Daredevil + hallway scenes = PERFECTION.

if the first part of Daredevil freaks you out this much you might NOT have such a good time watching The Punisher...

Beyond the obvious cataracts, lacking a reaction to bright light is the best way to determine blindness. On a tangent, Charlie Cox, the actor who plays Daredevil wore contacts designed to reduce light intake, to stop his eyes from moving and better convey Matt's blindness. However, he also said they were painful to wear, and he legitimately struggled to see in them, as a result, between Season 1 and Season 2, he took to studying blind people's faces and trained his eyes to stay looking in one direction; he did this a bit too well, as he's also admitted he now struggles to go through auditions without slipping back into that blind-mindset.

Alex, the heartbeat parts are Matt literally hearing the heartbeat of the people he's talking to. He's a living lie detector.

Story and acting aside, this show’s use of light and shadow throughout it’s run is a masterclass.

The producers have said the hallway scene in episode 2 was fillmed in ONE take, which is amazing on another level.

Yep, Daredevil is blind. The radioactive waste that blinded him as a kid, elevated all of his other senses to superhuman levels. While many blind people have learned to train their senses to levels exceeeding that of sighted people (and Matt has too), his senses go far beyond that. He's like Spider-Man, except instead of becoming physically stronger and faster his sense of hearing, smell, touch were boosted off the charts. It's also a fun bit of trivia that the same radioactive liquid that affected young Matt Murdock seeped down into the sewers and created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ;)

As a BIG DC fan and having started this show recently, I'm very impressed with the show, the dark tone surprised me and it's great to see, it feels like a DC show. I highly recommend this show to ANY comic book fan. It's a VERY solid show. Also, you NEVER skip the intro sequence, that's a cardinal sin, it's amazing.

Remember the mountain of a man from "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"? That was one version of Wilson Fisk. Ben's Daredevil movie gets a lot of shit but watching Michael Clark Duncan portray Kingpin easily makes it worth seeing. Matt's cane is so no one else realizes what he can do. Can't wait for more backstory episodes.

You are in for a hell of a ride with this show. The acting, the writing, the cinematography, everything comes together into one of the best shows ever made. Its visceral and real with a tinge of the extraordinary. Cant wait to see this show suck you in :)

"If you're watching this video right now, you've won". So damn right Alex. Love this show, you're gonna love it too, can't wait for you to reach 2nd season.

Also, that hallway fight is one of the greatest fight scenes I have ever seen.

When the flashlight was shined on his eyes, she could tell he was blind because his pupils didn't dilate. Normally even if you were unconscious you'd expect the pupils to dilate when having so much light directly shined on them.

Love that you're watching this Alex. Thanks for putting in the effort. NOTE: Prepare yourself for the intensity level to stay where it is and possibly ratchet up. Thanks for putting in the effort to make these :)

Vincent D'Onofrio truly is an underrated actor. I haven't seen this angry side of him since his character (Private Pile) flipped the script while using the head in the film Full Metal Jacket. It looks and feels darkly sinister and creepy as f°°k!

YAAASSSS.... Alex, for the record, I'd love to hear your lawyerly insights on things in the show as it goes on. :)

If you're watching Daredevil, watching The Punisher after is a MUST MUST MUST.

Daredevil is the greatest superhero show ever in my opinion! Super stoked you're reacting to this. Enjoy the ride!

This show is phenomenal. Gald you're finally getting around to it. Also the big bald guy is the live action portrayal of the big bald guy in "spiderman - into the spiderverse". Figured I'd mention that because you brought up his size multiple times during the reaction lol

The Daredevil Series is so good. Glad to see you reacting to it Alex.

Fun fact about his cane: he doesn't actually need it. Matt uses it as a way to emphasize his blindness to others so that there's no way they would think he's Daredevil. And in the comics he would often have a staff/grappling hook hidden in the cane that he would use as Daredevil.

You have seen 2 of the characters in this show before, Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin was the big square guy from The animated Spider-Man movie you saw, and Wesley was the guy with Theon in the first John Wick. I met Charlie Cox at a con and he was super cool. The first Foggy Nelson was played by Jon Favreau, or as you might remember him as Happy Hogan, or the director of Iron Man

The one take fight scene in the hallway was one of the best shot scenes ever. So amazing

Fun fact: While the guy who play's Daredevil was filming the show, he committed to wearing contacts that actually made him blind. He shot everything literally blind so that he could learn to move and react to thing the way an actual blind person would.

