I know I said I hated the Punisher, but this is a good Punisher drawing.
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I guess I'll go with The Punisher just because it's on my guitar and he's so bad ass — how can you not like The Punisher?
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To the Editor: Re "Trump the Punisher" (Editorial Observer, April 3): Michelle Cottle's description of President Trump as a "punisher" does not capture the essence.
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Punisher: War Zone, more than any other superhero movie, seems to get that this is the problem with the Punisher, if not every other superhero too.
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"Punisher" Jon Bernthal, known as Frank Castle aka the Punisher from "Daredevil," is going to be at his own panel on Sunday, but he emerged to a screaming crowd Saturday.
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Marvel has released the first official trailer for its latest Netflix series, The Punisher, and it makes one thing very clear: The Punisher is going to kill a lot of people.
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The Punisher Season 2 bursts onto Netflix on Jan. 18.
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But that's how most things happen in Punisher Season 2.
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"The first Marvel movie was 'The Punisher,'" said van Dyk.
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No wonder Eminem is mad about The Punisher cancellation. pic.twitter.
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The Punisher sits with him, drinking a cup of coffee.
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Matt insists the cops take credit for capturing the Punisher.
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This totally makes sense, since Punisher is an untamed vigilante.
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The Punisher and the 2008 movie Punisher: War Zone are arriving on Hulu and Amazon, in case you haven't already caught the series on Netflix, but be warned, people consider it quite the slog.
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Where to watch: Netflix Show your family wants to watch: The Punisher Superior alternative: Batman: The Animated Series Why: The Punisher is not a very good show, which I have previously discussed at greater length.
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The Punisher still succeeds when it sticks to its basic principles.
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It's almost certain that The Punisher will share the same fate.
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The Punisher is like the comic book character version of that.
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In season two, he's up against just one man: the Punisher.
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Netflix's The Punisher finally has a solid release date: November 17.
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A Daredevil spinoff series, The Punisher, is also in the works.
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"I don't give a shit who you are," the Punisher explains.
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He confirms it was the Punisher, who's now in Irish custody.
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Thomas Jane made an excellent Punisher fan film that led nowhere.
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In the ring and on the street, he was the punisher.
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Deep into the comic saga, the Punisher joins Captain America's side.
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The Punisher sees good and bad as immutable things, and believed these villains were incapable of changing: In retaliation, Cap brutally beats up the Punisher and tries to knock sense into him by way of a concussion.
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It's hard to imagine a worse time for a Punisher TV show.
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Consequently, The Punisher doubles as a fascinating, cynical exploration of authoritarian violence.
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Kingpin's prison yard meetup with the Punisher could easily stray into comedy.
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That means Castle isn't giving up on his role as the Punisher.
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I don't like the concept of the Punisher as a Marvel superhero.
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Marvel's "The Punisher" was more well-loved by audiences than critics overall.
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You know, I don't think the Punisher I'm writing listens to music.
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Yes, that means we get to see The Punisher fight Daredevil again!
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Matt wonders why he's still alive, to which the Punisher says nothing.
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Most surprising is that the film didn't showcase more of Bernthal ("Punisher").
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The Punisher is allowed to murder people because of his lost family.
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"Cap's probably the reason [Punisher] went to Vietnam," Spider-Man tells Patriot.
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There's also a difference between how Punisher fights and how Elektra fights.
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In America, season 2 of The Punisher arrives on Netflix on January 18th.
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And "The Punisher", as he is known, has been true to his word.
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Duterte, 71, has been nicknamed "the Punisher" for his tough stance on crime.
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Also, everything in Tormentor X Punisher, your character included, died in one hit.
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There's even rumors of a Punisher Netflix show in the works as well.
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Dubbed "the punisher" and "Duterte Harry", he was elected by a big margin.
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She also explained that The Punisher actor, 37, balance parenting and work together.
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The half-skull symbol of the Marvel vigilante antihero Punisher was everywhere, too.
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On the other hand, Netflix's "The Punisher" had so-so reviews from critics.
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A truck approaches and the officers shoot, but the Punisher isn't in it.
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So now Frank gives him a choice: Shoot Grotto or shoot the Punisher.
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Matt carries an unconscious Punisher down into the building to a freight elevator.
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Daredevil is helping a limping Punisher through a cemetery, where they eventually rest.
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In the first season of The Punisher, we witnessed everything that Frank lost.
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The important question this raises is whether the Punisher is simply following Daredevil's lead.
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Tomorrow, a little more than a month after NYCC, The Punisher finally hits Netflix.
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Alexander on the set of her first studio film, 2008's Punisher: War Zone.
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Armamentarium is what the Punisher would wear if he existed in the Destiny universe.
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Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, is out for revenge after the events of Daredevil.
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It is unclear whether "Jessica Jones" and "The Punisher" will see the same fate.
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These are interesting issues, but is the Punisher the right character for unpacking them?
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He's sort of the defining Punisher artist in a lot of readers' minds. Yeah!
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I feel like if Jason Voorhees wouldn't do it, the Punisher probably wouldn't either.
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Even on a continuum this expansive, the ominous dirges of Author & Punisher stand out.
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At the heart of Author & Punisher are layers of grinding guitars and clanging rhythms.
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Some opted for New York classics like Nas and Big Punisher, to little interest.
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Leave it to The Punisher and Jessica Jones to go out with a bang.
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The company also announced that "The Punisher" will not return for a third season.
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But, the world sees him as Kira, all-knowing punisher of the most debauched evildoers.
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The Punisher is easily the most violent Netflix series that Marvel has produced to date.
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And further: If he does fix things, even by killing, is Punisher then a hero?
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We're first treated to a rooftop talk-off between Punisher and Daredevil in episode three.
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The results of the third study show that the gender of the punisher is significant.
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This leaves "Jessica Jones" and "The Punisher" as the two remaining Marvel series on Netflix.
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It's a revealing bit of self-reflection that calls into question everything about the Punisher.
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In the comics, the Punisher was introduced in 1974 as a foe for Spider-Man.
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The show's signature fight scenes are still fantastic, as is the Punisher himself, Jon Bernthal.
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In a sea of heroic do-gooders, Punisher was a welcome arrival onto the Marvel scene.
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"The Punisher", as some call him, denies ordering extrajudicial killings but he does not condemn them.
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She might as well be the Punisher, taking a brutal beating and coming back for more.
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Oh, and Eminem is upset about the end of The Punisher, because that's a thing, too.
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Despite the Punisher panel being pulled, I was unable to forget the horrors of real life.
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After months of rumors, Netflix has officially given the green light for a The Punisher series.
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Now the Irish are all over town, asking guys at gunpoint for information on the Punisher.
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Ilhan Omar, the freshman Democratic House member from Minnesota, is fast establishing herself as a Punisher.
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Much of the drama on "The Punisher" is a direct result of events on "Marvel's Daredevil."
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If Punisher was conducting a "social experiment," it isn't clear what he was trying to prove.
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Meanwhile, Barnes has recently had roles in The Punisher, Westworld and the upcoming TV miniseries Gold Digger.
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The Defenders hits Netflix today, and with it comes a look at Marvel's upcoming show The Punisher.
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Season 2 of Daredevil brought another hallway fight to the table, with the addition of the Punisher.
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Daredevil's advocacy of torture is disturbing; the glorification of gun violence in Netflix's The Punisher is ugly.
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It's impossible to divorce The Punisher from guns; they are his costume, his origin story, his superpower.
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From 'Punisher' to Philippines President Obama instead met Tuesday with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea.
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The first comics I read were Superman, The Fantastic Four, Wolverine, The Punisher, and lots of others.
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Rodrigo Duterte: From 'Punisher' to Philippines President Poignant, devastating image One image, in particular, has gone viral.
