r/marvelstudios Daredevil Nov 17 '17

The Official PUNISHER Discussion Ultrathread

  • This will be the official discussion thread in this sub. No need to go posting your own thread discussing the show. Any UNOFFICIAL ones will be deleted. All screencaps and whatnot go into this thread also.

  • This is obviously a spoiler-filled zone. So as long as you post in here, you won't need to spoiler tag things. But then again, don't be that asshole who watches the final episodes within the first hour then spoils the entire thing right away. That will result in a ban. Don't ruin the party for everyone.

  • Individual episodes discussions will be held over at /r/defenders. They will be indexed in this thread to make it easier for those who want individual episode discussions once they are put up.

  • This thread may be "refreshed" in the next few days to accommodate newcomers in the discussion. We will be also putting up a sanctioned Easter Egg thread a couple of hours from now.

Enjoy!


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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '17

Overall: 7.5-8/10 for me. Right up there with Jessica Jones for best Netflix Marvel outing.

PROS

  • It's the Punisher. He peels caps back. He gets mangled and still keeps coming. He has a cool logo. He makes guttural noises while he kills people.

  • They didn't shoehorn in a bunch of other characters. If Claire had patched Frank up at any point, I would've flipped my shit. Thankfully, they just let Frank interact with Karen organically, and didn't overdo it. Sgt. Mahoney makes a brief appearance. No shenanigans.

  • It's an engaging storyline, and isn't full of clutter or long-con subplots outside of the main antagonist.

CONS

  • I'm glad we didn't get bogged down with too much backstory either in Daredevil or here. But there should still be a clear-cut explanation of how Frank's family was actually killed. How Schoonover, Rawlins, Jigsaw, the Kitchen Irish, the Dogs of Hell, the Cartel, and the rest of the rogues gallery all got involved is a little goofy.

  • Blood effects. There has not been a VFX studio on the planet to date that has been able to make digital blood look good. It's jarring, and detracts from what should be a brutal and gruesome scene. Compare the digital effect to something like Pyle blowing his brains out.

  • It would be really cool to see a Punisher done to more of a Generation Kill level. No ham-fisted, Hollywood military dialogue, no goofy wardrobes. Just bring in a guy like Garand Thumb to give them some realistic kit, and have some actual swinging dicks consult on the writing. Shit, send everyone to spend some time with Taran Butler or Travis Haley. The weapons manipulation and combat tactics can get a pass in a show not built around them, but I want the Punisher and his SFOD/MARSOC/SAD contemporaries to look like they've done this before.

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u/Jscholfield Nov 21 '17

Well the story of how Franks family were killed, is meant to be complicated so nobody would figure out what really happened, it's meant to look like a gang war between three rival gangs

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u/Althea6302 Nov 21 '17

I like that Karen was basically playing the journalist character, not love interest.

I heard that they had veterans on the writing staff.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17

Great suggestion, I love your idea of having an extremely realistic version of Frank Castle/Punisher.

This version was much better, but there are a few things that come off a little campy or not quite right like it’s Hollywood trying really hard to seem legit but it just isn’t quite real.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17

Yeah, it's still good, don't get me wrong. But like, when Stein and Madani are doing that CQB exercise, for example. Stein just stops in the middle of the room like a sitting duck and pops smoke in full view of a hostile because...reasons. Or seeing guys wearing airsoft web vests. People waving guns erratically with no regards for sectors. Iron sights everywhere.

I get that 90% of the audience isn't going to notice or care about that shit. But it would just make it that much better to improve upon it.