I agree with your criticisms. The fights are cool-looking but repetitive. There are some better ones later when Stick and a dude from the Hand show up, and when Fisk and Daredevil finally fight, but most of them are just DD hopping around people doing the same stuff. And I pretty much guarantee I'm sick of lawyer-drama even more than you, since I work at a big DC law firm all day. I have the added annoyance of always noticing the glaring legal errors in this crap (a murder trial within a week or so of the arrest? Not since the early 20th century in the US. A non-disclosure agreement that is ONLY about public, not private, disclosure? Never seen one like that in my whole career. And those are just the most obvious).
I also started noticing some straight-up ripoffs of Arrow. Especially how they did a continuing origin/backstory in flashback. It's a cool technique but it is kind of Arrow's signature. And of course in comparison even this relatively graphic Daredevil is not that violent. Season 1 of the Arrow was Punisher/Deadpool bodycount.
But now that I have seen the whole thing, over all I did like it. Very subtle references to Marvel canon (there is even an Elektra reference, but you have to know her backstory to catch it). And the character portrayals by the actors (less so the writers) are as perfect as I've yet seen, relative to the comics. Daredevil's dialog could use some Bendis snappiness, but the actor has the vibe right, IMO. Ditto for Foggy Nelson, the Kingpin, Stick, and surprisingly, Vanessa (soon to be Fisk), who gets more like Wilson Fisk in attitude as time goes on. Though if you know the comics, there is stuff coming with Ben Urich that'll piss you off. Especially for a character who is in so much of the Marvel Universe, you want more accuracy (in the comics, he is not just associated with Daredevil, but with Spider-man [he works with Peter Parker for a while], Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and even, during Civil War tie-ins, with the New Avengers).
I've been wondering how they could have made the fights better. In the comics, especially in the Miller run and the Bendis run, Daredevil has a distinctive, leaping-boxer fighting style, and though the art is gorgeous, he does usually use the same moves over and over. It works in comics because they can mess with perspective, color, change artists, etc. But the same actor doing it over and over in live action gets boring. Gotta give Fox credit there - Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has a pretty consistent fighting style in all the movies, as he should, but it doesn't get boring. Of course that is a movie every few years, not a 13 episode TV season watched in a binge. I bet if I watched all the Jackman movies in a row, the fights would get boring. That's one of the great things about Deadpool- he is so nuts that, by definition, he never fights the same way twice- that is how he is one of the only people who regularly beats Taskmaster, because Taskmaster cannot predict Deadpool's moves. Really hoping they give him varied styles in the flick.
Though Daredevil is not close to perfect, it is the best Marvel TV effort to date, and is, IMO, more consistent, and true to the comics, than Gotham or the Flash. And as a former New Yorker, I like that they finally allowed some of the characters to SOUND like New Yorkers. Daredevil and Foggy don't, but some of the others at least do, especially both Daredevil's and Fisk's fathers in flashback.
But Arrow, to me, is still king of the hill for TV superhero shows. Followed by Constantine (which has, as of most recent news, still been neither cancelled or renewed - I personally want to see it renewed if for no other reason than they have already teased the Spectre, a Jerry Siegel creation from 1940 connected deeply to the Green Lantern in more recent decades).
I am hoping Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist have a little more variety and pop than some of Daredevil has. Iron Fist should have VERY visually impressive fights - the dude is supposed to be a true master martial artist, with a knowledge of both Tai Chi and Kung Fu. And Luke Cage is very 'hulk smash' at times in his style in the comics, which is varied and potentially fun to watch. And of course Jessica Jones should be able to fly, which, if done well, will add a visual Marvel has not had in TV. Plus of course Jessica Jones will have a purple, evil Doctor Who.
, Deadpool 45 / 250, came out (#45 in the current numbering, they got 250 by counting just about every appearance he has ever made). Can get the 80+ page issue digitally at comixology. It includes a Deadpool / Thanos story, though it is not the coming Deadpool vs Thanos. Which obviously means his 'death' is not permanent. But this is the end of the Posehn/Duggan Deadpool, and no info yet on if there is another Deadpool ongoing coming after Secret Wars or who will write it.