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I watch the first episode where Punisher is introduced, get hooked, and stay up far too late.
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Although not entirely unexpected, Netflix's cancellation of Marvel's The Punisher and Jessica Jones has struck some nerves.
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When the previous disguises have been exhausted, an exploitative person often becomes a Punisher to maintain control.
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Because despite all that bloodshed, this latest incarnation of the Punisher too often comes away firing blanks.
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Another Marvel character, Punisher, is added to the mix in the new season of "Daredevil" on Netflix.
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She fills him in on the Grotto situation and how everyone's calling their mystery man the Punisher.
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At a murder scene, Daredevil asks for information as to whether or not the Punisher was involved.
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"The honest answer for the 'goatse' reference is a no," said Tormentor X Punisher designer Joonas Turner.
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Netflix put out a first trailer for Marvel's The Punisher this week that gets really dark, really fast.
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Luke Cage Season 1 struggled significantly in the back half, as did Daredevil Season 2 without the Punisher.
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Just days before this year's New York Comic Con, Marvel and Netflix cancelled their panel for The Punisher.
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It's ok that you missed a Thor movie and never got around to watching The Punisher on Netflix.
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Let's just say that fans worried that The Punisher might sand off Frank's rough edges can probably relax.
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"Marvel's The Punisher will not return for a third season on Netflix," a Netflix spokesperson told The Verge.
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Marvel reacquired the rights to the character, as well as Ghost Rider and the Punisher back in 2013.
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Welcome to the Philippines, where Rodrigo Duterte, also known as "The Punisher" assumed the presidency on June 30.
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Frank Castle will return to his life of vigilantism when the second season of Netflix's The Punisher premieres.
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Jessica Jones and The Punisher are the last two shows that exist under Marvel and Netflix's joint partnership.
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The Punisher star also shared some vague statements about the way Spacey reportedly treated the movie's crew members.
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Its cancellation comes shortly after Jessica Jones and The Punisher faced the axe, ending Marvel's partnership with Netflix.
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The Punisher star Bernthal, 42, and Bates Motel star Farmiga, 45, join Alessandro Nivola in the ensemble drama.
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And, on top of all that, there's a new Daredevil copycat — someone they call the Punisher (Jon Bernthal).
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At a pawn shop, the Punisher asks for an NYPD mobile communications rig that picks up tactical frequencies.
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Barely a month after the election, in the first week of December 2008, Punisher: War Zone hit theaters.
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The show also ties into "Marvel's the Punisher," since they both take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Does this mean a Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Punisher exist in the same fictional version of New York?!
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The trailer sets up The Punisher with its own distinct tone that's different from the other Marvel Netflix shows.
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The Punisher—the latest in Netflix's line of super-gritty Marvel adaptations—has piqued fans' curiosity for a while.
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The first side series, a Punisher series spun off of Netflix's Daredevil, is already planned for a 2017 debut.
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An altered version of the Punisher logo also appeared during the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
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"The Punisher," as he is known, said he would kill 100,000 criminals and toss their corpses into Manila Bay.
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The first season of Marvel's series about the vigilante antihero The Punisher finally has a release date: November 17th.
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He also oversaw a severe crackdown on narcotics and crime in the city, earning him the nickname "The Punisher".
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Duterte has since been nicknamed the "Punisher," due to his punitive approach to the drug trade and drug offenders.
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Marvel/Netflix sked: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders THEN 2nd and 3rd seasons of the other shows and Punisher.
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Duterte, sometimes known as 'The Punisher', won a May election on a promise to wipe out drugs and dealers.
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The Punisher also wants the video tapes from the shop and the double-barrel gun from behind the counter.
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At Josie's, Matt, Foggy, and Karen are watching a news clip of the arrest of Frank Castle — the Punisher.
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She thinks the Punisher is now targeting her family for revenge, but Karen's not sure he would do that.
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This week looks at three smaller comics and a big, moody, issue #1 re-tread of Marvel's The Punisher.
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Elektra gets her own coming out episode/origin story/part in the global mob war, just like The Punisher.
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I think this was the day Josh sprayed the Punisher skull on the magazines of his MK-11 rifle.
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He may take delight in his duties as a punisher, but he was not a rogue force of evil.
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Guys want to be not the class clown but the class punisher—and they want to be egged on.
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Moreover, if there are always mass shootings in America, will there ever be a suitable time to release The Punisher?
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I'm not sure any pop culture work has captured the chaos and isolation of PTSD as vividly as The Punisher.
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Predator, The Punisher, Glee, and even a Lena Dunham contract were steps in the brands recent quest of self-discovery.
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All of the other Defenders shows, including Luke Cage, Daredevil, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders have been canceled.
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As a result, The Punisher forces us to philosophically question our own personal relationships with power, abuse, sadism, and terror.
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The world was not crying out for yet another twin stick top-down shooter, but Tormentor X Punisher doesn't care.
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Tormentor X Punisher deliberately obfuscates how some of its systems work, preferring players to organically discover them along the way.
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The Punisher is a Marvel comics character who wears a skull on his chest and murders his foes with guns.
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Since then "The Punisher" has fought former professional baseball player Jose Canseco and former professional wrestler Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
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When Jon Bernthal returns to Netflix later this month in The Punisher, he'll be walking down a well-worn path.
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But Marvel fans may recognize new additions to the mayhem: Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Daredevil's ex-girlfriend, Elektra (Élodie Yung).
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Foggy runs out to the scene, but discovers, along with the police, that both Daredevil and the Punisher are gone.
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This guy Finn shows up, who's angry because the Punisher stole millions of dollars from him and killed his son.
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"I see myself as a punisher for the wicked and a bringer of justice to the innocent," he told me.
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But every now and again, along comes a Punisher so wanton that he rattles even members of his own team.
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Netflix has been cancelling its Marvel shows, with rumors that Punisher and Jessica Jones will be next on the chopping block.
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Dillon specialized in depicting hard men: Abslom Daak, John Constantine, the Punisher, half the cast of the seminal Vertigo series Preacher.
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Season 1 of The Punisher was a standout among the Marvel Netflix shows because of the tightly intertwined characters and narrative.
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That'll be followed by The Punisher, plus at least another season each for Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, and Iron Fist.
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The film fell into Shankar's "Bootleg" film universe with such films as The Punisher: Dirty Laundry and Venom: Truth in Journalism.
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While Frank's endurance often stretches credulity, The Punisher avoids action clichés like having bad guys attack him one at a time.
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There's a difference between the way Punisher fights versus how Wilson Fisk fights versus how Elektra fights versus how Daredevil fights.
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Marvel properties currently at Netflix include the Jessica Jones spinoff series Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Punisher, and The Defenders.
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We went on tour with Author & Punisher, and I am so glad that we did, but it was hard for me.
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Matt goes back to the crime scene to see if he can find any clues about who the Punisher might be.
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While preparing a story about Tormentor X Punisher, a rad twin stick shooter with an inventive upgrade system, I realized something.
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He is also the brother of actor Jon Bernthal, who plays the anti-hero on Netflix's "The Punisher," according to IMDb.
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Jason was also pretty stoked to learn Eminem's a big 'Punisher' fan ... as the rapper made clear on Twitter this week.
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The Punisher has a couple of fight scenes with and against Daredevil, and there's a bone-crunching brutality to his fights.
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In The Punisher season one, Agent Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah) might have been the worst Homeland Security officer on television.
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The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) is now on the scene, brutally killing "bad guys" — or, more specifically, the people he thinks are bad.
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Netflix also announced it was canceling its other remaining Marvel show, The Punisher, marking the end of the streaming service's Marvel era.
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Turns out, Eminem (government name: Marshall Mathers) has a few obsessions of his own, particularly Netflix's Marvel Cinematic Universe drama The Punisher.
