Episode 32: Leveling up Daredevil for the MCU

Spider-Man: No Way Home treated all of us to the official return of Charlie Cox in the role of Matt Murdock, but what should we expect from his first reappearance as Daredevil? Today's conversation breaks down how the MCU could, should, and shouldn't, handle the inevitable leveling up of Daredevil for future films and TV.

SHOW NOTES

Ayesha, Kristina, Rhiannon, and Shelby discuss a very important topic on many fans’ minds: how will Marvel Studios handle the inevitable leveling up of our Matt Murdock / Daredevil? Listen to the team discuss what should and shouldn’t happen when it comes to “upgrading” our fave, and how to keep it true to the original series while playing within the new sandbox that is the greater MCU.

  • 00:20 - Introduction

  • 1:45 - Matt’s powering up trajectory in the original series + all about the Daredevil suit 

  • 6:00 - What do we want to see from MCU Daredevil?

  • 9:05 - DD on the chest: yea or nay?

  • 11:05 - Keeping consistency in the power-ups

  • 13:30 - More parkour and more Chris Brewster

  • 15:50 - What we don’t want to see with Daredevil’s future level-ups

  • 18:10 - Would Daredevil recognize the Avengers?

  • 19:58 - Leveling up radar sense

  • 21:00 - Importance of visually impaired representation on a future Daredevil project

  • 22:00 - More coffee for Matt Murdock!

  • 25:53 - Leveling up through Super Friends: future team-ups we want to see

  • 27:05 - Importance of maintaining the secret identity

  • 29:05 - Powering up Daredevil’s potential villains

  • 32:55 - Say no to redheaded Matt Murdock in live-action

  • 33:22 - Final thoughts 

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