# Elektra movie due soon: Reactions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223 "2004-12-22T21:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/21 "2004-12-23T03:45:25Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Are they going to explain how she’s alive again? Or will they simply ignore the fact that she died at the end of Daredevil?(spoiler for Daredevil) Yeah, will they? I suffered through DareDevil and expected it to have a “just kidding!” type ending, anyway, even though until this thread I didn’t make the connection to the Elektra trailer. If Elektra is related to DareDevil, does that mean it’s going to suck too? The trailer didn’t look half bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/22 "2004-12-23T04:09:56Z")
The trailer bugs me, mostly because they have Voiceover Guy say, “She can read the shadows of the future” or something like that, and they _immediately_ follow that up with Jenn Garner saying, “I see things before they happen.” OK, OK! We _get_ it! You can see into the future! Alright already! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/23 "2004-12-23T04:29:49Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > The trailer bugs me, mostly because they have Voiceover Guy say, “She can read the shadows of the future” or something like that, and they _immediately_ follow that up with Jenn Garner saying, “I see things before they happen.” > > OK, OK! We _get_ it! You can see into the future! Alright already! It makes more sense in the full length trailer rather than the edited down version you clearly saw. In the full length version, Garner says, “I see things before they happen, but I’m contractually obligated to be in the stink bomb.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/24 "2004-12-23T05:11:06Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Combine it with run of the mill action hero stuff and you’re there. I mean, what’s the most successful current comic book/movie crossover? X-Men. And what does Mystique’s costume consist of? A few dabs of latex paint. It’s the only female superhero costume that even APPROACHES the sexiness of comic superheroine costumes. > > I rest my case. No. It’s the \*Spiderman \*series. And none of the characters in it, aside from \*\*\*maybe \*\*\*Mary Jane is all that attractive or played for gratuitous T&A. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/25 "2004-12-23T05:28:05Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Are they going to explain how she’s alive again? Or will they simply ignore the fact that she died at the end of Daredevil?(spoiler for Daredevil) Continuing the DD movie spoiler Elektra’s alive at the end of the DD movie, though we’re provided with an explanation as to how. Remember the good luck charm necklace her mother gave her? She leaves the braille one that shows up on DD’s rooftop near the end of the movie. Someone, please shoot me for remembering this. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/26 "2004-12-23T13:11:20Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > No. It’s the \*Spiderman \*series. And none of the characters in it, aside from \*\*\*maybe \*\*\*Mary Jane is all that attractive or played for gratuitous T&A. Well, it’d be MORE popular if Mary Jane wore a thong and halter top. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/27 "2004-12-23T13:26:54Z")
That’d be a sure way to make certain I’d never see _Spiderman 3_. I saw more than enough in _Eternal Sunshine…_ and _Bring it On_. Kirsten Dunst does nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/28 "2004-12-23T15:25:36Z")
In all fairness, the kid in the trailer looks like a protegée rather than a sidekick. And the story looks more compelling than say _Catwoman_ with the poison cosmetics. There are parts where her make-up make up looks great for Elektra (if not for the damned hair colour, arg!). So I’m cautiously optimistic. And no, I don’t remember Elektra having any kind of clairvoyance in the comics, but I read her saga about 20 years ago and maybe there was some retconning. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/29 "2004-12-23T17:40:58Z")
I too was one of the few (maybe not so few) to enjoy _Daredevil_, and my newly-received Director’s Cut DVD is waiting on my shelf for my viewing pleasure. However, I have no interest in an Elektra movie, and not much in the character. I never found her interesting in and of herself; her role was to serve as both Nemesis and Girl-That-Got-Away for Matt Murdock, and in that sense, as a plot device, she contributed to some great stories. But her time is passed now, and I wish she’d stay the fuck dead already. (No offense to **Mithril**.) Jennifer Garner wasn’t great in the role—she had none of the exoticism I think a screen Elektra needed to have. There needed to be something remote and a little alien about her, and Garner is just too all-American girl next door. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/30 "2004-12-23T19:02:02Z")