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I know all the Marvel TV show code names: "Crime" meant The Punisher, "Group Therapy" meant The Defenders, "Violet" meant Jessica Jones.
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Some may have been surprised when Marvel character Karen Page was announced to be part of the upcoming Netflix series The Punisher.
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Jessica Jones and The Punisher are the last two remaining series in Netflix and Marvel's collaboration that have not been canceled yet.
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The difference with The Punisher, created by former Hannibal executive producer Steve Lightfoot, is that Frank Castle is a real-deal murderer.
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"Jessica Jones" and "The Punisher" are the two remaining series, but there has been speculation they soon will be axed as well.
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Mr. Dillon also worked on the character Judge Dredd for the British comic book 2000 AD and the Marvel character the Punisher.
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There's this one early-techno single, which definitely did reach a whole new level in the club: "The Punisher" by Underground Resistance.
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He also says that nothing Daredevil's doing in the streets is working, so the Punisher has no choice but to kill people.
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When The Defenders hit Netflix in August, it came with a short teaser trailer for the next big Netflix/Marvel show: The Punisher.
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Furthermore, there's an iconic scene where the Punisher blasts Wolverine's dick off and he grows a new one, which presumably has its foreskin.
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Because Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and The Punisher are also co-owned by Netflix, they won't be removed.
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Iron Fist is one of several in a joint Marvel/Netflix shared universe, set alongside Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and The Punisher.
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New additions Elektra and the Punisher, like season one villain Wilson Fisk before them, are intriguing characters who could carry their own shows.
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Particularly not pleased about The Punisher being cut was Eminem, who wrote a caps-only tweet admonishing the streaming giant for its decision.
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The head of the mercenary group, the Punisher himself, Jon Bernthal, hops in the side passenger seat, and the convoy makes its escape.
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That simplicity makes it hard to get Frank right, too, as was illustrated by the painfully awful Punisher films that preceded War Zone.
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He asked the agency to "rethink its mission" and move away from its role as the "punisher" of mothers with substance use disorders.
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Part Batman, part the Punisher, the former operative is quietly atoning for his past, one broken wrist and shattered kneecap at a time.
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The Punisher, Elektra, even Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin, were all, like Daredevil himself, torn between nobility and savagery, vigilantism and the rule of law.
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Frank Castle (aka The Punisher!) showed up in season 2 of Daredevil, and he's an angsty, angry white guy with a dark past.
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The Punisher would rather give us glimpses of a boring, gray, painful life that many vets get to deal with after coming home.
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Her editor reminds her why she wanted to do this story in the first place: because the Punisher isn't a cold-blooded killer.
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Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe became bigger than Jesus, studios foolishly made a daredevil of Ben Affleck and a punisher outta Thomas Jane.
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Thus, The Punisher season two might very well the last we see of the series, at least until Disney's streaming service is online.
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He's become an icon, a superhero that doesn't hide behind the mask like Daredevil, or in the shadows like the Punisher or Jessica Jones.
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And in the post-credits sequence, The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) is back, with the first trailer for the next installment of Netflix's Marvel series.
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Jessica Jones and The Punisher have been canceled by Netflix, bringing an end to all five of Marvel and Netflix's live-action TV series.
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Steve Dillon, the iconic artist of comic books Preacher and The Punisher, has passed away at the age of 54, according to his brother.
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The Punisher is bleak and uncompromising, but Bernthal infuses its title character with the dignity the show needs to pull off its antihero story.
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Bernthal said "The Punisher" aims to "hold a mirror to society and make society ask questions of itself" on the issue of gun violence.
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Thankfully, "The Punisher" stays much closer to the real world, or as close to the real world as a comic book series can be.
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The company claims other functions include pyrotechnics and movie props, citing uses in films like The Punisher and The Purge (which seems about right).
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Netflix's The Punisher is coming to the streaming service later this year, starring Jon Bernthal in the title role reprising his role from Daredevil.
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The release of The Punisher was wisely pushed back after a heavily armed gunman opened fire on a crowd in Las Vegas last month.
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But not until I finish up The Punisher, officially my first "very glad I didn't judge this book by it's cover" selection of 2018.
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Melvin assesses the damage and suggests that maybe the Punisher could have killed him but chose not to, based on where the bullets are.
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The DEA chats amongst themselves about a big drug bust they're planning the next day, and Punisher stomps over in that night, guns blazing.
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It deals with the introduction of the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), a man who's so scarred by personal trauma that he equates justice with death.
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Despite these warning shots, the president's popularity among voters remains high, and any move to stop the man known as "the punisher" still seems remote.
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Cap's earnestness and discipline meant he'd never be sleekly persnickety, like Iron Man; nor empathetically emo, like Spider-Man; nor morally murky, like the Punisher.
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Marvel's The Punisher Billy Russo is a fairly major departure from his comic book origin, but still ends up in a similar place as Jigsaw.
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Season 1 drew heavily from Miller's "Man Without Fear" storyline, while Season 2 digs deep into the plots and iconography of Elektra and The Punisher.
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Duterte's campaign directed a network of volunteers to promote the candidate's authoritarian image; they pushed nicknames like "the Punisher" and "Duterte Harry" into the vernacular.
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The Punisher is returning for a second season, and a short teaser released this week reveals it'll be coming back very soon — on January 18th.
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In "The Punisher," launching all episodes on Friday, Castle is fixed on getting revenge on the criminals that killed his wife and two young children.
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But if your family does want to watch The Punisher, chances are they either want to see kickass action or they're fans of superhero comics.
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He's also died a bunch of times and been brought back to life, mainly becoming a villain for the likes of Daredevil and The Punisher.
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Netflix cancelled two superhero series — The Punisher and Jessica Jones — signaling the end of a five-year licensing partnership with Disney-owned Marvel on Monday.
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Former welterweight champion and fan favorite Paul "The Punisher" Williams will be returning to the ring as a trainer on March 25th in Miami, Oklahoma.
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Mr Duterte—aka "Duterte Harry" or "the Punisher"—is the long-standing mayor of the city of Davao on the troubled southern island of Mindanao.
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But I haven't watched it yet, and that's partially because I'm knee deep in a Marvel series I thought would kind of suck: The Punisher.
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Daredevil shoots his gun at his chains to break himself free and charges toward the Punisher, who shoots Grotto in the chest before getting tackled.
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The last season added two lead characters in Jon Bernthal's Punisher and Élodie Yung's Elektra, and retained the first season's pulverizing martial-arts-inspired violence.
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The experiments were manipulated so that the perpetrator appeared to be a member of either the same group as the punisher or a different one.
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It's not only intoxicating mix of every disaster movie, The Punisher, and 90s rap videos, but also the strongest argument for vegetarianism we've ever seen.
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The Punisher is easily the most violent of Netflix's adaptations of Marvel comics, and one of the most violent series the streaming service has ever produced.
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I'm a huge Thor fan, I'm a huge Captain Marvel fan, I'm a huge fan of The Punisher, so it's hard to pick just one superhero.
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The man, who is most comfortable in shirts and jeans, has been dubbed "Duterte Harry" and "The Punisher" by the enamored local press for his exploits.
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The former Davao City mayor, nicknamed "The Punisher", rose to power in a presidential campaign centered on fighting crime, encouraging extrajudicial killings as a key solution.
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Allegations also surfaced that he was connected to extrajudicial killings by a well-coordinated group of vigilantes, earning him the moniker "The Punisher" by Time Magazine.
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That's not to say that Marvel's Netflix shows — which encompass Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the upcoming Defenders and Punisher series — are bad.
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Daniel Webber as Vince Neil Australian actor Webber played Lewis Walcott in the Netflix series The Punisher, and Lee Harvey Oswald in the mini-series 11.22.
