Hello! Welcome back to Hell's Kitchen! My name is Dave Richards—I was your guide through Marvel's Netflix series Jessica Jones, discussing the show from my perspective as a comic fan. Now, I'm back for a look at Season 2 of Marvel's Daredevil. See also: Jessica Jones Review: Season 1, Episodes 1-4 I'm especially excited to…
If Episodes 4 and 5 headed into Aliens territory, Episode 6 opens like a tribute to Silence of the Lambs; Wolfe (Eddie Izzard) is back in his cell, which now has a drainer to keep his powers repressed so he doesn't need a daily icepick to the brain anymore. The drainer's inventor, Triphammer (Andrew Sensenig),…
Although Episode 4 ended with viewers smack in the middle of Wolfe’s (Eddie Izzard) rampage through his prison, Episode 5 opens in the 90s, at a nightclub where young Christian Walker (Sterling Beaumon) and Johnny Royalle (Sasha Feldman) are buddies scoping out the ladies—one of whom is a sultry Retro Girl (still Michelle Forbes). This…
Note: not every plot detail is revealed but major spoilers exist and will harm your innocence. See also: Marvel's Daredevil Season One Recap: Episodes 1-7
Having dished out a lot of glitz and glamour in Episode 3—and presented a lot of confusing character interactions (Character A meets B, C meets D, A runs into D, C speaks with E, who goes back to B, etc.)—Episode 4 of Powers gets gritty, bleak, and direct. Wolfe, who seemed like a supporting character…
Marvel Studios is on top of the world right now. Not only are they dominating the box office with blockbuster hit after hit, they’ve moved towards taking over the world of streaming television as well—utilizing the benefits of episodic storytelling by reserving some of their darker, grittier, more complex characters for TV. See also: Marvel’s Daredevil…
Justice is blind…literally. Everybody’s favorite visually impaired superhero is back for a second season this Friday on Netflix. Just because Matt Murdock may never see it, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t display your fandom loud and proud. See also: Marvel’s Daredevil Season One Recap: Episodes 1-7 So, don’t Punisher yourself—head on over to TrendingShirts on Etsy…
With the third episode, Powers gets a little messy—the various character arcs are all contrived to get the players into one of the loud nightclubs that the series seems to love (Calista met Olympia in one in the first episode, Walker ran into Zora in a different one, and in a flashback, we learn that…
At this point, it's probably only a matter of time until every superhero on the books gets their own movie or Netflix series. Some feel we're hitting saturation levels, and that's true to an extent. But, the real issue with “Comic Adaptation Fatigue” isn't that we're necessarily tired of superheroes—we're just tired of seeing the…
Daredevil is the new gold standard in superhero television shows. Hell, it's even better than some of the bloated big-screen films (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Fantastic Four reboot) that are beginning to water down the Marvel universe. Here’s the reason for its achievement: old fashion character development. Show creator Drew Goddard wisely knows that all…
