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I review anime, comics, and other stuff. Big Gundam fan. Comic book writer and former journalist.
The Hilarious Failure of Gundam SEED Freedom
Holy crap this movie is bad. Gundam SEED Freedom is one of the dumbest anime films that has been out there in recent memory. Granted, it's Gundam SEED. However, if there's one positive thing to say about it, it's that it's very funny. So, in this video we're gonna talk about the creative failures of this film, and why it's just as bad as it is.
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No, The Punisher is not a villain
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The Punisher's not even CLOSE to a villain. Stop it. One of the most frustrating things about modern comic discussion is the attempt to take the character of Frank Castle and turn him into a card carrying supervillain instead of an antihero. It's an odd move and I think it's either rooted in political zeitgeist (which is shortsighted) or an odd idea of what makes a villain. So, let's talk about...
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15:57: This is a good distinction between Frank Castle and say, Dexter Morgan. They do virtually the same thing, but their motivations differ. Frank Castle is at his core a Marine at war, while Dexter at his core is no less a serial killer than the others he has killed.
12:33 While I agree with your video overall, that by the definition of evil you are using Punisher would not qualify (there are other definitions in which he does) not all, not even most, villains are pure evil like those three. Venom was originally a villain, but he always had a code (he wanted to kill spider-man for petty and stupid reasons, but he didn’t want to hurt his family or innocent people in general).
the punisher max series is a goddamn work of art!
13:28 What about DUNE and its universe's need of spice to be able to its sci-fi stuff?
Imagine he found out about the Junko Furuta case
I may not agree with Punisher’s methods; but he’s definitely not a villain.
Where the hell is this closing animation from? Nobody ever seems to acknowledge the Blue Destiny!
Suletta being the most interesting character? I thought for a while it was Guel because he had a character arc that people liked.
Now this needed to be said, in all my time reading comics, The punisher, Dredd, Hellboy and Etrigan have always been favourites of mine. But to see the Punishers name dragged in the mud has been sad to see.
17:42 Wouldn't a male V also be able to have a romance option with Judy, or is it a lesbian only option?
remember seeing the elbow swords as a kid thinking it was sick and thankfully found this video because I couldn't find it anywhere!
He's right-wing coded and right-wingers identify with him. That's literally the only reason. They're evil therefore he must also be evil
I have a feeling this video was a response to that Comic's Explains video, which is good. That so called "explainer" tried to use Frank Castle's war on crime to appeal Communism and Karl Marx.
The twilight of Mecha? Oof. Thank goodness I was always a fan of Underworld(the vampire series)
When you say underworld do you mean obscure mechas, cause if so are you a fellow layzner or l gaim fan 🔥🔥
@@Shinnasuka73 not that “Underworld”
@@AncestorEmpire1 ah i see
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You got to be kidding me I'm looking at this as a a shield The punisher is a villain you know why he don't show Mercy to villains he kill him straight up The things you're saying the Red Hood is a anti-hero and he gives villains a break because he been on that path and the guy who created the punisher he even came out and said I don't know why is the cops wearing the punisher symbol he is a bad guy I made him that way The things he do is not good when you put wolverine yeah he's an anti-hero and he kills but he shows mercy some people have no choice to do with that got to do or they put in the situation wolverine spared people's lives and they could change the punisher don't he'll blow your head off That's the difference bro do you research man Go to cons and talk to the creators like I do and if they will say the same thing and the new symbol of the punisher I liked it a lot that you to use it for a new character I didn't like how the story ended that was a big middle finger and the cops be wearing that symbol I debate with them and I make them look stupid cuz they don't know what that symbol means
My friend, if you want to have conversations with people on the internet, learn how to punctuate. I'm not reading all that.
