Dare... to Believe You Can Tonight

raininva bought the Director's Cut of Daredevil the other day, and I realized one of the things that dissatisfied me about the theatrical release. The story arc is almost completely pointless - there is little character growth and almost no resolution to anything. The minor character Joe "Pants" plays gets more growth than anybody, as he considers whether there are things out there more important than his next story.

( Some spoily stuff )

X-Men, Blade, and Spider-Man did a much better job with "This specific problem is over." Sure, you go through a lot of villians that way, but this is comic books - there's plenty of villians to go around before you have to start bringing them back from the dead. (Which really isn't all that hard anyway.)

It seems that said Director's Cut includes a subplot about someone Murdock is defending, which ties the villians in better, and allows Matt to accomplish something during the film. It's interesting to consider the idea of DVD releases which don't just provide a "cooler" movie, but a superior one to what was shown on the big screen. I can forsee films that fail, and are completely revised for DVD release.