After spent two days writing (with some breaks to post) and completing a draft, I decided to finally start watching the new Daredevil series. I like the way it maintains the darker and more mature (these things being both present, not synonymous) tone of the original Netflix series, while incorporating a few more references to the greater MCU than the original series. The Netflix shows (now in the hands of Disney and official MCU-dom) only ever hinted at the MCU, though events in the first Avengers movies shaped the New York of Daredevil, the Jessica Jones series expressly references the widespread existence of superhumans, and various series contained brief Easter Eggs referencing Stark Industries and, oddly, the events of The Incredible Hulk.
To my knowledge, only the Daredevil characters have appeared in other MCU productions, once Disney regained the rights (specifically, She-Hulk, Echo,Spider-man, Hawkeye. Any others that anyone knows of?).
It is very "RTD" if you know what I mean. By the time he finished his first stint as showrunner, I thought he was maybe running low on ideas for new alien races with a unique twist, but his time away seems to have recharged his batteries, and this episode introduces a concept as unusual as anything he has ever created before. I am reluctant to say anything more lest I spoile it for you, but I will say that the "companion" introduced in this episode is of the reluctant variety, harkening back to Ian and Barbara. He invites her to travel with him, and she flatly refuses. But getting her back home to her proper time and place presents something of a problem. there are some parts of the plot that, frankly, don't make much sense (or hold up to scrutiny), but I don't think they are supposed to at this point. RTD is signalling one of those series-long story arcs in which everything will be resolved in the final episode with flashbacks to previous episodes releaving the hints we missed.
JD DeLuzio > Jeff of Earth-JApril 16, 2025 at 9:22am
We may have to give this a look, once we run out of other things we're watching. As a general rule, we only do two shows at a time.
We started watching Dying for Sex, but at a rate of no more than one ep a day. There's a lot to unpack, but the characters are interesting and the show is often hilarious, with dark undertones. If you haven't encountered it, it's the story of a woman with terminal cancer whose bucket list goal is to have an orgasm with someone else.
Not exactly Family Hour viewing, but well-made and compelling.
Oh, and by the way, did anyone else watch Daredevil: Born Again?
They're clearly setting up for something big next season. If they end up bringing back the other MCU Defenders characters, I hope they can do them justice. Three of the actors have dropped rather strong hints that they're returning, but I doubt even Disney knows for certain at this point.
I haven't watched it yet, but intend to. We're limiting how many streamers we have active at one time, so we won't pick up Disney until we drop something else. That's to explain why we haven't seen it yet -- it's not due to disinterest. We're both looking forward to it.
"DANNY MEETS ANDY GRIFFITH" - This is the episode of The Danny Thomas Show that served as the pilot for The Andy Griffith Show. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), Sheriff Taylor is portrayed as a crooked small town cop who tries to bilk Danny for $100 instead of a $5 fine for running a stop sign when he sees the roll Danny is flashing. Danny chooses to spend ten days in the Mayberry jail rather than pay the fine. So justice is served...?
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After spent two days writing (with some breaks to post) and completing a draft, I decided to finally start watching the new Daredevil series. I like the way it maintains the darker and more mature (these things being both present, not synonymous) tone of the original Netflix series, while incorporating a few more references to the greater MCU than the original series. The Netflix shows (now in the hands of Disney and official MCU-dom) only ever hinted at the MCU, though events in the first Avengers movies shaped the New York of Daredevil, the Jessica Jones series expressly references the widespread existence of superhumans, and various series contained brief Easter Eggs referencing Stark Industries and, oddly, the events of The Incredible Hulk.
To my knowledge, only the Daredevil characters have appeared in other MCU productions, once Disney regained the rights (specifically, She-Hulk, Echo,Spider-man, Hawkeye. Any others that anyone knows of?).
"THE ROBOT REVOLUTION": The first episode of the new season series of Doctor Who.
How is it? We never finished the previous season.
It is very "RTD" if you know what I mean. By the time he finished his first stint as showrunner, I thought he was maybe running low on ideas for new alien races with a unique twist, but his time away seems to have recharged his batteries, and this episode introduces a concept as unusual as anything he has ever created before. I am reluctant to say anything more lest I spoile it for you, but I will say that the "companion" introduced in this episode is of the reluctant variety, harkening back to Ian and Barbara. He invites her to travel with him, and she flatly refuses. But getting her back home to her proper time and place presents something of a problem. there are some parts of the plot that, frankly, don't make much sense (or hold up to scrutiny), but I don't think they are supposed to at this point. RTD is signalling one of those series-long story arcs in which everything will be resolved in the final episode with flashbacks to previous episodes releaving the hints we missed.
We may have to give this a look, once we run out of other things we're watching. As a general rule, we only do two shows at a time.
We started watching Dying for Sex, but at a rate of no more than one ep a day. There's a lot to unpack, but the characters are interesting and the show is often hilarious, with dark undertones. If you haven't encountered it, it's the story of a woman with terminal cancer whose bucket list goal is to have an orgasm with someone else.
Not exactly Family Hour viewing, but well-made and compelling.
Oh, and by the way, did anyone else watch Daredevil: Born Again?
They're clearly setting up for something big next season. If they end up bringing back the other MCU Defenders characters, I hope they can do them justice. Three of the actors have dropped rather strong hints that they're returning, but I doubt even Disney knows for certain at this point.
I haven't watched it yet, but intend to. We're limiting how many streamers we have active at one time, so we won't pick up Disney until we drop something else. That's to explain why we haven't seen it yet -- it's not due to disinterest. We're both looking forward to it.
"DANNY MEETS ANDY GRIFFITH" - This is the episode of The Danny Thomas Show that served as the pilot for The Andy Griffith Show. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), Sheriff Taylor is portrayed as a crooked small town cop who tries to bilk Danny for $100 instead of a $5 fine for running a stop sign when he sees the roll Danny is flashing. Danny chooses to spend ten days in the Mayberry jail rather than pay the fine. So justice is served...?
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