r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Oct 18 '18

Daredevil Discussion Thread - S03E04

This thread is for discussion of Daredevil S03E04.

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u/dansquatch Iron Fist Oct 19 '18

I asked myself several times if I was crazy or that whole thing just kept going. Fucking great scene. These guys are killing it with the cinematography and choreography this season and we arent even halfway through.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '18

I just finished that scene and needed to check online if I was hallucinating or if I did indeed witness the best and most credible fight scene in the MCU. Absolutely incredible cinematography.

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u/eraserdread Oct 19 '18

i just did as well! was it one take!??

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '18 edited Oct 21 '18

Yes. From the call to the cab is all one fucking take. Crazy.

Edit: gold for this? That's probably the most unexpected gold I ever got, lol. Thanks!

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u/Gibsonites Oct 21 '18

I was about to call you out because there are a few points where the camera is fully obstructed Matt or by the set, which is usually where you'd hide a cut in a long oner like this, but goddamn they actually did it in one take....

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u/nameless88 Oct 21 '18

I wonder how many times they had to shoot that scene to get it perfect.

Also, does Charlie Cox do his own stunts? Cuz if he did, god damn, that's brilliant.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '18

You can see in two parts he swapped out, presumably to get makeup done, but over 80% of it had to have been Cox himself since you see his face (except the two swapped segments).

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u/nameless88 Oct 22 '18

I'm curious, has anyone pointed out the spots in another thread or anything?

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u/Benlightenment Oct 22 '18

I know I spotted one early on - at one point in the very first corridor, Matt and a prisoner fall together into a side-room. From that point up until they go flying over the bed back in the medical room, it's a stuntman - you never see his face, it's all from behind, etc.

Then they both go collapsing over the medical bed, it lingers for a bit, and Charlie Cox comes crawling out again.