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Like many people, I began to get Marvel fatigue after Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.\u00a0 I did my best to stay abreast on the next phase of Marvel content, and I was a fan of how they pivoted into producing television instead of everything having to be all these movies.\u00a0 I enjoyed WandaVision<\/em>, Falcon and the Winter Soldier<\/em>, and even Hawkeye<\/em> in spite my skepticism that he could be the focal point of his own episodic series.<\/span><\/p>\n Ms. Marvel<\/em> was fun, but by the time Moon Knight<\/em> released, I was getting to a point where they were just generating so much stuff so quickly, it was beginning to get overwhelming.\u00a0 Loki<\/em> was a little reprieve and She-Hulk was light-heartedly refreshing, but it was becoming apparent of what properties were Marvel\u2019s A-tier, and what properties were well, not.<\/span><\/p>\n I never saw Shang-Chi<\/em>, the Marvels<\/em>, the Eternals<\/em> or any of the other films that they produced around this time, because the ideas of full-length films and their single-sitting stories seemed antiquated to me, and Black Widow<\/em> showed just how unnecessary some of the films could be, even with the Marvel production tag slapped on them.<\/span><\/p>\n Having kids, life in general and the general evaporation of free time led to me ultimately stop watching Marvel stuff outright, along with a long list of things that would just be added to a queue that I had no idea of when I would ever have the chance to tackle.\u00a0 However, over the last few months, I\u2019ve made a conceited effort to close the gap a little bit, and have managed to catch back up, having finished Loki, Echo<\/em> and Agatha All Along<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n And it\u2019s a good thing that Echo was a part of this recent catch-up, because events in the show had direct correlation to the one series that I was actually looking tremendously forward to, and the subject of this entire post \u2013 Daredevil (:Born Again)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve made it clear that Daredevil is basically the cr\u00e8me of the crop as far as Marvel television goes, and it must chap Disney folks a little bit that Netflix gets to take credit for Daredevil and all adjacent properties that spun from it (Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Punisher, the Defenders<\/em>), but that\u2019s what they get for not releasing Disney+ sooner.\u00a0 The writing is strong, the performing, the atmosphere, the grittiness and just sheer execution of all the Netflix shows were all at a bar that no other Disney+ era television shows could touch, and one of the most agonizing periods in time for the company must have been the mandated several year gap in between when Netflix had to forfeit the shows and where Disney+ couldn\u2019t air them, because out of sight, out of mind, and there was always the inherent risk of producing more content, with actors again, growing and conflicting projects.<\/span><\/p>\n ***[Spoilers Ahead, if you\u2019re somehow less caught up than me]***<\/span><\/p>\n However, Disney money runs deep, and the stars seemed to align, one way or the other, and we\u2019ve been blessed with the continuation of the Daredevil-universe.\u00a0 It was smart of Disney to start making the connection of worlds in Hawkeye, bringing the Kingpin, and sprinkling Charlie Cox into other things to reprise the Daredevil role, in She-Hulk and Spider-Man<\/em>, and it seemed to time right when they were allowed to drop all the Netflix shows on Disney+ so that anyone who hadn\u2019t gotten to see this brilliant array of shows, while Born Again was being produced.<\/span><\/p>\n And now we\u2019re back to the present and Born Again is released, and after the first episode, I\u2019m blown away and taken back to 2016, when I first started watching Daredevil on Netflix.\u00a0 I had concerns that the show was going to be kind of a reboot from the Netflix series, citing some convoluted continuity issues that writers were too lazy and uncreative to solve, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it more or less picks up from the Netflix age, with some time injected into it, as it should.<\/span><\/p>\n Events from Echo have impact on a key character to create immediate tie-in to the greater MCU, but by and large, the show is a continuation of the Netflix series, which is absolutely nothing but a positive in my opinion.\u00a0 It starts off with a bang, and then it\u2019s basically just kind of picking up from where Netflix left off, but in the same, intense, gritty and strong-written manner.<\/span><\/p>\n And all I could think of while watching just the first episode of Born Again, is just how much of a different level this show feels, in comparison to the years of in-comparison mediocre swill that\u2019s been fed to us.\u00a0 The acting, the writing, the mood and just sheer execution of everything is so good in just a first episode that it basically invalidates just about everything that was been parading around like imposter quality prior to it.\u00a0 Charlie Cox and Vincent D\u2019Onofrio have incredible chemistry, and although Kingpin has been long revived as early as Hawkeye, there\u2019s something about seeing him reunite with Matt Murdock, whom most comic readers know is truly on his Rushmore of opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n Going back to the observation of how there\u2019s a clear distinction between Marvel shows that are A-tier and those that aren\u2019t, it really boils down to the point of why a show exists.\u00a0 If the show is being used to advance some major story points in a grand manner, then it\u2019s probably an A-tier show, like Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki.\u00a0 However, if the show is being used to introduce a critical concept or character that could potentially be used later, then I would say that they\u2019re not an A-tier show; like how Hawkeye was used to introduce Kate Archer and advance Yelena, Agatha All Along was basically used as a vehicle to bring Billy Maximoff into existence, and Echo was used solely for its plot device on a key Daredevil character.<\/span><\/p>\n Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, as much as I did enjoy watching them, I\u2019d say they\u2019re still glorified vehicles to introduce their titular characters into the MCU, so I\u2019d say that they\u2019re like a B+ tier, more purposeful than Hawkeye, Agatha and Echo, but still kind of fluffy and generally expendable if we\u2019re getting down to business.<\/span><\/p>\n And then we have shit like Moon Knight which I have no idea how they\u2019re going to tie into the rest of the MCU.\u00a0 And Secret Invasion kind of just serves as this conveniently placed retcon device if the MCU ever needs it, and doesn\u2019t actually add much to what was already established in the established existence of the MCU Multiverse or TVA or inevitable Dr. Doom fucking around.<\/span><\/p>\n But Daredevil, this is entirely a show and series that can stand alone.\u00a0 Since it started on Netflix, it was established that it was loosely associated to the MCU, but really never needed to ever touch it again.\u00a0 The show was set in its own little world in Hell\u2019s Kitchen and thrived as a standalone series, generously bringing a few other properties into the fold.\u00a0 And the magic is still there with Born Again, and as I\u2019ve said, the general vibe and feeling I get while watching it is that it\u2019s just on such a different level from the rest of Marvel, and I fucking love it.<\/span><\/p>\n I could have watched both debut episodes upon release, but with Daylight savings approaching, I opted to not, because additionally, I want to savor the show, because just watching the first episode was a reminder of how long it\u2019s been since the Netflix age, and I don\u2019t to just binge and blow through something that I\u2019d been hoping and waiting to see again for a really long time.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize how much I missed Daredevil until Born Again dropped, and I\u2019m stoked that it\u2019s back, and I hope that it continues on the successes of the Netflix era.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Like many people, I began to get Marvel fatigue after Avengers: Endgame.\u00a0 I did my best to stay abreast on the next phase of Marvel content, and I was a fan of how they pivoted into producing television instead of everything having to be all these movies.\u00a0 I enjoyed WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, … Continue reading Daredevil is so good it basically kills all other Marvel 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