24:36 this part is a very nice touch. In the hallway while he's doing violence unto the criminals he's got his mask on. He doles out pain and hurt to them all. The all black look is also a sort of intimidation factor. Knowing this, and knowing that kid is scared as all hell, he pauses outside the door and lifts his mask. He's no longer the "Devil of Hell's Kitchen" (as he becomes known while dressed like this) looking for a fight, he's Matt Murdock here to help a kid reunite with his father. It's the little things like this that make a show great.

SOOOO excited for you to watch this entire show! This and "The Punisher" (which by the way is a must-watch afterward) are phenomenal!

One of the things that make Daredevil seem so raw and authentic, other than just perfect choreography and Charlie Cox's sheer dedication, is the fact that Daredevil has NO powers aside from his senses. That makes him just a baseline human when it comes to fighting so anything he does has to be attributed to pure skill and superior battlefield awareness and this show excels and demonstrating this. Everything we see Daredevil do seems completely plausible for someone to pull off in real life if they were really that good at fighting and all his actions take a realistic toll on his body. It really helps draw you into the show when you realize that your MC can be taken out be any random mook on the street and you ACTUALLY see that come close to happening a few times.

So glad you're checking out Daredevil, these Netflix Marvel shows are semi MCU, there's the occasional reference to events happening in the MCU though the MCU never acknowledged the Netflix show characters until a few years after the shows ended, and Netflix lost control over them. For the most part they're their own thing.

Charlie Cox's performance was praised and given a Helen Keller Achievement Award for his role by the American Foundation for the Blind.

Best part about Matt that I totally forgot about is if he normally "sees" in 1080p anyways, because of all the noises around him, being in the rain makes him see in 4K. Do not fight Daredevil in the rain. You will lose. Also, the worm in the tequila? Urban legend, storytelling element. Dont worry, there is no worm in your tequila.

I’ve been saying since the first season came out: Daredevil is the best show that’s come out in the past 10 years. Story, acting, direction, photography, and fight choreography unmatched by any other show. Ever.

All 4 of these "minor" Marvel Characters (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron First) have fantastic series and then the crossover The Defenders" is perfection.

This, Punisher and Jessica Jones are the best shows ever put on streaming. They were superb and their death was so unnecessary. The shows were on top and much loved, they deserved longevity

This series is so good. I am glad you started it, Alex! You won't regret it. It's peak vigilante storytelling. 🔥

This isn't technically the MCU because the Netflix series' weren't being produced my Marvel Studios, they were in their own little pocket with a few references here & there to try to suggest it's the same world, but it's not officially canon in the MCU

ARGUABLY the BEST INTRO MUSIC of any show.

Daredevil is sublime, I'm so glad you're watching it, even though I suspect you'll have to look away from the screen more than you would like. It wasn't my intention, but I binged all 3 series in just over a day.

If anyone has learned anything from Daredevil Episode 4 is that you don't screw with Kingpin. Note: He may look on the heavier side, but he is 2% body fat. The rest is all muscle.

And here we are finally, with the man, the myth, the legend, Matt Murdock! So glad you started watching Daredevil after so many requests (myself included)... You'll surely find out why this is, to this day considered as the greatest superhero series of all time! You may have heard some vague mentions of something they are referring to in the show as "the incident". They're referring to the Battle of New York from the first Avengers film, this was Canon to the MCU before, until after one point it stopped being Canon. Also 9:16 this guy you may recognize from Shawshank Redemption, he was the warden guy in it. Really love the cinematic lighting in some of the scenes... cuz this is something I don't remember seeing in any of the MCU shows I've watched... Also the fight scenes in this show are just too awesome, man. Like the one at the end of episode 2, idk if you noticed, but starting from this point 23:38 until the end of the episode, all of it is in one take of I think 8 minutes. And it looks so smoothly executed, the fighting and the moves and all. I can't comprehend how many takes and rehearsals went into just making that one scene masterfully. This Wilson Fisk guy you may remember from Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse, we're seeing a different version of that same character here. Except this one is TV MA 😂

Daredevil might be the best thing to ever come out of Marvel Entertainment. It's certainly the best that's ever been released to the small screen. So it makes perfect sense that today's Marvel has decided to undo that perfect formula and turn the new Daredevil into a comedic sideshow.

