One more thing; what does it say about Vincent D'Onofrio and his presence as an actor that he can make Fisk more menacing and threatening than an entire murderous mystical ninja clan was on the Defenders.
Cure4Living Yeah, that was what I was about to say. There are loads of ninja, none of them with any real screen presence. Meanwhile, we have Vincent, who is excellent in most of everything I have seen him in and there is only one. Even Mark Hamill's bastard son, Bullseye in this had more presence than those no-name ninjas and I liked his story but the actor was chewing the scenery.
You are most correct in pointing out the Law of Thuggery/Ninjas where the greater the number, the less individual identity, skill or relevance they possess overall. I have long considered that might be why some of them attack only one at a time as that is their only chance to shine. I mean, it never works out for them but I can understand their motivation.
horny horny hippos Of course it does, they can't cancel a show with a female lead that would be sexist, look at the pile of horse shit that is Supergirl, declining viewership since season 1 but they keep going.
I agree with most of what you say here, but I think the reason that DD’s not as combat capable as before is because of the building that fell on his face prior to the start of the season. I genuinely think they meant to imply that he was compromised throughout the entire season and is only now becoming the Daredevil he once was. Otherwise, quite fine criticism. Especially of the obvious SJW propaganda, subtlety notwithstanding.
Dr. Manhattan Even then, if you looked at his fights with bullseye he was still handing bullseye's ass for a while it wasn't like bullseye was superior to him in close combat. It was only at long range that bullseye had the clear upperhand, which evens them out. Remember bullseye is suppose to be in par with Matt in the comics so....
It was the building, and the fact that Bullseye was wearing a kevlar suit while Matt was in his pijamas. Even Melvin says "I'll make you a new suit, you know, having a FAIR FIGHT"
I was happy to see the show didn't fully devolve into "Daredevil: Season Reeeeeeeeee" but fuck me obtusely did it have it's moments where it came close. Like I get Matt not being at full strength after having a building dropped on him and feeling disillusioned after witnessing his mentor and love interest die (twice in Elektra's case) but did he have to go full prick in the process?
Dude I ain't gay, but Vincent D'Onofrio's performance makes me rock hard, he could be handed the script from a children's tv show and could terrify you with it.
I remember that scene with Karen walking up to some random losers loitering in front a building and pulling a gun on them because they were catcalling some woman walking by. That flag was practically glowing red. Edit: Like, why would Karen ever do that? Why would she draw attention to herself like that? I can't help but think that was taken from a page out of someone's journal of revenge fantasies.
Yet it supported the second ammendment and people being responsible for their own safety not being victims. Karen has always stuck her neck out to protect people have you not been watching the past 3 seasons? How is this a vengeful fantasy? Karen didn't get any revenge she just told the guy if you play games with people and freak them out you are likely to get yourself hurt or killed.
@Mark Hendley "Yet it supported the second ammendment and people being responsible for their own safety not being victims." I feel like you don't understand what self-defense or attack means. If the guys were personally attacking her, leading the lady off a public road, then yes, bring the gun out. But since they weren't bothering Karen herself, the self part is NA and the fact that she went at them with the gun, puts her in the attacker category rather victim/protector which is what you are trying to say she is. "Karen has always stuck her neck out to protect people have you not been watching the past 3 seasons?" Yes, she has but it wasn't by getting into the middle of dangerous situations (even though they end up that way). She has always been more of a mediator than a doer. Foggy was the doer. If we are talking about past seasons, her past self would have never interacted with the guys at all. She would have focused on the woman or left stewing over the situation until someone called her out on it. "How is this a vengeful fantasy?" Believing the right thing to do is to pull out a gun on random people and have no consequences is a fantasy thing. "Karen didn't get any revenge she just told the guy if you play games with people and freak them out you are likely to get yourself hurt or killed." I will speak for myself here. I was always taught that if I pull out a gun, I better be prepared to shoot and face the consequences. A gun is not a toy or something to be used to 'teach a lesson'. It is a tool that should only be used in life or death situations and shouldn't be used for petty reasons. That said, the whole situation made it a petty reason. It wasn't self-defense. It wasn't to protect the woman. It was a great visual clue that Karen is becoming unhinged and a danger to herself and those around her. But to claim that her actions are a good thing is where many look at others crosseyed. No one takes kindly to having a gun put in their face, just like no one would accept that a person pulling a knife and holding it in their face will see it as just joking. I can't think of a single pro-gun person who would want her to have a weapon (to be fair, how did she get one, I would assume the druggie part would get her barred). I think the anti-gun people forget that the pro side isn't against gun control (since we don't want crazies or the mentally ill to have them either), we're just against the across the board ban of all guns.
Kinda wished they addressed more of how he was able to survive the building collapsing on him in the first episode. I can extend my disbelief, but it seems they kinda just brushed over that detail pretty quickly.
Yeah, it was cool in the beginning because, ya know, "Man Without Fear reference! I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!" but it's not really fitting beyond that. Honestly, I wish his regular costume was a bit sleeker, but they seem to be going for psuedo-realism like all the other modern Capeshit, so I guess I'm stuck with "tacticool" Daredevil. Honestly, I think the only thing I like from the shitty Affleck movie is the costume for DD specifically. The weird biker-aesthetic it has was just the right mix of cartoony and real for my tastes.
You can bring all the facts and evidence in the world to prove you're right, unfortunately, people today prefer to keep their eyes closed and mouth open...
Hearing "Showrunner from Arrow" put all the pieces together for me. Really felt that DDS3 borrowed a whole hell of a lot from ArrowS2 which itself borrowed a healthy amount from other stories, Born Again being one of those. Still having seen a lot this done, and in some ways much better, 6 years ago still left DDS3 a feeling a little uninspired even though it shouldn't have.
@@thibaldus3 , I’ve always felt that the classic black and red suit is the objectively best costume for Daredevil compared to his Black Rags and the Yellow, Red, and Black suit he wore before the Black Rags and the very iconic black and red suit.
After finally finishing season 3, I’m honestly glad the series ended before the writing really suffered. The propaganda isn’t going to age well, but at least the hack who wrote it wasn’t given another chance to ruin the show. Despite the flaws of season 3, Daredevil is still one of the best tv shows I’ve seen.
I just want to know how stoned the writing staff was that they decided to use the DD outfit from the 1989 TV movie instead of his actual costume for the entire season.
Season 1 was so good,because it was done by Christos Gage,who is an acclaimed tv and more important comic writer.The guy has written for Marvel,DC,Wildstorm,Image and is currently writing the excellent Ninja-K series,for Valiant. Season 3,had Erik Oleson as showrunner,the guy who wrote the crappy 3rd season of Arrow. Season 1 & 2,had Philip Silvera as the stunt/fight coordinator,the guy who did Winter Soldier and many other blockbuster movies. Season 3,stunt/fight coordination,was done by Chris Brewster,who is the stunt double for Charlie Cox(he also doubles Chris Evans as Cap and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool).If that wasn't enough,he also doubled Wilson Bethel,as Dex/Bullseye. No wonder,the fight scenes aren't as good as they used to be. Also,it's obvious that Netflix is cutting the budget for all these shows(best example is IF/S2 which had only 10 episodes).While Seasons 1&2 had big action setpieces,here we got 2 entire episodes without any action whatsover. Oh and about the whole SJW-Bullshit:my problem is not the subtle propaganda,but the atrocious writing and lackluster action scenes. DD/S 3 is definetely the weakest of the 3 seasons,is just that the other Netflix/Marvel shows are much more crappy in comparison.
In terms of storyline I think Season 3 is above the other two, Punisher arc I really enjoyed in S2 but the mystic defenders bullcrap I didn't like. I did notice a stark decrease in the quality of the fight sequences (they seemed heavier)
While I do agree that season 3 maintains the quality of the series overall, there's a lot of very unnerving ideological proselytizing, along with plenty of more mundane issues. Karen Page, for instance, is pretty much the biggest problem going, as she manages to come off like a holier-than-thou busybody, even though the person she's out to expose is someone we know is incontrovertibly evil. I think no scene managed to drive this home better than when she went out of her way to feign interest in some catcallers who weren't actually harming anyone solely for the purpose of threatening them with her gun, and at no point is this act made out to be as fucked-up as it is. And it really begs the question: this is what Ben Urich was killed off for? All so his position as a journalist connected to Daredevil could be given to Karen? If the showrunner really wanted to make some kinda statement about a free and empowered press, I can't image why Ben's superb arc from Born Again, where he is repeatedly put in direct danger from Kingpin, only to take the risk in order to expose him, wouldn't suffice. Other things, like Matt's kinda petulant renunciation of God, really do smack of the standard Hollywood attitude towards religion, and in particular Christianity. Again, at no point in Born Again was Matt ever contemptuous of the beliefs he'd held his whole life, and if anything, him surviving his ordeal was an affirmation of them. Bullseye and Mr. Indian FBI Agent (whose resemblance to a certain failed presidential candidate from my home state has lead me to dub him John Curry) made for an interesting addition to the proceedings, and for the most part only enhanced things, though I can't agree more about the insipid refusal to have Daredevil actually wear the Daredevil suit. I don't know about anyone else, but speaking only for myself, if I'm watching a show about Daredevil, The Man Without Fear, I'm gonna be pretty fucking disappointed if he isn't actually fighting crime as the genuine article and instead looks like a dime-store Mortal Kombat ninja. Overall, though? Mostly good shit. Now get a showrunner in here who can leave politics at the door and is focused on telling a compelling story and maybe we can get at least one more truly great season out of this show, if indeed Disney chooses to continue it when they amscray from Netflix.
Dude, have you watched Luke Cage Flash Arrow or Supergirl (there a lot more in these universes but i don't watch all of them) ? These are propaganda immersion breaking bullshit. I hate when people shove politics in tv shows but this season of Daredevil and Punisher were more than ok (actually i found them great) when you compare them to all the other garbage that's out there.
I don't watch any of those other shows, but the point is that it's not a contest. Any amount of that shit in a superhero show, even if it does have a contemporary setting, is too much. In the case of Punisher specifically, I found the main conflict of the season (Frank finding out that the conspiracy that lead to his family's death goes *GASP* even deeper!) was a massive copout that didn't allow him to do what it was hinted he was going to do at the end of Daredevil season 2. I suspect that the writers/producers were worried that a vigilante waging a one-man war on crime with guns out the ass would prove to be too controversial in the wake of the various shootings that occurred before it premiered, and instead changed the target of Frank's attacks from criminals in general to the more acceptable antagonist that is the U.S. government. We don't even see him wearing the skull, he burns it in the first episode. I can't, in good faith, give high marks to a Punisher series....that doesn't allow Frank Castle to punish.
