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Post by chrom on Jan 10, 2024 16:47:29 GMT -5
Also lost in it all…Kingpin has been Kingpinning in the MCU since before Stark was Iron Man thanks to that flashback. Well it was said that he had stayed under the radar and didn't try anything big until after The Chituari invasion.
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Post by chrom on Jan 11, 2024 19:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by Rolent Tex on Jan 11, 2024 19:58:00 GMT -5
Greatest typo I’ve read today…I greatly look forward to the possibility of Iron Fisk appearing in the MCU.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 12, 2024 17:14:54 GMT -5
Finished the last three episodes this evening. I was definitely a little harsh with my assessment of the first two episodes, as each successive episode builds on the previous one. It still feels like a lot was removed – I suspect Bonnie and Henry both have a lot of scenes on the cutting room floor – but overall I enjoyed it.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Jan 12, 2024 17:43:34 GMT -5
Finished the last three episodes this evening. I was definitely a little harsh with my assessment of the first two episodes, as each successive episode builds on the previous one. It still feels like a lot was removed – I suspect Bonnie and Henry both have a lot of scenes on the cutting room floor – but overall I enjoyed it. They most likely do. They did a lot of reworking to it apparently.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 12, 2024 17:58:10 GMT -5
They most likely do. They did a lot of reworking to it apparently. Yeah; it seems that eight episodes were written, six were filmed, and then it was trimmed to five. The primary cut was apparently an entire episode set entirely in New York in which Daredevil helped Maya escape the city after the bounty is put on her head.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 13, 2024 15:18:10 GMT -5
Anybody who doubted how good the fights could be for Daredevil Born Again, should have all their doubts put to rest after this show. {Spoiler}Dig through the ditches!
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Post by mystermystery on Jan 13, 2024 16:07:52 GMT -5
So, I'm a weirdo.
The last Marvel movie I watched was Thor Ragnarok (because my 10-year-old cousin was on a "Watch it again" cycle and I helped watch him one day) and the only Disney+ thing I've watched is that black & white ManThing Halloween Werewolf thing. Luckily, I did watch all the Netflix Marvel stuff so I knew Kingpin.
I saw an ad for Echo and thought it looked interesting, so I tried it.
The first ep is good and I could tell where the clips from other Marvel things came from so I gave the second episode a chance to get an idea of where the main story was going...and by the time it was over I was committed to binging all 5 episodes.
So, as a random dude with no connections, I rather enjoyed the story they told (and could tell where they obviously made some time cutting edits that rushed some stuff near the end, especially a running joke that's payoff could've been much bigger).
Now, get me 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Biscuit and Billy Jack" already.
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Post by schma on Jan 14, 2024 4:44:29 GMT -5
I watched the first 3 episodes yesterday, finished the last 2 just now. I enjoyed it. I do think we ought to have seen more with her relationships with others.
{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} I felt Bonnie at the least should have had more time with Maya. That said, from what people are talking about, it seems that might have been the original intention. I do think Vincent D'Onofrio does a great job of showing just how complex the Kingpin is. He is an absolutely vicious tyrant who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. At the same time as we've seen previously with Vanessa and now with Maya to a point, he is also capable of deep affection. We've also however seen how quickly that affection can be replaced by rage. He's an enigma of sorts but one of the strengths of Marvel is that many of their villains are not just cartoonishly evil. They are complex characters with different motivations just like real people. {Spoiler}
{Spoiler}One small thing that annoyed me was the lacrosse game. If the losers had to leave the land forever, there's no way that one team is waiting that long to bring in their ringer. Even if they were cocky as hell, after being a point or two down that ringer is being brought in. It's a silly thing to be bothered by, but there it is.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Jan 16, 2024 18:01:28 GMT -5
Just a theory that was being thrown around with very recent comics history to back it up… {Spoiler}…did Maya basically get the MCU Phoenix Force at the end of the show? If so kudos for them for taking a look at the other side of it without beating the Dark Phoenix dead horse yet again.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Feb 13, 2024 18:36:17 GMT -5
Finally said sod it and watched it despite suffering from MCU fatigue but was enjoyable enough. I think it only being 5 episodes really helped tbh
Plus Kingpin being in it too
Have to say though, everything they did and the most unrealistic thing was Fisk getting that contact lens in Mayas eye on the first attempt
I’ll believe almost anything in the MCU but TOO FAR!
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Post by salz4life on Feb 14, 2024 15:03:51 GMT -5
Finished it last night and really enjoyed it. I'd be down for another season and would be ok if Echo continued to be more self contained with maybe some loose connections to the greater MCU.
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