The Punisher (Netflix)

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There are apparently quite a few people who liked Iron Fist.  Most of those who did knew nothing about the character ahead of time, and/or don't watch kung-fu movies.  As someone who attends the monthly Kung-Fu Jungle night at the Alamo, and has read enough Iron Fist comics to be familiar with the character, it wasn't my cup of tea.  I'm just hoping Season Two will be able to fix all the problems folks like myself had with the show, while still holding the interest of those such as yourself who liked it for what it was.

How would you feel about the show if it had 200% more martial arts action, 90% less business world backstabbing and 99% less whining and self pity?

They never gave the show an official release date if I’m not mistaken.

I'm sure The Punisher will be released before the end of November.  There's very little point in delaying the release of a show like The Punisher because of a mass shooting.  Since October 5th (the 278th day of the year), there have been 275 mass shootings in the United States.


US Mass Shootings in 2017

Who else is watching? I'm 3 deep so far. It's not bad, pretty cliche but it's entertaining. I feel like I'm forgetting some of the backstory they set up in Daredevil Season 2, maybe I'm not but there's a lot of talk about 'Frank dying twice' or whatever that confused me a bit but I can forget about it amidst the broken bones and head shots. I'm really not overly fond of the Netflix/Marvel output, the best ones I think are just pretty good but I'm enjoying this for the time being.

Frank died for the first time in the hospital, after his family was killed.  The doctors gave up trying to restart his heart, and called Time of Death on him, after which his heart restarted on it's own.  His second death is because the NYPD decided that he must have been aboard the freighter full of heroin that blew up at the docks, and told the press that he was dead.

I've finished episode four so far, and I'm sad to say I'm unimpressed.  The Punisher has fallen into the same trap that Iron Fist did.  It's trying to be a character driven drama, even though that's not what the story of this character calls for.  Once you get past Frank's origin, he's not a particularly interesting character.  He kills criminals, and that's about it.  He does it in fun and interesting ways that make for great action scenes, but there's not much room for drama there.  It's important to take a breather from the action every once in a while to look in on a side character and have some development, and the series has some good ones in it.  That said however, too much time is being spent on them.  The pace isn't as slow as Iron Fist, but it's still not fast enough.  Four episodes in, and I still haven't seen anything as fun to watch as Dirty Laundry.

I may feel differently once I've seen the entire series.  Just have to wait and see.

I'm on episode 4, and it's good so far, but I'm starting to get antsy for Frank to get in costume and go HAM-Punisher on criminals, gangs, and the mafia in full force.

I’m glad I decided to not watch the new seasons of punisher and Jessica Jones.

Finishing iron fist and daredevil made me really sad we won’t be getting another season