You said everything I was thinking. Gilgun is pretty inspired casting for Cassidy, but… the accent could really go either way. His Scottish accent in Lockout was pretty weird, but it worked for his role at least.

The massively obese man actually died by falling from the helicopter and onto the inbred descendant of Jesus, and they both exploded.

Aww man. he sorta looks the part but that's about it. Hasn't got the sheer Eastwood-style grit about it. I was hoping his casting was just a rumour and they were gonna at least go with at least one actual American in a lead role, too. Ah well, this show should still be interesting.

Far more acceptable to do it with Daredevil and Batman because there's a lot of precedent for that in the characters' history, and the fact that neither is as far-fetched or comic book-y as Superman, an Alien Jesus who dresses in primary colours and routinely saves the entire Earth. Daredevil and Batman have always…

Damn. Well put, Sean, it feels impossible to be cynical when that final shot comes up. And they didn't even have to do anything, they just put Ford in front of the camera and next to Chewbacca and in the right hair and outfit and… this movie's going to make a billion billion dollars

Well, it is in character, and not just for him but for lots of old, grizzled mentor type-characters - even Stick, from later in this series, is way, way more of a Magical Negro type than Urich is in this scene. That type of character is certainly a cliche, but I don't think that the skin colour of the actor should be…

When was he in that movie?

But see now I'm worried about the other three upcoming Netflix series - this show has done the street-level thing so well, I seriously question how the other shows are going to make themselves distinct… how are they going to matter?

The Flash is pretty damn good. It's inherently less gritty than this show, but like this show it feels JUST like the comic it's based on and it's quite a joy to watch.

But Ben Urich the character does stuff like that a lot. And he's always been white in the past. Is it just the fact the actor is black that makes the trope fit here, cus he's the only prominent black character? Seriously asking

I love Charlie Cox's work on this show but his Spanish accent is quite painful at times

D'ya think you could actually decapitate someone that way?

When the show inevitably does its Elektra and Bullseye storyline, the comparisons can truly begin. Ideal casting for those characters? I read someone say Walton Goggins for Bullseye recently, and now I can't get that out of my head.

The character has always been white in the past, and there was nothing specifically "black" about his role in that scene. As I understand it, the Magical Negro trope generally refers to stereotypically black characters. Don't think it really applies here.

I do like him, the actor is great. He's an original character, no?

He does remind me of the baby from Spirited Away…

Rewatching the scene, it is incredibly obvious how they did it - anytime Cox goes through a doorway and out of sight, the stuntman re-emerges, and vice versa.

Seriously, the stubble and weight loss totally changed him.

I also wanna express my appreciation for Charlie Cox's face. My how he has changed since Stardust - he's so damn charming in this role

I didn't think of it as Jack committing suicide, just knowing that he was taking a huge risk by winning the fight. He clearly thought there might be time for him to escape, but there wasn't. It was still insanely selfish, but I don't think he really had a deathwish.
That was an amazing ending. Cox is really, really…