Recently finished watching Netflix's The Punisher series. Incredible show. Rough, gritty, uncompromising, and brutal. It's tough to compare this to the other Marvel Netflix shows since it's got such a different vibe/tone, but it's definitely up there as one of my top 3 favorites - along with DD (both seasons) and Jessica Jones. There are some mild SPOILERS below, so don't read on if you haven't finished watching the series - and want to be genuinely surprised.
I've never been in the military or in combat, but my impression here is that this series at least appears to paint a somewhat realistic picture of what happens when some soldiers who come back from war & have a difficult time re-adjusting to civilian life because of severe PTSD. So, the storyline involving the disturbed young soldier who came back from overseas was quite poignant and sad, though it obviously didn't excuse his horrific actions. The actor playing this soldier also did a great job playing LHO in an excellent Hulu series, 11/22/63. It's was interesting that he played a similar character in both shows.
Though the whole series was great, to me things really ramped up in the last 4 episodes - starting with the soldier's attack on the hotel (trying to take out the congressman), which led directly up to the finale.
My favorite sequence in the whole series was when the mercenaries (on Billy Russo's team) invaded the basement/bunker that Frank & Micro had been holed up, and then were subsequently taken out by Frank (who had set them up) - who seemed to do so without even breaking a sweat.
One of the most difficult scenes to watch was when the young soldier was standing in the meat locker & counting down to the end, while The Punisher stood outside & understandably encouraged him.
Looking forward, I agree that it will be interesting to see where the character goes from here. He's avenged his family & is obviously at a loss as to what to do next. As we saw in the comics, will he go ahead and wage a one-man war on criminals? Will he team up with Micro again? The only thing that's obvious to me is that Jigsaw will probably appear in the future as Frank's nemesis.
Also wanted to mention that JB's depiction of The Punisher is far, far superior to any other on-screen depiction of the character (Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, and the UK actor who starred in Punisher: War Zone). Amazing casting by Netflix, but there's no surprise there - since they also did an amazing job casting DD/Matt Murdock, The Kingpin, Foggy Nelson, Elektra, etc. in the DD Netflix series.The Punisher
Nope. I'm just a huge fan of most Netflix shows, especially their Marvel ones. I've been a fan of Marvel comics ever since I was a kid in the '80's, and IMHO Netflix does a stellar job of both casting & producing shows based on the comics. I can't say the same for many Marvel films, however.
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Still hold my original assessment. It's a great military conspiracy thriller, but not a good Punisher story, and a needlessly overcomplicated and prolonged backstory.
Unfortunately expecting it to be cancelled of course, but like the other shows, can look forward to this ending on a high note at least, assuming this 2nd season is even better than the first one.
I liked the Billy Russo that Ben Barnes played in this series, so willing to give Jigsaw the benefit of a doubt here. After the Punisher Warzone flop was kinda wanting to see the character done better anyway.
From the appearances of Jigsaw that i've seen of him in the comics, He's a good villain.. Its Punisher Warzone that did a average job of the character.
He was good *as* Billy Russo... I'm just not very optimistic that he'll fit the unstable/unhinged role of Jigsaw nearly as well.
Hopefully I'm wrong, though, because if this is the last season, I'd really like it to end on a high note... I'm very much a fan of Jon Bernthal's Punisher, tbh.
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Trailer could be a misdirect. I recall an article from a couple of months ago that said Jigsaw would not be the main S2 villain. They might have changed their minds on that again in the meantime though.
I am more concerned about the rumblings I've heard that there is a very preachy, SJW tone to s2. I hope that it's just rumour mill nonsense, because that would suck.
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