Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Krysten Ritter Joins "Daredevil: Born Again" Season 2, Reprising "Jessica Jones" Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 18:48:07 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 73 Message-ID: <1008197$3t146$4@dont-email.me> References: <1002cc4$2io93$1@dont-email.me> <10de2kp6pfn1ej47mv8dm6vjhbuehpebdk@4ax.com> <1007d26$3oo0f$2@dont-email.me> <5hge2kd8c4ln7bsc7fjec6ad06u4sb12mb@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 20:48:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7f9115476bed3d608305ab43fb4cd3ef"; logging-data="4097158"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LAIKeP3ZAqEiNJLWS90yL" User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:xFjZOrWCGKLUWGg3En2LV2ydtxM= On May 16, 2025 at 6:55:21 AM PDT, "EGK" wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2025 06:03:02 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" > wrote: > >> On 5/16/25 5:48 AM, EGK wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 15 May 2025 04:32:47 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 wrote: >>>> On May 14, 2025 at 6:42:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 5/14/25 9:50 AM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> On May 14, 2025 at 8:20:34 AM PDT, "Alan Smithee" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daredevil-born-again-season-2-krysten-ritter-jessica-jones-1236215530/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Krysten Ritter is reprising her role of the superhero-turned-private >>>>>>> eye, entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe by being cast in season two >>>>>>> of Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ritter starred as Jones in the eponymous Netflix series in the >>>>>>> mid-2010s. The series and actress generated considerable acclaim and >>>>>>> awards at the time and is considered a highlight during the Netflix era >>>>>>> of Marvel television. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yay! I love me some Jessica Jones. >>>>> >>>>> The series itself was incredibly disappointing. Season #1 was just OK. >>>>> Season #2 was, I thought, awful. I don't think I even bothered with >>>>> season #3. >>>>> >>>>> I like Ritter. But that role/show was mostly a misfire. >>>> >>>> Agree to disagree. I liked the whole run. Thought it was great. Wished there >>>> was more. >>>> >>>> FYI - I read that when they were casting the Netflix series, it eventually >>>> came down to a choice between Ritter and Alex Daddario for the role. >>>> Duckshoot >>>> would also have been a good choice if she'd still been acting. >>>> >>>>> Maybe Disney+ can do a better job with it than Netflix (it's hard not to >>>>> be better at shows than Netflix!). But I am skeptical that they can turn >>>>> this one around... >>>> >>>> I've only watched three episodes so far, but I think it's one of their >>>> better >>>> offerings. >>> >>> The problem with a lot of the Disney Marvel shows for me is they think >>> they're doing Shakespeare. Daredevil and Jessica Jones and especially The >>> Punisher have always been darker but they like to spend a lot of time >>> standing around talking to let you know how dark and important they are. >>> That's often pretentious. >>> >>> I thought one of the best of the Disney shows was Hawkeye because it was a >>> lot more fun and Hawkeye was probably my least favorite character going into >>> it. Hailee Steinfeld was great and Jeremy Renner got to do way more with >>> the character than in any of the movies. >> >> Agreed. I liked "Hawkeye" quite a bit. I think there was recent rumors >> of a season #2, but I believe they were quickly squashed, unfortunately. > > I saw some articles just recently where Renner said Disney offered a season > 2 but at half the salary he made for season 1 so he turned it down. He > tongue-in-cheek asked if because of his accident they thought he was only > half a Jeremy Renner? Depending on if/how his injuries limit his ability to perform a very action-oriented role like Hawkeye, then it's actually a legitimate concern from the producers' standpoint.