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Season 2200 of Marvel Studios "The Punisher" is new on Netflix, but many superhero comic book fans already are wondering whether the antihero can survive 2000.
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There's more on the way as well, including the mashup of the previous four titles in The Defenders, as well as its spinoff in The Punisher.
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" During her best actress in a drama win for the role at the 2012 Golden Globes, Streep jokingly referred to Weinstein as "god" and "the punisher.
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The Punisher was introduced in the comics as a foe of Spider-Man, somebody whose ruthlessness and vigilantism put him in conflict with more traditional heroes.
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The shop owner is reluctant, but once he sees how much cash the Punisher has, he presents him with a stolen rig from an officer's car.
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All of us," Karen says, suggesting that Daredevil was probably the catalyst for men like the Punisher, "Men who think that the law belongs to them.
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"When there are more women in charge, more women are hired, said Felicia D. Henderson, a longtime writer-producer whose credits include "The Punisher" and "Empire.
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While the first episode of The Punisher season two introduces a creepy, chilly new Christian zealot villain, Russo (Ben Barnes) is still the show's primary baddie.
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After a lot of cajoling from his friends, Daredevil lands firmly in the anti-murder camp, while The Punisher believes bad guys deserve to be summarily executed.
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Marvel's The Punisher I'm fascinated by Frank and Micro's relationship — probably because of the reason you just touched on, that Frank is so repressed in that way.
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The connection between this villain's conflict and Punisher or really any other character in the show is left completely unexplained until about the second to last episode.
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In a new teaser for The Punisher, Frank (Jon Bernthal) makes his way through a forest, creeping up on soldiers and taking them down with ease. Surprise.
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DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) - Be it "DU30" car plates or "The Punisher" T-shirts, Filipinos have been snapping up any merchandise they can featuring President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
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Gerry Conway, who created the Punisher in 1974, originally conceived of him as a throwaway character who would try to murder Spider-Man for a few issues.
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Even when its stylized viciousness is undercut by real-world tragedy, The Punisher, like Marvel's very best Netflix series, gives its title character a bloody good introduction.
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The new series will focus on The Punisher, and will star Jon Bernthal in the title role — reprising a part he first played on Daredevil Season 2.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Frank Castle, the vigilante sniper assassin at the center of Netflix Inc's new Marvel series "The Punisher," is neither a hero nor a villain.
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The Punisher already appeared as the best element of the second series of "Daredevil", where his back story (his family was killed by gangsters) is first explained.
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The spinoff series The Punisher is also getting a second season, meaning Netflix's Marvel run will continue for the foreseeable future — except for The Defenders, that is.
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"The Punisher" season 2003 had a 70 on Jumpshot's Index, but recent reports using Jumpshot data indicate its second season has experienced a decline of 40 percent.
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In place of the Punisher panel, Marvel swapped in a screening for a documentary about Stan Lee, creator of some of the publisher's most well-known properties.
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Nicknamed "the punisher" for his measures to tackle crime, Duterte also said he would beg Congress to re-introduce a death penalty that was repealed in 2006.
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Trailers give the impression that the Punisher series will focus on surveillance state overreaches and a conspiracy to silence Frank, who saw and participated in war crimes.
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Ben Barnes had long hair for the first few years of his career, but in his most recent roles in "Westworld" and "The Punisher," it's been short.
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I think he'll be a better player in 2016 if he begins to manifest his power more, and tries to become a punisher on every single carry.
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In Netflix's latest Marvel show, The Punisher, Turk finds himself with a gun to his head as he tries to reason with the city's most volatile antihero.
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The latest, "Marvel's The Punisher," is the slow, quiet one, at least for a significant portion of its first season, which is available to stream on Friday.
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Mr. Bernthal is a brother of Jon Bernthal, the actor who played the Punisher in Netflix's "Daredevil" series and Shane Walsh in the series "The Walking Dead."
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Eventually, Clutterbuck strolled in and blew everyone away his with his British awesomeness, but for a time Rick Grimes was going to played by a former Punisher.
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Frank Castle is back for another round of morally gray murder in Season 2 of Netflix's The Punisher, and based on the above trailer, not much has changed.
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Comic-Con attendees on Friday were treated to a look at the first clip from The Punisher, which gets us up to speed with the black-clad vigilante.
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A printing shop in Davao that has been churning out "The Punisher" shirts, said it was already seeing the benefits of a Duterte presidency on its balance sheet.
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It's Michelle Pfeiffer's beautifully deranged final scene in Batman Returns, where an abused woman is twisted into a coy punisher, fighting off both intended saviors and cruel aggressors.
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Punisher and Elektra have some dazzling moments, and both actors do what they can with the material they're given — but there just isn't enough for them to do.
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It is consistently violent: one episode consists almost entirely of The Punisher being tortured (intercut with some soft porn scenes as the character recalls sex with his wife).
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With the cancellations of Luke Cage and Iron Fist, this leaves Jessica Jones, Punisher, and Daredevil as Netflix's Marvel shows for when we need our superhero binge fix.
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You may have heard that Marvel had a big promotional Punisher presentation that it pulled the plug on out of respect for victims of the Las Vegas massacre.
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The guitars open up, and we see a fresh bumper sticker: The Punisher skull logo, superimposed with an American flag and wearing an approximation of Donald Trump's hair.
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I like the idea of citrus salad with prosecco to start, with eggs Benedict to follow, and then an afternoon of "The Punisher" on Netflix, interspersed with naps.
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On the superhero side, The Punisher will premiere on November 17th, with the series adaptation of Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It coming to the service on the 23rd.
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Compared to consumer laptops like the HP Spectre x211 and the Razer Blade 24, dialogue in The Punisher produced by the speakers came without any gravitas from the lows.
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Despite its name and Bernthal's intense performance, The Punisher is about more than just its ruthless antihero, and proves much more incisive than it may initially seem to be.
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Nicknamed "the punisher" and "Duterte Harry" for his brutal fight on crime, Duterte has hit back at activists incensed by the surge in the killings of suspected drug traffickers.
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Let us explain: Netflix has finally announced the release date for The Punisher, and it's dropping November 17 – the same date as another little superhero shindig called Justice League.
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When Sadie Jessica Marie Collins saw a man with a shirt reading "Punisher" pushing a doll around in a shopping cart at Goodwill, she had to know his story.
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In the new season, the dynamic is different and less interesting — Daredevil and the Punisher are both vigilantes, with different methods and different levels of concern for collateral damage.
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He goes out into an alleyway, where he's supposed to meet Brass, but it becomes clear the DA has alternate plans to use Grotto as bait for the Punisher.
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While their newest blockbuster explodes onto screens, Marvel also releases Punisher #1 on comic store shelves: A reworking of one of the nastiest, most grim comics in their stable.
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Howard was a hulking specimen — when he played in Washington, they called him the Capital Punisher — but Bellinger is tall and lean, with an all-around set of skills.
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Creatively speaking, Marvel's Netflix shows -- among them "Iron Fist" and "The Punisher" -- also fell well short of Marvel's top tier, even if it's difficult to quantify their commercial performance.
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Five years later, Riley has somehow transformed herself from a working mom -- grudgingly fretting about cookie sales -- into a cross between Marvel's The Punisher and Rambo, hellbent on revenge.
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The news comes days after Netflix announced the double cancellation of both Jessica Jones and The Punisher, on the heels of its axing of Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil.
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In the first episode of season 2 of Netflix's Marvel Cinematic Universe series The Punisher, a character asks revenge-driven vigilante Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) when he lost his family.
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And revenge is the primary motivation of Frank Castle—aka The Punisher—a Marvel character who has inspired three Hollywood movies and is the subject of a recent Netflix series.
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That could mean that season two of Jessica Jones, season three of Daredevil, as well as the first season of The Punisher could be coming out in 2018 and 2019.