BestWayKilla I seem to be one of the few people who doesn't see a political motivation in the inclusion of the scene with Karen assaulting the kids. As I see it this was the moment Karen took her power back (according to her own thinking, not mine) because everything in her life was falling apart, and it's again Wilson Fisk who's responsible for it. She felt completely powerless with all the terror happening around her, so her dark side came out for one scene. To me this actually enriches her character. I understand why some people think it's political commentary, but I don't see it that way at all, not in the context of Karen's character arc. To me it doesn't seem random at all, but actually very understandable if you consider how fragile Karen appears to be prior to that scene. In my opinion Karen lashed out against these kids because she felt the deep and dark desire to exercise power over someone to compensate for the power that has been taken from her. Throughout all season she was portrayed as the most fragile of the three main characters. Her actions make sense. It would also explain why she took this huge risk of entering the lion's den and provoking Wilson Fisk. She would've never done that if she didn't have the guts to go up against a threat. In her mind she was outnumbered by three kids, so that was her way of proving to herself that she can defend herself. She needed this experience so that she could muster up the balls to go up against Wilson. That was not a small feat on her part, it took her everything to face him and provoke him.
I disagree as far as the religion and God thing goes. I think the show handled the problem of evil in a mature way, with both sides of the argument being done justice. Ultimately I found Matt's arc of struggling with this throughout the season compelling, and if you remember it concluded with him reinvesting his faith in God.
Oh my god someone who actually dislikes the way Punisher hijacked Daredevil Season two. I am not alone! Not that it would have been as bad if they had just stuck to one plot or the other but it was SO stilted.
Punisher was the only reason to watch Season 2. The latter half with The fucking Hand and Elektra was only splendid in its brevity. Giving that bullshit more time to breathe would have been a monumental test of viewers' patience.
Hahaha, whatever floats your boat man. I tuned in for Daredevil Season 2, not Punisher Season 0. Even that had been done better in the Punisher movie. Like 1/3rd of every scene with the Punisher in it was pointless navel gazing, another 1/3rd was just mindlessly sucking frank castles metaphorical dick, with only maybe 1/3rd of the content actually being good. The Reason the Hand stuff sucked was because they where clearly more interested in making a Punisher series than putting any actual effort into Daredevil Season 2, and only ended up shoe horning in the Hand at the last minute because they had to do it for the Defenders mini series, and even then there where some genuine moments of promise shown with Stick and Elektra. But you just go one telling yourself that spending an entire season shoehorning the Punisher in to appease fanboys, and then rather than just running with it. Deciding to switch direction more than half way thru the season to tell the story you should have been telling all along in the most half assed manner you possibly could, with incredibly wooden actresses in not one but two of the major roles, was a good story telling decision. Of course people liked the Punisher plot, it had some actual effort put into it, while the Hand stuff was treated like an after thought. Not to mention the fact that half the reason that they had to switch direction was because their really anything else to do with the Punisher, short of having Matt shove his shit in (And they sure as hell where not going to do that to the Punisher, cash cow, fan boy bait, character that he is). Dudes not even that well written in the MCU (he's typically pretty cool in the comics, but boring as balls in the MCU) He just happens to be being played by a splendid actor, even though the writing is absolutely amateurish.
@@patrickbuckley7259 here’s what we’ll do. I’ll stick with the guy who gouges dude’s eyes out with his bare hands, and you can watch the show with foggy. win win
I am so envious that Daredevil fans get such an awesome show. I can only wish that one day, the summary of a course bearing anything from the total opposite of an ass will align for the Fantastic Four.
He often stands in rants. He has a history of voice work(Including some radio) and anyone who has any professional voice work under their belt knows standing gives you far more range in your voice. Standing for rants is professionalism!
I liked it a lot, as I have all of the Marvel Netflix shows, but some of the weird plot points were kind of jarring definitely. That he seemed to become a less capable fighter, not only by the comparison of his losing to Bullseye, but fights in general, even after the recovery of his hearing and training, he didn't even seem to be as capable at times as he was in the first season.
Spot on as usual, Razor. The propaganda is subtle, but compared to the flagrant, clumsy examples found in Ironfist and Luke Cage, Daredevil Season III may as well be Atlus Shrugged. It's no coincidence that the two Marvel shows to get the axe felt like they could have been written by staff writers at The Root. But, hey, how could they have known that injecting preachy, far left politics into their narrative was a poor decision? It's not like there are hundreds of examples (across multiple mediums of entertainment) of similar such fuck ups from which to learn . . .
Sticking with the amateur outfit for the entire flipping season really pissed me off, because we see this again and again, studios claim to be adapting a beloved property with a built in fanbase, and proceed to do everything they can to avoid actually dressing the main character in their iconic flipping outfit or characters addressing the main character by their instantly recognizable in pop culture flipping name. How often do characters in the comics call him The Devil of Hell's Kitchen? In season one it's forgivable, but by Season 3 it's just stupid.
If they kept the red suit for season 3, it would be confusing to see Matt fight Poindexter in the same suit. I think the eyes look absolutely stupid, and I liked the black suit, but it was more logical for the audience (who may not always be so discerning) to be able to tell the difference
@@thomabow8949 so why not give bullseye his suit in the end and have Matt back in his, furthering the whole DD is evil narrative to the media? That's just lazy on the studio's part, bullseye could've falsely been seen as a hero.
The whole point of him not wearing the Armor was to show that he was exposed. Besides, bullseye ruined the suit’s image, he stated this in the show if you had paid attention.
The theme was to present Matt at his most vulnerable and make him the underdog. They probably could have done better than "Just use his Season 1 outfitt which is an absolute bore" but if Matt donned his suit halfway through the season Matt would just steamroll everything else.
You have to remember in the recent season he was still recovering from a building collapsing on top of him, and if you pay close attention you'll see his fitness isn't as great as it was from the last two seasons.
One thing that actually enraged me when I watched this season was the portrayal of Bullseye by the writers (the actor was great but he had to work with a bad script). Frank Miller did wonders with Bullseye. In his hands Bullseye was a true nemesis for Daredevil. This doesn't come even close to what the character deserves. By the way, Frank Miller always showed Bullseye to be physically equal to Daredevil, even stronger in some fight sequences, and smart too. It was other comic book writers (I am thinking about Bendis) that showed him as just a thug with good aim.
great review man. I loved the season. Daredevil is my favourite of the MCU altogether and it got me interested in Daredevil as a whole, I loved this version of Fisk and the idea that he co-opted the FBI's New York office. This is only made better by Vincent D'Onofrio's acting. That said, the flaws you pointed out annoyed me. Everything that was flawed could be pointed towards social justice. Karen could have had a much better version of her backstory, Matt deserved to be able to fight better, as the episodes went on, his injuries should have gotten better. (it's fiction, he's the protagonist, and like you said, he's much better at combat) Also i'm getting tired of the "strong female character" trope in all of media. This decade, it's all female characters can be. Every show has that female character protagonist/support character who is all "I can take care of myself". While Karen has experience with shooting people, she's no soldier. Also her telling Fisk she killed Wesley was a dumb move. That is the worst possible thing you could tell a powerful enemy.
I was hoping that fisk was setting up karen to admit to the murder in front of the fbi so she could go to jail, that literally seemed like exactly what was happening but nope. Because wamen.
You should watch the 'Man in the high castle', a major story line in S3 was about the Nazi's destroying American landmarks as part of an agenda to rewrite U.S history. Clearly meant to mirror the removal and renaming of Confederate statues & landmarks.
It doesn't do a very good job of spreading the SJW message though, the homogeneous Reich is portrayed as clean, orderly, safe and technologically advanced with a booming economy and strong sense of civic duty, whilst the multicultural Japaneses Pacific states are run down slums beset by corruption and incompetence.
@Judah Earl, lol what a way to shit on PKD's book. None of that dumb shit happens in the book, I think the only reason they decided to shit on it rather than faithfully adapt it is because the characters are well written enough that you can't just point at them and strawman them.
@@RainBird88x "multicultural Japanese" and already I can't take this seriously. Also, what you think are SJW-specific issues they're accidentally satirizing are actually just the commonalities of authoritarian regimes. In other words, where you see them, they see you.
Very witty. I enjoy your reviews quite a bit. A lot of nods to specific names and you provide a lot of evidence to back up your opinions. I'll be subscribing. :)
Binged the damn thing in 2 days. It was a good and sometimes great season that on occasion ultimately dates itself with socio-political references that will only barely work in the current year and maybe a few years into the future. Absent those things it would have been timeless, but modern screenwriters just can't help themselves apparently. Personally didn't have a problem with ghost Kingpin, mainly because it's simply more Kingpin. That's never a bad thing when acted this damn good. While Jessica Jones took a nosedive in quality in season 2, Luke Cage got slightly better though too drawn out and Iron Fist just went full NPC, I think I won't mind if Daredevil is the last show standing after the inevitable netflix purge. Or they can just wrap it up at season 4 and not extend things until they run out of ideas.
So.. about DD fighting Frank and Dex. Punisher is brutal and strong and he is one of the toughest opponents he’s ever fought. Plus frank only landed about 1 hit for every 4 hits that DD landed. Now Dex mostly gets his ass kicked at close range. He can handle himself but DD was clearly better. Also also Mathew had a building dropped on him so he was recovering the whole season because every time he starts healing he gets hurt again. Also also also Dex has the suit which offers protection.
Overall, I enjoyed it from a non-comic viewer. Will I rewatch it? Probably not. The actors who played Matt, Wilson, and Bullseye were just as great as the first two seasons IMHO, and Bullseye made an excellent addition to the MCU. The only episode I didn't like was episode 10 "Karen" IMHO. I honestly could care less about her character, but I think that's due to her being a love interest for Foggy, then for Matt, then Punisher. They just didn't focus her character, and it really hurt the story. The ending was rushed as hell, and honestly felt more like a rehash of S1's ending rather than a ending for a third season. I expected Kingpin to at least win in some degree, not be stripped back to S1's ending after taking one and a half seasons to reach his original status as "THEE KINGPIN". They also set up him falling out of love with Vanessa in the beginning of season 3, and hinted at it even more towards the end, but never did anything with it. Bullseye did feel like wasted potential despite my enjoyment of the character, but it really hurt the story from a narrative standpoint. And I agree, Matt's fighting skills regressed way too much from Defenders season 1 and DD season 2.
