Marvel's Daredevil

[eldaec]

Well the Asgardians obviously know about and are in contact with the other planets/civilizations of the Marvel universe, as they sent the Aether to the Collector, have mentioned the Skrulls, and Lady Sif tangled with that Kree bounty hunter on MAoS.

If they ever try to reconcile the Asgardian 'science like magic' with the merely extremely high tech of the rest of the cosmos, I dunno.

--Dave

I'd also be entirely happy with an explanation that runs "we only knew about 9 when we wrote that book, don't expect our religious texts from 300 eons ago to be literally true any more than yours are".

Point is, until we hit a point where plot or character development depends on exactly 9 worlds existing (which has seems unlikely), I don't think it matters a damn.

[Lakov_Sanite]

They've mentioned the nine worlds have some sort of cosmic balance/significance and that the Asgard watch over them.  I'm 100% certain they know other worlds exist but that these nine are under their direct watch.

[TheWalrus]

This is why I liked Batman Begins.  Apart from some of the Ninja stuff, I didn't have to worry about all this shit.

Even Iron Man worked in my head. 

The morale of the story is money can do anything.  I guess.

MORALE

MORALE

[Merusk]

In his defense he was sober.

[Triax]

So he was in good spirits?

[jgsugden]

Electra http://comicbook.com/2015/05/26/possible-elketra-auditions-for-season-2-of-netflixs-daredevil/.

I really want to her to pop as a character... and to look like a Greek.  An Asian Elektra would be as odd to me as Jeff Foxworthy as Black Panther. 

Wait, that suddenly sounds awesome.

[Raguel]

Maybe not as BP but Hunter/White Wolf would be fine. 

[jgsugden]

You know you're a Wakandan if your spear pops your popcorn in 75 seconds or less.

[Evildrider]

I call Elektra being cast as a transgender Filipino.   

[shiznitz]

They can use the guy from Banshee.

[Ironwood]

 

[tazelbain]

http://io9.com/jon-bernthal-will-play-the-punisher-in-daredevil-season-1710169763
Love this actor. Love this antagonist for season 2.

[Slyfeind]

http://io9.com/jon-bernthal-will-play-the-punisher-in-daredevil-season-1710169763
Love this actor. Love this antagonist for season 2.

YES.

I was hoping Punisher would make an appearance. The tone of Daredevil is *perfect* for him. Plus, great casting imo.

[jgsugden]

My only concern, and this is minor, is that Bernthal has a rep for not playing well with others.  It would be a shame for the actor's history to repeat and for that to limit the chances of a Punisher series.

Beyond that - awesome. 

[Tannhauser]

http://io9.com/jon-bernthal-will-play-the-punisher-in-daredevil-season-1710169763
Love this actor. Love this antagonist for season 2.

Great choice, can't wait to see him as the Punisher. So DD is going to meet a fellow vigilante who prefers to leave bodies.  Interesting.

[Velorath]

My only concern, and this is minor, is that Bernthal has a rep for not playing well with others.

Can't say I've ever read anything to this effect.

[Evildrider]

My only concern, and this is minor, is that Bernthal has a rep for not playing well with others.

Can't say I've ever read anything to this effect.

Yeah, I've never heard or seen anything about that either.

[Fordel]

I never hardly ever liked the Punisher but I can give them teh benefit of the doubt. They built up a LOT of credit.


-edit- I did enjoy that one scene with him fighting the giant russian dude in the bathroom. That was rad.

[jgsugden]

My only concern, and this is minor, is that Bernthal has a rep for not playing well with others.

Can't say I've ever read anything to this effect.

Yeah, I've never heard or seen anything about that either.

When Frank Darabont 'left' Walking Dead there was a bit of finger pointing.  He was identified as someone loyal to Darabont that made the 'transition' time difficult after the departure.  Not sure if it is true or not, but it was out there.  There was about a million stories at the time.  There were also some comments made surrounding his participation in Fury and the stuff David Ayer had him do (fight club every morning)...

As I said, minor concern.  I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it because everyone gets accused of something in Hollywood - it just stuck out in my brain.