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His family was murdered, leaving him broken but with a mission to use his military training to take out criminals as the Punisher whenever he sees the justice system fail.
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Pitting the two of them against each other and pairing them as unlikely allies cranks up the drama without forcing the Punisher to get introspective or grow as a person.
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In the post-rampage narrative of "The Punisher," Castle is trying to recover from double traumas: the destruction of his family, and the lingering guilt from his mission in Afghanistan.
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There is also a sort of social credit that comes with being seen as a moralistic punisher; we want to show off our goodness to others, to signal our virtue.
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Was it to demonstrate that women actually have an easier time than men when it comes to achieving success — because Punisher himself went unsigned, while "Ellie" was snapped up immediately?
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Promising that "change is coming" Duterte -- called "the Punisher" for going after alleged criminals and drug dealers -- captured the imagination of the masses long suffering from chronic corruption and high crime.
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Ritter's pregnancy news came days after Netflix announced the double cancellation of both Jessica Jones and The Punisher, on the heels of its axing of Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil.
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Netflix had said it was coming in November, but a release date was never confirmed, and given the spotty promotions, would-be viewers began to wonder: What's up with The Punisher?
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If this were the Netflix Punisher or Daredevil series, audiences would know exactly who they were supposed to be identifying with: the familiar face with a long history as a hero.
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Like numerous first-person shooter games that punch above their weight class, The Punisher tries to transcend its glorified violence by glazing the story with a thin sheen of social consciousness.
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While Daredevil's fight scenes showcase a martial arts style, The Punisher is a military guy who's trying to put down a target in as few moves as possible, according to Lightfoot.
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In Daredevil's second season, Bernthal and Moll showed off a fine chemistry, and The Punisher taps into the special bond they have: She reflects his compassion, while he reflects her fearlessness.
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This month alone, the leader—nicknamed Duterte Harry and The Punisher—has threatened the mining sector with mass closures, vowed to "destroy oligarchs," and insulted the U.S. ambassador to the country.
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So far, it's unclear whether the 71-year old leader, nicknamed 'The Punisher' and 'Duterte Harry' for his hard stance on crime, will raise the matter during his four-day stay.
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The sixth Marvel series on Netflix The Punisher, which will follow Frank Castle's quest for bloody justice in Hell's Kitchen, will be the sixth series in Marvel's stable of Netflix shows.
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Portrayed by Thomas Jane (The Expanse, The Punisher), Sweeney's story is played out in a deceptively touching short film that draws you in before it flips to a genuinely powerful reveal.
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Now that he's the headliner again, it's worth looking back on one of those failed attempts, one of Marvel Studios' best and most under-appreciated films: 2008's Punisher: War Zone.
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Although a Netflix series might look like more hospitable turf, "The Punisher" only marginally improves on that legacy, yielding a grim, plodding story that tends to confuse body count with achievement.
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You can crush all these ingredients together with what Julia calls her "medieval dick punisher," but a normal muddler should suffice to bring this "pretty, summery, and delicious" cocktail to life.
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As Deadline notes, this means the plug could get pulled on Jessica Jones Season 3 or The Punisher Season 2 at any point in development or production, which doesn't inspire confidence.
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The Punisher, for example, has always been seen as a nastier commodity -- and thus not conducive to blockbuster mode -- while another vigilante, Batman, can still reasonably aspire to a broader footprint.
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When she takes down an opponent, she does so with a series of intricate moves rather than a one-punch knockout, because she can't rely on brute force like Punisher does.
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At the center of this conflict is Overkill (Scott Speiser), who most directly parodies the Punisher, but also acts as a commentary on any number of other emotionally repressed, grim male heroes.
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Rodrigo Duterte, a 71-year-old Viagra-enhanced leader nicknamed "The Punisher" for his stint busting crime in Davao City in Southern Philippines takes helm as the country's 16th President on Thursday.
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He played John Gotti in the film about his life, Gotti, and also starred in the films Pulp Fiction, Face Off and The Punisher which have seen him take on dark characters.
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The Punisher isn't the first member of the superhero set to wield guns or take lives, but as is often the case with gun violence, the issue is a matter of scale.
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Days before the October premiere of "The Punisher," a lone gunman killed 58 people at a concert in Las Vegas, forcing Netflix to cancel the red carpet and postpone the show's release.
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His name tag says 'Punisher' everything about him screams burliness and manliness yet, here he is, at Goodwill with a baby doll strapped safely in the cart as he shops for clothing.
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She's angry about the way the media is portraying the Punisher as a deranged lunatic, and not being sympathetic — or thorough for that matter — about what happened to him and his family.
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Netflix and Marvel's The Punisher is back for its second season, but perhaps the biggest currently surrounding the series is the question of whether season two will also be the show's last.
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If this really is the end of The Punisher — at least for now — watching season two, for me, gave a feeling more like relief than sadness over something I'm going to miss.
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Oh, and Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, also shows up and causes mayhem, but he's getting his own standalone show, so we don't need to get into all of his nonsense right now.
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We already knew Ghost Recon Breakpoint was in the works, but Ubisoft revealed a nice surprise at E3: Walking Dead and Punisher star Jon Bernthal will play a prominent role in the game.
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The Punisher has always been an antihero, a not-quite-good guy with a gun whose motivation for murder is initially sympathetic: bad guys killed his family, and justice has to be dispensed.
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Marvel Comics editor Steven Wacker estimated earlier in 2017 that Punisher has killed 48,502 people since his first appearance, a death toll that would likely make him the worst mass murderer in history.
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It's hard to think of a Marvel character that better channels the mentality at the heart of the American gun epidemic; it's too bad The Punisher has so little to say about it.
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The first season of Netflix's The Punisher arrived at an awkward time in America's history with gun violence, but that isn't stopping the streaming service from bringing it back for a second season.
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The only thing that's certain is that Daredevil, who now has to deal with his old flame, the Punisher, and the mystical ninja clan the Hand, has lost all control of Hell's Kitchen.
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The second season is due to feature more characters from the comic books (and subjects of past movies), Elektra and the Punisher; when it comes to superheroes, quality may be better than quantity.
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We need him to keep the tension up and the story moving forward, but it's how the characters around him react to him that really determines if a Punisher movie works or not.
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Marvel's The Punisher will finally hit Netflix on November 17, 2017, the company announced on Thursday, following weeks of speculation over when — perhaps even if — the series would see the light of day.
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It didn't reveal any details about the upcoming series, but expect some changes to the cast, as Frank "The Punisher" Castle, introduced in season two, shuffles off to star in his own show.
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Until then, though, "The Punisher" drifts along at an uneven, at-times sluggish pace, which has been an issue with the lesser lights ("Iron Fist" comes to mind) in the Marvel-Netflix collaboration.
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Gentrification was an issue in Season 1, but the current season moves back into timeless comic-book territory, with the Punisher taking on Irish, Latino and biker gangs straight out of central casting.
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Thoroughly pissed off about the portrayal of Frank — and perhaps missing her late reporter friend, Ben Urich — Karen goes to the Bulletin editor and complains that they're lying by omission about the Punisher.
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Reyes acts in her own best interests — circumventing the justice system and legal promises to get ahead in this world (see: how she doesn't save Grotto and instead uses him as Punisher bait).
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Bernthal announced that they had recently begun production on the "Punisher" for Netflix and then brought Deborah Ann Woll, Karen Page in "Daredevil," to the stage to announce her involvement with the project.
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If Captain America is a symbol for America's heroism in World War II, and the Punisher is Marvel's face for the failures of Vietnam, then Iron Man could ostensibly represent Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Cap is all about stars-and-stripes glory, the Punisher is about damage, and Iron Man becomes the poster boy for the United States' war on terror — both its successes and its failures.