She annoys me so much. They throw her into every fucking plotline and her character (not actress, she's fine) is so useless. She took up an entire episode of a season we waited 2 years to get, COMPLETELY tied the bullseye v. daredevil thing to her for NOOO REASON and they did the same with the Punisher. Like hot diggity I don't give a flying damn about Karen's emotional state. Same with Foggy. They didn't do anything, this season was (though excellent) mostly just Fisk being a prissy idiot on Karen and Matt having to clean it up
I got really worried once i noticed that Daredevil kept wearing his first season costume. Daredevil was the last remaining Netflix Marvel show left not to be ruined by bad writing (Luke Cage is gonna be boring like the first, Iron Fist becomes a background character, Jessica Jones goes in a snails pace). Maybe it's time for a new series or a Marvel break for a while.
Watched it 4 years after it’s release. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yet, like Razorfist, I did notice all the bits of propaganda sprinkled in. Still the best superhero show ever made.
Daredevil getting his ass kicked by Bullseye tied into him not wearing the suit or having the billy club. The suit gave Poindexter so much protection and let him tank hits that would have KOed 10 times over him if he was wearing the same rags as DD. I laughed when he finally improvised a billy club and just deflected all the shit from Bullseye in the last fight Even comic Daredevil would get his ass kicked by Bullseye if he fought him in rags and no Billy club while Bullseye is fully armorered
@austinboucher5286 No idea. Wouldn't be surprised if they did one or two. There were just too many filler episodes in both shows. It's a shame cause punisher kicking ass for 45-55 mins would be awesome, same with daredevil v. Kingpin
I'll admit... Overall season 3 was good. But yeah, I noticed all the issues you pointed out. I was also waiting and hoping for a point where he'd don the DD suit again but no.... Was let down there. It almost felt like Iron Fist Season 2 where he was essentially apologizing the whole season for being Iron Fist, only it was him apologizing for being Dare Devil or Matt Murdock instead. However, unlike Iron Fist Season 1 or 2 for that matter it was actually interesting to watch. I can somewhat forgive him for getting his ass kicked so much as he hadnt fully healed from his injuries suffered at the end of Defenders, but also kept gaining new ones with each subsequent outing but yes, it got old to see somebody who's supposed to be so well trained get his ass beat so hard so frequently. But yet in Defenders he goes toe to toe with Iron Fist who is supposed to be above him, yet in Iron Fist he takes way too many blows he shouldnt because he's supposed to be so skilled yet we just never see it. I'm hoping that Punisher season 2 wont be a let down and be too politically charged. I dont mind politics in shows when it's the characters themselves who have the politics. It's another when the show itself is the political platform, because as mentioned you have too many instances of people acting out of character and such for the purpose of pandering your political agenda or message to people. Now, it's different when you have a character who is say an established progressive thinker and such making those kinds of messages throughout a show and another when that person is the one controlling the direction of the show.
I almost completely agree, but you're wrong on the costume issue as far as the plot presents it, I think, minor as it may be. When Matt finds the spare suit, he immediately gets into a fight with Melvin and then the FBI agents before fleeing the scene. There isn't a chance for him to actually don the suit, and then I assume it gets taken as evidence and is out of reach; or at least more trouble than its worth considering how quickly things move beyond that point. After that, Melvin is in custody and Matt doesn't know anyone else that could make a suit like that, so it doesn't come up again, Matt just has to push on with the basic season 1 getup. Of course there's no reason the writers had to do it this way, but again, minor issue overall.
It's really bothering me that none of the Netflix series characters ever fucking wear their outfits. You barely see luke in his yellow shirt and black jeans (always in a hoodie for some reason tho), never see a legit rendition of the iron fist outfit, and the same applies to punisher some times. The shit is legitimately pissing me off because it feels like I'm watching vastly dramatized and forced reality tv renditions of comic book characters ashamed of their roots. They need to stop this shit and embrace more of the outlandish comic book stuff. I want my costumed super heroes back!
Hasnt Kingpin tanked blows from Spiderman who is literally able to lift cars? Although Kingpin looks fat hes actually only 2% bodyfat and was trained by martial artists from China and Japan, which leaves me no doubt that he can take bullseye out pretty easily. Also if you analyze Daredevil's fight with bullseye, Daredevil really dominated bullseye up close until Bullseyes gets distance on him and then uses his skills with distance and ricocheting any and all objects to hit Daredevil in the head thus further injuring the injuries he sustained in Defenders when a Fucking Building fell on him! I mean Daredevil had trouble walking in the first couple of episodes. I do 100% agree with you that the SJW propaganda is in s3 and its cringy as shit and I hate Carren Paige even more in the show than I do in the comics, and you are spot on with how S3 is the lack luster of the 3 seasons. By in all a superb review of Season 3 by the Great Razorfist!
This, I agree with most of Rage's points, but the fights seem perfectly reasonable. There was even a fight at one point where Kingpin goes toe to toe with Captain America, so I can see how Kingpin could knockout Bullseye. People seem to forget that the character LOOKS fat, but the dude is written so that he is supposed to be really fucking bulky. As for the fights with Bullseye, the dude was wearing Daredevil's suit which is pretty much armor lol!
I think Kingpin has even used his money and connections to get ahold of things he has used to enhance himself the least of which is the armor woven into all his suits.
Plus Kingpin at the end was fighting to save someones life which was in immediate danger. To the Building falling on Daredevil his mom even says earlier in the season Imagine what you could do if you healed up before you do what you do. The Karen Page Flashback is worst given the Conclusion that she'd go to Jail for what happened considering how it was presented. Her Brothers beaten wheezing in immediate danger...... Yea I don't think she'd of been locked up given the circumstances.
@@gustavoalarrea Really? A little more realistic? You mean like when Frank Castle meets Kingpin in prison benching around 500lbs like it was nothing? Or how about when he gets stabbed while benching 500lbs amd than tosses that 500lbs on his assailant easily. I dont think she has an issue tossing around two guys with a combined weight that is less than what he can bench.
Not only is Kingpin's speech as blatant a propaganda as you can get, they MAKE SURE they frame the name PRESIDENTIAL HOTEL in the background. All in all, it's still a really good season if you ignore such things
One of the other things about the church ep that pissed me off was that somebody goes Daredevil ran that way in the red suit not but fucking 10 minutes later somebody goes we are looking for a guy in a black suit and it's Daredevil and nobody questions why he's in a different costume
Besides all the politics and gaming stances you have, I wanna thank you for the music you have introduced to me! Saxon - To live by the sword, Stratosphere - The battle within, almost every fuckin song by the awesome band Eclipse. Thanks man.
I watched it, and I'm glad that the Trump stuff wasn't really there. It felt like a pretty natural progression of the Fisk character. I still hate when my escapist entertainment gets politicized, though. I'm beyond sick of that shit.
Oh, god, Bill Nye Saves the World. I still have the archive of the comments from the RUclips video of the 'Sex Junk' song where everyone agrees how awful it was (archive.is/pIg4j)
You realize that the Netflix show isn't the comics, right? And that they're different iterations of the characters? Even if we're talking about the comics, Bullseye is not a slouch in h2h. In the comics, Bullseye is described as having Olympic levels of strength, speed and acrobatics ability. He's strong enough that he *knocked down the Juggernaut with a punch.* Not only that, but he's mastered several forms of martial arts and *his fucking bones are plated with adamantium.* He's fast enough to tag Spider-Man-- who is *faster* than Daredevil-- and has fought both Daken and Moon Knight to stalemates. Not only that, but he almost fucking killed Daredevil 1o1 in the comics on several occasions. Also, the "flagpole moment" was a reference to one of the first times Bullseye and Daredevil fought. Bullseye threw Daredevil out of a window, and when Daredevil threw his grapple out to save himself, Bullseye cut it with one of his knives (or a card, can't remember) and Daredevil fell. He grabbed an American flag on the way down, and it tore under the strain and the comic ended on a cliff-hanger. It's a specific call-back/homage to one of Daredevil's most iconic early arcs. Bullseye is probably the most lethal non-powered villain in the Marvel Universe, and has a prolific amount of feats to his name to back it up. The only reason Daredevil can beat him is because he has enough experience fighting with him to exploit the few weak points Bullseye has. Which he learned by getting his ass beat. Repeatedly.
My favorite bit was the fact that they had to cram in the bit about welcoming the muslims into the church when their pipes broke in the very first episode, but none of them showed up to the funeral in the last episode.
I just finished it, oh man, do I have some major gripes but I did enjoy it overall and most of my gripes, you highlighted, so I won't dwell on it too much. I have to say that the propaganda was rife and blatant at times. All you need to do is put yourself in the mindset of a Lefty, how would they see Donald Trump and you get Kingpin in Daredevil Season 3. BTW, I thought when they showed that second suit that the climax was going to end with the two dooking it out... but it never happened. Also, that last episode felt rushed AF. We spent ages dwelling on a boring arsed backstory of the shittiest actor/character on the show, Karen Page but when we start the final episode, Matt suddenly has Kingpin's English Toff on a rooftop answering questions. I thought I had skipped over one, so I double checked. Nope, he just has the man now, somehow. What TF is the point of Karen Page? Her character is terrible. The actress is awful too. Her melodramatic acting takes me out of what is mostly solid performances. Her hand waving makes her look like she would be more suited to Beverley Hills 90210, just total crap. Finally... Kingpin was getting away with everything, all season, Ray Nadeem gave testimony and Kingpin gets away with it, leaving us with the impression that the only way to defeat him is his death by the penultimate episode. Then suddenly Nadeem tells his story once more but because he is dead now, everyone is suddenly against Kingpin? They already knew all this, this isn't new information, sure, the public didn't know but so what, it has been established that the public opinion doesn't mean sod all, why does it matter now? The NYPD was neutered, nothing changed there but a broadcast post-death confession that they all already knew about and suddenly, Kingpin is Public Enemy No 1 again? How? The video? Well, some public reaction would have been nice to see, or some exposition on the news but we didn't get anything. Am I missing something here or what? The only good thing about that finale was getting to finally watch this review from you, which has been in an open tab since you posted it. Good stuff, man. (Oh God, I sound like a suck up but it is true.) p.s. Also, did we really need all the flashbacks, the plot is hardly difficult to follow? Stop treating us all like we are dumb. I know it is a comic book adaptation but when I read them, they didn't spell everything out for you like that, did they? Okay, now I'm done.
Dude, the way bullseye got easily pwned in the last episode after they built him up as this badass assasin really made me angry. Kingpin deciding to let vanessa be in charge was lame. And Nadeems character was pointless and an idiot. He negotiates to let the kingpin out of jail, kingpin kills him. But oh im supposed to feel bad for him or something? He was just trying to do his job? Fuck that.
Can you explain more on the plot holes at the end of the season? I mean if it's how does Matt know that Kingpin's wife ordered someone's death. Well I thought that was explained because Matt basically interrogated Manning felix on the roof who told him that or I assume that. It how DD knew the location of Bullseye's girl corpse in the freezer. Just asking no disrespect.
