I could see a Punisher show working better if they use it to introduce a new character for another potential spin off. Like Punisher meets Cloak and Dagger or Moon Knight.

This makes a lot of sense. I was wondering why the Estonian Mafia and Kkangpae were suddenly having a gang war over my Brooklyn neighborhood.

I’m with you 100%. The only way I see this working is if they put together a supporting cast who just knocks it out of the park. The Punisher is inherently difficult to relate to, especially in the age of mass shootings.

Yeah exactly. Frank is a really really hard sell. I am worried this might end up being the first real misstep for Marvel/Netflix. Its not unlike making a show about Bernie Goetz. They are going to need some excellent writing and a hell of a supporting cast to make a Punisher show work

ugh. Boo. First Marvel project I have 0 enthusiasm for. Bernthal was great as the Punisher, but he didn’t bring anything to the table that made me want to sit and watch him for an entire series.Especially because this might push back Jessica Jones season 2. Punisher just isn’t a character who appeals to me as a…

It’s also I think canonically a lot heavier than Wakandan Vibranium

Interesting. I visited a number of times circa say 2004-2005 with my ex because her best friend was at Kenyon and we went into the Cove on more than a few of those occasions. I guess the school is small enough that they could reasonably guess who is a student and who is a guest because they carded me like any other…

seconded

Just to make it a bit clearer for anyone who has never been to Kenyon, The Cove is or was a bar that is kind of on campus. I believe they leased the space from the college and was sort of official in that sense. The town surrounding Kenyon is incredibly small with just a few thousand residents, and it is basically an…

I think it is probably too late to remind the production people of anything. The movie comes out in a month, they’ve already cashed their paychecks and gone home

Nah, this movie is set in the 80s. Pouches and legstraps were more of a 90s thing

I’m pretty sure what she was trying to get at is that she doesn’t support the idea of a draft for anyone, regardless of gender. She wants a volunteer military where everyone is a willing, professional soldier

Also because they lost the marriage fight. And a lot of the big LGB advocacy groups have been very intentional about not fighting for trans issues for the past couple decades, as they feared that doing so could derail their campaign for gay marriage. Which has been a big sticking point for trans activists for a long…

That has already started happening. There are already videos circulating the internet of cops and security guards arguing with people about their genders, demanding ID and kicking them out of places

Just posting to say that I will be attempting to forgo my usual pedantic, rambling comments about superheroes and 60s-80s era comic books for the next week in an effort to avoid Civil War spoilers following the European release.

Unless he legitimately forgot the passwords like he claims. Then he’s just being imprisoned without charges

Ok. Educate me. Why would Chinese audiences identify an Ancient One played by an actor of Chinese descent as having a Tibetan origin but not identify Wong played by an actor of Chinese descent as having a Tibetan origin?

Nice long post, you’ve clearly got a lot of thoughts about the issue. Of course you didn’t bother to address my central point/question, which I believe calls into question much of what Cargill is saying. Here it is again:

I mean, Professor X did it in the comics, why not Wolverine in the movies?

It’s almost like the more money we come across, the more problems we see