I’m for one glad that they brought back D’Onofrio. His portrayal of Fisk has been a boon for Marvel. Honestly having a complex villain with such a strong presence makes the MCU through line for the Street level heroes much stronger then morass that the Avenger level heroes are dealing with.
Also the parallels with Fisk / Trump are extremely topical now. Had the exact same episodes get released a few years from now, they’d probably be less impactful. I can’t imagine how these episodes would have landed just a few months ago with the ICE operations in minneapolis being in full swing.
Yeah I didn’t want to wade in to the political fight but the parallels between Trump - Kingpin and ICE - AVTF, are really striking. They almost remind me of Andor in their discussions of rising fascism and the literal police state.
This is my worry about the end of season 2, it all came a bit too pat for me but I have faith they’ll pull it together in the long run.
I’m for one glad that they brought back D’Onofrio. His portrayal of Fisk has been a boon for Marvel. Honestly having a complex villain with such a strong presence makes the MCU through line for the Street level heroes much stronger then morass that the Avenger level heroes are dealing with.
Also the parallels with Fisk / Trump are extremely topical now. Had the exact same episodes get released a few years from now, they’d probably be less impactful. I can’t imagine how these episodes would have landed just a few months ago with the ICE operations in minneapolis being in full swing.
Yeah I didn’t want to wade in to the political fight but the parallels between Trump - Kingpin and ICE - AVTF, are really striking. They almost remind me of Andor in their discussions of rising fascism and the literal police state. This is my worry about the end of season 2, it all came a bit too pat for me but I have faith they’ll pull it together in the long run.