My favorite propaganda piece was Foggy Nelson accusing Blake Towers that he wasn't representing the people like his job dictated and made sure to reference a Latino as his example. I swear, every SJW writer needs to take a long drive off a short cliff with the doors locked and a looping video of Trump reminding them what a failure progressivism is. I enjoyed Season 3, but its hard to ignore the little details that lower its value compared to its predecessors.
the Latina woman was from season 1 and her death had a giant impact on Matt, Karen, and Foggy, and was one of the driving forces for them to try and take Fisk down in the first place. Jesus Christ you people will look at the tiniest shit and complain about it because you are threatened by the fact that the world is diverse.
wouldn't it be awesome if all characters in all tv shows, video games, and movies were white? then we wouldnt even have to have these kinds of debates you racist fuck
I enjoyed this season, and I also agree with most everything you have stated here. The only thing I would add is that I felt the reason DD was having his ass handed to him was that he wasn't still fully recovered from the cave in. He wasn't at his best, going back to the fight compromised. Blowing a massive blood clot out of his head wasn't the magic cure all after all lol. Great video.
yay i'm featured in the vid ! ;) have to admit, after ep6 i also started to notice some stuff, but all in all i would hardly say it's the worst i've seen, pretty much power for the course at this point.
I thought it was really good with one major flaw; Its worst sin is trying to adapt so strong from the Guardian Devil incarnation of Karen Page and having her survive at the last minute. That'd be like having Gwen survive The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Also; humanizing Bullseye and showing his origin. No. Just...No. It doesn't work for The Joker, it didn't work for Darth Maul and it doesn't work for Bullseye. He's one of the most mysterious shadows in all of comics. That we don't know anything about his backstory was what MADE him frightening. So making him this schizophrenic tortured soul was something I really had issue with.
That's the ONE scene of his backstory I'm cool with them showing. It's like when Sabretooth killed his brother for a slice of pie, it's such an iconic moment of pure evil that you can't just skip it. However, the suicidal stuff, the stuff with the therapist, working for the FBI...Not needed.
@@TheMovieDoctorful I get that Bullseye killed his coach with a bat and I was expecting that. So, seeing him using a baseball instead threw me off guard. Hence the reason why I was laughing
Daredevil and Punisher were great, still miles ahead of other tv shows full with propaganda who became unwatchable (im talking about you flash.. and arrow and Jessica jones, and luke cage from the very start)
Awesome video as ever 😁 as I'm wanting to avoid spoilers as I've not watched the season yet I'm hoping that you don't mind that I've saved this in my watch later list until I've had a chance to binge-watch every episode back to back keep up the stellar work as always!.
Wasn't as great as people say, but I will say watching this I felt DD's powers are some of the best ever displayed on TV. Not over the top like lifting cars or creating earthquakes, but cool stuff. Like DD from the 80's.
God speaking of being out of character the cat calling scene blew my mind. Karen goes out of her way to cross the street and get cat called for a supposedly valid excuse to threaten these guys with her gun then gives thema discount dirty harry speech while on the verge of tears. The funniest part is that the show never comes back to this and she never faces any consequences for it so i guess they meant for it to come off as some sort of good thing she did
Matt getting flayed and diced up by Nobu proved the impracticality of the black suit. He didn’t consider throwing on some Kevlar while facing an elite sniper who uses projectiles??
The nitpicking on the costume issue is a bit much. The Daredevil costume covers much of the face and DD and Bullseye have similar enough builds that it would be very hard to tell them apart while they are mixing it up in hand to hand combat. Unless Bullseye is throwing shit, you wouldn't know whether to wince or cheer when a blow is landed and that's problematic for the viewing experience. Not to mention there's symbolism behind Matt in his original outfit fighting the fake Daredevil in his superhero outfit. You gotta let some stuff slide because it makes for a clearer delineation between the characters.
Your comment makes no logical sense at all because if they were going to have a Bullseye versus Daredevil similar to the Daredevil versus The Punisher then they should have just had Bullseye in the costume he wears in the comics and having Daredevil wearing the red and black suit that’s his most iconic suit.
Thanks for the review. Where did you get the shirt? I don't need a Luger but I kinda want one. I hate every second I have to see Karen Paige on the screen, so I may have trouble making it through this season.
I just started the season last night, I'm 3 episodes in. So far so good, but God damn I am soooo sick of these "hero loses his powers and has to get them back" story lines. I'm watching a fucking super hero show and more than half of it is about the hero not having any fucking powers.
The reason Bullseye was able to best Matt in fighting this season is cuz Matt is still weak from what happened to him in Defenders. The whole season is him trying to get his mojo back. That's why you don't see him flipping around while fighting or as being as fast a fighter like he was in S1 and 2 in any of the fight scenes this season. Plus he's never faced someone like Bullseye before, he's unpredictable and lethal in a way Matt hasn't seen before. Matt even says in episode 7 after his first fight with Bullseye "he didn't just find someone to wear my suit, he found someone as fast and skilled as I've ever seen, and I couldn't take him". He's still weak and he has to face someone like that in that in his weak state. It makes perfect sense why Bullseye bests Matt in all their fights this season. This will probably change in S4 with Matt hopefully being back to 100% and Bullseye coming back stronger than ever. They will probably be more evenly matched
I think there's a genuine problem in terms of still wanting to have an ensemble cast, which keeps them from focusing more intensely on a "Matt Murdock focused" main plot thread, and I fear that unless they start killing off some of the other protagonists and side-characters, this is only going to become a bigger problem, as I'm sure (as much as I like them) Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson are going to want to be very prominent, even at the cost of taking away focus from Matt Murdock and his life as Daredevil.
The actor who plays the kingpin (sorry i'm bad with names), would have been interresting to see in the role of Bane (DC). As much as Tom hardy is a good actor, this guy would had been more convincing in how imposing (both presence and size) bane is depicted.
Spot on! I would argue that Daredevil's fighting skills have definitely suffered due to his injuries, though not to the degree of him being handed his ass by Bullseye...
One more thing; what does it say about Vincent D'Onofrio and his presence as an actor that he can make Fisk more menacing and threatening than an entire murderous mystical ninja clan was on the Defenders.
The Hand was perfect in season 2 imo
@@blackdragon6 it was they fucked it up so bad in iron fist and defenders
Cure4Living
Yeah, that was what I was about to say. There are loads of ninja, none of them with any real screen presence. Meanwhile, we have Vincent, who is excellent in most of everything I have seen him in and there is only one.
Even Mark Hamill's bastard son, Bullseye in this had more presence than those no-name ninjas and I liked his story but the actor was chewing the scenery.
You are most correct in pointing out the Law of Thuggery/Ninjas where the greater the number, the less individual identity, skill or relevance they possess overall. I have long considered that might be why some of them attack only one at a time as that is their only chance to shine.
I mean, it never works out for them but I can understand their motivation.
@@jricks3909 not only that but they demystefied the hand by explaining their origin and showing us how they operate
It has it's problems, but Daredevil season 3 is still leaps and bounds above the other Marvel netflix series.
Jessica Jones,Iron Fist and Luke Cage.Fun Fact,Iron Fist and Luke Cage have apparently been canceled.Idk what's going on with JJ though
@@shadowagent7361 whoosh
@@shadowagent7361 Jessica Jones is getting a third season, unfortunately. Without David Tennant, the show is pointless.
Punisher was alright... DD season 3 is only alright too only for different reasons. Is that still better than complete shit? Sure, I guess.
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Of course it does, they can't cancel a show with a female lead that would be sexist, look at the pile of horse shit that is Supergirl, declining viewership since season 1 but they keep going.
I agree with most of what you say here, but I think the reason that DD’s not as combat capable as before is because of the building that fell on his face prior to the start of the season. I genuinely think they meant to imply that he was compromised throughout the entire season and is only now becoming the Daredevil he once was. Otherwise, quite fine criticism. Especially of the obvious SJW propaganda, subtlety notwithstanding.
and all the fights thought the season didn't help
Really wished he went back to the red suit though
Ghost in The shell might have made the fight scenes a little confusing though.
Dr. Manhattan Even then, if you looked at his fights with bullseye he was still handing bullseye's ass for a while it wasn't like bullseye was superior to him in close combat. It was only at long range that bullseye had the clear upperhand, which evens them out. Remember bullseye is suppose to be in par with Matt in the comics so....
It was the building, and the fact that Bullseye was wearing a kevlar suit while Matt was in his pijamas.
Even Melvin says "I'll make you a new suit, you know, having a FAIR FIGHT"
I was happy to see the show didn't fully devolve into "Daredevil: Season Reeeeeeeeee" but fuck me obtusely did it have it's moments where it came close. Like I get Matt not being at full strength after having a building dropped on him and feeling disillusioned after witnessing his mentor and love interest die (twice in Elektra's case) but did he have to go full prick in the process?
This
Daredevil and Punisher will be the last of the Netflix Marvel shows.
I am going to bet that after Punisher season two, it's going to be cancelled
And Captain Manvers possibly bombs the MCU. But then again, with the emotive capability of Brie Larson, Robert Downey Jr may no longer be needed.
@Frank Castle I am just taking a wild shot about Punisher
Frank Castle Disney said no R rated content on the service, and since these shows are very mature I think they fall into that category
They won't cancel JJ until Disney/Marvel moves everything to their service. Why? Simple. Wamen.
I'm waiting for your political rant before the mid terms!
#metoo
/s
@@warplanner8852 #metoo
no /s
Ooh boy this is gonna be fun especially with the news of the projections of the blue wave being more of a blue mild splash of water
@@karrdashen9190 The Democrats will be making #metoo accusations afterwards.
I can't wait to animate it.
Dude I ain't gay, but Vincent D'Onofrio's performance makes me rock hard, he could be handed the script from a children's tv show and could terrify you with it.
HK47forLIFE He scared the shit outta of me in Full Metal Jacket and did it again here
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine
He made it so dark. Amazing actor
he's the duke in Dishonored 2
have him do voice overs for blues clues and Mr Rogers Neighborhood
+GuerillaOfDestiny phrasing!
DD should have worn the spare suit. The additional protection would have aided him in combat.
I remember that scene with Karen walking up to some random losers loitering in front a building and pulling a gun on them because they were catcalling some woman walking by.
That flag was practically glowing red.
Edit: Like, why would Karen ever do that? Why would she draw attention to herself like that?
I can't help but think that was taken from a page out of someone's journal of revenge fantasies.
Yet it supported the second ammendment and people being responsible for their own safety not being victims. Karen has always stuck her neck out to protect people have you not been watching the past 3 seasons? How is this a vengeful fantasy? Karen didn't get any revenge she just told the guy if you play games with people and freak them out you are likely to get yourself hurt or killed.
