Hi Steemians,
It's no secret - I'm a Netflix bing watcher. There's rarely a day where I go without it!
When The Punisher came out, plain and simple, I wasn't interested. I thought "Here we go, another Marvel superhero drained for revenue".
I was never hugely into superhero movies, and over the past few years they've just been overkill for me personally.
I had watched Dare Devil (which I gave up on after season 1), but The Punisher didn't make a lasting impression on me so I stuck with my strong stance against the Marvel overkill.
That was until I heard EVERYONE talking about it. From work colleagues to friends and family - I couldn't avoid it.
So my boyfriend and I sat down one night and went in with an open mind and I tell ya, we were blown away and intrigued from the get go!
As I said, superheroes have been overdone in my books, but this did not feel like a super hero story at all.
A proud American marine whos fire and grit come from the devastating loss of his family as well as the terrors he endures during his time serving.
Trying to make right in the world, Frank (The Punisher) makes unlikely friends and unlikely enemies and continues his war against the bad guys taking out one at a time.
The character building in this series is some of the best I've ever seen and I felt attached to all the characters and the pain they endured throughout the season. The plot twists that came with the character building were out of this world and I was left speechless after most episodes, thus creating the need to bing the entire season in 3 days.
I also enjoyed that it touches on very real problems in the world such as PTSD. It showed a side of humans that we aren't exposed to and it really opened my eyes to what every day people are living with every day. This is something that you don't often see in super hero movies, it's always: get the bad guys and everything else in the world is perfect. I think it's so important that there is more awareness raised around veterans around the world and I'm so glad that this plays a major role in the series.
Another major win for me is the gore! Perhaps by my user name you can tell - but I love zombies and anything gore. And this show has got a shit load of it. Some of it too gruesome for me to even watch! And that's really saying something! The special effects, SFX and all the works that go into the creating the fight scenes are incredible. After every single one, I was left think "that was sick", "how did they do that?!". Good fight scenes are cruitial in a super hero story and The Punisher was outstanding in this category!
Overall, if you like blood and guts, a great story line, fantastic characters - and I forgot to mention - lots of dreamy actors (male and female!) then you better start watching RIGHT NOW! You won't regret it !
This is just a super basic commentary of my thoughts on The Punisher, but I definitely give this show 10/10 zombies! Let me know what you thought of the show below !!
Thanks for reading!
Stay excellent!
Natt