Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn isn’t just one of Marvel’s best new directors, he’s also a pretty devoted fan. Daredevil, in particular, is one of his favorite properties and he has admitted to being a little apprehensive about the new Netflix series. Here’s what he wrote on his Facebook page:
So I was a bit frightened last night when I dug into the new Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix series. I’m a rough TV critic – I love five or so shows on the air right now, but that’s about it – and I didn’t want to see one of my favorite characters come up short. On top of that I really like Steven S. DeKnight, the showrunner, and Drew Goddard, the creator, both as people and as creative forces (Spartacus, Cloverfield, Cabin in the Woods, etc).
But he held his breath, dug in, and watched the show, and lo and behold, all was good in the ‘hood:
Well, I love it. The cast is great. Charlie Cox is just awesome, and Elden Henson is about as an amazing a Foggy as I could have imagined. The fight sequences stand alongside Spartacus and Rome as some of the best TV fight sequences ever (so, the best TV fight sequences ever not performed in togas). And the scripts have been touching and on point and true to the character. In the first few episodes, I cried twice: once in a scene between young Matt and battling Jack, and again when I realized this character I loved so much for so long had been brought to television with such spirit, love, and care.
If that isn’t a ringing endorsement from a very tough audience, I don’t know what is. It’s hard to see other people try to adapt your favorite thing into a new medium, especially when you know you have the capability to make great things yourself. Even when you’re not a big-budget filmmaker, there’s always a sense of being a control freak over beloved properties (see: Ghostbusters), and there will always be concerns — or outright fear — that the thing you watch with your eyes won’t be as good as the thing you’ve created in your head. But in this case, James Gunn the fan is a very happy dude, and that’s a spectacular story to read.
Source: /Film