Plus it's to show how high strung she has become after learning that Fisk is out of prison
We need gun control for ex junkie women snitches
Because Karen likes violence.
Dont forget Matt does the exact same thing every night, except those thugs end up on a hospital bed.
@Mark Hendley "Yet it supported the second ammendment and people being responsible for their own safety not being victims."
I feel like you don't understand what self-defense or attack means. If the guys were personally attacking her, leading the lady off a public road, then yes, bring the gun out. But since they weren't bothering Karen herself, the self part is NA and the fact that she went at them with the gun, puts her in the attacker category rather victim/protector which is what you are trying to say she is.
"Karen has always stuck her neck out to protect people have you not been watching the past 3 seasons?"
Yes, she has but it wasn't by getting into the middle of dangerous situations (even though they end up that way). She has always been more of a mediator than a doer. Foggy was the doer. If we are talking about past seasons, her past self would have never interacted with the guys at all. She would have focused on the woman or left stewing over the situation until someone called her out on it.
"How is this a vengeful fantasy?"
Believing the right thing to do is to pull out a gun on random people and have no consequences is a fantasy thing.
"Karen didn't get any revenge she just told the guy if you play games with people and freak them out you are likely to get yourself hurt or killed."
I will speak for myself here. I was always taught that if I pull out a gun, I better be prepared to shoot and face the consequences. A gun is not a toy or something to be used to 'teach a lesson'. It is a tool that should only be used in life or death situations and shouldn't be used for petty reasons. That said, the whole situation made it a petty reason. It wasn't self-defense. It wasn't to protect the woman. It was a great visual clue that Karen is becoming unhinged and a danger to herself and those around her. But to claim that her actions are a good thing is where many look at others crosseyed.
No one takes kindly to having a gun put in their face, just like no one would accept that a person pulling a knife and holding it in their face will see it as just joking. I can't think of a single pro-gun person who would want her to have a weapon (to be fair, how did she get one, I would assume the druggie part would get her barred). I think the anti-gun people forget that the pro side isn't against gun control (since we don't want crazies or the mentally ill to have them either), we're just against the across the board ban of all guns.
Kinda wished they addressed more of how he was able to survive the building collapsing on him in the first episode. I can extend my disbelief, but it seems they kinda just brushed over that detail pretty quickly.
They kind of did; matt collapsed into the sewer system and was sucked out onto a beach.
@@thomabow8949 but where. The fuck. Is elektra.
@@Mr.Rodgers7 obviously alive waiting for season 4 to fuck everything up so mat can remain a whiny bitch
I really hated that they ditched the red devil suit for the generic black pajamas again.
Same. Never got the feeling that Daredevil was back as a result. The whole season ends up being weirdly anti-climatic.
Yeah, it was cool in the beginning because, ya know, "Man Without Fear reference! I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!" but it's not really fitting beyond that.
Honestly, I wish his regular costume was a bit sleeker, but they seem to be going for psuedo-realism like all the other modern Capeshit, so I guess I'm stuck with "tacticool" Daredevil. Honestly, I think the only thing I like from the shitty Affleck movie is the costume for DD specifically. The weird biker-aesthetic it has was just the right mix of cartoony and real for my tastes.
You niggas didn't get the meaning of that didn't you?
Did you guys even watch the season?
You can bring all the facts and evidence in the world to prove you're right, unfortunately, people today prefer to keep their eyes closed and mouth open...
Hearing "Showrunner from Arrow" put all the pieces together for me. Really felt that DDS3 borrowed a whole hell of a lot from ArrowS2 which itself borrowed a healthy amount from other stories, Born Again being one of those. Still having seen a lot this done, and in some ways much better, 6 years ago still left DDS3 a feeling a little uninspired even though it shouldn't have.
Wow. "Daredevil fans" hate the Daredevil costume. Hello current year, meet my friend Captain Morgan.
@Yeev Yep doesn't make sense to me. Especially since they already kind of fixed its biggest problem (the mask) in season 2.
Right
@@thibaldus3 , I’ve always felt that the classic black and red suit is the objectively best costume for Daredevil compared to his Black Rags and the Yellow, Red, and Black suit he wore before the Black Rags and the very iconic black and red suit.
After finally finishing season 3, I’m honestly glad the series ended before the writing really suffered. The propaganda isn’t going to age well, but at least the hack who wrote it wasn’t given another chance to ruin the show.
Despite the flaws of season 3, Daredevil is still one of the best tv shows I’ve seen.
"He gets the Christopher Reeve's chiropractic adjustment" 😂😂😂
You have earned a new sub from that line alone.
I just want to know how stoned the writing staff was that they decided to use the DD outfit from the 1989 TV movie instead of his actual costume for the entire season.
About as stoned as you had to be to enjoy the 1989 TV Movie.
Damn you for reminding us all of the Trial of the Incredible Hulk.
Just looked this up and I’m am fucking dead 😂😂😂💀
@Sean Sheckles Haha same.
Season 1 was so good,because it was done by Christos Gage,who is an acclaimed tv and more important comic writer.The guy has written for Marvel,DC,Wildstorm,Image and is currently writing the excellent Ninja-K series,for Valiant.
Season 3,had Erik Oleson as showrunner,the guy who wrote the crappy 3rd season of Arrow.
Season 1 & 2,had Philip Silvera as the stunt/fight coordinator,the guy who did Winter Soldier and many other blockbuster movies.
Season 3,stunt/fight coordination,was done by Chris Brewster,who is the stunt double for Charlie Cox(he also doubles Chris Evans as Cap and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool).If that wasn't enough,he also doubled Wilson Bethel,as Dex/Bullseye.
No wonder,the fight scenes aren't as good as they used to be.
Also,it's obvious that Netflix is cutting the budget for all these shows(best example is IF/S2 which had only 10 episodes).While Seasons 1&2 had big action setpieces,here we got 2 entire episodes without any action whatsover.
Oh and about the whole SJW-Bullshit:my problem is not the subtle propaganda,but the atrocious writing and lackluster action scenes.
DD/S 3 is definetely the weakest of the 3 seasons,is just that the other Netflix/Marvel shows are much more crappy in comparison.
A-fucking-men.
In terms of storyline I think Season 3 is above the other two, Punisher arc I really enjoyed in S2 but the mystic defenders bullcrap I didn't like. I did notice a stark decrease in the quality of the fight sequences (they seemed heavier)
I agree
While I do agree that season 3 maintains the quality of the series overall, there's a lot of very unnerving ideological proselytizing, along with plenty of more mundane issues. Karen Page, for instance, is pretty much the biggest problem going, as she manages to come off like a holier-than-thou busybody, even though the person she's out to expose is someone we know is incontrovertibly evil. I think no scene managed to drive this home better than when she went out of her way to feign interest in some catcallers who weren't actually harming anyone solely for the purpose of threatening them with her gun, and at no point is this act made out to be as fucked-up as it is. And it really begs the question: this is what Ben Urich was killed off for? All so his position as a journalist connected to Daredevil could be given to Karen? If the showrunner really wanted to make some kinda statement about a free and empowered press, I can't image why Ben's superb arc from Born Again, where he is repeatedly put in direct danger from Kingpin, only to take the risk in order to expose him, wouldn't suffice.
Other things, like Matt's kinda petulant renunciation of God, really do smack of the standard Hollywood attitude towards religion, and in particular Christianity. Again, at no point in Born Again was Matt ever contemptuous of the beliefs he'd held his whole life, and if anything, him surviving his ordeal was an affirmation of them. Bullseye and Mr. Indian FBI Agent (whose resemblance to a certain failed presidential candidate from my home state has lead me to dub him John Curry) made for an interesting addition to the proceedings, and for the most part only enhanced things, though I can't agree more about the insipid refusal to have Daredevil actually wear the Daredevil suit. I don't know about anyone else, but speaking only for myself, if I'm watching a show about Daredevil, The Man Without Fear, I'm gonna be pretty fucking disappointed if he isn't actually fighting crime as the genuine article and instead looks like a dime-store Mortal Kombat ninja.
Overall, though? Mostly good shit. Now get a showrunner in here who can leave politics at the door and is focused on telling a compelling story and maybe we can get at least one more truly great season out of this show, if indeed Disney chooses to continue it when they amscray from Netflix.
The propaganda made want to say "YARE YARE DAZE" till my chin was has defined has Jotaro's
Dude, have you watched Luke Cage Flash Arrow or Supergirl (there a lot more in these universes but i don't watch all of them) ? These are propaganda immersion breaking bullshit. I hate when people shove politics in tv shows but this season of Daredevil and Punisher were more than ok (actually i found them great) when you compare them to all the other garbage that's out there.
I don't watch any of those other shows, but the point is that it's not a contest. Any amount of that shit in a superhero show, even if it does have a contemporary setting, is too much. In the case of Punisher specifically, I found the main conflict of the season (Frank finding out that the conspiracy that lead to his family's death goes *GASP* even deeper!) was a massive copout that didn't allow him to do what it was hinted he was going to do at the end of Daredevil season 2. I suspect that the writers/producers were worried that a vigilante waging a one-man war on crime with guns out the ass would prove to be too controversial in the wake of the various shootings that occurred before it premiered, and instead changed the target of Frank's attacks from criminals in general to the more acceptable antagonist that is the U.S. government. We don't even see him wearing the skull, he burns it in the first episode. I can't, in good faith, give high marks to a Punisher series....that doesn't allow Frank Castle to punish.
BestWayKilla I seem to be one of the few people who doesn't see a political motivation in the inclusion of the scene with Karen assaulting the kids. As I see it this was the moment Karen took her power back (according to her own thinking, not mine) because everything in her life was falling apart, and it's again Wilson Fisk who's responsible for it. She felt completely powerless with all the terror happening around her, so her dark side came out for one scene. To me this actually enriches her character.
I understand why some people think it's political commentary, but I don't see it that way at all, not in the context of Karen's character arc. To me it doesn't seem random at all, but actually very understandable if you consider how fragile Karen appears to be prior to that scene.
In my opinion Karen lashed out against these kids because she felt the deep and dark desire to exercise power over someone to compensate for the power that has been taken from her. Throughout all season she was portrayed as the most fragile of the three main characters. Her actions make sense.
It would also explain why she took this huge risk of entering the lion's den and provoking Wilson Fisk. She would've never done that if she didn't have the guts to go up against a threat. In her mind she was outnumbered by three kids, so that was her way of proving to herself that she can defend herself. She needed this experience so that she could muster up the balls to go up against Wilson. That was not a small feat on her part, it took her everything to face him and provoke him.
