Why is Daredevil 2015 so brutal?
A lot of the imagery in the Daredevil 2015 tv series is significantly more brutal than any previous entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Examples of such imagery include:
- Fisk bash a guy's head off
- Daredevil beating a guy bloody for raping his daughter
- The hit man committing suicide on a pipe
Why was the decision made to push such a significance on this sort of imagery?
Best Answer
I was also struck by the dark tone of Daredevil, and I think there are two main reasons, aside from dark (and antiheroes) simply being "in" right now. Firstly, one of the showrunners is Stephen S. DeKnight. He's most famous for showrunning the Spartacus shows, and so it's clear his aesthetic goes towards the ultraviolent end of the spectrum.
Secondly, they're basing the series very much more on the Frank Miller run of the comic (e.g., Stick, the Hand, and Elektra were all introduced then)--even down to recreating some panels as frames. And unlike the original Silver Age runs of the book a few decades earlier, Miller's run became particularly dark and gritty in tone. This was, after all, the beginning of Miller establishing his own voice and would eventually lead to books like The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City.
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How is Daredevil brutal?
Daredevil's TV-MA rating comes mostly by way of its significant violence, which is central to its story. In addition, there is a reasonable amount of gore in line with its violent scenes, and blood is often shown in line with the realistic injuries sustained by both its heroes and villains.Which Daredevil season is the most violent?
Season 2 is the most graphically violent season. Incredibly graphic violence and realistic grisly injuries and wounds are shown on camera throughout the season accompanied with lots of blood and gore. Many brutal fights containing bone crunching, (sometimes we even see the bone) dismemberment, or full on decapitation.Is Daredevil too gory?
The show is darker than normal superhero movies. There are some graphic violence scenes throughout this season, but most of the blood is just cuts and scrapes, not graphic. Seasons 2&3: This season is much more thrilling and captivating. It is also much more violent with many more gory and bloody scenes.Are the Daredevil comics violent?
There's no doubt Marvel's Daredevil is the most intense, violent, and brutal show from Marvel to date, and it's even more so than any of Marvel's movies.Daredevil ('03) VS Daredevil Netflix: One Scene That Shows Why One Worked and the Other Didn't
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One very simple reason is that NetFlix is considered to be a 'bought by adults, for adults' service and in order to support that on a show coming from a comic-book origin the 'darkness' and violence got turned up to appeal to that adult audience. It worked too, expect more of the same thing soon ;)
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