"Punisher" season 2 was going mostly okay...

"aquila121" (aquila121) 01/29/2019 at 19:35 • Filed to: Save the manuals

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Then I saw this as Frank Castle hops into an E46-era 3 series and peels out to chase after the crew of bad guys:

Seriously, Hollywood? No one caught that he obviously puts the car in * fifth* gear to haul ass out of there from a dead stop?

Goddammit.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 19:41

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Reverse dog leg

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 19:47

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What if hes driving a RHD car and the shots reversed? lol

interstate366, now In The Industry > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 19:49

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InFierority Complex > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 19:52

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He had to put in into Overdrive.

Chariotoflove > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 19:56

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I’m not up to that episode yet, but I’d say “ going okay” is just about right.

You have to suspend a fair bit of disbelief to enjoy these. This is just one more bit I guess one has to ignore.

aquila121 > Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No 01/29/2019 at 19:57

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I looked at it thrice to make sure I wasn’t going crazy and missing something like that —no editing mishaps, he   gets in on the left. Besides, why would the production have a RHD BMW on hand? And the chase is in downtown New York City, so he doesn’t have room to get up to fifth later in the chase and they just cut it into the start by mistake.

I mean nothing judgemental, but I wonder if it’s as simple as Jon Bernthal doesn’t drive stick, and no one noticed/wanted to be the one to tell him.

aquila121 > Chariotoflove 01/29/2019 at 20:17

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Yeah, on a more seriou s note: to me the whole series so far is mixed bag; the production values, the action, it’s pretty good. The lead is exactly the intimidating, gruff, yet conflicted character that is needed. It’s nice to have a Marvel series that doesn’t revolve around superpowers, too. And yet, the ever-present ‘ violence solves everything’ m .o . really makes me consider some validity to the criticisms that talk about “toxic masculinity.”

On a less broad note, the plot for season 2 feels like it's three smaller chunks lined up in sequence--I'm not sure how to smooth out the transitions, but it's something that occurs to me. And some of these people shoot like they're part of the 501st Stormtroopers.

AestheticsInMotion > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 20:21

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The shootout montages where nobody gets hit are pretty comical. All-in-all I like The Punisher and think they found the absolute best actor to fill the role. But it definitely has it's flaws

aquila121 > AestheticsInMotion 01/29/2019 at 20:27

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I do agree he’s fantastic fit.

It’s funny to watch him in the movie “Sicario,” though; he has a bit part where he just crumbles being interrogated by Benicio Del Toro. And re-watching it now, I just can’t remove him from the much tougher persona displayed here in “Punisher.”

Chariotoflove > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 21:18

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I was a little disappointed that the main plot device behind the girl’s situation was just a parents trying to hide som’s homosexuality. I realize that could be a huge problem if your base is bible thumpers, but it seemed a little anemic against the trail of blood and dead bodies it left.

It’s also getting hard to see the difference between Castle and the alleged baddies that kill to further their agendas. It’s an interesting idea to explore how the line blurs, but this is a hero show, and it’s important to be able to get behind the hero. Otherwise all the violence gets depressing. 

Chariotoflove > AestheticsInMotion 01/29/2019 at 21:20

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What’s really comical is the amount of punishment the Pumisher takes and keeps on ticking. In  the morning he takes the bandage off his broken hand, and in the afternoon he’s punching faces with it.

AestheticsInMotion > Chariotoflove 01/29/2019 at 21:28

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Also true.

I guess the months of recovery and long-term side-effects from being beat half to death on the regular aren’t as screen w orthy

aquila121 > Chariotoflove 01/29/2019 at 21:32

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I had a hard time buying that, too.

aquila121 > Chariotoflove 01/29/2019 at 21:39

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Also, the Pilgrim character is introduced saying, “Please refrain from profanity again”—wait, you can’t abide some rando  saying “shit” around you, but you have absolutely no qualms violating that whole “thou shalt not kill” commandment...

Chariotoflove > aquila121 01/29/2019 at 22:15

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I keep shaking my head at that moron thinking, “how the hell are they going to explain this guy?”

Oh, sorry, profanity. 

Chariotoflove > aquila121 01/30/2019 at 15:48

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Saw it last night, and it really smacked me in the face thanks to you.

aquila121 > Chariotoflove 01/30/2019 at 17:54

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...Happy to help, I guess?