New posts

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 329313" data-attributes="member: 23">Daredevil Upstairs/Downstairs / Revelations continued What separates Nadeem and Hatley from Poindexter is that Dex seems to thoroughly enjoy his corrupt work, carrying out shakedowns and beatings and threats with a smirk. Of course, even there we understand that he lacks empathy because of his mental health issues. But that knowledge doesn’t make it any easier to watch. Following on from Fisk donning the classic John Romita white suit, the series now completes the picture by introducing his Marvel comics alter ego: Kingpin. It’s been so cleverly done. Had the character been introduced with the white suit, codename and lair with cameras from which he surveys almost every aspect of the characters’ lives back in Season One it would have been too much. Too cartoony, even. But because this Fisk is not only a living, breathing character, but one who is genuinely threatening and sinister, we accept it. Embrace it. Besides, we wouldn’t dare mock someone who’s done some of the things we’ve seen him do. Not that this has stopped Karen, who visited him to taunt him with the whispered revelation that she killed James Wesley in order to… well, I’m not quite sure. Provoke him into attacking her on camera, yes. But I don’t know. It doesn’t seem that well thought through. I understand that Karen is obsessive and not thinking clearly, but her unilateral decision to do this without anyone knowing  just seems out of character. Yes, she’s got her ballsy side and she’s taken risks in the name of justice. I just found this one a little hard to swallow. It felt more stupid than brave. Selfish, even. It wasn’t clever and even assuming Karen was on some kind of extreme suicide kick I couldn’t think of any outcome that would swing the balance favourably in Foggy or Matt’s direction. Both actors really sold the scene as much as they could, but I never completely bought it.Another revelation, sadly, is the one that was spoilt for me when I clicked on Maggie’s name earlier in the season. However, I’m glad that Maggie being Matt’s mother has come to light this early in the season. It would have been terrible if this had been the final scene of the final episode and I knew it. Now I can continue to the end of the series knowing everything is going to be new to me. And I’ll be as careful as I can not to click or look at anything. I haven’t even looked into the Season Three soundtrack yet because I know those track lists can be very spoiler-ish.</blockquote>

Verification: 6 + 4 =