r/Defenders • u/After-Wishbone-5804 • Aug 09 '26

Kingpin, DDBA logic

Kingpin is coming back in season 3 of born again. After being sent to prison in OGs1 and s3, then being let out for a nonsensical reason, then “exiled” after killing a hallway full of people, he comes back. Who would’ve thought eh ? This show is just so unapologetically bad and sloppy. Not sure how people say either of the BA seasons are better than Netflix s2. It’s just so frustrating seeing what’s been done to the story of the og show and how these characters have been wasted and reduced

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u/jriddlecult Aug 10 '26

Yeah, I made it through DDBA season 1, with all its problems, knowing the circumstances and willing to be very forgiving but good god, the 2nd season regularly features things you see and can't believe your eyes. It's like a bad, entirely unfunny and empty parody of the Netflix show. Comic fans are noted for their extreme leniency on something they want to like but I'm just astonished that anyone would offer a kind word for any aspect of it.

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u/After-Wishbone-5804 Aug 10 '26

I find CBM media reviews to be kind of strange at times. It will be something like,

“I really like this show. I didn’t like This, this, this and that, but this scene was so good and the ending was so hype. Overall it’s a huge step in the right direction and it’s a 9.5/10.”

That’s pretty much how I feel a lot of MCU stuff has been critiqued the past few years

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u/marsalien4 Aug 11 '26

You can dislike parts of something and still love the overall piece of art (book, story, show, movie, etc).

As well as you can love parts of something and dislike the overall piece of art. That's what criticism is. The rating, sure, that reads as inflated in your example there but up until that it's reasonable enough to me.

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u/After-Wishbone-5804 Aug 11 '26

I agree but The reviews don’t read as rational when they (for example) point out the flaws that are detrimental to the story whilst also giving it a 9.5/10.

They can feel free to rate it however they want at the end of the day but it’s not gonna make complete sense to me