Daredevil annoys me.Not the character, mind, but his portrayal in recent years-
No, I lie. The character annoys me as well. He's a super-hero whose power is that he's not quite blind. I mean, depending on the writer, his power vacillates between "guy who can see good in the dark" and "I just heard a mosquito fart". Is that even useful?
He's basically the Black Bat without the .45s and the hard-on for mayhem. Really, he's ridiculous. A blind man who hits people with a stick. Then, afterward, feels bad about it.
I suppose that's why they ladled the drama on him. The whole Catholic guilt/gangsters/ninjas/dead love interests thing that works sometimes but mostly just seems like the same song over and over again. How many people know Matt Murdock is Daredevil now?
How many people care?
Better question-why does the Kingpin care? I mean, I get the sadism angle, but really...it's just excessive. Blind man. Stick. Not exactly the FBI there, is he?
I mean, is the evidence gathered by Daredevil admissible in court? Bendis did something with that, didn't he? Or Brubaker? And then Mr. Hyde ruined everything. Because he's a jerk.
And why ninjas? Why does every street hero in Marvel have to fight ninjas? Are ninjas the new muggers? Was there a ninja explosion I'm unaware of, scattering ninjas far and wide?
Maybe it's all the same ninja. Ninjas. Ninji. What's the plural of 'ninja'?
Another thing-between Daredevil, Electra and Wolverine shouldn't the Hand be severely undermanned by now? It's not like there's an infinite number of ninjas (I'm going with ninjas) out there. They're not a renewable resource.
Well, I suppose they are, but only in the loosest sense.
Man, think about their training budget...somewhere, poor Hattori Hanzo is trying to balance the books, and saying, "For God's sake, stop dying! We can't afford it!" And why can you kill ninjas, but not other people? Is it like zombies or Nazis? I hate ninjas, but come on. They're people too. Unless they're zombies. Or cyborgs.
Great title? Zombie Nazis vs. Ninja Cyborg-in 3D. You'd watch it. Admit it. I wouldn't, because I hate ninjas. Except for American Ninja...whom I loathe.
Who decided Daredevil should be a ninja? Was that Frank Miller? Can we blame him for that? Maybe not. We can blame him for Nuke, though. God almighty, Nuke. Hey, it's Eighties Action Movie Cliche guy and he's killing everyone. Awesome.
I kid. I love Nuke. He's like a Bizarro Captain America, and if there's one thing we need it's another evil opposite number for Captain America. And hey, let's tie the whole thing into Wolverine, because, y'know, Wolverine.
I hate Wolverine.
Not hate-hate, but, y'know, I dislike him as a character. Unless he's getting punched through a wall, because when is that not funny? He's like a hairy, hockey-loving punching bag.
What was I talking about?
Daredevil. Right. Man he annoys me.
3 comments:
I'm wondering how you feel about Beverly Hills Ninja? And D-Man?
daredevil's crap. even Stan Lee admitted he was just a second-rate knock-off of Batman they chucked in there to fill out the books. rubbish, is what he is! and, yeah, frank miller's to blame for the whole ninja thing. and don't even get me started on his lame-ass "rogues" gallery. the mandrill? purple man? stilt man? the jester ( joker! )? the owl ( penguin! )? and a spider-man villain nobody gave a monkey's about until he turned up in a frank miller book. lame, is what he is, what he always will be.
Be fair, though, Daredevil's got a great costume, and a few of his team-ups with Spidey were classic stories ("Death of Jean DeWolff" was, anyway, for one). I've not read his own title, so maybe he is crap, but he didn't have to be...
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