Is Killing it. So last year I started to hear some hype surrounding the show Daredevil on Netflix. I know what you're thinking: the same as that movie with Ben Affleck? No thanks. I know, the movie was terrible, I mean, I liked it, but I like every movie. But I mean a superhero is all you really need to get me to watch so I decided to give it a shot, and went through 13 hours of TV in probably 4 days.
I was hooked. It put the movie to shame and even rivaled Nolan's Batman. Not really, but still kind of follows a lot of the same concepts (Dark gritty realism). The fight scenes in the show are top notch, the villain(kingpin) is perfect and is really what makes the show so good, and it is a show that is geared toward adults(Finally!).
Then this year Netflix put out another show: Jessica Jones. After Daredevil was so good I figured marvel had earned megiving their new show a shot. For the first episode I actually convinced my mom and wife to watch with me. I told them it was about a private detective played by Krysten Ritter, and conveniently withheld that she was super strong and that it was done by marvel.
But then that flapping marvel logo came up and spoiled that immediately, and my wife was immediately like " Oh God Dave no one wants to watch this." Yeah, she cut out after about 40 minutes. And I couldn't blame her, it was very slow going and not the best for the first episode. But then the ending scene of the first episode hit and it was amazing. I did not see it coming at all, it was awesome and awful. So I had to keep going. And since the end of the first episode the show never let go. I watched 3 episodes the first night, 5 episodes the next, and then the last 5 the night after that. It was sooo good.
With the way I went through it, and the way my wife hated it, I started to think maybe it was just the way Netflix releases these things. I mean all 13 episodes at once, it sets you up for binge watching. So I started to question my high rating of it. Frankly, I was over thinking it. I got through it in three days because it was that good, and I wanted to watch it more than play any video game or watch any other show.
Of the two I think I ultimately like Jessica Jones better, but that was the most recent one so maybe it's just more relevant as I write this. I'm sure when I watch season 2 of Daredevil that will be binged in a couple of days and I will think that is the best.
I just hope that Marvel keeps it up. Their Netflix model has me hooked, and the content seems far better than any of the fluff movies they seem to be putting out now. Marvel is batting a thousand so far on Netflix.