I disagree as far as the religion and God thing goes. I think the show handled the problem of evil in a mature way, with both sides of the argument being done justice. Ultimately I found Matt's arc of struggling with this throughout the season compelling, and if you remember it concluded with him reinvesting his faith in God.
s'dope shirt.
The most ambitious crossover.
Oh my god someone who actually dislikes the way Punisher hijacked Daredevil Season two. I am not alone! Not that it would have been as bad if they had just stuck to one plot or the other but it was SO stilted.
Punisher was the only reason to watch Season 2. The latter half with The fucking Hand and Elektra was only splendid in its brevity. Giving that bullshit more time to breathe would have been a monumental test of viewers' patience.
Hahaha, whatever floats your boat man. I tuned in for Daredevil Season 2, not Punisher Season 0. Even that had been done better in the Punisher movie. Like 1/3rd of every scene with the Punisher in it was pointless navel gazing, another 1/3rd was just mindlessly sucking frank castles metaphorical dick, with only maybe 1/3rd of the content actually being good.
The Reason the Hand stuff sucked was because they where clearly more interested in making a Punisher series than putting any actual effort into Daredevil Season 2, and only ended up shoe horning in the Hand at the last minute because they had to do it for the Defenders mini series, and even then there where some genuine moments of promise shown with Stick and Elektra. But you just go one telling yourself that spending an entire season shoehorning the Punisher in to appease fanboys, and then rather than just running with it. Deciding to switch direction more than half way thru the season to tell the story you should have been telling all along in the most half assed manner you possibly could, with incredibly wooden actresses in not one but two of the major roles, was a good story telling decision. Of course people liked the Punisher plot, it had some actual effort put into it, while the Hand stuff was treated like an after thought.
Not to mention the fact that half the reason that they had to switch direction was because their really anything else to do with the Punisher, short of having Matt shove his shit in (And they sure as hell where not going to do that to the Punisher, cash cow, fan boy bait, character that he is). Dudes not even that well written in the MCU (he's typically pretty cool in the comics, but boring as balls in the MCU) He just happens to be being played by a splendid actor, even though the writing is absolutely amateurish.
@@patrickbuckley7259 Agree to disagree on all counts my friend. The Hand is a garbage “villain”. The foot clan is more fucking menacing.
@@patrickbuckley7259 here’s what we’ll do. I’ll stick with the guy who gouges dude’s eyes out with his bare hands, and you can watch the show with foggy. win win
I am so envious that Daredevil fans get such an awesome show. I can only wish that one day, the summary of a course bearing anything from the total opposite of an ass will align for the Fantastic Four.
The sad irony of that horrendus reboot is that the one who got clobbered was The Thing's character. :(
Holy crap, Razorfist isn't sitting down!
He often stands in rants. He has a history of voice work(Including some radio) and anyone who has any professional voice work under their belt knows standing gives you far more range in your voice. Standing for rants is professionalism!
I liked it a lot, as I have all of the Marvel Netflix shows, but some of the weird plot points were kind of jarring definitely. That he seemed to become a less capable fighter, not only by the comparison of his losing to Bullseye, but fights in general, even after the recovery of his hearing and training, he didn't even seem to be as capable at times as he was in the first season.
Spot on as usual, Razor.
The propaganda is subtle, but compared to the flagrant, clumsy examples found in Ironfist and Luke Cage, Daredevil Season III may as well be Atlus Shrugged.
It's no coincidence that the two Marvel shows to get the axe felt like they could have been written by staff writers at The Root.
But, hey, how could they have known that injecting preachy, far left politics into their narrative was a poor decision? It's not like there are hundreds of examples (across multiple mediums of entertainment) of similar such fuck ups from which to learn . . .
Sticking with the amateur outfit for the entire flipping season really pissed me off, because we see this again and again, studios claim to be adapting a beloved property with a built in fanbase, and proceed to do everything they can to avoid actually dressing the main character in their iconic flipping outfit or characters addressing the main character by their instantly recognizable in pop culture flipping name. How often do characters in the comics call him The Devil of Hell's Kitchen? In season one it's forgivable, but by Season 3 it's just stupid.
If they kept the red suit for season 3, it would be confusing to see Matt fight Poindexter in the same suit. I think the eyes look absolutely stupid, and I liked the black suit, but it was more logical for the audience (who may not always be so discerning) to be able to tell the difference
@@thomabow8949 so why not give bullseye his suit in the end and have Matt back in his, furthering the whole DD is evil narrative to the media? That's just lazy on the studio's part, bullseye could've falsely been seen as a hero.
The whole point of him not wearing the Armor was to show that he was exposed. Besides, bullseye ruined the suit’s image, he stated this in the show if you had paid attention.
The theme was to present Matt at his most vulnerable and make him the underdog. They probably could have done better than "Just use his Season 1 outfitt which is an absolute bore" but if Matt donned his suit halfway through the season Matt would just steamroll everything else.
Hey it's that guy from Billions, another cool show that went book-over-head anti-Trump in Season 3.
As soon as you said Mark Waid I knew the series was over... GET WOKE GO BROKE... Just give it time......
You have to remember in the recent season he was still recovering from a building collapsing on top of him, and if you pay close attention you'll see his fitness isn't as great as it was from the last two seasons.
One thing that actually enraged me when I watched this season was the portrayal of Bullseye by the writers (the actor was great but he had to work with a bad script).
Frank Miller did wonders with Bullseye. In his hands Bullseye was a true nemesis for Daredevil.
This doesn't come even close to what the character deserves.
By the way, Frank Miller always showed Bullseye to be physically equal to Daredevil, even stronger in some fight sequences, and smart too.
It was other comic book writers (I am thinking about Bendis) that showed him as just a thug with good aim.
great review man. I loved the season. Daredevil is my favourite of the MCU altogether and it got me interested in Daredevil as a whole, I loved this version of Fisk and the idea that he co-opted the FBI's New York office. This is only made better by Vincent D'Onofrio's acting. That said, the flaws you pointed out annoyed me. Everything that was flawed could be pointed towards social justice. Karen could have had a much better version of her backstory, Matt deserved to be able to fight better, as the episodes went on, his injuries should have gotten better. (it's fiction, he's the protagonist, and like you said, he's much better at combat)
Also i'm getting tired of the "strong female character" trope in all of media. This decade, it's all female characters can be. Every show has that female character protagonist/support character who is all "I can take care of myself". While Karen has experience with shooting people, she's no soldier. Also her telling Fisk she killed Wesley was a dumb move. That is the worst possible thing you could tell a powerful enemy.
I was hoping that fisk was setting up karen to admit to the murder in front of the fbi so she could go to jail, that literally seemed like exactly what was happening but nope. Because wamen.
You should watch the 'Man in the high castle', a major story line in S3 was about the Nazi's destroying American landmarks as part of an agenda to rewrite U.S history. Clearly meant to mirror the removal and renaming of Confederate statues & landmarks.
It's also based on something the Nazi's actually did/ had plans to do
The book is better.
It doesn't do a very good job of spreading the SJW message though, the homogeneous Reich is portrayed as clean, orderly, safe and technologically advanced with a booming economy and strong sense of civic duty, whilst the multicultural Japaneses Pacific states are run down slums beset by corruption and incompetence.
@Judah Earl, lol what a way to shit on PKD's book. None of that dumb shit happens in the book, I think the only reason they decided to shit on it rather than faithfully adapt it is because the characters are well written enough that you can't just point at them and strawman them.
@@RainBird88x "multicultural Japanese" and already I can't take this seriously.
Also, what you think are SJW-specific issues they're accidentally satirizing are actually just the commonalities of authoritarian regimes. In other words, where you see them, they see you.
Very witty. I enjoy your reviews quite a bit. A lot of nods to specific names and you provide a lot of evidence to back up your opinions. I'll be subscribing. :)
"The Christopher Reeves chiropractor adjustment" lol
I have absolutely no clue about anything to do with Daredevil, but I very much dig the C&Rsenal shirt.
I don't think he's into guns enough to go do it, but it would be awesome to see Razor do a 2-gun match with a C96 and a bolt-action rifle.
Binged the damn thing in 2 days. It was a good and sometimes great season that on occasion ultimately dates itself with socio-political references that will only barely work in the current year and maybe a few years into the future. Absent those things it would have been timeless, but modern screenwriters just can't help themselves apparently.
Personally didn't have a problem with ghost Kingpin, mainly because it's simply more Kingpin. That's never a bad thing when acted this damn good.
While Jessica Jones took a nosedive in quality in season 2, Luke Cage got slightly better though too drawn out and Iron Fist just went full NPC, I think I won't mind if Daredevil is the last show standing after the inevitable netflix purge. Or they can just wrap it up at season 4 and not extend things until they run out of ideas.
Oh thank God. I waited for this review before watching a minute. At least it isn’t ruined.
For now
Absolutely SPOT ON about the change in characteristic and signaling, I felt it throughout this series.
Loving the rising force intro
Yes indeed.
do supergirl .....show has become a complete train wreck lol
Good to hear!
that would mean having to watch it, and who wants to do that?
It was never on the rails
All of DC's live action shows are train-wrecks. The only one worth a damn was Constantine and they shit canned that after 1 season.
@@Gonboo nah gotham was good until last season
So.. about DD fighting Frank and Dex. Punisher is brutal and strong and he is one of the toughest opponents he’s ever fought. Plus frank only landed about 1 hit for every 4 hits that DD landed. Now Dex mostly gets his ass kicked at close range. He can handle himself but DD was clearly better. Also also Mathew had a building dropped on him so he was recovering the whole season because every time he starts healing he gets hurt again. Also also also Dex has the suit which offers protection.
After watching Season 3 of daredevil, I am no longer a Trump supporter, and I now want to impeach BAD ORANGE MAN.
Overall, I enjoyed it from a non-comic viewer. Will I rewatch it? Probably not. The actors who played Matt, Wilson, and Bullseye were just as great as the first two seasons IMHO, and Bullseye made an excellent addition to the MCU. The only episode I didn't like was episode 10 "Karen" IMHO. I honestly could care less about her character, but I think that's due to her being a love interest for Foggy, then for Matt, then Punisher. They just didn't focus her character, and it really hurt the story. The ending was rushed as hell, and honestly felt more like a rehash of S1's ending rather than a ending for a third season. I expected Kingpin to at least win in some degree, not be stripped back to S1's ending after taking one and a half seasons to reach his original status as "THEE KINGPIN". They also set up him falling out of love with Vanessa in the beginning of season 3, and hinted at it even more towards the end, but never did anything with it. Bullseye did feel like wasted potential despite my enjoyment of the character, but it really hurt the story from a narrative standpoint.
