‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Doesn’t Compromise A Damn Thing

“No man is ever truly good. No man is ever truly evil.I do the things you never could… and we won’t ever be equal”- Incendiary & CFO$ The biggest fear everyone had with Daredevil moving from Netflix to Disney+ was that the show wouldn’t have the gritty, noir, dark elements that make Matt Murdock and Daredevil the characters that they are. These are the elements that revitalized the franchise in the 80s under Frank Miller. With the MCU announcing Daredevil: Born Again, the consensus was that we may be moving the character into a lighter light. Aye, look me in my eyes when I tell you this: you ain’t gotta worry bout none of that. Someone at the House of Mouse said, “if you can’t stand the heat, then get out of Hell’s Kitchen cause we ain’t changing a thing!” Daredevil: Born Again feels like we got the gang back together again. You can tell when a show tries to recapture the formula of a previous iteration vs maintaining the vibes. Not only was the vibe check passed, it was done while creating a new adventure for these characters that we’ve become so familiar with. Seeing Charlie Cox reprise the role of Matt Murdock is one thing, but seeing Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) is an entirely different thing. Honestly, it feels like the creators of Daredevil: Born Again – Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman, and Chris Ord – were in the offices of Disney+ and told them, “y’all know what to do. Dismissed.” Daredevil: Born Again, So We Ballin…

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