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Duterte's election campaign focused almost entirely on the scourges of crime, drug abuse and corruption, and voters were not deterred by repeated warnings from "the Punisher", in profanity-peppered speeches, to have offenders killed.
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Starring Walking Dead's Jon Bernthal as the titular antihero, Punisher goes deep and dark on the story of Frank Castle, a man who becomes a vigilante after the death of his wife and children.
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Marvel brought in Ghost Rider (which had been a pair of films starring Nicholas Cage), and the Punisher (another two films), for Agents of SHIELD, and its Netflix superhero franchise, starting with Daredevil, respectively.
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The Punisher will follow Castle as he continues to wreak havoc in New York, armed with many, many guns, an eerie knack for accuracy, and a superhero emblem worthy of your local Hot Topic.
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Characters that straddled the line between good and evil — heroes who had destructive urges or a history of killing (think: Wolverine and the Punisher) and conscientious villains (think: Magneto or even Deadpool) — became beloved.
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The Punisher, aka Frank Castle, is a familiar Marvel character – he's already been played in the movies by Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane and Ray Stevenson – with a backstory more anguished even than poor Daredevil's.
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Duterte, who is nicknamed "the Punisher", has been unapologetic over unleashing the police on drug users and dealers and has responded robustly to criticism from the United Nations and other countries over his campaign.
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In reality, he wasn't even hurt ... and The Punisher ain't gonna let Dean off the hook, especially since he potentially screwed him outta some serious cash ... and also blew another call later that night.
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With the release of 'The Defenders' today, Netflix has also released a new trailer for 'The Punisher,' the spin-off focused on Daredevil villain/ally Frank Castle, portrayed by The Walking Dead's Joe Bernthal.
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The Punisher star was about to start shooting the Ryan Gosling-helmed drama First Man as Dave Scott, a part that ultimately went to Christopher Abbott, he told Men's Health in a new profile.
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The firebrand leader, known as "the Punisher" and "Duterte Harry", has said he personally killed criminals while he was mayor of southern Davao City, leading senators to warn him that he risked being impeached.
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The Punisher (1989), starring Dolph Lundgren in the title role, feels like an action B-movie cashing in on the successes of the bigger stars of its time, like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.
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Four new series based on Marvel Comics franchises are scheduled to appear before the end of the year (including "The Punisher" on Netflix, not listed here because it doesn't have a premiere date yet).
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It comes at the behest of President Rodrigo Duterte, the popular, self-styled "punisher", notorious for his crackdowns on crime, and a war on drugs that has killed thousands of mostly poor, urban Filipinos.
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Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte, the controversial politician known as the "punisher" due to his promises to kill criminals, is the presumptive winner of the Philippine presidency after an election day marred by chaos and violence.
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While Punisher was by no means a feminist icon in Season 1, Season 2 becomes egregious in how it uses women as ornamental victims who exist only as collateral damage for the male characters' journeys.
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It seems inevitable that the upcoming seasons of The Punisher and Jessica Jones will be the last ones for Netflix, although Marvel has strongly hinted that this isn't the last we've seen of the characters.
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Fans who have been following Castle's story from the second season of Daredevil know that he's killing because his family was killed; The Punisher, through its excessive violence, wants to test whether there's a limit.
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It's also a nice nod to the past when Daredevil reconsiders his moral arguments with Frank Castle (aka the Punisher, played by Jon Bernthal) in season 2, while struggling with what to do about Kingpin.
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Outspoken de Lima is the leading opponent within the government of Duterte, also known as "The Punisher", frequently condemning him of using the nation-wide narcotics crackdown as an excuse to commit murder with impunity.
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The Punisher as played by Bernthal was a very well-received addition to the second season of 'Daredevil,' and fans are excited about the revenge-driven seeker of murderous justice getting his own standalone series.
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Adding in more characters, like what happened with Elektra, the Punisher, the Hand, and the Stick in season two, can work, but it can also, if done incorrectly, make the show feel rushed and congested.
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But even though Deadshot is the film's biggest sellout in turning villains into standard heroes — there have been versions of Punisher more morally compromised than Deadshot is here — he's one of the film's biggest assets.
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"The Speaker is Systematically Blown" and "Ode to Bedlam" boast bona fide choruses, while the closing title track delivers a slow-building storm of crashing electronics, the likes of which first brought Author & Punisher attention.
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The first episode acts as an hour-long coming out party for the Punisher, first characterized as a bloodthirsty former serviceman seeking vengeance after his family became collateral damage of the Hell's Kitchen turf war.
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The Punisher, judging by this first trailer (there was a sneak peek at the end of The Defenders), is leaning into the gun-fueled hyperviolence that the character brought to the second season of Daredevil.
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The Punisher was an unexpected addition to Marvel and Netflix's superhero roster, which was initially designed to spotlight Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, before bringing the "street-level" heroes together for The Defenders.
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For that matter, he and Cox are both secure enough in their performances that we could have been spared a long, superfluous and deadly dull scene in which Daredevil argues the Punisher about justice and morality.
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Netflix greenlit The Punisher after the character (played by Jon Bernthal) was introduced in the second season of Daredevil, and in the first two trailers we've seen, the show is promising a bloody, gun-filled affair.
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The Punisher, who had featured in three films, and Daredevil, a blind lawyer fighting crime in Hell's Kitchen in New York, portrayed by Ben Affleck on the big screen in 2003, are the two notable exceptions.
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Following the tradition of Marvel movies, Marvel's Netflix series The Defenders has a treat for anyone who sticks around through the credits scene in its last episode: a trailer for Marvel's next Netflix series, The Punisher.
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I met her with Reuters colleague Manny Mogato in May 2016 in a slum in Davao City, just after its long-time mayor, Rodrigo Duterte - also known as "The Punisher" - was elected president of the Philippines.
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Since Daredevil kicked the whole thing off in 2015, there have been multiple seasons of Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, and one season of The Punisher and the superhero team-up series The Defenders.
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Thomas Jane (and his kitchen-sink dye job) is OK in 2004's The Punisher, but none of the supporting actors seem like they're acting in the same movie, making the whole thing feel tonally incoherent.
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"What critics said: "Here's the most unforgivable sin of the second season of The Punisher: You have a magnificent performance like this one at your disposal, and this is what you choose to do with it?
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Still, someone thought it would be a great idea to give Travolta the Teflon don role of John Gotti because he did such a great job being bad in Face/Off, Battlefield Earth, and The Punisher.
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Miller, Moore, their peers, and the many comic creators they inspired started to develop antiheroes like Wolverine, Daredevil, and the Punisher, writing the gritty, dark, and violent stories we see today in stuff like Netflix's Daredevil.
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"The Punisher" star -- who played Curtis Hoyle on the Netflix series -- was leaving a Starbucks Friday in Studio City and gave us a thoughtful take on the show being canceled, and why he saw it coming.
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The posts in the database run the gamut from sharing images of the "Punisher" skull, which has become closely associated with the pro-police "Blue Lives Matter" movement, all the way to advocating violence against minorities.
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I can just see Eminem at home realizing it's up to him to speak for The Punisher fans of the world (again, who are they?) and writing a bunch of business-style tweets voicing his supreme disapproval.
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Dubbed "Duterte Harry" and "the Punisher" by the local press for his exploits, Duterte is a colorful and controversial figure known for his inflammatory comments on a gang rape, his sexual conquests and tough stance on crime.
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He thinks that what makes the Punisher compelling to some people is precisely what makes him so disconcerting to others: his ability to shoot his way past the moral complexities of a situation and never look back.
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While characters like Daredevil and The Punisher have been dressed up in the costumes that they're best known for — often with a more realistic reinterpretation, Iron Fist went without it in the first season of the show.