[Velorath]

There have been a number of rumors and stories about how the people running AMC have almost managed to fuck up some of their most successful programs and I don't think any of the ones I've read point to Bernthal being the cause of any of them. As for Fury, sticking someone in a small, enclosed space for a good chunk of time will probably wear on the nerves a lot, but given that he was in there with Pitt and LaBeouf I'd find it very hard to believe if he was the craziest or most difficult person to work with on that set.

[Evildrider]

If I had to be stuck in enclosed spaces with Shia, I'd be hard to deal with too.

[MahrinSkel]

The first season of Daredevil has bought them a lot of rope as far as I am concerned, and the Punisher was one of the few Marvel heroes I liked (Ironman I was soso on, and I despised Thor, Hulk was my favorite), so I'm willing to let this play out. Bullshit Hollywood gossip/fingerpointing I give not a shit about, his on-screen performances have always seemed fine to me.

--Dave

[jgsugden]

As I said, I probably shouldn't have mentioned it.  Forget I mentioned it.  I only did because it sticks out in my brain when I hear him mentioned, not because there was a lot of discussion on it.

Although, as he had the opportunity to end Shia and didn't, he clearly isn't quite ready to be the Punisher. 

[Teleku]

Was hoping Punisher would get his own series, but this is still a nice turn of events.  I'd love to see an adaption of Punisher: Born as an origin story for him (though they'd have to rewrite it for Afghanistan).   Alas, maybe some day.

[jgsugden]

It'd be hilarious to retcon him into the convoy that protected Stark... (not serious)

[Venkman]

Just binged this over a week. Holy crap this was awesome. Can't wait for more. My only beef is the mask. The horn things are dumb. I liked the blindfold-y balaclava thing better. I don't know nor care if it's accurate to the comic book. My whole life experience with Daredevil is vague awareness of the name, Ben Affleck and Netflix Season 1 

My only concern, and this is minor, is that Bernthal has a rep for not playing well with others.  It would be a shame for the actor's history to repeat and for that to limit the chances of a Punisher series.

Accurate or not, wouldn't this, like, fit right into him being Murdock's nemsis in season 2? 

[Signe]

I've watched all of these and I enjoyed it.  I like that it's dark... it makes me feel grown up.  ;p 

[HaemishM]

Finished watching this over the weekend.

Holy fuck. This isn't just a good superhero show, this is a really good drama. You can't really pigeonhole this as a superhero show anyway - there were some episodes where the superhero isn't even in it for more than five seconds. There was a serious depth of character in everyone, the acting was great, the cinematography was beautiful throughout and you really got to care about all the characters, good and bad. I was saddened and surprised by both


but I understood them both. Adding the Punisher, Hand, Bullseye and Elektra next season will be fantastic, plus we'll likely learn about Karen Page's big secret (readers of the comics already know it).

[jgsugden]

We have Elektra.  Elodie Yung.  Quite capable of playing the role it sounds like, but doesn't exactly scream Greek to me (Cambodian/French ancestry). http://tvline.com/2015/07/07/daredevil-season-2-elektra-elodie-yung/#more-624453

Neat little bit: She has a law degree.

[Ironwood]

Ooh, Jinx.

Yes please.

[shiznitz]

We have Elektra.  Elodie Yung.  Quite capable of playing the role it sounds like, but doesn't exactly scream Greek to me (Cambodian/French ancestry).

Martial arts = Asian, of course. You should know that. A female, Greek martial artist would just be ridiculous. No one would buy that. I mean, who would write such a character?

[Evildrider]

We have Elektra.  Elodie Yung.  Quite capable of playing the role it sounds like, but doesn't exactly scream Greek to me (Cambodian/French ancestry).

Martial arts = Asian, of course. You should know that. A female, Greek martial artist would just be ridiculous. No one would buy that. I mean, who would right such a character?

[HaemishM]

Yeah, but that motherfuck IS crazy.

[jgsugden]

My hope is that they want to tie the character to the existing threats, Iron First, etc.... and thus have a somewhat story related reason to make the change. 

[Velorath]

Q4 release for Jessica Jones, and they're looking to put shows out every six months or so now (presumably Daredevil season 2 would be next in sometime in Q2 2016).