I was enjoying this show. It was the first time I’ve enjoyed superhero media since I was a kid. I was able to put aside the stupid kick flips and repetitive fighting scenes, but then they introduced a bunch of other stupid ass shit and the show is starting to piss me off.

If the show was just Wilson Fisk, Daredevil, the Punisher, and the legal drama, I would’ve been happy. In fact, I think the only reason I watched this show in the first place was because of the legal drama. You could take out all the superhero nonsense and it would probably make for a better show. But regardless, I was enjoying it. It seemed like it’s just an Everyman vigilante trying to do what he believed was right for his little part of the world.

But no. They started introducing some fucking ancient oriental war bullshit with fucking ninja yakuza ????? who are allergic to guns and use fucking katanas and bows and arrows in the middle of New York. Bruh. Why the fuck does everything need to be about saving the world? Holy fuck isn’t that what the fuck the avengers is for? Why the fuck is the yakuza waging some war in New York? Why is some old white guy so knowledgeable? I mean I don’t give a shit, but you can’t expect me to care when they do nothing with these plot points for like half of the season then suddenly throw it in.

And fucking elektra. God damn this asshole pisses me off. Some fucking strange woman tries to make you kill a man and now you fall in love with her? The bullet from the Punisher really must’ve given him brain damage. I don’t give a shit about any of this. Matt is a fucking selfish shithead and the show tries to address this, but holy shit I don’t need to see this guy run around at rich people parties playing spy while his friends get destroyed in court. Fuck they even got a French guy to use fucking ninja turtle swords to try to kill her. What the fuck is this show???

Just beat people up and speak legalese. It’s a simple fucking premise how did they fuck this up. But they didn’t fuck it up because marvel fans ate this slop up. All of this, of course, is to setup all the subsequent marvel universe superhero squad bullshit. You can’t have a stand-alone story anymore. It doesn’t make money.

  • kristina [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    the punisher was pretty legit

    kept getting annoyed at how everyone shat on him for wasting assholes all the time even though theyd agree with him in some scenes they just completely forget about it in another scene

    the entire elektra arc pissed me and my bf off. we were all like 'bro just tell this bitch to fuck off an go back to waifu karen who is way cooler and more sane'. i had pretty much zero empathy for matt by the end of the series. nothing good about him. shrugged off karen who was super vulnerable in regards to her family and her place in the world to go join a psychopath. elektra apparently was good at sex or something cause she SUCKED in all the fights and has a terrible personality, so i think thats all she has going for her. elektra would struggle to take on like 1 or 2 guys while matt cleared the room. punisher was the good guy of the show and when he left the story went to shit

    every time a ninja came on screen i said to my boyfriend 'so when is shredder and master splinter gonna show up'

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Fun fact: Ninja Turtles actually started as a parody of Daredevil

      Specifically to make fun of all the ninja shit Frank Miller was putting in the comics

      • UlyssesT
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        18 days ago

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        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Also started the hard tilt towards comic books getting "gritty" nearly single-handedly

          The Dark Knight Returns is both a good Batman story and also responsible for making comics in the 90's hilariously terrible

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      Remember, the Electra movie was even worse at making the heroes look competent. There was a whole fight scene which was just Electra fighting tablecloths while her sidekick used a grappling hook to swing like three feet.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Isn't Punisher the guy that cops and vigilante chuds worship because he's everything they want to be

        • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Punisher limited run where he kills the whole MPD for sheltering Derek Chauvin when

          Marvel you fucking cowards it writes itself, do it

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          i mean i agree to some extent that he can be considered reactionary and that a good reformative justice system would be better, but a lot of the guys he wastes use their power and influence to get out of jail and go kill people again or other more messed up stuff. so punisher could be described as a heavily adventurist anarchist

          he typically doesnt give a damn about nonviolent crimes, though there were a couple that involved children (like making them homeless) so he shot the guy. in general his soft spot is kids and can make him do rash things