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The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) DVD

Rating: 2 out of 5 call backs to Matt Murdock’s blindness, we get it okay?

Plot Synopsis:  David Banner goes from a modest country hole digging job (???) to be big city when he’s bullied by a veteran county hole digger (????).  Going to the city he finds a rundown apartment and goes looking for a job without ID, a resume, references, a telephone or a social security number.  Ah the 80’s, when you could get away with that shit.  He helps a girl on the subway from getting, I don’t know, forcibly married (that’s what the guy says, that he’s going to make her his wife) and ends up involved in a plot orchestrated, rather poorly, by the Kingpin of crime.  Also Daredevil shows up.

Daredevil (2003) Gameboy Advance

Rating: 0 out 5 billy clubs that can’t be thrown because this game sucks

Plot Synopsis:  Kingpin is framing Daredevil to make it look like Daredevil is being paid by Kingpin to take down Daredevil’s rouges gallery.  I think, it’s pretty weak and stupid and lame.

If I Made It- Daredevil: Trail by Fire (Xbox 360, PS3)

Outline:  Matt Murdock tries a series of criminals by day and fights crime at night.  But there’s something strange about some of the trials, they couldn’t all be connected could they?

Daredevil Month bonus content: Elektra (The Hand & The Devil)

  Just as Daredevil '83 was our foreplay for Daredevil month, Elektra (The Hand & The Devil) is our lubing up for the Elektra movie.  This one took a few tries to watch but I'm glad I gave it the several chances.  The main stopping point for me was Bullseye, the actor's got the swagger but not the acting chops.  Don't get me wrong, acting is hard, it's not an easy thing to do so I give credit where credit is due but his performance does little for me.  Kim Santiago as Elektra does good in the role and makes an admittedly ridiculous costume look good.  Plus she looks way more Greek than freaking Jennifer Garner.  The opening fight is well choreographed and taken from the comics, which isn't a bad thing at all, and the fight with Daredevil is well choreographed as well.

This comes before Daredevil '83 as far as production date but the Daredevil costume is, in my opinion, so much better than the one featured in '83.  However we have a different person playing Daredevil, which may explain it.  He does good but if I have to choose between Adam Shorsten (this short's Daredevil) or Nick Grock ('83's Daredevil) I'm taking Nick Grock.  That being said Adam Shorsten's got SKILLS.  SKILLS that pay bills son.  He does a series of flips that look pretty impressive.  I can't say why I like Grock better but I do, I found him instantly likable in the role and he quickly became my go to Daredevil.  But if we could take Shorsten's atheletic prowess and give them to Grock, why, we'd create a damn near perfect Daredevil.  The usual strengths are present here, soundtrack and cinematography.  Also I was surprised by the Marvel style comic book open, nice touch.  Check it out.  Since there's nothing extra to add there'll be no jump, just the usual Blinky website link and IMDB.

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Elektra (The Hand & The Devil) IMDB

Daredevil (2003) Blu-Ray Directors cut

Rating: 4 out 5 origins shared with ninja turtles

Plot Synopsis:  Matt Murdock is the Daredevil, this is mostly an origin story so we get some background, a little bit of lawyerin’, and a little bit of Daredevilin’.  Basically Kingpin get’s Bullseye to the Greek and Daredevil get’s wrapped up in the middle of it.

Bonus Content for Daredevil month: Daredevil '83

  As added content this week we take a look at the talented Mr. Notarile's Daredevil '83.  He's made this and an Elektra short, which will go up as bonus next week to compliment the Elektra movie.  I was originally going to do a full review of it but decided that due to it's length I'd just feature it with some comments.

  It's another good outing, the strengths of this include it's soundtrack and the cinematography, those are simply the strongest things about all of the Blinky500 short films that I've seen so far.  The acting is good, Nick Grock is good as Daredevil, Mandy Evans does great as Typhoid Mary (certainly better than the Elektra movie version).  We also get a special guest appearance by my favorite Punisher Shawn Parr who shows up at the beginning to call Daredevil's classic dark red and yellow costume gay.  Which it was.  I'm glad someone had the balls to point it out.  The biggest weakness is the fight choreography but you really can't rail on it too much, the man's not working with a huge budget with experienced stuntmen and the actors are doing all their own fighting, which isn't easy.  It looks easy but I can tell you from experience it's not fucking easy.  What's easy about choreographing a fight is getting hit for realsies and nobody wants that.  So I don't blame them for slowing it down and taking it easy.  Otherwise, it's a strong showing with a great, awkward and unsettling dance number around the middle.  Check it out.  Video repost with Chris' comments cut and pasted from his youtube page as well as a link to said youtube after the jump.

http://www.blinky-productions.com/index2.php

Daredevil '83 IMDB