If someone want to spoil for me how she comes back to life feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/31 "2004-12-23T19:21:46Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > However, I have no interest in an Elektra movie, and not much in the character. I never found her interesting in and of herself; her role was to serve as both Nemesis and Girl-That-Got-Away for Matt Murdock, and in that sense, as a plot device, she contributed to some great stories. But her time is passed now, and I wish she’d stay the fuck dead already. (No offense to **Mithril**.) I have been pricked by the thorns of **Nonsuch** , and I bleed. I find Daredevil to be terminally boring. Yeah, yeah, I get it. He’s a good guy. A lawyer for the poor during the day, and a crimefighter by night. He’s just too good - there’s little depth there. Elektra has more depth, especially in the recent series. There is some silly mystical stuff in a couple of the older series that could have turned me off if I had read them first. The new series has some cool explorations of Elektra’s morality, which I find interesting. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/32 "2004-12-23T19:49:47Z")
Not really a spoiler for Elektra, but kind of for DD: I don’t think she was supposed to have died: though she was greviously wounded. People can actually survive wounds like her, since there is just enough space to get stabed but still miss the heart and lungs. That hurts like a bee-atch but won’t kill ya. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/33 "2004-12-23T21:09:35Z")
> [@Mithril](#): > > I find Daredevil to be terminally boring. Yeah, yeah, I get it. He’s a good guy. A lawyer for the poor during the day, and a crimefighter by night. He’s just too good - there’s little depth there. I dunno… I collected DD back in the 80s and DD was up against the Punisher and there was a creepy angel dust plotline involving the Kingpin. During that particular run, I remember DD being a lot more morally ambiguous. Not as dark as Batman can be, but there was certainly an undercurrent of gee-this-guy-really-isn’t-well-adjusted. The Punisher as a foil was a really neat run, because you realized that the Punisher (though much more ruthless) was actually _that_ different from DD with respect to vigilante justice. The movie didn’t explore that quite well-enough, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/34 "2004-12-23T22:21:33Z")
My “Cute Kid” alarm went off at the Elektra commercial. I’ve read most of Elektra’s appearances, and a few mini-series, and she’s struck me as a ruthless assasin with a heart of ice. Her lovey days with Matt Murdock are long behind her. That was the point of the story, Matt still has feelings for her but she’s a different person now (especially after her “encounter” with The Hand). There’s just no place in this movie for a little kid for Elektra to protect or mentor. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/35 "2004-12-23T22:27:48Z")
Are there any pictures released of Typhoid Mary yet? She’s a great villain. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/36 "2004-12-23T22:35:46Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Are they going to explain how she’s alive again? Or will they simply ignore the fact that she died at the end of Daredevil?(spoiler for Daredevil) In the comics Elektra was also killed by Bullseye, only to come back to life. I don’t remember the details of how it happened. But, at any rate, it’s not as if this is something they dreamed up just because they wanted to do an Elektra movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223/37 "2004-12-23T23:14:43Z")
I feel like I’m going to be branded an Elektra geek now. The story of Elektra coming back from the dead, such as it is: Elektra was originally taught by good ninjas. They kicked her out of their school, so she started training with some bad demon ninjas. She was resurrected by mysterious ninja magic! Every story line sees to have a different reason, but generally, it seems to be that she has to fight the demon ninjas, who conveniently are trying to track her down and hill her. **Eats\_Crayons** , I must have been reading the wrong era of Daredevil. The few that I read were from the early 2000’s. He seemed to possibly be in emotional pain, but eternally a good guy. **sleeepy2** , in her ongoing series, Elektra was actually briefly driven insane when forced to examine how she had spent her life. She’s cold, yes, but deep down, she is still human. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elektra-movie-due-soon-reactions/281223.md?page=1)