Dude I wish I could rewatch the first few episodes of daredevil for the first time. That feeling of intrigue and everything was so... perfect. So cool to see someone else's perspective on that. :)

Unexpected. This, as all who watched it back then know, is the real MCU. Charlie Cox is unreal, as are most of the cast. And the way the show is shot, really gets the mood right. Oh and that hallway fight scene was a one shot... So glad you're doing this. And for the record, Jessica Jones is very high up there too.

One of my all time favorite series. So much great writing, camera work and casting.

Wilson Fisk's actor is the same actor as Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket. Another film you need to see if you haven't seen it already.

I have been waiting for Alex to watch this for FOREVER and i am so happy he is finally watching this!

Best marvel/-use to be Netflix show there ever was. Each season gets even better. And how you gotta watch it is Season 1, Season 2, The Defenders, then Season 3.

14:11 I don't know if anyone has said this or not but the reason she was checking his pupils with a flashlight is to check and see whether his pupils dilated due to the light this is a check that is often used when checking the vital signs of a person to see if they're okay. Generally whether someone is unconscious or not their eyes will still react to light therefore a quick flash to the eyes is a quick way to make an approximation of how gone a person is. However due to the fact that he's blind his eyes don't react to light anyways therefore that check came up inconclusive and likely made her think that he was either dead or very close to being dead. Which is why she immediately afterwards get scared when he grabs her hand

I love that Fisk always seems like he's sitting on a whole buildings worth of anger

Sup Alex been loving your reactions keep up the good videos and vibes.

Not in the MCU, they wanted it to be but Feige, who’s in charge of the MCU & connecting everything, wasn’t involved & they couldn’t legally tie it in clearly or say character names from the MCU. You can look at the defenders universe as it’s own thing, in a very similar universe to the MCU

“And I’ll try to refrain myself from making cooing noises for the rest of this meeting 😊” -Foggy Nelson. I love that character 😂

This is the first of your videos I've seen. Daredevil is on of my favorite shows, and getting to see your first-time reactions to it is awesome! Subscribed, and notifications on for sure. You are in for a wild ride my good sir.

Hahaha all the squirming had me cracking up, love the reactions keep up the good work and can’t wait for you to get into the punisher 😁

Cannot wait for this to lead into the punisher.

The reason he "uses" the walking stick is all to keep up the illusion to everyone else that he can't see.

The Netflix shows started out so freaken strong but it sadly derailed by the end. But the one constant was Charlie Cox as Daredevil. I'm so happy the MCU chose to keep him. Easily one of the best Marvel casting.

Love that you’re diving into this!! 🤩Just make sure you watch the various Defenders series’ in order so you follow the plot/story as a whole. 1. Daredevil (Season 1) 2. Jessica Jones (Season 1) 3. Daredevil (Season 2) 4. Luke Cage (Season 1) 5. Iron Fist (Season 1) 6. The Defenders (Limited Series) 7. The Punisher (Season 1) 8. Jessica Jones (Season 2) 9. Luke Cage (Season 2) 10. Iron Fist (Season 2) 11. Daredevil (Season 3) 12. The Punisher (Season 2) 13. Jessica Jones (Season 3)

If you love this whole season (which so far it seems you will), I can't wait until Season 2!

Ahh finally! Love seeing you reacting to this. Made my day!

Stan Lee once said that Daredevil's radar sense is stronger than Spider-man's Spidey sense.

Oh yeah, this is gonna be great. The Netflix Marvel shows had a great vibe. Would love to see all the Netflix Marvel shows.

great that you are watching daredevil now. after that you should see th punisher if you want to keep it dark. and its directly tied into daredevil. keep at it my guy!

So glad you decided watch Daredevil!! Can't wait to see your reactions for the rest of the series!

Alex - "I can't tell if you're a teddy bear of a man or..." My dude, you'll get your answer very shortly. Enter car door.

You also need to watch punisher season 1 and 2 after your done with daredevil also after season 2 of daredevil you have to watch defenders because some of the stuff that happens in defenders pop up in season 3 of daredevil.

Watch the whole Defenders Saga in order!!! This is a must! Daredevil Season 1, Jessica Jones Season 1, Daredevil Season 2, Luke Cage Season 1, Iron Fist Season 1, The Defenders, The Punisher, etc. They are amazing series (better than anything Disney has done with Marvel except Wandvision). And yes, they are in the MCU!

Awesome 1st part, Mr. Goochman! So hyped that you're watching this. Can't wait to see you watch more. Keep 'em comin'

"He just extinguished that man."