And I agree, Matt's fighting skills regressed way too much from Defenders season 1 and DD season 2.
She annoys me so much. They throw her into every fucking plotline and her character (not actress, she's fine) is so useless. She took up an entire episode of a season we waited 2 years to get, COMPLETELY tied the bullseye v. daredevil thing to her for NOOO REASON and they did the same with the Punisher. Like hot diggity I don't give a flying damn about Karen's emotional state. Same with Foggy. They didn't do anything, this season was (though excellent) mostly just Fisk being a prissy idiot on Karen and Matt having to clean it up
@@thomabow8949 I could swear 70% of this season was matt sitting in a church sulking.
I got really worried once i noticed that Daredevil kept wearing his first season costume. Daredevil was the last remaining Netflix Marvel show left not to be ruined by bad writing (Luke Cage is gonna be boring like the first, Iron Fist becomes a background character, Jessica Jones goes in a snails pace). Maybe it's time for a new series or a Marvel break for a while.
Watched it 4 years after it’s release. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yet, like Razorfist, I did notice all the bits of propaganda sprinkled in. Still the best superhero show ever made.
Exquisite ending to a great video Razor! Digging the background with the stone brick wall this time around as well =]
What would you think if they added Blade to the Netflix portion of the MCU?
Only if they brought Morbius in too.
Only if Blade is white; I'm tired of all these black Blades
I've been waiting for a blade series and I think if would be awesome it netflix jumped on it
@@thorthunderlungs5171 I used to draw Morbius... He REALLY needs to be introduced in Doctor Strange with a Spiderman cameo...
@@Beavernator
Absolutely. Those were always my favorite Spiderman books. Morbius and Venom. I'd love to see it.
Not going to lie. I thought Razorfist was going to do a shorter version of season 3
Daredevil getting his ass kicked by Bullseye tied into him not wearing the suit or having the billy club. The suit gave Poindexter so much protection and let him tank hits that would have KOed 10 times over him if he was wearing the same rags as DD. I laughed when he finally improvised a billy club and just deflected all the shit from Bullseye in the last fight
Even comic Daredevil would get his ass kicked by Bullseye if he fought him in rags and no Billy club while Bullseye is fully armorered
@Kareem
Makes it that much more stupid that Matt doesn't don the suit ;-/
I used to be a bit disappointed in this season, and then I saw punisher season 2. This season is a comparative masterpiece.
Daredevil suffers the same as punisher s2. Too many episodes, annoying and obnoxious side characters and not enough action/combat and DD.
@@MooncricketsInc interesting bit of cross pollination there. Did DD season 3 and Punisher season 2 have the same writing team?
@austinboucher5286
No idea. Wouldn't be surprised if they did one or two.
There were just too many filler episodes in both shows. It's a shame cause punisher kicking ass for 45-55 mins would be awesome, same with daredevil v. Kingpin
I'll admit... Overall season 3 was good. But yeah, I noticed all the issues you pointed out. I was also waiting and hoping for a point where he'd don the DD suit again but no.... Was let down there. It almost felt like Iron Fist Season 2 where he was essentially apologizing the whole season for being Iron Fist, only it was him apologizing for being Dare Devil or Matt Murdock instead. However, unlike Iron Fist Season 1 or 2 for that matter it was actually interesting to watch.
I can somewhat forgive him for getting his ass kicked so much as he hadnt fully healed from his injuries suffered at the end of Defenders, but also kept gaining new ones with each subsequent outing but yes, it got old to see somebody who's supposed to be so well trained get his ass beat so hard so frequently. But yet in Defenders he goes toe to toe with Iron Fist who is supposed to be above him, yet in Iron Fist he takes way too many blows he shouldnt because he's supposed to be so skilled yet we just never see it.
I'm hoping that Punisher season 2 wont be a let down and be too politically charged. I dont mind politics in shows when it's the characters themselves who have the politics. It's another when the show itself is the political platform, because as mentioned you have too many instances of people acting out of character and such for the purpose of pandering your political agenda or message to people. Now, it's different when you have a character who is say an established progressive thinker and such making those kinds of messages throughout a show and another when that person is the one controlling the direction of the show.
I almost completely agree, but you're wrong on the costume issue as far as the plot presents it, I think, minor as it may be. When Matt finds the spare suit, he immediately gets into a fight with Melvin and then the FBI agents before fleeing the scene. There isn't a chance for him to actually don the suit, and then I assume it gets taken as evidence and is out of reach; or at least more trouble than its worth considering how quickly things move beyond that point. After that, Melvin is in custody and Matt doesn't know anyone else that could make a suit like that, so it doesn't come up again, Matt just has to push on with the basic season 1 getup. Of course there's no reason the writers had to do it this way, but again, minor issue overall.
It's really bothering me that none of the Netflix series characters ever fucking wear their outfits. You barely see luke in his yellow shirt and black jeans (always in a hoodie for some reason tho), never see a legit rendition of the iron fist outfit, and the same applies to punisher some times. The shit is legitimately pissing me off because it feels like I'm watching vastly dramatized and forced reality tv renditions of comic book characters ashamed of their roots. They need to stop this shit and embrace more of the outlandish comic book stuff. I want my costumed super heroes back!
I think the reason they kept Matt in the black mask is so people wouldn't get confused who was who in the brawling part of the fight scenes.
Hasnt Kingpin tanked blows from Spiderman who is literally able to lift cars? Although Kingpin looks fat hes actually only 2% bodyfat and was trained by martial artists from China and Japan, which leaves me no doubt that he can take bullseye out pretty easily. Also if you analyze Daredevil's fight with bullseye, Daredevil really dominated bullseye up close until Bullseyes gets distance on him and then uses his skills with distance and ricocheting any and all objects to hit Daredevil in the head thus further injuring the injuries he sustained in Defenders when a Fucking Building fell on him! I mean Daredevil had trouble walking in the first couple of episodes. I do 100% agree with you that the SJW propaganda is in s3 and its cringy as shit and I hate Carren Paige even more in the show than I do in the comics, and you are spot on with how S3 is the lack luster of the 3 seasons. By in all a superb review of Season 3 by the Great Razorfist!
This, I agree with most of Rage's points, but the fights seem perfectly reasonable. There was even a fight at one point where Kingpin goes toe to toe with Captain America, so I can see how Kingpin could knockout Bullseye. People seem to forget that the character LOOKS fat, but the dude is written so that he is supposed to be really fucking bulky. As for the fights with Bullseye, the dude was wearing Daredevil's suit which is pretty much armor lol!
I think Kingpin has even used his money and connections to get ahold of things he has used to enhance himself the least of which is the armor woven into all his suits.
The kingpin you are describing is the one from the comics. The one from the show is done a little more realistic.
Plus Kingpin at the end was fighting to save someones life which was in immediate danger. To the Building falling on Daredevil his mom even says earlier in the season Imagine what you could do if you healed up before you do what you do.
The Karen Page Flashback is worst given the Conclusion that she'd go to Jail for what happened considering how it was presented. Her Brothers beaten wheezing in immediate danger...... Yea I don't think she'd of been locked up given the circumstances.
@@gustavoalarrea
Really? A little more realistic? You mean like when Frank Castle meets Kingpin in prison benching around 500lbs like it was nothing? Or how about when he gets stabbed while benching 500lbs amd than tosses that 500lbs on his assailant easily. I dont think she has an issue tossing around two guys with a combined weight that is less than what he can bench.
Not only is Kingpin's speech as blatant a propaganda as you can get, they MAKE SURE they frame the name PRESIDENTIAL HOTEL in the background. All in all, it's still a really good season if you ignore such things
One of the other things about the church ep that pissed me off was that somebody goes Daredevil ran that way in the red suit not but fucking 10 minutes later somebody goes we are looking for a guy in a black suit and it's Daredevil and nobody questions why he's in a different costume
Besides all the politics and gaming stances you have, I wanna thank you for the music you have introduced to me! Saxon - To live by the sword, Stratosphere - The battle within, almost every fuckin song by the awesome band Eclipse. Thanks man.
I watched it, and I'm glad that the Trump stuff wasn't really there. It felt like a pretty natural progression of the Fisk character. I still hate when my escapist entertainment gets politicized, though. I'm beyond sick of that shit.
Oh, god, Bill Nye Saves the World. I still have the archive of the comments from the RUclips video of the 'Sex Junk' song where everyone agrees how awful it was (archive.is/pIg4j)
I also kinda feel it was more a natural progression for Fisk...despite left wingers obviously tying it to their idea of Trump.
You realize that the Netflix show isn't the comics, right? And that they're different iterations of the characters? Even if we're talking about the comics, Bullseye is not a slouch in h2h. In the comics, Bullseye is described as having Olympic levels of strength, speed and acrobatics ability. He's strong enough that he *knocked down the Juggernaut with a punch.* Not only that, but he's mastered several forms of martial arts and *his fucking bones are plated with adamantium.* He's fast enough to tag Spider-Man-- who is *faster* than Daredevil-- and has fought both Daken and Moon Knight to stalemates. Not only that, but he almost fucking killed Daredevil 1o1 in the comics on several occasions.
Also, the "flagpole moment" was a reference to one of the first times Bullseye and Daredevil fought. Bullseye threw Daredevil out of a window, and when Daredevil threw his grapple out to save himself, Bullseye cut it with one of his knives (or a card, can't remember) and Daredevil fell. He grabbed an American flag on the way down, and it tore under the strain and the comic ended on a cliff-hanger. It's a specific call-back/homage to one of Daredevil's most iconic early arcs.
Bullseye is probably the most lethal non-powered villain in the Marvel Universe, and has a prolific amount of feats to his name to back it up. The only reason Daredevil can beat him is because he has enough experience fighting with him to exploit the few weak points Bullseye has. Which he learned by getting his ass beat. Repeatedly.
My favorite bit was the fact that they had to cram in the bit about welcoming the muslims into the church when their pipes broke in the very first episode, but none of them showed up to the funeral in the last episode.
the imam showed up on the third row, look closely bruh
@@halalgordonramsay4983 Cool 3 year necro
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I just finished it, oh man, do I have some major gripes but I did enjoy it overall and most of my gripes, you highlighted, so I won't dwell on it too much. I have to say that the propaganda was rife and blatant at times. All you need to do is put yourself in the mindset of a Lefty, how would they see Donald Trump and you get Kingpin in Daredevil Season 3.
BTW, I thought when they showed that second suit that the climax was going to end with the two dooking it out... but it never happened.
Also, that last episode felt rushed AF. We spent ages dwelling on a boring arsed backstory of the shittiest actor/character on the show, Karen Page but when we start the final episode, Matt suddenly has Kingpin's English Toff on a rooftop answering questions. I thought I had skipped over one, so I double checked. Nope, he just has the man now, somehow.
