At every juncture, I felt the way you did but turned around by the end of the sequence
Meaning, Mrs. Micro kissing Frank was awkward, but I thought Frank (and, by extension, the writers) handled it properly and with class.
Same with the kid - I figured Castle would mess it up, he HAD to ... he's "The Punisher," but instead we get to see what's under the kid's brattiness, and we get to see the kind of father Frank used to be
So no, it didn't feel like two different shows to me. More like one show, but a completely unexpected show for a series based on "The Punisher."
I'll confess, though, that I stopped reading comics a long time ago, back when the Punisher was just a lycra-suited vigilante highballing around in his "war wagon." After this series, I'm interested in reading more about this Ennis-run that everyone's talking about.
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Ryker (194)
6 years ago
"Meaning, Mrs. Micro kissing Frank was awkward, but I thought Frank (and, by extension, the writers) handled it properly and with class.
Same with the kid - I figured Castle would mess it up, he HAD to ... he's "The Punisher," but instead we get to see what's under the kid's brattiness, and we get to see the kind of father Frank used to be."
Yeah, the scenes were handled as best they could. I guess my issue was more their inclusion in the first place. In a lot of the comics (if I'm not mistaken), micro's family is actually dead. That could have cut out that whole subplot. Sometimes I feel like these subplots are just added to pad the show and get it to 13 episodes.
And yeah, Ennis's Punisher Max is dope. It's 70 something issues, but Ennis left around issue 60. His run is amazing and turned the punisher into one of my favourite characters.
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