What's up with all the best reaction channels posting great videos today? 😮 Nathalie Gold watches Avatar, Mary Cherry watches Deadpool and you're starting one of my favorite series ever!!! It's almost like it's my birthday or something... Oh wait... It is! 😃😃

I'm pumped to watch this reaction. I've been watching the whole MCU in chrono order including ALL the older shows and I just finished the defenders. Daredevil is superb!

Best Marvel tv show, period.

The Hallway Scene is a One Shot fight. Meaning that the scene is done completely in one take

Finally! Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones. These are mich better than the current series.

I'm so glad Alex isn't ignoring the "formerly Netflix" MCU stuff, but considering how much of a Marvel fan he is now, it makes sense that he wants as much as possible (I'll fight anyone who says this is 'different universe/not canon') -- and is a great lead in to the upcoming Marvel Monday series! Also gives us far more content to watch so, works for both of us, but mostly for Alex since he gets to watch it all for the first time.

So excited you're doing Daredevil!

Goddamn i love daredevil. He's my favorite comic character ever and this show is just masterful at putting him on screen. The newer comics have him training a sidekick called blind spot. Blind spot has a suit he stole from Stark that basically gives him a stealth like ability. Matt continually spars with him. One comic the kid asks how many times he has to get his ass kicked and matt says "until you can beat me". Kid says something to the effect of "I have the suit from Stark". Matt responds "You could drop Tony in the desert and he'd fly out in a suit made of cactus and said. His suit isn't his power, his brain is. Try using yours and you may be able to beat me". DD is an absolute badass. He's also, i believe, the first super hero to figure out Spidermans identity on his own. The two have a very close friendship in the comics.

Daredevil was adjacent to MCU. But during Phase 4 The Defenders are fully part of the MCU.

Now you have started down the Defenders path. If you watch nothing else, you have to watch Punisher. Hands down one of the best shows ever made!

This is my favorite superhero show ever! I'm so glad you're finally reacting to this!

Season 1 has the most authentic hand to hand fights I have ever seen in any show.

i’m so hyped for u to watch this it’s my favorite show of all time

I'm so happy you started this. Happy New Year AH

It always makes me happy when Alex makes a New Girl reference. SUCH a good show and more people need to watch it!

I just recently discover your channel and what a surprise to see you reacting one of my favorite series of all time!

Yes!! I was hoping you'd do this!!

I just rewatched the entire Daredevil for the second or third time and I literally don't understand why people didn't get as obsessed as they should be with this show, its AMAZING! Also I am so excited/ nervous for Disney plus to make another season, my expectations are so high

Hooray! I've been waiting for this!

I recently rewatched the first two seasons, Defenders and then caught up with the third season. Let me just say you gotta keep going! This whole thing is a journey that must be finished.

This is my favorite tv show of all time. You're appreciation for cinematography and underlying themes mixed in with your personality and sense of humor is why you're in my top 3 of reactors💯💯❤️❤️

I'm so glad you got to this series! I really hope you check out the Punisher series after this, both series are absolute roller-coasters. Great video as always!

You're gonna LOVE this show dude

That Boss(for the bad guys) is one of my favorite actors he used to star in Law&Order a long time ago, and he also played in Full Metal Jacket as the big guy who commits suicide from the drill sergeants constant abuse, he is a very good actor. I really like this show, so happy to see u react to it!

"he's not matt, he wouldn't do that" my boy met matt 15 minutes ago. i love it

I will watch every episode you react to of Daredevil! Awesome series. Thanks for reacting

This dude is just trying to protect his neighborhood.

Daredevil's show starts from the new york battle(Avengers 1) and union allied constructing new buildings from damage from the battle. Willson Fisk runs it . ✌️

I like that you picked up on the glasses thing right away (him taking them off when he's being vulnerable, him putting them back on when he's putting his guard back up).

Yeah man Daredevil is underrated. Hes blind but his primary senses are enhanced 100 fold including hearing, smell, taste, touch. He also has Captain America level balance, agility, reflexes and he has a "radar sense" that allows him to "see" 360 degrees. Hes a master of multiple combat forms including boxing, ju-jitsu, mui thai and akido.

I haven't watched this since it first came out, and it's even better than I remembered! I'm all in for the series now.

You're an endearing man, Alex... when I first came across your reactions, I wasn't sure how to feel, I thought you maybe a bit annoying... but now, now you're my favorite on the entire web... your honesty is palpable... most reactors I think are over-acting... You're genuine, sir... we appreciate you