Daredevil TV Series "Into The Ring" Review

 

Ladies and gentlemen depending on where your seeing this review you'll know that i've mainly been covering DC Comics related media for the last week or so and well I grew tied of doing that and so I thought that i'd look at some Marvel stuff. As luck would have it it's been three almost four weeks since I last took a look at something from the Netflix corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and so here is my review of the show that started of that mini universe of Netflix shows (which are technically connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe) Daredevil with my review of the show's debut episode called "Into The Ring" enjoy the review.

The plot of the episode is new defense lawyers Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson land there first client in murder suspect Karen Page and it's up to the duo to prove that she's innocent and it's up to Matt Murdock's alter ego Daredevil to keep her safe. I will admit that the plot of the episode to me wasn't that engaging just because to me there wasn't alot of story actually happening and so plot points felt forced but I would understand if someone did like the plot of this episode tho i'm just not one of the fans of the plot of this episode.

Starring in the episode is Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil , Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page and Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson. Also starring in the episode is Toby Leonard Moore as James Wesley , Bob Gunton as Leland Owlsley , Peter McRobbie as Father Paul Lantom , Daryl Edwards as Detective Carl Hoffman , Chris Tardio as Detective Christian Blake , John Patrick Hayden as Jack Murdock and Skylar Gaertner as Young Matt Murdock.

The acting in this episode at least in my opinion was really freaking with all of the actors even those who don't have big roles in this episode truly do deliver solid performances. What helps the acting in this episode is the fact that the script is so good and the script gives the actors alot to work with in terms of there characters and the characters personality as such all the actors have to do really is just say the lines as they are written and nothing more.

I have to say that while the idea of having a good person be arrested for a crime they didn't commit and thus they need the help of our hero or heroes is an over played and over done here the idea really does work. What makes this played out idea is the fact that you feel the pain that Karen is going through and so you want to see her let go free of all chargers which she is here and it also makes her meeting the other two main characters feel more organic instead of having her meet them for no reason she's now meeting them because she actually really does need there help.

There was something in this episode that I found to be unintentionally funny and it's the fact that after the prolog at the start of the episode which details how Matt Murdock become blind the child actor playing a young Matt Murdock seems to add several e's everytime he says see. Just seeing that scene play out which yes I did rewind because it was that funny I have to wonder does the actor always pronounce see with several e's everytime he says it or was it that way in the script I honestly need to know the answer to this question.

Sadly we are now getting into the negatives for the episode but not for long tho because there is still alot of good stuff in to be found in the episode. One of those negatives is the fact that even Karen says you can't trust any one to Daredevil he still for some reason takes the one thing that could clear her name to the press which in turn would bring alot more pain to all of the characters this to me is a dumb move on the part of Daredevil since he's not only putting his life on the line he's putting several lives on the ling honestly the smart thing to do would be to let the villain of the episode think that they've won and then when they are sure that there's no more corruption in the police force then get Karen out of prison since her character really isn't that important to this first season at least from what I can remember it would have made alot of sense to have her be jail for this first season and then have her released at the end of the first season where she could then join with Matt and Foggy and help them out with clients where ever she can.

This episode is fifty two minuets and fifty seconds long which I feel is a tad bit long for this show since the episode doesn't really have alot of story to cover that time frame. If anything this episode should have been at least forty minuets if not a little less then like maybe thirty five minuets but I get it this is Netflix alot of there shows seem to closer to an hour then forty five minuets but when the episode doesn't have alot of story then the time for the episode needs to adjusted.

Like I said before this show and all of the other Marvel Netflix shows are technically set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. AS such whenever you watched a new episode of any of the Netflix Marvel shows you were technically watching the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and I know that these shows are set in the Marvel Cinematic because all of them reference the final battle in New York from 2012's The Avengers AKA Avengers Assemble. I do have to wonder tho why the film makers behind either Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame didn't include characters like Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Iron Fist Or Luke Cage because they very easily could have done just by showing them getting snapped away at the end of Avengers: Infinity War or by showing them taking part in the final battle in Avengers: Endgame either one would have worked.

Now then boys and girls since this is an action show that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in this episode. Which was honestly really freaking well done in my opinion you could just tell that the stunt guys were going all in because there is no way in hell that the makers of the show could have made the set safe enough for the stunts that they do in this episode and the action itself was so freaking good I honestly recommend watching this episode just for the action alone it's that good in my opinion.

Overall this was a really freaking good episode and is honestly a really good representation of what the show is like when it's at it's best in my opinion. That being said however I personally did have issues with the episode all of which i've talked about in this review but I can still see why this became a fan favorite and lasted three seasons because just based of this episode I can say that this is a decent series and with that said this episode gets an 8 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page and nowhere else. Since I only went to the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page for the images that I used in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you guys use the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page for images from either this episode , this show or anything to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe because the images are really high quality which for me at least is a really important thing and is something that I look for when i'm writing a review.

