This was a really fucking weird take on Kingpin. Not necessarily bad in and of itself, but it was almost the exact opposite of how I've always understood Kingpin.

The best way to describe the difference is between the taste each version had in art and aesthetics. In the show, Fisk is this post modern minimalist who surrounds himself with abstract art and seeks to destroy the past, both in the city and within himself. Fisk as I've always read him is the opposite, a man of tradition who chose to live in a 16th century style Japanese castle and uphold similar conceptions of honor. He wanted to become the champion of the traditional order of America and be it's story of success in the modern world, the bridge between the pioneers of the past and the innovators of now.

Both create an outward perception of epitomized manhood while secretly harboring the soul of a child inside, but the show made this inner child traumatized and a victim, while the Fisk I've always known is just a gleeful sadist and a tyrant deep down. Ultimately, I felt the shows portrayal was weaker, but that was more of the show as a while as well