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When I started writing the first season review, I just saw the fourth episode of the second season. Because the plot of the first season was really cool, I couldn't stop it, and the violent aesthetics of Uncle Punishment at the beginning of the second season really made people shine, so I wrote the above emotional lyrical drama review out of excitement, and planned to write it as I watched it, and finally wrote it as a season 1 and 2 compilation drama review. However, the subsequent plot development and final ending of the second season were really unsatisfactory. Even after watching S2E13, I didn't realize that this season was over. Why do I feel that at least 700 of the 800 holes dug at the beginning were not filled? The remaining 100 are still filled in inexplicably. This caused a lot of complaints to accumulate in my heart. It was impossible to write the second season's drama review in the same affectionate tone as the previous article, so I deleted the second season on the title, but I will use my usual complaints below. The style continues to talk about Dashan (but there is still a more serious comment before starting to talk about Dashan, right).

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This season, lawyer Ma seems to have fallen into a state of confusion. On the one hand, as a superhero with two identities in day and night, his balance between the two identities has been obviously broken, and he has begun to lean too much towards vigilantes at night. identity, while ignoring his day-to-day work as a lawyer. In the face of the critical case that decides the life and death of the entire firm, he was late for court and unprepared, and left all his work to Foggy. It is no wonder that his good friends are so angry that they will meet up with friends. On the other hand, due to the appearance of ex-girlfriend Elektra who likes to kill and Uncle Pu who prefers to kill, the principle of no killing that Lawyer Ma has always adhered to has gradually collapsed, although Lawyer Ma did not really start until the end of the season. Killed anyone, but whether it was when he told Uncle Pu on the boat, "Just this time, we'll use your method", or the way he fought more and more brutally, it showed that he really began to develop a sense of his own principles. Doubt, and began to be unable to suppress the devil within himself.

It is understandable, after all, for superheroes with stunts, beating people is definitely a much simpler method than filing a lawsuit, and people get tired of complicated ones after they find that simple methods can be very effective. The reason why I think the character development in the second season is a bit unexpected is because, in the first season, I always believed that Lawyer Ma was really a little angel. He insisted on the principle of not killing because he wanted to To do so, the violence will not make him happy, the law will make him feel at ease. But the memory killing with my ex-girlfriend Elektra seems to have hit me in the face. I was a little surprised to find that Matt may really have a little devil in his heart. At least part of his personality is to pursue that kind of crazy nothingness. scruples of life. The reason why he fell in love with that girl is very simple. Under the skin of a gentleman and a lady, they have the same crazy heart.

Therefore, Karen and Elektra, the two girls who also attracted him, actually represented the two directions of his inner personality desires. He favors order, reason, moderation, and self-denial, so he goes on dates with Karen as a blind lawyer in cheap Indian restaurants and walks under warm yellow streetlights, but at the same time longs for chivalry, violence, passion, and ego Indulge, so he used the identity of the red devil and Elektra to make a big Japanese yakuza cocktail party, as if they stole luxury cars and broke into private houses in college and broke expensive wine glasses. At the beginning of the second season, Matt, who was getting better with Karen, indifferently rejected Elektra, who suddenly broke into his life again, but as the plot progressed, he became more and more interested in this man who teased him. The girl whose heartstrings disappeared quickly felt as obsessed as he was the first time. Before the final rooftop battle, he even said to Elektra, "We can get out of here, change identities, and they'll never find us. We can go to London, we can go to Madrid, we can go to Tunisia, we can go to many, many places... Yes, I I love New York, and I am willing to give my life for it, but there is one thing that makes me feel more alive, that is you" At this moment, he gave in to his inner desire, and the mad love overwhelmed the pursuit of reason , In the identity tear of day and night, he finally chose to be the devil in the night.

But the interesting thing is that the story is not over yet, because just ten minutes later, the ex-girlfriend received the lunch box (and the moving heroine was lying in the actor's arms and delivered the lunch box testimonials, referred to as the last words for short). During the time, the villains have been dedicated to surround them and watched the whole scene, waiting for the next male protagonist who was angered to press the ground to rub, which can be said to be the industry benchmark in the villain world). And after the funeral, in the last shot of the whole second season's story, lawyer Ma walked into the closed law firm, took out the helmet of the elderly cute little horn from the handbag, right Karen came out of the closet with Karen packing, I'm the DareDevil.

The reason why I say the progress of this story is interesting is because this behavior essentially expresses the meaning that my conclusion in the previous paragraph was slapped in the face by the screenwriter again. In the identity of lawyer and vigilante, he finally chose the former. He showed Karen his identity as a vigilante, which means that he finally decided to let Karen know and accept all of himself, and let the day, which symbolizes order, rationality, mild self-denial, accept and restrain his side as the red devil.

