tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post5060131124981794150..comments2024-03-18T07:03:29.000-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Punisher MAX Issue 1: In the Beginning...Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-55776108845230796422010-02-02T19:03:56.629-05:002010-02-02T19:03:56.629-05:00Oh, speaking of OTGs but slightly off topic, anyon...Oh, speaking of OTGs but slightly off topic, anyone read 'Old Man Logan', any good? <br /><br />Oh, I just remembered a great story, the guy who wrote the 'First Blood' novel used to teach a course in the 'tough guy' novel and, it is my understanding, is a rather unassuming looking guy but, when they were making one of the sequels, apparently Stallone called him while he was in class teaching and when his secretary came to get him he said, proudly in front of his students, "You just tell Sylvester Stallone that I've told him before NOT to interupt my class and his call will have to wait"... ah, every professor's power fantasyscottmcdarmontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-56079680659798028172010-02-02T12:15:51.053-05:002010-02-02T12:15:51.053-05:00Don't forget Indy as portrayed by a 65 year ol...Don't forget Indy as portrayed by a 65 year old Harrison Ford!scottmcdarmontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-14123190007781831422010-01-30T18:34:21.064-05:002010-01-30T18:34:21.064-05:00"First Blood" the novel, I should clarif..."First Blood" the novel, I should clarify. The film makes Rambo into a completely sympathetic and somewhat likable character, and Teasle into a paranoid monster.Grahamhttp://www.patsoldhouseofantiques.com/figurines.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-22842385042942889032010-01-30T18:28:57.707-05:002010-01-30T18:28:57.707-05:00What I find fascinating about the "Old Tough ...What I find fascinating about the "Old Tough Guy" archetype is the kind of implicit notion that, if everyone would just get out of their way, everything would be fine. Anyone who tries to help of hinder is generally useless, or needlessly outclassed and attempting to use whatever bureaucratic tricks they have access to because there's no way they could beat the OTG in a "fair fight." (Ref: every single Steven Segal directed movie) We'll get a little of this in the 3rd arc, Mother Russia, and I'll be able to discuss it as it relates to the Punisher further there. <br /><br />With all the Rambo talk, I'd love to see someone do a comparison of Sheriff Teasle and Rambo's relationship in "First Blood" to that of Sheriff Bell and Chigurh in "No County for Old Men."Grahamhttp://www.patsoldhouseofantiques.com/figurines.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-55872719777180985772010-01-29T17:04:10.416-05:002010-01-29T17:04:10.416-05:00I think it bears repeating how different, artistic...I think it bears repeating how different, artistically and, despite similarities, tonally this Ennis Punisher is from the series he wrote before. What the war/soldier themed stories he writes seems to have is the focus on what admires (soldiers) in their full complexity, without what he hates (superheros), and the jokes and the like the latter inspires.<br /><br />Liam Neeson is over 50 as well, and Taken is pretty much the highwater mark of revenge fantasy movies now, I think, though a little too stripped down of some of the fantasy part for me. But that might be for here, or at least I can't connect it to the Punisher just yet. I'm not super familiar with the books or all the movies about Rambo, but I'm looking forward to when this series review hits the later arcs, where I get to appropiately ramble about the mental dissonances that popped in my head watching that last Rambo movie, but didn't when reading similar things in the comics.hcduvallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271032072494870642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-80292776143897644702010-01-28T22:59:11.202-05:002010-01-28T22:59:11.202-05:00Geoff brings up Rambo, and I wonder how much of hi...Geoff brings up Rambo, and I wonder how much of him is in the Punisher. (I checked Wikipedia, and it seems like the more traumatic parts of the Punisher's backstory were added in the 80s, after First Blood was made.) I can't say that I know enough about the Punisher to actually extend that comparison, though.neilshyminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745442660488961314noreply@blogger.com