I absolutely love that they chose to give Fisk some psychological depth. None of this redeems him in any way, it makes his actions all the more frightening by giving them a rationale beyond "for the evulz". DiOnofrio said that Fisk is "a child and a monster", and that's exactly what is going on there: He never stepped out of that living room where he killed his father, and he never even tries (cufflinks!). (At least not before Vanessa, and she just makes him more dangerous, for a number of reasons that would make this post explode.)
As for Matt...
I think the show is going for sacrifice vs. self-sacrifice here. Fisk killed his father, Matt's father got himself killed for Matt. Matt puts his life on the line for his goal, Fisk puts that of others on the line and does his damndest to keep himself out of the line of fire (he is just the "employer".)
It's a pretty classic fire and ice thing...
Great, now I want to write a whole freaking essay about this.
Re: mat and fisk parallels r killing me
I absolutely love that they chose to give Fisk some psychological depth. None of this redeems him in any way, it makes his actions all the more frightening by giving them a rationale beyond "for the evulz". DiOnofrio said that Fisk is "a child and a monster", and that's exactly what is going on there: He never stepped out of that living room where he killed his father, and he never even tries (cufflinks!). (At least not before Vanessa, and she just makes him more dangerous, for a number of reasons that would make this post explode.)
As for Matt...
I think the show is going for sacrifice vs. self-sacrifice here. Fisk killed his father, Matt's father got himself killed for Matt. Matt puts his life on the line for his goal, Fisk puts that of others on the line and does his damndest to keep himself out of the line of fire (he is just the "employer".)
It's a pretty classic fire and ice thing...
Great, now I want to write a whole freaking essay about this.