Judging from the final choice made by lawyer Ma, I like this ending. I don't really like Lawyer Ma's ex-girlfriend Elektra, it's not because of anything wrong with her, she's a very interesting girl, especially after the fight, she pulled down her red mask and grinned with sixteen teeth. It's really cool to walk us to eat. It's not so much that I don't like her very much, but I just don't think she and Lawyer Ma are really suitable. Matt has a side that can be seduced by demons, and she is the eccentric and crazy little devil. Some people say that lawyer Ma can only feel completely relaxed when he is with her Happy, but that's exactly what I thought I said, no, he's so unhappy.

I said in last season's drama review that the reason why Matt has to be a lawyer when he can be a vigilante, and he has to set himself a no-kill principle, is not because he shakes him. He just likes to find unpleasantness for himself, but what he really loves in himself is the self who is rational, gentle and restrained. Compared to Daredevil, he is more aesthetically pleasing about being a lawyer. Therefore, the shackles of the rules brought him not pain, but the joy of being able to accept a clear conscience with peace of mind. That kind of happiness was what he wanted, and in the end, being with Elektra brought him nothing but guilt and self-loathing.

But from a plot point of view, I think this ending was handled poorly by the writers. Because the identity contradiction between day and night is the core value debate surrounding the hero Matt Murdoch in this play, and because the choice between Karen and Elektra is one of the external reactions to this core contradiction, so This choice should be made by the hero himself. But we will see that in the second season, it is obviously fate that helped Matt make this choice. The story looks as if the male protagonist has actually chosen Elektra. As a result, the screenwriter looks at it, **** this is not good, if you black Hua and the girl eloped with the story, wouldn't the story go on, then just kill the girl, and then because the first choice was deleted, lawyer Ma could only choose Karen because of the screenwriter's obscenity. When I chatted with Mr. G earlier, I said that good stories are driven by the relationship between the characters, while bad stories generally like to create accidents (think about the three elements of Korean dramas). Killing characters does not reflect the author's decisiveness. Can prove to the reader that you really can't make it up.

(Actually, it can also be understood from another perspective, because lawyer Ma really does not have this self-control, so he must rely on fate to push him to urge him to choose what he really wants. From this perspective The logic of the script is a circle. But as a superhero drama, I think it is a failure to shape the heart of the protagonist in this way, because the choice about the heart is the highlight moment that can best reflect the shining point of human nature. The basic routine of heroic stories for thousands of years. To put it simply and easily, if the willpower of the male protagonist is similar to mine, then his story is attractive to me orz)

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From the setting of the main line, the second season is mainly composed of two lines: Punisher and Hand and Will. The first half of the penalty uncle main line, the second half of the hand and the main line. The two lines are parallel and basically unrelated. The disadvantage of this kind of plot structure is that the overall story structure is not as compact and smooth as the first season, and because the line of Uncle Punishment is more than a little bit better than the hand sum meeting, which leads to I kept bouncing back and forth between normal and double speed.

In this film, the letter that seemed to be dead in the first season was resurrected with blood, and had a lot of fights with lawyer Ma, but to be honest, in terms of viewing effect, it can't be compared with the one in the first season, you know In the first season, when lawyer Lima was beaten to death by a letter, I went back and watched it three times. It was really cool. As a result, in this season, their fight scene is the only plot that I drive at triple speed.

Another thing that makes me feel bad is lawyer Ma's attitude towards his friends. Seriously, if you fainted from a serious injury, I would forgive you for being late for court. What the hell is it that you overslept because you were so happy with your ex-girlfriend, and you caught Uncle Pu and threw it to the police. It was you who took the initiative to take this hot potato case after you wanted to kill him, and then you dropped the line and left your friend to fight alone. After the whole thing, your friend was angry with you and you were still indifferent. If I were your friend, I would definitely beat you up. Dayton (and can't beat it). Seriously, the ex-girlfriend is so attractive, even if the night sneak mission of the two of you is related to the safety of the city, can you go there in two days? .

Although some drama critics said that this plot is mainly to let Foggy get to know Jessica Jones, so as to facilitate the formation of the Defenders League, so Foggy must change jobs, so the office must be dismantled, so they must fall out, so this The pot can only be carried by lawyer Ma himself. But let's face it, if lawyer Ma is the only reason a screenwriter can make it up, then I still just want to complain about the level of the screenwriter.

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Then still the character part.

