Before the days of Disney+, Marvel Studios struck a deal with Netflix to bring several of their street-level heroes to the small screen. There were several, but the first of them was Daredevil, a master acrobat and vigilante who wears a red combat suit adorned with devil’s horns and who is, by day, a blind lawyer named Matt Murdock. The shows were a mixed bag, but Daredevil was mostly a success. Fans loved the darker tone the series embraced. In particular, both Charlie Cox’s portrayal of the titular character and Vincent D’Onofrio’s portrayal of the series villain, Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin, but the series felt like they were at an arms length to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—and suffered some pacing problems as well.
Fast forward to today and the MCU is in full swing on the small screen once more, and Charlie Cox has now reprised his role in three other Marvel projects. The question remains, though: how much of his original series is canon to the overall universe? And as it became clear that Daredevil was going to get a new series, the other question became how well will the darker tone fit within the much lighter Marvel universe?
In the true spirit of comic books, the answer to both questions is that it doesn’t really matter!
Link: https://thatshelf.com/daredevil-born-again-review/