What TF is the point of Karen Page? Her character is terrible. The actress is awful too. Her melodramatic acting takes me out of what is mostly solid performances. Her hand waving makes her look like she would be more suited to Beverley Hills 90210, just total crap.
Finally... Kingpin was getting away with everything, all season, Ray Nadeem gave testimony and Kingpin gets away with it, leaving us with the impression that the only way to defeat him is his death by the penultimate episode. Then suddenly Nadeem tells his story once more but because he is dead now, everyone is suddenly against Kingpin? They already knew all this, this isn't new information, sure, the public didn't know but so what, it has been established that the public opinion doesn't mean sod all, why does it matter now? The NYPD was neutered, nothing changed there but a broadcast post-death confession that they all already knew about and suddenly, Kingpin is Public Enemy No 1 again? How? The video? Well, some public reaction would have been nice to see, or some exposition on the news but we didn't get anything.
Am I missing something here or what?
The only good thing about that finale was getting to finally watch this review from you, which has been in an open tab since you posted it. Good stuff, man. (Oh God, I sound like a suck up but it is true.)
p.s. Also, did we really need all the flashbacks, the plot is hardly difficult to follow? Stop treating us all like we are dumb. I know it is a comic book adaptation but when I read them, they didn't spell everything out for you like that, did they?
Okay, now I'm done.
Dude, the way bullseye got easily pwned in the last episode after they built him up as this badass assasin really made me angry. Kingpin deciding to let vanessa be in charge was lame. And Nadeems character was pointless and an idiot. He negotiates to let the kingpin out of jail, kingpin kills him. But oh im supposed to feel bad for him or something? He was just trying to do his job? Fuck that.
Christopher Reeve Chiropractic Adjustment
This is why I love you Raz0r
Wouldn't it have been a perfect opportunity to have the yellow vs red suits fight it out?
Wow, this review was almost as entertaining as the show itself. As well as intelligent and informative. Bravo
I did enjoy the season but I felt Fisk was out of place somehow but couldn't put it into words correctly. Thanks for the help in doing so.
Can you explain more on the plot holes at the end of the season? I mean if it's how does Matt know that Kingpin's wife ordered someone's death. Well I thought that was explained because Matt basically interrogated Manning felix on the roof who told him that or I assume that. It how DD knew the location of Bullseye's girl corpse in the freezer. Just asking no disrespect.
My favorite propaganda piece was Foggy Nelson accusing Blake Towers that he wasn't representing the people like his job dictated and made sure to reference a Latino as his example. I swear, every SJW writer needs to take a long drive off a short cliff with the doors locked and a looping video of Trump reminding them what a failure progressivism is. I enjoyed Season 3, but its hard to ignore the little details that lower its value compared to its predecessors.
the Latina woman was from season 1 and her death had a giant impact on Matt, Karen, and Foggy, and was one of the driving forces for them to try and take Fisk down in the first place. Jesus Christ you people will look at the tiniest shit and complain about it because you are threatened by the fact that the world is diverse.
TheShankPimp & people like you always complain at people complaining, punk ass 😘
@@TheShankPimp the liberals have you buddy
wouldn't it be awesome if all characters in all tv shows, video games, and movies were white? then we wouldnt even have to have these kinds of debates you racist fuck
That "Latino woman" is literally one of the most important characters in the entire show dumb ass. You over reached for that one.
I thought I was the only one that hated that black costume this season I was thinking he was going to get a new one
I think they just did too much with Karen Page. 🙄 I’ve gotten so tired of her by the end of the season.
I enjoyed this season, and I also agree with most everything you have stated here. The only thing I would add is that I felt the reason DD was having his ass handed to him was that he wasn't still fully recovered from the cave in. He wasn't at his best, going back to the fight compromised. Blowing a massive blood clot out of his head wasn't the magic cure all after all lol. Great video.
yay i'm featured in the vid ! ;) have to admit, after ep6 i also started to notice some stuff, but all in all i would hardly say it's the worst i've seen, pretty much power for the course at this point.
Yeah I loved season 3 but I still think there where better ways of handling the fake dd shit
I think Karen Page broke Lana from Smallville's record for constantly crying at the drop of a hat in every scene.
I thought it was really good with one major flaw; Its worst sin is trying to adapt so strong from the Guardian Devil incarnation of Karen Page and having her survive at the last minute. That'd be like having Gwen survive The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Also; humanizing Bullseye and showing his origin. No. Just...No. It doesn't work for The Joker, it didn't work for Darth Maul and it doesn't work for Bullseye. He's one of the most mysterious shadows in all of comics. That we don't know anything about his backstory was what MADE him frightening. So making him this schizophrenic tortured soul was something I really had issue with.
I was kind of busting out laughing when he kills his baseball coach
That's the ONE scene of his backstory I'm cool with them showing. It's like when Sabretooth killed his brother for a slice of pie, it's such an iconic moment of pure evil that you can't just skip it.
However, the suicidal stuff, the stuff with the therapist, working for the FBI...Not needed.
@@TheMovieDoctorful I get that Bullseye killed his coach with a bat and I was expecting that. So, seeing him using a baseball instead threw me off guard. Hence the reason why I was laughing
Honestly Gwen was the only saving grace of AMS 2, so I wouldn't mind if she lived.
could be worse, you could have what Cube Zero did to the Cube Franchise
I love how you tell it like it is,Raz0r!
I Wonder if Agent Pointdexters arc was in reality intended as a cautionary tale bout Toxic masculinity.
I love that we can just make any villain autistic and it's okay.
Daredevil and Punisher were great, still miles ahead of other tv shows full with propaganda who became unwatchable (im talking about you flash.. and arrow and Jessica jones, and luke cage from the very start)
The arrow has been ass from season 1. The felicity chick is teh same as Karen; overly emotional and overly used characters
So does anyone know where to find the quote by earl browder? I believe Razer but I want to be able to quote this myself.
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Awesome video as ever 😁 as I'm wanting to avoid spoilers as I've not watched the season yet I'm hoping that you don't mind that I've saved this in my watch later list until I've had a chance to binge-watch every episode back to back keep up the stellar work as always!.
Wasn't as great as people say, but I will say watching this I felt DD's powers are some of the best ever displayed on TV. Not over the top like lifting cars or creating earthquakes, but cool stuff. Like DD from the 80's.
I stand corrected on the propaganda , given it wasn't effective . I must be getting numb to it , I genuinely didn't notice or take most of it as such.
Are you going to be watching Castlevania? The pilot was pretty alright.
Not joking, but isn't Taskmaster a better choice to fight DD? I feel as though it would have been more interesting to see him appear
God speaking of being out of character the cat calling scene blew my mind. Karen goes out of her way to cross the street and get cat called for a supposedly valid excuse to threaten these guys with her gun then gives thema discount dirty harry speech while on the verge of tears. The funniest part is that the show never comes back to this and she never faces any consequences for it so i guess they meant for it to come off as some sort of good thing she did
Matt getting flayed and diced up by Nobu proved the impracticality of the black suit. He didn’t consider throwing on some Kevlar while facing an elite sniper who uses projectiles??
It sounds like they went from "Give the people what they want." to "Let's do what we want, screw the people."
The nitpicking on the costume issue is a bit much. The Daredevil costume covers much of the face and DD and Bullseye have similar enough builds that it would be very hard to tell them apart while they are mixing it up in hand to hand combat. Unless Bullseye is throwing shit, you wouldn't know whether to wince or cheer when a blow is landed and that's problematic for the viewing experience. Not to mention there's symbolism behind Matt in his original outfit fighting the fake Daredevil in his superhero outfit. You gotta let some stuff slide because it makes for a clearer delineation between the characters.
Your comment makes no logical sense at all because if they were going to have a Bullseye versus Daredevil similar to the Daredevil versus The Punisher then they should have just had Bullseye in the costume he wears in the comics and having Daredevil wearing the red and black suit that’s his most iconic suit.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr You completely ignored my point about the symbolism. Way to fail at reading comprehension.
Thanks for the review. Where did you get the shirt? I don't need a Luger but I kinda want one.
I hate every second I have to see Karen Paige on the screen, so I may have trouble making it through this season.
I did think it was strange that Bullseye could match Daredevil in a fistfight, but that fight in the news office is awesome so...pros and cons.
so can in just continue from watching the second season or do I have to watch the other shows to get what's going on?
I just started the season last night, I'm 3 episodes in. So far so good, but God damn I am soooo sick of these "hero loses his powers and has to get them back" story lines.
I'm watching a fucking super hero show and more than half of it is about the hero not having any fucking powers.
The reason Bullseye was able to best Matt in fighting this season is cuz Matt is still weak from what happened to him in Defenders. The whole season is him trying to get his mojo back. That's why you don't see him flipping around while fighting or as being as fast a fighter like he was in S1 and 2 in any of the fight scenes this season. Plus he's never faced someone like Bullseye before, he's unpredictable and lethal in a way Matt hasn't seen before. Matt even says in episode 7 after his first fight with Bullseye "he didn't just find someone to wear my suit, he found someone as fast and skilled as I've ever seen, and I couldn't take him". He's still weak and he has to face someone like that in that in his weak state. It makes perfect sense why Bullseye bests Matt in all their fights this season. This will probably change in S4 with Matt hopefully being back to 100% and Bullseye coming back stronger than ever. They will probably be more evenly matched
I think there's a genuine problem in terms of still wanting to have an ensemble cast, which keeps them from focusing more intensely on a "Matt Murdock focused" main plot thread, and I fear that unless they start killing off some of the other protagonists and side-characters, this is only going to become a bigger problem, as I'm sure (as much as I like them) Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson are going to want to be very prominent, even at the cost of taking away focus from Matt Murdock and his life as Daredevil.
That. When ae we going to see Daredevil, you know... Be a superhero? With new adventures on a day by day basis?
The last few seconds of this episode... fucking. pure. brilliance! I'm fucking crying with laughter.
Being handcapped and confined to a wheelchair, I found Razorfists comment, "The Christopher Reeves Chiropractic treatment..." hilariously legendary .
i loved fisk in season 3 but that love bullshit he was on had me like come on fam with this love bullshit
I was not ready for that post-credits stinger
The actor who plays the kingpin (sorry i'm bad with names), would have been interresting to see in the role of Bane (DC). As much as Tom hardy is a good actor, this guy would had been more convincing in how imposing (both presence and size) bane is depicted.
Or make Bane actually hispanic like he's supposed to be.
Spot on! I would argue that Daredevil's fighting skills have definitely suffered due to his injuries, though not to the degree of him being handed his ass by Bullseye...