The Punisher on Netflix

Not sure if this has been discussed.  Quick search yielded nothing. 

I really liked this series.  And I'm not a violence and guns kinda person.  The acting by the guy playing Frank Castle was quite good for a character seemingly of one dimension.  Never read the comics so no real bias going in. 

I tried it but couldn't get into it. 

I enjoyed the character in Daredevil and was excited about the new series but it just didn't hold my interest.

I know I stopped watching after the episode where he killed C. Thomas Howell. 

Conversely, I normally hate everything Marvel but this actually caught my attention. I think it might be because Castle isn't a super hero, just an shiny happy person. The minute the rest of the normal heros show up I'll probably lose interest.

I enjoyed it. Not as much as Daredevil, but yeah, it's good.

Daylan C said:

Conversely, I normally hate everything Marvel but this actually caught my attention. I think it might be because Castle isn't a super hero, just an shiny happy person. The minute the rest of the normal heros show up I'll probably lose interest.

You'll be happy to know no normal superheroes here.  I think it builds quite well to the end. 

I have little faith in it, but I might give it a shot.
 

I watched Daredevil up to ep. 5 or so.  It was bad

Jessica Jones season 1 I finished. It was cheesy but enjoyable, mainly because of David Tennant and the unique type of villain he was.

Luke Cage season 1 I finished, but the last 1/2 of it I kept thinking 'I can't believe I'm watching this.  Its so bad'.  Kind of in a Fast and Furious way.

Never watched Iron Fist.

I made it ~4 episodes into the team-up series with the 4 of them.  It was so incredibly cheesy.  Yet I almost want to go finish it.

Finished it last night. Thought it was quite good.

It starts a bit slow and takes some time to gain it's footing. By the end it's quite good.

Not as good as Dare Devil season 1, or Jessica Jones. I liked it better than Dare Devil season 2. Definitely better than Luke Cage, Defenders, or (**shudder**) Iron Fist.

Beer Baron said:

Finished it last night. Thought it was quite good.

It starts a bit slow and takes some time to gain it's footing. By the end it's quite good.

Not as good as Dare Devil season 1, or Jessica Jones. I liked it better than Dare Devil season 2. Definitely better than Luke Cage, Defenders, or (**shudder**) Iron Fist.

Danny Rand,  the Luke Skywalker of Marvel.  Whine whine whine.

Your order of preference is the same as mine.  I watched them all however because  I don't like not knowing things from one series to the next.

I liked it.  I thought the pacing was better than most of the other Marvel series.  I never finished an episode, and thought “Nothing much really happened”, which I think has been an issue with some of the other Marvel TV series.  Additionally, it was nice that they left it open for another season, but didn’t leave it with a whole bunch of unanswered questions/cliffhangers or teasers of a future series.

Oh, and it was a huge improvement over the awful Punisher:Warzone movie.

I need to check it out. I read/collected Punisher comics while in school but haven't read them since. 

Looking at the all-knowing Wikipedia, I guess I followed this series. Pretty sure I have it going back to issue 1 which, at the time, wasn't only a year or so old. 

If you want to read The Punisher, might I suggest Marvel's MAXX series of trade paperbacks. I think there's only 8 books. They read like an R-rated movie. Foul language,  sex, and extreme gratuitous violence. Its a self contained story with a beginning and a definite end. 

The folks who made the Punisher Movies, apparently never read the comics.  They were so bad and way off the comics.  I tuned into the series based on some recommendations, but they keep referencing him as "The Punisher" and mentioning all the people he killed and whatnot, but that is not in this series.  Where is that series, sounds a lot more interesting than this one where they just talk a lot about their feelings.  

https://www.google.com/amp/yournewswire.com/hero-arrested-killing-30-pedophiles/amp/

Real life Punisher.  The hero we need I suppose.

In reply to pinchvalve :

He first showed up in Daredevil Season 2

KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

https://www.google.com/amp/yournewswire.com/hero-arrested-killing-30-pedophiles/amp/

 

Real life Punisher.  The hero we need I suppose.

Love this. 

Punisher series was good, a little excessive on the violence for my taste but it's to be expected with Frank Castle. 

Now I'm guessing Rick wishes he kept Shane around. 

Up to episode 6 now. I like it. I feel like I should note that the 2004 Punisher movie is my favorite Marvel related thing ever. I'm fully aware that most of the internet thinks it's the worst thing with a Marvel character, and possibly in general.