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‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Trailer Is Filled Blood and Rage — And Honey, I Am Living!

Seeing Matt Murdock get punched in the face is the only thing I want from 2025.

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Photo: Marvel Television

There are many different reasons to love a superhero. Maybe you love their powers, their origin, what they represent, or just how hot they look in a skintight suit (real and/or illustrated). You can admire the way Captain America always does what he knows is right, or you can aspire to Superman's altruism, or you too can wear just way, way too much eyeliner, like Batman does under his cowl. Me? I love Daredevil. Why? Because Daredevil gets punched in the face, a lot.

Daredevil gets the crap kicked, punched, and even stabbed out of him. Wow ... really painted a mental picture there, getting the crap stabbed out of you. But that's the vibe of Matthew Murdock, lawyer/vigilante! And mercifully, that's the vibe of the first full-length trailer for Disney+'s upcoming Daredevil: Born Again.

Call this response to a trailer a "self esteem issue" or a "part of a depressive episode" — you'd be right! But you'd also be citing two pillars that hold the Daredevil franchise upright; the others are, of course, "Catholicism" and "being in one's slut era." That's Daredevil right there: a sexy, depressed mess with loads of self-loathing caused by religion and his own internal demons. And the blood red icing on this busted up cake? Daredevil gets the ever-lovin' snot knocked out of him.

Why is this appealing? I dunno — maybe because when I see Matt Murdock spit up blood after taking one on the chin, I think, "Yeah, girl, same." Granted, I have not been punched in the face since that time in 7th grade when a kid named Chucky punched me in the face after I had had it with him repeatedly calling me a homophobic slur. It didn't feel good! But when faced with the options "get punched in the head by a bully named Chucky" or "feel like a bruised bag of sopping wet tomatoes because I can't stop thinking about my dead dad, sweating out the stress of starting a business, and just generally panicking about how we're already in the midst of what history books will call World War III," I'd take a lick from a Chucky and proudly keep on ticking, oblivious to my internal trauma.

This, y'all, is why Daredevil — the comic and the Netflix series — are all I could care about for the first two weeks of November 2024. I need to see this handsome (but not, like, a Chris-level handsome, which somehow makes him even hotter) do-gooder get wrecked like nobody's business, because it just feels correct.

But ... this is what we love about Daredevil. Right? The reason people connect with this absolute train wreck of a man is because he is a train wreck. He's the train, he's the tracks, he's the conductor, and he's the casualties. He is, physically, a normal human person — who only sometimes wears body armor — who gamely jumps off of buildings and into the pits of hell (metaphorical... so far?) because he is relentless. And therein lies the appeal of seeing Daredevil get absolutely wrecked by masked criminals. No matter how messed up Daredevil gets, he gets back up. He straightens his tie. He puts up his bloody fists. And he gets back to work.

That's my hero, the one who makes terrible decisions and moves from one disaster to another. Yet, he keeps going. He wears red not to hide the blood, but because he's always bleeding.

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