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We already knew the fate of Disney's Marvel co-production TV shows, including Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and The Defenders was not subject to the new arrangement Disney announced earlier this week.
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It was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, who had previously collaborated on "The Punisher Max" and had made names for themselves individually in the industry with such works as "Preacher" and "Transmetropolitan," respectively.
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The Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) was a more vivid and frightening foe than this year's model, the gun-happy former soldier called the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), and Mr. D'Onofrio's performance was bigger in every way than Mr. Bernthal's.
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Of the many iterations of the jolly home intruder/child punisher/rider of mutant steeds called "Santa" — from Odin, to Sinterklaas, to Joulupukki the Christmas Goat — the concept of a shrunken mini-Santa is the most terrifying.
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Duterte won the May 9 election by a substantial margin after promising to expand a ruthless anti-crime campaign he started while mayor of Davao City, which had earned him nicknames like "the Punisher" and "Duterte Harry".
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Nicknamed "The Punisher" for his proposed measures to tackle crime, presumptive president-elect of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is showing no sign of softening his stance as he prepares to assume leadership of the South Asian nation.
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The streaming service recently axed three of its big shows, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Daredevil, leaving only Jessica Jones and The Punisher standing — both of which were already deep in production when the other series were canceled.
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Check out nine trailers from this week below It's hard to get a good sense for the series out of Netflix's quick first teaser for The Punisher, but there are definitely a couple things we can take away.
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The case was well into play when Duterte was still comfortably ensconced in his Davao fiefdom down in Mindinao, and coming close to its end when "The Punisher" was only just beginning to register in the national consciousness.
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Car license plates bearing Duterte's online abbreviation, "DU30", priced at 150 pesos ($3.25), have been the most in demand item since the firebrand mayor, nicknamed "the punisher" for his measures to tackle crime, won the presidency last week.
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Much like Batman will brood forever in his underground man-cave, and Spider-Man will swing forever through the streets of New York City making quips, the Punisher will always kill, because that's what he was made for.
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The rest of the exchange is both overwrought and bare, as the two men repeat the same idea — Punisher kills people, Daredevil doesn't — in a multitude of different ways, none of them poignant enough to leave a mark.
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As new shows are added (Luke Cage, Iron Fist, the four-way crossover The Defenders, and the spinoff The Punisher), the protagonists keep building their own mythologies and battling their own demons as much as they battle villains.
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He's arguably best-known for his self-described "Bootleg Universe" of short films, which includes not only Power Rangers, but also stylized re-imaginings of some of his favorite characters, like the Punisher, Judge Dredd, and James Bond.
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No other Punisher film, comic, or series that I've come across has managed to distill Frank as perfectly as War Zone has in this regard, and it does so while still being a fun shoot 'em up film.
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When she's not writing high-profile comics like The Punisher and Gotham Academy, or drawing books like Conan the Barbarian and goddamn Batman, she's creating art for bands, music festivals, and even a little band called Black Sabbath.
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In October, Netflix decided to withdraw a planned preview of "The Punisher," based on the Marvel comic about a gun-wielding vigilante, from the lineup at New York Comic-Con after the tragedy that occurred in Las Vegas.
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With new seasons of Jessica Jones and The Punisher in the pipeline, a fresh Season 3 debut for Daredevil, and no plans to resurrect The Defenders, could this be the end of Netflix and Marvel's game-changing TV partnership?
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Hell's Kitchen has become such a violent world that the Punisher, who kills known criminals and members of the city's biggest crime factions, is seen as an avenging angel by some and an out-of-control madman by others.
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Duterte, also known as The Punisher, has ramped up his anti-American rhetoric in recent days after Washington, alongside Europe and other members of the international community, condemned the government's use of extra-judicial killings in a narcotics crackdown.
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The parties postponed a "Punisher" premiere at New York Comic-Con after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which feels like a limp acknowledgment of the show's over-the-top violence while simultaneously trying to establish distance from it.
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A man comes up to the roof where Daredevil and the Punisher are having their therapy session, and the Punisher's able to convince him he's just up there having a smoke and that his sister lives in the building.
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Nicknamed "the punisher" and "Duterte Harry" for his brutal fight against crime, Duterte hit back at activists incensed by a surge in the killing of suspected drug traffickers, saying human rights should protect dignity, not let criminals destroy the country.
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As Netflix loses its licenses to stream Disney films, and cancels its interconnected Marvel shows (so far: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Daredevil, with The Punisher and Jessica Jones still awaiting word), Marvel is apparently forging a stronger connection with Hulu.
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No matter how many sad faces Frank Castle makes about his trauma, The Punisher can never escape the terrible gravity that its most basic purpose is inviting viewers to enjoy watching an angry man murder as many people as he can.
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In true comic book form, the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) is a sort of alternate or mirror image of Daredevil: He's out to stop crime, too, except that he doesn't see any need to bring in the cops or the courts.
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The Punisher has a code of honour and is only aiming to kill "bad guys", but he still polishes off quite a lot of people who probably thought (as he did in Afghanistan) that they were only serving their country.
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The friendship between the boxer known as "The Destroyer" and the president known as "The Punisher" dates back at least 15 years as Pacquiao tells it, to a boxing ring in Davao, where Duterte helped organize one of his fights.
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Kia Afra, a Chapman University professor and the author of "The Hollywood Trust: Trade Associations and the Rise of Studio System," said the ratings were likely the reason "Daredevil" was canceled, and he said "The Punisher'" had weak numbers as well.
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Owen's stoic Driver makes a return these many years later, having aged better than myself, and he's going on adventures with a new cast that includes standouts like Jon Bernthal (The Punisher from Netflix's Daredevil), Dakota Fanning and Vera Farmiga.
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" The streaming service added that the three seasons will remain on Netflix for years, while "the Daredevil will live on in future projects for Marvel," leaving open the possibility that the character might appear in "Jessica Jones" or "The Punisher.
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In addition to new series like The Punisher coming to Netflix, the studio is also working on a Cloak & Dagger series for Freeform, as well as X-Men series Legion and an untitled X-Men series from director Bryan Singer.
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The EU recently asked Dutere, nicknamed "The Punisher" for his bloody campaign against drug dealers during his tenure as mayor of Davao, to halt the rampant extrajudicial killings of drug suspects that began after he was elected president this year.
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But with that said, shows like The Punisher and movies like John Wick (and its sequel) — which have been lauded and appreciated for their creative shootouts and fight scenes — have started a conversation about how we view gun violence in art.
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There are a lot of different ways that you could have gone with The Punisher, given all the different iterations of the character, but I love that first and foremost, it's a story about veterans and the way the country fails them.
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Marvel's The Punisher Dinah Madani is an original character that you created for the series, so what did you want to accomplish with her that you perhaps couldn't have by adapting an existing Marvel character — especially in regards to making her Persian-American?
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The Punisher is packed with fantastic action sequences, whether in urban warfare with Billy and his lackeys or in smaller fight scenes like a brawl with mobsters in a gym, choreographed to use as many pieces of weight-lifting equipment as possible.
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People's conflicting responses to the Punisher raise the question of whether the violence in Hell's Kitchen has tilted the world so much that people are willing to forget the right to due process and put their trust in him to fix things.
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Netflix might be avoiding a clash, or the rumors might just have been wrong; either way, Daredevil's second season will have hero Matt Murdock tussling in different ways with cop-turned-vigilante Frank Castle (aka The Punisher) and love-interest-slash-assassin Elektra.
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More than 1,900 people have been killed in the anti-drugs campaign since Duterte, nicknamed "the Punisher", came to office seven weeks ago, according to the police, and nearly 700,000 drug users and drug peddlers have turned themselves in to escape the crackdown.
