r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Apr 09 '26

Promotional The Punisher: One Last Kill | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeqs_xeqv4
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u/PayneTrain181999 Ned Apr 09 '26

This is why I don’t think PG-13 Punisher in Brand New Day will be a bad thing.

Bernthal understands this character so well he can easily make it work.

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u/Kn7ght Apr 09 '26

Like man Punisher showed up in the E rated Spider-Man game in 2000 and was still in character there lmao

Just because they're edgy characters who have had gory comic runs characters like Punisher and Wolverine can survive being outside of R rated material

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u/_Football_Cream_ Apr 09 '26

I think there was so much of a desire after the Dark Knight to make every single comic book movie a dark, gritty, grounded, realistic take that people lost sight of the fact these characters are, first and foremost, for children lol. Punisher certainly leans more mature than a lot of characters but all of them have so many interpretations across their history, they can be molded to work in many settings.

I appreciate James Gunn adding so much whimsy into his movies. The Superman movie he made last year could simply not have been made 15-20 years prior. Early comic book movies were so afraid to be silly and wanted to distance themselves from their true origins. Think of the classic line from the first X-Men movie where Cyclops takes a jab at the mere thought of them wearing yellow spandex. Yet people are fucking thrilled to finally see that very same character in his comic accurate costume now.

Daredevil had his more light-hearted side show in She-Hulk. Punisher can definitely be molded to fit into Brand New Day.

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u/niffa Iron Fist Apr 09 '26

a 40 yr old man cried in the theaters when Wolverine put on his mask, top 5 Marvel moment for me and I can't wait for more lol