms much more than you actually hate the core of what makes his character evil. Wilson has an obnoxious cadence that would be Shatner-like if it were not so flat: Shatner's delivery has some musicality to it, whereas d'Onofrio's is just dull. He only appears menacing because he's a big fat bald gorilla of a man (and because his character was written that way). Fisk's love interest, Vanessa, has the personality of a napkin, and the fact that he went from zero to obsessive over the course of a couple of dates with her is as puzzling as the fact that he hadn't fallen for a woman until well into his 50s.
Still, there's so much to like about Daredevil to let Fisk ruin the experience for me, and even if Season 1 was slightly underwhelming, the second season definitely lived up to the hype ? and coupled with the events of the Defenders, it left me wanting to come back for more.
Iron Fist
Out of all the Netflix Marvel shows, I was most reluctant to start this one. All that new-age mumbo-jumbo about harnessing your energy and balancing your chi leaves me cold, and the concept of ?the immortal Iron Fist' still seems a bit ridiculous. Plus I just didn't buy Ser Loras as a ninja warrior with a glowing gold fist ? nor was I interested in his Asian sidekick. Still, the fact that this ?Iron Fist' dude is the ?sworn enemy of the Hand' made him slightly more interesting, so I figured what the hell, I might as well watch this one too.
The story starts a bit slow, so the first few episodes were quite boring. Unlike the other Marvel characters, Danny Rand initially comes off as a total wackjob (and remains? quirky throughout the series), which makes him unrelatable despite his very human plight to return home, prove his identity and search for the truth behind his family's tragedy. The fact that the two Meachum siblings are completely bland and two-dimensional doesn't help much, either.
As the plot advances though, the story slowly picks up. Once again, the main arc involves the Hand and the ubiquitous Madame Gao, while Danny forges an unlikely alliance his dad's old friend, the Meachum patriarch, risen from the dead with the Hand's help and kept hidden in a lavish penthouse and under Gao's thumb. |
No comments:
Post a Comment