DD has super senses but besides that he is a normal human, yes in great shape with great fighting skills. In almost all his fight scenes he takes beatings that would kill a normal man. And he may do this 2 or 3 times in 1 day. I guess with this kind of will power he can take on the Hulk.
shareQuite a frequent thing in movies and television, where realism is sacrificed to make for more exciting action. And if these beatings didn't kill him outright, they'd leave him in need of weeks of rest in order to recover.
It's the same thing in the other Marvel Netflix shows. For example, not just realistic responses to beatings, but realistic character actions in a given scene, where people just don't act like they would in real life. There's an example in Daredevil where he fights a whole biker gang, and an even more egregious one in Luke Cage where he took out a gang in the building that was their headquarters. In that particular scene, Luke Cage is literally tearing through their building like the Terminator -- as in smashing through the walls and shrugging off bullets -- and no one in the gang says "FUCK THIS!!!" and runs. They just keep coming, all to extend the fight scene and make it more spectacular. I realize that this is based on comic books and has heroes with fictional superpowers, but they are trying to make it look a little more grounded in reality than comics or cartoons do, so the action ought to reflect that.
Really no different than a lot of action movies. Probably not as unrealistic though as the scene in lethal weapon 1 where Mel Gibson's character while handcuffed to another guy jumps off a really high building and lands without any injuries.
shareits not based on realism, otherwise Danny or Davos in ironfist would have being killed by firearms.
shareThe superhero genre always relies heavily on suspension of disbelief. Even when it comes to someone like Batman or Daredevil, they often do things that should be impossible for normal humans.
shareThere is suspension of disbelief, and then there is audience immaturity. This crap is meant for geek boys with high hopes and low testosterone.
shareWell it IS a comic book in the end.
That said, I think they do a good job of showing just how much punishment he takes. We see him limping, passing out, Karen gasping when she sees the extent of his wounds...
In the big screen superheroes, you might get a bit of blood oozing from the side of a mouth but that seems to be it.
Normal people have survived getting shot a dozen times, they've survived skull breaking trauma to the head, stabbings in the brain. Everything that Daredevil survives through is fully possible. So for a super-hero show about a ninja at peak physical condition, suspension of disbelief is doing fine.
shareThey survived yes. They were also permanently fucked up. The notion is called “consequences.”
Sheesh.
Not for nothing, Ninjas were craven assassins, not warriors. They killed by means of stealth and deception, not by honorable combat.
The problem with this show was casting Charlie Cox as Daredevil. Dude has about as much on screen charisma as a wet fart. And it was boring, way too much talking, no art.
shareIn the comics Daredevil did take on the Hulk. And got his head handed to him. He was in hospital for a few issues afterwards.
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