Uncle Punishment is definitely the highlight of this season. Before watching the drama, my impression of the Punisher was limited to saving the little bug in the comics civil war and taking him to the anti-registration faction, but because of the lynching and killing of two ex-convicts, he was beaten by the captain, oh, by the way By the way, in the process of being beaten up, he didn't fight back (616 black and white take all the bosses team is really scary, MCU sweetheart, you learn some orz). Although he only appeared in a short segment, it is enough to give people a general understanding of his image. An anti-hero character, likes to kill, and is cruel to villains, even the former villain who wants to change his mind and surrender, but his view of right and wrong is still very positive, and he is also respectful enough to disapprove of his methods.

The Uncle Punishment in the episode basically matches my initial impression. Because I already knew that Uncle Pu would appear in the second season, when the police said in the first episode that there was only one person who killed these villains, I immediately realized, OK, that's him. But I was still stunned when I saw that part of the hospital, hey, big brother, although you only kill bad guys and don’t hurt good people, it’s too much to rush into the city general hospital with an AK to chase down bad guys. Ordinary eating melons The crowd will freak out.

Then, unsurprisingly, lawyer Ma jumped out on the rooftop to stop him from blowing a certain villain's head, and then unsurprisingly fined him a shot, and then... well, the friendship between Chaoying is like this, no It doesn't count if you don't know each other, and you're just playing around, at least you have to fight until you're half-dead to be counted as the initial establishment of revolutionary friendship orz

Then, unsurprisingly, they were still fighting in the next few episodes, and lawyer Ma, who was injured and comatose, was tied to the rooftop by Uncle Pu. Then, this episode was so cute so far that I had a nosebleed face and the nickname appeared, Uncle Pu didn't say a word, just called Lawyer Ma - Xiaohong (Red).

My nosebleed sprayed onto the screen on the spot.

Then the scene where Uncle Pu tied Xiaohong to a post with an iron chain and knelt down on one knee in front of him made me spray again. (Propose, old punishment

As for what happened after that, Lao Pu tied a pistol to Xiaohong's hand, then executed the criminal in front of him, and let Xiaohong choose to let the criminal get a headshot or kill himself before he killed the criminal, my god what is this? I knew you couldn't kill me hard and I'd try my best to force you to break the principle orz My nose bleed has been sprayed into a Baotu spring XD

The interaction between the two of them that made me laugh also included Xiaohong going to the Irishman's old den to rescue the old punishment who was dying (after being beaten to death by the old punishment, it turned out to be a little angel). Kill every villain, and Xiaohong beats the villain while protecting the villain from dying from the claws of the old punishment (thinking about it makes me feel tired). Lao Pu was originally lying on the ground, but when he saw an axe appearing within his line of sight, his eyes lit up and he grabbed the axe and crawled towards a villain who fell to the ground in great excitement, and then Xiaohong ruthlessly took the axe and dragged him away.

But to my surprise, on the ship in the harbor, when Xiao Hong, who found gold and could do whatever she wanted even in prison, completely collapsed, she said to Lao Pu, this time when I am with you and solve the problem with your method, The old punishment, who was still complaining about Xiaohong's nosy business, roaring angrily and beating Xiaohong, was shocked to answer, no, you can't cross that line, once you cross that line, you will never go back .

Uncle Pu no longer mocked Xiaohong's innocence and tried to make him become another self like the first time they met. On the contrary, he tried his best to allow that person to maintain his bottom line. What I've been through makes me never go back to the past, but you don't have to, keep your conscience, it's enough for the wicked to have me. (God what can I say but this is love

In addition, the scene of Uncle Punishment's prison is really, handsome to me. When I found out that everything was Jin Bing's conspiracy, and Lao Pu was locked up with a dozen or so gangsters who wanted to hack him to death, my heart skipped a beat, although I knew he wouldn't be cold, but it was estimated that he would be seriously injured. However, five minutes later... Seriously, who gave you the courage to lock Lao Pu with a dozen or so gangsters who wanted to kill him, and gangsters also have human rights, right? They've been tried for their crimes, you can't punish them for being in the same cage with the old fine just because they were the underworld before! Cherish life and stay away from old punishment!

(However, thinking of the dark Avengers ruled by Osborn in the comics, the old punishment also had a single soldier to assassinate the Green Goblin Osborn and almost succeeded, and then his superpowers were about the same level as the superman next door, and the kill record can be listed as one. Under the pursuit of the sentinels of the A4 paper list, the escaping operation was born, and the prison section is probably nothing orz)

And I have to say, because Xiaohong's principle of not killing in the second season is sometimes really a bit embarrassing, the violent aesthetics of Lao Pu has become a powerful stimulant to save boring dramas. Every time his combat boots are stepped on The appearance of BGM means that the next is another audio-visual enjoyment of blood and brains flying together, screaming and wailing. And in order for the audience to understand his thoughts, the screenwriter basically created enough sinful backgrounds for every person he killed to make the audience feel that these people who died at the gunpoint of the Punisher deserved it. (In fact, I was a little disappointed when I realized that the female prosecutor of the district attorney was not murdered. I think she is a politician who ignores the life and death of civilians for her political future and thinks she is just. The Central Park's action order was just to kill innocent civilians because of quick success, not intentional evil, then her subsequent attempts to kill Lao Pu and cover up evidence with endless troubles and all kinds of falsification have obviously crossed the bottom line. She was shot by a machine gun outside the window. That shooting was one of the best moments I've had in season 2. But since there were other innocents in the room at the time, I did feel like it wasn't an old punishment at the beginning, it wasn't his style.)

