Oh, no, I mean, I understood the story about the breaking point, but I guess....I didn't feel it was effectively communicated why he went the extreme violence route, rather than something more lawyer-y. Especially considering the torturing and the near-murdering. As a lawyer, I'd think he'd be a lot less casual about "oh, I guess I haven't crossed the line because I haven't actually killed anyone, although I've certainly done enough injury and been careless enough that the fact that they survived was not guaranteed." I mean, jesus, when he tossed that guy off the building, dumpster or no, and the guy was in a coma?! And then he was like "I haven't gone all murdery?" What's the difference, Matt? Which might have been an interesting question to examine, but I don't think that was what we were supposed to be taking away.
There are superheroes who DO go the extreme violence route as their go-to solution to things (like the Punisher, it's right there in the name), but I just had trouble connecting the lines for Matt. Especially given his character. He's....oriented towards the law, towards order. he's smart, and a bit fond of his own cleverness. I've been watching Leverage recently, and I kind of feel that might have been a better fit for what I was expecting. Not the con job part, but the...oh, the bad guy is someone rich and powerful, and they system has failed, so there's matt, doing the breaking in, fighting off guards, finding the key piece of evidence and making it very public. (Which is essentially what he does to actually win! So clearly that dynamic is there). Not so much just beating a man half to death. I just couldn't connect to the two dots.
To a certain extent, I guess maybe I might say the conflict was between the representation of Matt, who has a fair amount in common with the 616 version in terms of characterization and the representation of Daredevil, which was much more Nolan Batman.
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There are superheroes who DO go the extreme violence route as their go-to solution to things (like the Punisher, it's right there in the name), but I just had trouble connecting the lines for Matt. Especially given his character. He's....oriented towards the law, towards order. he's smart, and a bit fond of his own cleverness. I've been watching Leverage recently, and I kind of feel that might have been a better fit for what I was expecting. Not the con job part, but the...oh, the bad guy is someone rich and powerful, and they system has failed, so there's matt, doing the breaking in, fighting off guards, finding the key piece of evidence and making it very public. (Which is essentially what he does to actually win! So clearly that dynamic is there). Not so much just beating a man half to death. I just couldn't connect to the two dots.
To a certain extent, I guess maybe I might say the conflict was between the representation of Matt, who has a fair amount in common with the 616 version in terms of characterization and the representation of Daredevil, which was much more Nolan Batman.