Steven Deknight, the showrunner of Daredevil’s Netflix version, came out in defense of his creature and has not bitten his language
Born again against Netflix
It all started with a tweet of fans with the name of @THOGDADEVIL which shared an assembly of fighting by comparing the Agility and more acrobatic style Matt Murdock in his current version of the MCU, with the most road and brutal version of the Netflix series. Although he recognized that both are Canon, the message has set the new clear version: more faithful to comics, according to him.
But it appeared there Steven DeknightHe soon gave his version. “It was a purely financial problem. In the Netflix series we didn’t have the money to do it. If we had it, we would have done it“He replied in no uncertain terms.
And he is not exaggerating. The difference in balance between the two productions is brutal. THE Daredevil Netflix had about $ 56 million per season, which came out about 4.3 million per episode. For its part, Daredevil: born again It manages an esteemed budget of 200 million … only for nine episodes. This means that each is around 22.2 million. Crazy.
What is obtained with more money?
Well, more special effects, more filming time, better choreography and refined action scenes up to the last detail. In short: more resources to make Daredevil move as a version of the cartoons.
But this does not mean that the original series is left behind.
Deknight and his team were forced to do it pulls ingenuity, talent and great desire Making scenes that are the history of today’s streaming. The famous air sequence of the room in the first season – in which Matt saves a child based on punches, kicks and physical fatigue – remains one of the most appreciated action scenes of the genre. Violent, dirty, visceral. And all without digital effects.
Therefore, many fans continue to prefer that style. The craftsman. Real. How you feel. Although Born Again is more fluid and “cool”, there is something raw and authentic to see stunning Matt Murdock after each blow, instead of giving impossible piroettes as if they were spider-man.
An inevitable comparison … but unfair
Both series have the charisma of Charlie Cox as Daredevil y Vincent d’Onofrio Como KingpinBut the approach is different. Daredevil: born again It was proposed to be washed for the character within the Marvel film universe. And this implies visual, tonal and narrative changes. Are they better? Question of taste.
In the meantime, Charlie Cox has shown his enthusiasm for this new stage, highlighting the balance between Digital effects and practical work. “90% of our sequences are practical“, Came to declare. A way to respond to those who believe that everything is done with green screen and little real sweat.
But Cox also admitted that fighting Daredevil They had a difficult Rawness to combine. The merit is not only in what you see, but as it makes you feel. What is clear is that the legacy of the Netflix series is untouchable. It was the one who opened the road, which marked the tone of the urban heroes of Marvel on television, who showed that something more adult could be done, more serious and more powerful.
And if something clarified Steven Deknight is that It was not a lack of vision, but of budget. By other means, perhaps we will talk about an even bigger masterpiece. But with what they had, they managed to leave an indelible mark.