However, the screenwriter did use a detail to show the audience the unreasonableness of Uncle Pu, who chose to kill based on his own view of good and evil. When I bought a signal connection device in that contraband grocery store, the boss was fined and sent to God because he talked a lot about whether he wanted underage pornographic discs. Although it is true that the boss is not very clean and it is really disgusting to sell underage pornographic discs, but killing people for this reason alone can clearly reflect that the sanctioning principle of the old punishment is not impartial, and some less serious crimes will also be He was the subject of adjudication for violating his personal moral principles.

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Although Jin Bing doesn't have many roles, his few appearances are still very exciting. By the end of the first season I was amazed that Kim Binh's vast criminal empire could be brought down so easily by the testimony of a renegade cop, so it's no surprise that we see Kim Binh and his The little friends are still very active and their hands and eyes are open to the sky. After Jin Bing KOed the former boss of the prison by selling counsel (seriously, I almost believed his acting skills in selling counsel), most of the prison guards in the prison were bought by him. In the episode, the way he sits in a heavily guarded room and frys eggs at a leisurely pace makes one wonder if he's in a New York State prison or on a Hawaiian beach vacation.

However, even though I was mentally prepared for the exuberant vitality of Big Brother Jin's hundred-footed worm that dies but not stiff, Big Brother Jin did something I didn't expect. How could he actually release a felon who had killed more than 30 people from prison! Although I was very happy to see Uncle Pu being released, just like Jin Bing's response when Lao Pu asked him why he didn't release himself, "When I go out, it's not to start a war, but to win a war." People are probably not the existence that can be prevented by the contemporary legal system that is moderate, friendly and respectful of human rights. I still remember when I was discussing the superhero registration bill of the Civil War with a friend before, she said that the world probably needs a supervillain death penalty bill more than the superhero registration bill. Asking the superheroes to disclose their identities and accept supervision. If I have super powers, I will be angry and become a villain (you can read Lao Pu's personal journal, the villains are all one-time orz).

In addition, since Jin has been accumulating energy in the prison in the second season, he will probably climb out and play a big game in the third season, To kill or not to kill, I don't know how Lawyer Ma will choose in the end. I personally speculate that there is a high probability that Lawyer Ma thought of another way to suppress Jin Bing's comeback, so he didn't have to kill him.

Personally, I have no obsession with the principle of no killing. I feel that I try not to kill as much as possible, but it is a good state to have no psychological burden when it is necessary to kill, and the existence of such a superhero does not adversely affect the credibility of the law. However, looking at the interpretation of many excellent answers on Zhihu, lawyer Ma's principle of no killing actually means more to him than to society. This principle is to ensure that he, as a Catholic lawyer, before the judgment seat of God, can self-justify the final testimony of how I am different from people like Kim Bing, and he needs this rule to reassure himself. So in this drama, this principle is obviously shaped as the final boundary between humanity and the devil in the protagonist's heart. If lawyer Ma breaks the killing ring to fight the villain, it means that he sacrificed his soul to achieve justice once and for all. Those who stare at the abyss are swallowed up by the abyss, and the dragon-slaying warrior will inevitably become a dragon (in a psychological sense, because lawyer Ma will not become a new gang leader even if he really kills Jin).

Although I personally really like this dark ending, because this ending is actually in line with the meaning of Matt's constant comparison with Jesus when he confesses in the church - he finally gave everything for this city. In order to make everyone's life safer, he would rather fall into the abyss alone.

In short, I am a little disappointed in the plot structure of this season, but considering that a drama will connect the next Defenders and Punisher, and lay the groundwork for these episodes, it is inevitable that some screenwriters will dig. The pit is bigger than the pit under the Midtown Circle building. But it is said that the next season is very exciting and worth looking forward to~

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In addition, as for the demon in Matt's heart, my opinion has changed as the plot progresses in the follow-up third season, but this is indeed how I felt after watching the second season, so I expressed it as it is in the drama review. , The drama review of the next season on this issue should talk about it in detail.