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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Cool. The Punisher is a great fit for the Netflix series and there is no reason to wait until they are ready to add yet another series.
I could definitely see the Punisher be an antagonist in the Daredevil season given their very different approach to vigilantism. Especially if the Punisher starts dealing out some disproportionate retribution and not just shooting bad guys in the heat of battle. If they do work together in the end, it will only be the result of a mutual threat passing the Godzilla Threshold.
For anyone who says he's boring, y'all need to read some Garth Ennis Punisher. Preferably, Punisher MAX. Ennis pretty much redefined the character so much that he wrote it for, like, nine years.
"It was in that moment that I realized something. A dull, blurred feeling that I'd had since this whole mess began, all of a sudden crystal clear. It had been a long, long time since I hated anyone the way I hated them"
edited 9th Jun '15 3:24:23 PM by alliterator
It should also be noted that the Punisher and DareDevil have a long, well-established history in the comics.
Castle got his start as a Spider-Man villain and drifted over to the pages of DareDevil too, because Spidey and DareDevil had a lot of crossover due to their close geographic proximity and similar focus. His character relationship with DareDevil is easily one of his most interesting; unlike Spidey who just sees him as a criminal to bring to justice, Murdock views Castle as a broken man and goes out of his way to try and save him.
It's a resigned frienemy relationship that explores both the dangers of what Murdock could become if he continues down this path, and also Murdock's merciful side, his Catholic drive to pull a lost soul back from the brink of damnation. As for what it does for Castle, well, as I've said before, Castle's not really a character, he's an event. He's something that happens to characters, and when he happens to Murdock, it's heart-wrenching in a way no other character relationship can reproduce.
That unique character relationship is why the Punisher and DareDevil cross over so much, and it's also why whenever Castle is apprehended, Murdock usually isn't far behind, ready to defend him in court.
edited 9th Jun '15 3:26:56 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Their most recent crossover also had
◊ one of the greatest Author Filibuster moments in recent superhero memory.
edited 9th Jun '15 3:38:27 PM by comicwriter
In fact one of the few legitimately good (and not So Bad, It's Good) parts of "Punisher kills the Marvel Universe" is how that plot deals with Daredevil and the Punisher. Daredevil acts as a sort of Inspector Javert to Punsiher as he goes about murdering every superpowered being in cold-blood. Daredevil's the only one the Punisher is reluctant to kill and he's the final one he goes after. Their fight is so heartbroken on either side you could practically play "It Has To Be This Way" on the background.
And after he kills Daredevil and sees he's actually Matt Murdock, the champion of the innocent, the Punisher has a My God, What Have I Done? moment and ends up comitting suicide.
Incidentally Daredevil is the only character on that entire story to get a fair and balanced fight with the Punisher, he wins every other fight by ridiculously ham-fisted writerisms. Matter of fact he wins the fight, but the Punisher gets the drop on him as Daredevil is trying to reason with him.
edited 9th Jun '15 3:39:14 PM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."That is a good filibuster. What's the difference between that and Author Tract again?
Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.Author Tract: The author preaches his beliefs through the fiction he writes.
Author Filibuster: The story grinds to a halt for a long, rambling speech.
Author Fillibuster is more small-scale. It's a character (or narration) stopping to deliver a message that the author intended for a relatively long period of time, Author Tract is the work itself in its narrative and plot seems to have a bias for the author's views.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I'll say that Jon Bernthal has the right mug for the role. That face already looks like it's taken a beating.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectIt seems incredibly Doomy to me. The cloak, the throne, the fantasy European setting in the largest and most important building in the city, even the metal bits of Ultron's body visible under the cloak are reminiscent of Doom's armor.
It's like Marvel went, "We can't have Doom, but we can totally emulate him!" MCU Ultron is a Composite Character of Ultron, Doom, and Stark.
edited 10th Jun '15 8:04:39 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So what are Jon Bernthal's references? Aside from having a part in The Walking Dead?
He was in the WW 2 film Fury recently.
Which was directed by David Ayer, who is, funnily enough, directing Suicide Squad.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectAnd the general word is that he's a good actor.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectSome more alleged Civil War details from Joblo
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edited 10th Jun '15 9:33:13 AM by comicwriter
I really hope they don't go full-Sue with Black Panther.
That's the character's biggest problem: narrative overcompensation. A lot of writers like to depict the characters as doing whatever you do better. Like, he's a better fighter than Captain America and builds better tech than Iron Man and can shoot straighter than Hawkeye and all of his vibranium hardware trumps everyone else's hardware and so on.
Poorly written, Black Panther feels like he doesn't have a character niche of his own and is just trying to establish himself by outdoing the white guys at everything.
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x2 I'm sure he could be. But I've seen too many badly-written versions of him and characters like him to really care.
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