Daredevil Season 2 Trailer Perfectly Sets Up The Punisher

With the release of Daredevil Season 2 just over a month away, Netflix dropped a cinematic-length trailer for the upcoming series on Monday night.

It introduces Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) as Frank Castle, a man without a family who is hell bent on giving violent criminals a dose of their own medicine, but with "military precision". Known as The Punisher in the comics, Castle is more of an anti-hero than a villain and represents a pushed-over-the-edge version of Daredevil. Bernthal states as much in the trailer when he says: "We know you're one bad day away from being me."

Season 1 dealt with Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) - lawyer by day and vigilante by night - coming into his own. And while the show was called Daredevil, Murdock spent most of the first season known as the Man in the Mask, courtesy of a black cloth he used over his eyes (oh, he's blind anyway) to protect his identity. He fought off the growing presence of the Kingpin, or Wilson Fisk, a reclusive crime boss operating from the shadows in Hell's Kitchen. The show remained dark in its tone throughout, a sharp turn from its big screen counterparts.

Owing to its immediate success with audiences, the show received a nod for a follow-up in April 2015. The first season of Daredevil was followed up by the release of Jessica Jones in November last year, which itself received critical acclaim on account of its portrayal of women. The two shows - themselves part of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe - will be joined by two other series in Luke Cage and Iron Fist in the near future. Marvel's plan is to bring the four together for a mini-series titled The Defenders.

There are also rumours that The Punisher will get his own spin-off show. Apart from him, Daredevil Season 2 will also have a new cast member in Murdock's old flame Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung), who will be properly introduced in part two of the trailer next week. Yes, this is just part one.

The second season of Marvel's Dardevil premieres on Netflix on March 18, with all thirteen episodes available to subscribers on the same day. "Hell's Kitchen is about to explode."

Virtual reality set to transform filmmaking

Chris Milk stepped onto a TED Conference stage and took the audience on an awe-inducing trip into the future of movies. While much of the early attention on virtual reality has focused on use of the immersive technology in video games, Milk and his US startup Vrse are using it to transform storytelling and filmgoing. "We have just started to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality," Milk said. "It's not a video game peripheral. It connects humans to other humans in a profound way... I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world." He had everyone in the Vancouver audience at TED , which ended Friday, hold Google Cardboard viewers to their eyes for what was billed as the world's collective virtual reality experience. Google Cardboard gear is literally that -- cardboard

10 Smartphones with Features that You Won't Find in Any Other Phone

Here’s a list of phones which are first-of-their-kind. From feature phones to smartphones, flat screen to curved, fragile to shatterproof, mobile phones have evolved over the years. Although many industry analysts would like to call the current level of innovation reaching a stagnation point, there still are some manufacturers which have been able to surprise consumers by truly packing something different in their smartphones. We have compiled a list of phones which offer first-of-its-kind features, and they are not merely concepts. 1. Motorola X force - Shatterproof display Display today is the most vulnerable yet the most neglected element in modern smartphones. But Motorola finally paid heed to the fragile screen with the launch of the the Motorola X Force – the world’s first smartphone with a shatterproof display. The phone uses the Moto ShatterShield display technology, which is said to be an integrated system consisting of five layers designed from material...

10 years of Twitter: Key milestones in the micro-blogging site's decade-long history

Over its 10-year history, Twitter has marked numerous world events and created its own unique moments. Here are a few key milestones in Twitter history: just setting up my twttr — Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006 March 2006: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first tweet, an automated message saying "just setting up my twttr." That same day, he sent the first live tweet, "inviting coworkers." Arrested — James Buck (@jamesbuck) April 10, 2008 April 2008: US university student James Buck (@jamesbuck) got off a one-word tweet "Arrested" after being taken into custody by Egyptian authorities at an anti-government protest in that country. In what is seen as an early demonstration of the power of Twitter to rally people to a cause, the resulting outcry prompted authorities to quickly restore his liberty. He proclaimed his release in a tweet reading "Free." http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm ...

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