13 September, 2014

Steven S. DeKnight talks "Daredevil" show

In the past couple of days we have learnt that we are set to get more details about the "Daredevil" TV Show at the upcoming New York Comic Con, is there a more befitting place really? However, show-runner Steven S. DeKnight has jumped the gun a little bit and gave us a lovely little update, here it is;
  
"With this version of Daredevil," he explains, "we wanted it to be grounded, gritty, as realistic as we could portray. That naturally fits in with the Daredevil character. Matt Murdock, on a regular basis, would get the shit beat out of him. That's one thing that makes him a great character. He's not super strong. He's not invulnerable. In every aspect, he's a man that's just pushed himself to the limits, he just has senses that are better than a normal humans. He is human. The other thing that really drew me to this character is that he's one of the most morally grey of the heroes... He's a lawyer by day, and he's taken this oath. But every night he breaks that oath, and goes out and does very violent things."

"The image that always stuck in my mind was the Frank Miller Elektra run where he's holding Bullseye over the street," DeKnight continues, "and he lets Bullseye go because he doesn't want Bullseye to ever kill anyone again. When I read that originally, when I was young, I'd never seen anything like that in comics. Superman scoops up the villain and puts them in jail. This time the hero didn’t do that. It was a morally grey ground that I found absolutely fascinating. There are two sides to this character. He's literally one bad day away from becoming the The Punisher!"

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