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Netflix, meanwhile, just released the first season of "The Umbrella Academy," an offbeat superhero series based on the comics by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. In a statement, Netflix said: Marvel's The Punisher will not return for a third season on Netflix.
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Marvel's decision to revive "The Punisher" for TV (or streaming) in stark, R-rated form underscores the current boom times for comic-book fare, and a willingness -- in contrast to the bad old days of such adaptations -- to treat the source material seriously.
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"To editorialize, I am hoping that the Department for Children and Families rethinks its mission to be the punisher of addicted mothers, the separator of families and the arbiter of children's futures, and instead embrace a mission of enhanced rehabilitation," he wrote.
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The former prosecutor, dubbed "the punisher" and elected on promises of a fierce campaign to stop crime and illicit drugs, said there were so many narcotics suspects on his wanted list that building cases one-by-one took too much time and manpower.
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A Word With For two seasons, Noah Solloway was the resident punisher in "The Affair," the Showtime drama about a novelist who leaves his moneyed wife for a waitress grieving the death of her son — and spins the experience into a best seller.
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It feels strange saying this, but I think I was able to appreciate the fight sequence work in The Punisher more in season two because I knew what to expect, and because its zealot villain makes it feel more heightened than season one.
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Archie Andrews and his pals faced the zombie apocalypse in Afterlife with Archie; they got mauled by Predator — yes, that Predator; and they hung out with Marvel's murderous vigilante The Punisher, the rock group the Ramones, and the cast of the TV musical series Glee.
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Barnes is a tremendously charming actor, which is probably why Lightfoot chose a lighter touch when it comes to the makeup for Jigsaw's mauled face, rather than re-creating the more gruesome portrayals found in the comic books or 2008's Punisher: War Zone.
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Rounding out the cast is NYPD officer and Daredevil regular Brett Mahoney (Royce Johnson) who's picked up the anti-Punisher torch Madani dropped, and Frank's wounded-warrior buddy Curtis Hoyle (Jason R. Moore) who gets to see more of the action this time around.
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In fact, only five superhero movies actually fell outside the top 50 during that period: The notoriously troubled "Fantastic Four" reboot, the R-rated "Kick-Ass" and its sequel, a second and final Ghost Rider movie, and a Punisher sequel that failed to launch.
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Since then, questions around The Punisher have centered on when it would be appropriate to release the series, and the fundamental appropriateness of a show that features, and perhaps glamorizes, heavy gun violence, in light of the gun violence epidemic in the United States.
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His zero-tolerance stance on crime earned him the nickname of "The Punisher" during his time as mayor of Davao, and often boasts about turning the murder capital in the country into what is now touted as the most peaceful city in southeast Asia.
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The role changed hands again in 2008, with "Punisher: War Zone," before Marvel opted to migrate the concept to Netflix -- first within its "Daredevil" series, and then as its own stand-alone title, with Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead") inheriting the trademark skull insignia.
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The decision indicated recognition that the optics were bad, but as Graeme McMillan noted in Wired, in a nation grappling with gun violence, being forced to consider whether it's a "suitable time" to release "The Punisher" isn't likely to be a one-time problem.
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" He's also skipped over the foundational Punisher story — ex-Marine goes on rampage, wiping out the mobsters, Irish gangsters and bikers he blames for the death of his wife and children — which already formed the backbone of the second season of the Netflix-Marvel "Daredevil.
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The action picks up as the season progresses, but "The Punisher" never quite gets in touch with the visceral roots of its material, something that all of the other Netflix-Marvel series do, no matter how much they distance themselves from their comic-book sources.
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But rather than maintaining the Punisher as a villain with a never-ending supply of sawed off shotguns, the show soon presents him as an emotional foil to Daredevil who challenges the helmeted hero's no-kill mentality with an onslaught of verbal (and literal) jabs.
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With that said, there is a moment in The Punisher season two in which Amy pulls bullets out of Frank's butt, and I don't think I've seen that done in any television show in recent memory (though I'm more than willing to be proven wrong).
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In fact, although Netflix currently has the most robust slate of Marvel shows (with Punisher dropping later this year), ABC, Freeform, and Hulu are all Disney-affiliated—and the Mouse House isn't going to let Marvel's entire TV universe exist on a platform that isn't theirs.
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The Punisher costars Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Girls), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen from Marvel's Daredevil), Ben Barnes (Westworld), Amber Rose Revah (Emerald City), Michael Nathanson (The Knick, Wolf of Wall Street), Jaime Ray Newman (Bates Motel), Jason R Moore (A Lonely Place for Dying), Daniel Webber (11.22.
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Instead, The Punisher returns to the well of the more common and exploitative form of the revenge story, one that imagines horrible crimes and injustices in order to justify the violence fans want to see on screen, and to absolve their consciences for wanting to see it.
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Not only is the transdimensional leather punisher, Pinhead, an all-time classic villain for the delicious flair of aristocratic sadism he brings to lashing anyone insensible enough to cross his path, Hellraiser is really a story about fucked-up family relationships replete with copious creeper-vibes.
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We won't have to wait too long to see 'The Punisher,' since it's set to release sometime in 2017, but for now if you want a Marvel fix, go ahead and binge 'The Defenders,' and check out our first impressions of the show on TechCrunch's Original Content.
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You've been warned, as Patrick, Austin, Rob, and Danielle have a long discussion about Goatsegate (don't ask), the surprisingly neat shooter Tormentor X Punisher, our thoughts on the state of independent developers' relationship with E3, and a trip into The Question Bucket to discuss best writing practices.
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Some had speculated that Netflix and Marvel might be reconsidering release timing for the The Punisher as a result of sensitivity around the show's portrayal of gun violence and that catastrophic event, but a November 17 release date seems in line with its plans up until now.
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It shows that, even though Dilla often seemed as if he were making his own version of hip-hop, he wasn't hermetically sealed off from the rest of the genre: There are musical and lyrical nods here to R. Kelly, Jay Z, Big Punisher and more.
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The fact that directors Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone were able to get away with such a feat in an R-rated film is surprising to some; the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has long been known as a punisher of films featuring explicit sexuality.
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Two iconic figures are introduced in Season 2: Frank Castle aka The Punisher (Jon Bernthal), who functions as a moral mirror for Matt, and Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung), a deadly woman from Matt's past who was also trained by Stick and arrives in Hell's Kitchen seeking Matt's help.
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But that won't happen overnight: the streaming service just launched the third season of Daredevil (it remains to be seen whether or not there'll be a fourth season of the inaugural series), while Jessica Jones and The Punisher have each been renewed for a third and second season, respectively.
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The first four chapters of the 13-episode first season don't reference events in the Marvel movies, and unlike Netflix's Marvel shows (Daredevil, The Punisher, The Defenders, and so forth), it's not part of a larger project that's planned around eventually forcing these characters into a crossover miniseries.
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Marvel has been able to recruit the likes of Sigourney Weaver and Scott Glenn in past series, and Jon Bernthal (best known as Shane in "The Walking Dead") is excellent as The Punisher, conveying the grief and intensity of the character and even managing the occasional light moment.
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We also cover the week's streaming headlines, including Roy Price's departure from Amazon Studios following allegations of sexual harassment, Netflix's ballooning original content costs, Nielsen's initiative to measure Netflix's audience, the politics of the new Punisher series and the finally-revealed name of the upcoming Han Solo movie.
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Coming out the same year as the inaugural Avengers titles Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, War Zone was part of the first batch of Marvel films made in-house (unlike those two, however, the Punisher character rights belonged to Lionsgate, which financed the movie in partnership with Marvel).
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While the release is now more than a month removed from the Las Vegas shooting, the conversation surrounding The Punisher's violence and its relationship to our current reality will likely continue once audiences see what the series holds that made executives feel it necessary to pull the Punisher panel.
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