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Originally posted by Durden
Did anyone see the first Punisher? I thought Dolph Lundgren played a pretty believable frank castle. 
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Sure did! The first Punisher movie wasn't that bad at all! It was very good far as I'm concerned and Dolph Lungren did an awesome job as Frank Castle!
The movie would have been a blockbuster success and ushered in a new wave of superhero movies except for ONE BIG MISTAKE:
THE PRODUCERS CHANGED HIS COSTUME!
If you make a movie about 'Batman' do you take the bat insignia off his chest?
NOOOOooo!
If you make a movie about 'Superman' do you take the S insignia off his chest?
NOOOOooo!
So for some dumb ass reason known only to psychics and the seven dwarves they took the giant white skull which is the PUnisher's trademark off his costume so you're sitting there watching the entire fucking movie wondering,
"Hey, who is this dark vengeful dude with mega weapons that crimelords fear? "
So because they broke the cardinal rule of comics to film adaptation which is:
DON'T FUCK WITH THE STORY OR COSTUMES
That movie failed.
In this case they kept the costume and barebones the storyline but changed the setting from NY to Tampa, FL ( so I kept thinking I was watching a missing episode of Miami Vice).
They also made the character more 'sensitive'.
Whether these gambles will pay off will be determined by audience reaction and box office sales and DVD sales.