Heaven's Half Hour

The story of the episode was great but the action sequence in the beginning of the episode WAS SOOOO BAD it just ruined my mood for the whole episode. Disney failed to live up to the action sequence quality that Netflix set. Hopefully it will get better as the series continues. I did not like Kingpin on a diet, that is kinda lame. Kingpin is supposed to have a massive presence literally and figuratively. I'm still very excited for this series though and so happy that they brought back Matt Murdock and fit him into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hopefully they can bring back some of the other Defenders.

The show feels very different to the Netflix original whilst still retaining the core elements that mattered. It remains equally as dark and gritty with the added use of CGI and a more acrobatic Daredevil. People will complain about his new fighting style or the use of CGI but this is an MCU continuation of the Netflix series. This is a good adaptation/continuation of the previous show and shows that Marvel can accommodate darker characters into its universe. The first episode is extremely emotional and characters are given room to breathe and develop, overall it is a very promising start to the series. This is a Daredevil that will be seen in other Marvel projects so the ultra realistic Netflix version would not fit the Marvel Universe, I think they have modified his character well enough to fit into this world whilst still retaining his main qualities.

The first episode feels quite rushed. It starts with a sequence that, personally, I didn't find very pleasant, but I understand the decision to include it. However, if you're going to re-record and allow the Netflix show to be canon, then don't get rid of it in less than 10 minutes. As for the CGI, they should have just left it out-I don't think Daredevil needed it since it's a very underground character. The plot with Fisk is interesting, but it would have been better to save it for this series rather than using him in Hawkeye and Echo, since it's hard to take him seriously after what Maya did.

-MASS.

I've never left a review before, I probably won't again. The original is my favorite show of all time.

I believe this episode was good, but it is only good in that it is a passable imitation of something great. Like watered-down wine.

The action, one of the aspects which put the original on the map, is better than recent marvel, but not quite good enough. The relatively obvious (in a bad way) CGI did not completely ruin it, but it certainly took a lot away from the obvious effort that went into it.

The writing is alright, and would not be very engaging if not for the only truly exceptional aspect of this show: the actors. I think they are all phenomenal and I feel very bad that I don't really like the product of their work. It is not at all their fault.

The cinematography and colorwork is much more subjective, but for me was absolutely terrible. Not even a speck of effort to retain the original style which matched the show so well. It honestly looks like something rendered in a graphics engine trying to imitate reality's grey-ness in an attempt for grittiness.

There is nothing authentic and there are no risks of any sort, there is nothing special to this. It is all riding off of the success of the original, with its dynamic camerawork, colorwork, often over-the-top serious writing, and breathtaking action. It is simply a dilution and productization of authenticity.

Daredevil: Born Again wastes no time and pulls no punches as it picks-up so many years after the events of Daredevil Season 3. The series premiere is fantastically written and goes in what feels like a natural progression (well, as natural a progression as you can have when reviving a show six years after it's cancellation). Charlie Cox and Vincent D'onofrio give fantastic performances as Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, who feel exactly like their characters in the original series (despite the change in writers)

There are three main problems that I've had with this episode. First off, the soundtrack is fantastic... But it leans a lot into the main theme from the original show. That gets used a lot, which feels weird since it was only really used during significant moments of the original series. Secondly, the cinematography isn't as nice as in the original (but let's be real here, that's not saying much - since the original was gorgeous). And thirdly is honestly just the action. Don't get me wrong, it had an amazingly choreographed fight scene, that actually had a stunning one-shot sequence... But none of it's nearly as impressive as in the original series when you can clearly see that a lot of CGI was used at points. Throughout the Daredevil scenes in the episode, you can definitely see what was done practically, and what was done digitally, which really brought me out of the immersion of seeing Daredevil again

Overall, though, if you can push those three minor issues to the back of your mind... The series premiere of Daredevil: Born Again is fantastic and is an awesome way to continue the story from the Netflix Defenders Saga. It does justice to the original show and offers a lot by the means of enjoyment.