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Netflix ‘Daredevil' Showrunner Explains Why Born Again's Fights Are Bigger

Daredevil Netflix I'm not sure if everyone knows this, but no, the original showrunner of the Netflix Daredevil series, Steven DeKnight, is not back for Daredevil: Born Again on Disney. That would be Dario Scardapane, but now DeKnight is responding to commentary about the difference between Daredevil action scenes between the two shows. Viewers have noted that Daredevil: Born Again has really unleashed the acrobatic abilities of Daredevil in a way that the original series never did. Big flips and his Billy Club and just really intense, larger-scale fights like the Bullseye opener. DeKnight had this to say in reply: DeKnight goes on to emphasize this is not a knock against either Born Again, or Netflix, or Marvel's old TV head, but just a literal explanation: Daredevil: Born Again Marvel If anything, I think this makes the Netflix Daredevil run even more impressive. Even if Daredevil wasn't constantly doing backflips or throwing his club around, we got sequences like the prison scene and the hallway fight that are all-time superhero classics. Yes, the Born Again Bullseye fight was amazing, and the recent 1v1 Muse fight in his lair was solid, but at least so far, I think original Daredevil did more fights more often, and better ones. I think it's also important to consider that this was a long time ago, and Daredevil did the unthinkable of making full 13 episode seasons, 39 total across three seasons. Born Again is 9, season 2 of Born Again will be 8. Most shows these days are 6-10 at best. So whatever budget Daredevil had, they had to stretch it across 4-5 more episodes than what we're seeing from Born Again here. And I would argue it used that money better, at least so far, even if I'm not trying to pit the shows against each other. I'm just saying Netflix Daredevil and DeKnight did great with what they had available. Born Again continues to be engaging, and with a few episodes left, we'll see how things end and set up season 2 from here. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.