Comments on: Comic-Con 2010: Marvel Announces ‘Punisher’ Is Back Under Their Watch https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: gabetoro https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/#comment-21785 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:12:30 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=1990#comment-21785 A Punisher TV series would be the way to go.

BTW, the Tom Jane Punisher was definitely rated-R.

]]> By: vk@nyte https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/#comment-21769 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:21:28 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=1990#comment-21769 the problem with the Punisher films was with which tone, which audience and which material it was goin to be based on..
The first film dealt with what was already goin on during the 80s-left over mafia,drugs and a dirty New York City which at the time was becoming a big popular thing in most action films especially the Death Wish series, the Dirty harry series and the tv show "the Equalizer", being a vigilante was cool, but the advent of "miami Vice","Riptide" and other cop shows that centered on a cop at the beach-was becoming the norm,thus vigilantism was waning..However Marvel kept it up and introduced a new Punisher series "WarZone" which was supposed to deal with a much harder and ruthless version of the character-this however didn't last very long,and Marvel eventually closed shop on this guy only to bring him back under the Marvel Knights banner..the return series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon,"Welcome back Frank" was a hit with fans and brought back what was great about this guy in the first place.This series was also the basis for the Thomas jane film-however some stuff was changed due to the pg-13 rating..Fans were not to happy with the end product and after some time languishing in limbo,it was brought back from the dead,ala a reboot though this time with the tag line "warZone",hoping to appease fans that had expected a "hard R" with the last film but were denied their blood-this film was to bring back the edge that the last film lacked.However,though it fixed issues with the character's origin and reasoning behind its actions,the story as well as the over the top lack of acting kept this film from attracting new fans or even a household name…3 Strikes and usually your out in the film genre..

I believe that if Marvel was to seriously invest in this character, they should try to bring it to tv instead of film..the comics worked because each issue worked as "part of a grand mission", which kept you intrigued as to his character might have to do in the next issue..trying to put a 12 part series in a 2hour film is hard,and details tend to get tossed aside..
a perfect example of a similar character is Jack Bauer from "24",after 5 or 6 seasons,you want to see what this guy does next,how does he survive,what's his agenda etc..The Punisher is a similar character because you never know how much he has changed and if he's goin to cross that line to the point of never goin back..

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/#comment-21528 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:59:18 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=1990#comment-21528 War Zone was almost the perfect Punisher movie. Just because it "underperformed" doesn't mean it wasn't spot on, Marvel.

]]> By: gabetoro https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/#comment-21527 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:40:59 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=1990#comment-21527 Punisher War Zone was awesome. And the Dolph Lundgren Punisher was better than Daredevil, Elektra, X-Men 3, Wolverine, both Fantastic Fours and the Tom Jane version. So there's that.

]]> By: [A] https://staging2.theplaylist.net/comic-con-2010-marvel-announces-20100725/#comment-21522 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:57:33 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=1990#comment-21522 hey I saw P:WZ too!

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