I’m Only One Man, I Can Only Handle So Many Character Reveals
Yesterday saw the debut of the red Daredevil costume for the new Netflix series (which premiers today!). I saw the costume, loved it, and wrote a blog post about it. But then the various companies in charge of our live action superheroes went insane. There were no less than five superhero reveals, including Daredevil, and all of them are pretty neat. Are you ready to just smash our way through all of them? Let’s just go nuts!
Thing
Yellow Jacket
Archangel
Vision
I wonder how many more we’ll get today. This is the week that keeps on giving.
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Red Daredevil Suit Revealed!
Our first official look at the classic, red Daredevil costume came today, on the even of the TV show premiere! You can check it out in the quick video below!
It’s just a bust shot, from the chest up, but it still looks pretty awesome! I’m definitely a fan. I like the gritty, realistic look. Ever since The Ultimates, I’ve been a big fan of superhero costumes that show all the bells, whistles, buttons and realistic elements. Keep the spandex to yourselves, comic books!
I’m definitely digging the mask and I can’t wait to see the costume in action! Hopefully Daredevil actually gets to wear the suit in the show and they don’t pull a Smallville on us.
What are your thoughts on the suit? Let me know in the comments!
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The One Thing That Always Bugged Me About the Daredevil Movie…
With a certain awesome TV show debuting tomorrow, the Internet is going crazy for Daredevil stuff. I myself had a one-two Daredevil punch yesterday. Well the fine folks at Screen Junkies have whipped together an Honest Trailer for the original Daredevil movie! I believe I’ve gone on record before that I like that movie, and I stand by that assessment. But hopefully the TV show will just rock all of our socks.
As for the one thing that’s always bugged me about the Daredevil movie, that would be the opening courtroom scene, where Matt Murdock is questioning that rapist on the stand. Matt loses the case and the guy goes free, despite clearly being guilty. And then Daredevil goes after him and throws the guy onto the train tracks to get run over by a subway.
My problem is this: what exactly is Matt Murdock’s role in that trial?
This is one that even the Screen Junkies missed.
The rapist is the one on trial, and there are references made to the guy getting ‘acquitted’ and being allowed to go free, so it definitely sounds like this is a criminal trial. And the scene clearly makes reference to Matt Murdock representing the rape victim. She’s sitting with him at his table.
But that’s not how the criminal justice system works! On any level!
When a criminal goes to court, there are two attorneys: the defense attorney, who represents the defendant, and the district attorney, who represents the government. NOBODY represents the victim in a criminal trial. Victims can hire an attorney if they want, to protect their interests, but that attorney does not participate in the trial.
District attorneys and defense attorneys do not inter-mingle. District attorneys are always district attorneys, and defense attorneys are always defense attorneys. In fact, a district attorney is an elected position. He or she is elected by the people to prosecute criminals.
So a private defense attorney, like Matt Murdock, is not randomly going to be assigned to prosecute a rapist.
The only way this trial scene makes sense is if this was a civil trial, and the rape victim was suing the rapist…except there are several clues that point towards this being a criminal trial. Like I said earlier, there are references to the rapist getting ‘acquitted’ and being allowed to go free. You don’t get ‘acquitted’ in a civil trial, and you’re most likely already free if you’re being sued in a civil trial.
I’d say that was a pretty big screw-up. I hope somebody got fired for it!
Also, if you’re interested, Cinema Sins tackled Daredevil a few years ago! They also missed the obvious sin of that trail scene.
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Gamer Girl & Vixen: Spreading the Word
Yesterday was a pretty huge day for Gamer Girl & Vixen, my own self-published comic. We’re gearing up for a Kickstarter in May, and the website AfterEllen.com decided to check out our comic and write up an article to help show us off! They are my heroes right now.
You can check out the article for yourself by Clicking Here. It’s a great little write-up and I am over the moon at the acknowledgement. So sorry in advance for gushing.
But hopefully After Ellen is just the beginning. We’re looking for anybody out there willing to help us spread the word about Gamer Girl & Vixen and gain some more followers ahead of the Kickstarter. A few of you henchies have already agreed to spread the word — and I couldn’t be more grateful. Seriously, that you readers would be willing to help me out like this is more awesome than I ever expected blogging to be.
Anybody who’s willing to help out, let me know! It’s as simple as visiting that After Ellen article and sharing it on your own social media. Or if you’ve got a blog or website, I can send you some preview pages of our comic to show off. You can check out the pages for yourself here. And you can also send people to our website www.gamergirlandvixen.com.
You Henchies have been a wonderful help so far, and I can’t thank you enough. We’re only one short month away from making this comic a reality, and I couldn’t be more pumped!
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Daredevil Day Continues!
Much like me, the whole rest of the Internet is gearing up for the new Daredevil TV show on Friday. Hopefully my List of Six earlier today will be seen by hundreds of thousands (please share!), but also the fine folks at Shirts.com also got in on the fun with this pretty awesome Daredevil costume chart! Enjoy!
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