 

The New Addams Family "Halloween With The Addams Family" Review

 

October is every horror fans favourite time of yeah and well in order to celebrate this wonderful time of yeah I thought i'd look at a bad remake featuring a spooky family. There have been so many adaptations of The Addams Family over the years some good some not so good but one the adaptation that people seem to forget about 1998 TV sitcom version and well since it's nearly halloween I thought i'd bring you my review of The New Addams Family debut episode called "Halloween With The Addams Family" enjoy the review everyone.

The plot of the episode is Wednesday and Pugsley go trick or treating while the rest of The Addams Family minus Thing for some reason invite some new friends into there mansion with those new friends turning out to be robbers. The plot of the episode is honestly the least of the episodes problems since there are many more things that are wrong with the episode and it doesn't help that there basically is no story being told in this episode hell what I just described to you could be more of a summery of the episodes events rather then the actual plot of the episode.

Starring in the episode is Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams , Ellie Harvie as Morticia Addams  and Betty Phillips as Grandmama. Also starring in the episode Michael Roberds as Uncle Fester , Nicole Fugere as Wednesday , Brody Smith as Pugsley , John DeSantis as Lurch , Robert Moloney as Ed , Rob de Leeuw as Bully , David Fredericks as A Police Officer , Suzanne Palmer as A Cop , Martin Novotny as The Grim Reaper and Jerry Van Dyke as The Burglar.

Oh boy where do I begin with the acting in this episode to say that it's bad would almost be an insult to things that are bad. Since yeah the acting in this episode is so freaking bad every actor in this (apart from the actress playing Wednesday) is just so over the top that it becomes annoying all of the adults actors are just hamming it up and not in a way that's fun it's done in a way that makes you want to turn the episode off.

When I said that this episode was a remake I wasn't kidding because they remade the 1977 sixties Addams Family TV series reunion movie Halloween With The New Addams Family. While this episode from what I can gather does change up some things like the title dropping the word New from this episodes title and the subplot of Pugsley and Wednesday going trick or treating this episode is pretty much the exact same story as the Halloween With The New Addams Family hell i'm surprised that this episode didn't introduce Gomez's brother Poncho since he was a character in the Halloween With The New Addams Family as well.

Oddly enough this whole series is mostly made up of remakes from classic episodes from the sixties Addams Family TV show. Which makes me wonder why was this show even made since there's nothing new or creative about the show whatsoever it was purely made just to cash in on The Addams Family IP which by the late nineties when this show was coming out was dwindling anyway so being creative and new would have actually helped the show but I guess that's to much to ask from this show tho.

In all honesty out of the actual Addams Family the one character I actually liked or even found enjoyable to watch was Wednesday. Simply because her character is actually written pretty close to how she was written in the previous films both theatrical and direct to video which made the character fun to watch  because everyone else even to some extent Pugsley are written so badly that they might as well be different characters entirely.

 

For some dumb reason this episode seems to thing that the Addams Family are dumb as hell which couldn't be further from the truth. Yes the family can be a bit dim at times but it's was more of them not knowing about how other people do things and not them not knowing when there being freaking robbed which makes the family look dumb as hell because this is something that the family would be able to pick up on right away.

I wouldn't blame any one if they forgot about this show since it only lasted one season which for some reason lasted sixty five episodes. How this show managed to get that many episodes is truly beyond me since it's such a bad show no one would have blamed the network which in this case was the Fox Family Channel if they cancelled this show after only a handful episodes just because it doesn't take a genius to see that this was a bad show.

Now then since this is a comedy that does mean that we have to talk about the jokes that are in the episode. Which I feel is one of the episodes more stronger suits which isn't a high bar to reach and isn't really a good thing since alot of the jokes in this episode aren't that funny but I will admit that I laughed at the idea of Pugsley and Wednesday going trick or treating as siskel and ebert and spoofing them but even then the joke doesn't really work since as far as I can tell they both gave positive reviews to both the theatrically released Addams Family movies.

Overall this episode was really freaking and not in a so good it's bad kind of way it's just flat out bad and flat out wrong on so many levels. Yes there si some enjoyment to be had with this episode and i'm assuming this series but if this episode is anything to go by then im glad that the show isn't that remember as for what score I give this episode it gets a 2 out of 10 from me , as for where I got these images they where gathered from the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page or Goggle Images and for once I cannot recommend any website because the quality of images is about the same on either one so choose which ever one you want.