Lexi rocks! she also spoke a bit about The Punisher here:

http://www.factory-publishing.com/lexi-alexander.html

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Thomas Jane is the Punisher. Why does everyone hate on the other Punisher movie? It was great. Ray still looks like Steven Seagal.

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Personally, I can't see any other actor than Thomas Jane playing the role of Frank Castle. I hope this new guy is good. More than likely, I'll pass on this one and wait until it becomes a rental. Don't see anyone doing a better job in the role than Jane.

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I think Thomas Jane did a good job, but the character wasn't what the comic book fans (such as myself) consider to be the core of The Punisher. Also, the world didn't have the feel right. You need dark alleys and dead mobsters. The movie needed more body count. If that movie had been a revenge movie not associated with The Punisher, I would have enjoyed it more.

It's kind of like what is happening with the Hulk movie (another reboot franchise). Hulk was an enjoyable movie that seemed to miss the core of the character. It was a take on a character by someone who is trying to do something different. That's applaudable, and sometimes it works well (see Batman), but when you are dealing with a rabid fanboy audience...

The same thing happens in the comics themselves. Let someone come in and reboot a character (Spider-Man single?), kill off a character that most people barely remember (R.I.P. Goliath), or really do anything different, and you will get a vocal response. When you also add in a general audience that have little interest in the product anyway, that small, vocal group can destroy the success of a product (Punisher), or drive up sales because of the buzz (Death of Captain America).

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i agree with chris about people making it with a different take. the last punisher was good. it was nice and simple. had they made it all guns and explosions would it have been any different than a rambo movie? they made a solid flick that was the base for a new series of movies. they had a greenlight to make a sequel which they said was going to be more everything. now whatever the hell happened with that is a different story but its a shame. thomas jane did a great job this guy does look like steven seagal or more like carlos from i-spy who i just found out was gary cole from office space lol. but seriously thats who this guy looks at. and while i liked the punisher and owner the last one this one is definitely a rental actually ill wait until its on payperview so i can watch it for free

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Thomas Janes Punisher was the only movie I have ever walked out on EVER. that was a horrible piece of trash and I want to punch every dumb fart who sticks up for this movie. I bet you nimrods are same a-holes that contribute to the success of movies like "Wild Hogs" "RV" and other horrendous movies that should be in the 99cent bin at Walmart. The only movie Thomas Jane was remotely badass in was that retarded shark movie (.....something blue). In case you wondering what part of the movie I walked out on was when frank Castles family was killed.. Thomas Jane could have taken a crap and his fecal matter could have responded better to the death. All Jane did was run around in circles like a retarded asian with a stigmatism. Acutally yea know what I think I stayed a bit longer than that, I actually left when he picked up his ravaged paint stained skull shirt from the wreckage. Cheese is less chessier that that!
Now if you are all wondering if I ever saw the whole movie the answer is yea. I watched the rest of it later on TV. I will say that the second half of the movie was slightly redeeming... some of the actions sequences were cool but there was like 2 maybe 3 cool things and then the movie ended. COMPLETE CRAP.
Riley Freeman "had they made it all guns and explosions would it have been any different than a rambo movie"
Riley you are an F'N idiot. Frank Castle aka the Punisher is basically rambo in New York. If you have read any of the recent Marvel Knights version of Punisher or any Punisher comics then you would know that. This concept works else the comic would have been canceled and scrapped years ago. I'm kinda siked to see that director Lexi Alexander's sees things this way and so far based from simple set pics Punisher War Zone might actually be worthy

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That Thomas Jane Punisher was a decent revenge flick but a true Punisher film it wasn't. And come on....Travolta? Ugh! Puinisher belongs in NYC. Period. Not Tampa, Florida. That was a serious mistake. If you look at cover artist Timothy Bradstreet's work on the comic, you'll see that Alexander's take is much more loyal to the look and feel of the comic. You can say what you will about bringing a comic to film but some thing's ya just can't mess with.

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ur very ignorant and dont know how to respond to comments properl. anyway this movie did not need to be aall explosions and guns it gets annoying after awhile he killed who he had to kill it was the beginning. now i dont read comic books but i am aware of what punish was. this movie was A BEGINNING they stated it would be upped in the sequels sooo dont complain about NEW punisher comics. was the first issue of punisher extremely violent personally i dont know but i HIGHLY doubt it was

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Actually, Punisher's first apearance was in a Spider-Man comic. While Punisher had the INTENTION of killing Spidey(as well as a crappy haircut) over some frame up, it didn't become a killathon...uh, I'll let myself out now...

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