@@BigMicahC bro see that's terrible I could watch your whole video and you don't got no time to read that wow
frank castle is not the classical hero, he is more like "karma" getting at you. The guy is not mentally sane, but that is not being fair, most heroes are not mentally sane either , is just that castle has not moral limits, he wants punish people who crossed extremes lines, mostly the ones that are responsable of hurts other. There is a line in one of his comics that give you a good idea of how he sees criminals and punishment regarding moral: when you find a dog with rabies, you can not blame the dog , the dog is ill, but that does not mean that you do not have to put down the dog. you agree with him or not, but castle is what he is , a punisher not a savior.
The only reason he's a villain is because everybody takes Garth Ennis run as being the alright or definitive Punisher when his Punisher is literally just a homicidal genocidal maniac. That just wants to kill everyone. Because he has some War / PTSD issues he hasn't gone but if you read other Punisher stories is truly a good person. A lot of Punisher runs in the 80s and 90s before Garth Ennis like Mike Baron and Steven Granthe was truly a good character but saw that some people were irredeemable and needed to die But ultimately he tried to save everyone he would sacrifice himself to save everyone. He would go out of his way to save people. My favorite Punisher story is his first ever origin known as Punisher Year One in 1994 which is the main comic that for Punisher 2004 movie is based off you will completely understand who the Punisher truly is why he does what he does and why he is not a Villain Like Modern Marvel and several authors want to make him especially Garth Ennis which has taken this good guy who may have had some bath methods to a general genocidal Maniac who will torture a person in front of his Wife and Kids just because. PS This is an edit I just wanted to tell you thank you for the video this video is actually really good. I love the Punisher very much especially the old 80s and 90s Punisher and it's good to see more people talk about The Punisher not as a villain but as a sympathetic anti-hero. And God bless you my good Christian brother
People usually say “the story in SEED and SD suck but I’m just here for the action” but like even then the show doesn’t really deliver. If you wanna just watch flashy mech fights your better off watching 00, IBO, Unicorn, or hell even one of the late 90s shows. The animation in the cosmic era has aged horribly, a lot early 00s anime look worse then what was in the 90s and even 80s. The reused animation and over reliance on beam spam (cause it’s cheaper) is especially laughable
Nah where's the Turn A?
The Punisher is an anti hero and anti heroes are not villans.
Talks shit on the Akatsuki... Aight Japan. Back to your old ways. Here's the target 🎯
Dude, the way they render the gold on it is ugly. You want a gold MS, look at the Hyaku-Shiki. That's how you do it.
@BigMicahC We're talking decades between on the tech used to render them though, but I suppose.
The tragedy of this movie is that it mainly deals with some of Kira's trauma from the end of SEED, but does it four years too late. I thought we were going to get this in Destiny, but nadda. I think that the the material for a good story is there, but it needed more fleshing out and probably a 12 to 13 episode OVA (about 22 minutes per ep) instead of a movie. There's some real serious stuff in there that is just missed. Kira's Savior complex? The root of this is his recurring failure to save people, the first being when Yzak shoots the civilian shuttle, and the second where Rau brutally murders Flay out of sheer spite. Losing your girlfriend like that (even if she was his ex at the point) in that manner would've messed him up and affect his relationships going forward. But that doesn't get the fleshing out it deserves and instead we have Athrun's horny thoughts of Cagalli and Lacus in that..... really weird space playmate getup and the absurdity of the Mighty Strike Freedom. Cool upgrade, not going to lie, but..... come on. The only victory that ever felt "earned" was the end of SEED, and partially because that series was rivaling Zeta and Victory in terms of being a veritable blood bath (until they retconned Mu's death; after that no legacy characters could die).
As a former Marine and soon to be police officer it isn’t that cops/military are held at a low standard in term of the argument. It’s that neither a marine or cops should wish to emulate a man who conducts vigilante justice. It spits on the face of what those institutions are about.
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My favorite part of this movie: The reveal that you can do gene therapy to become a coordinator post-birth. Bravo, Fukuda. Bravo.
Hey , BigMicahC 😊 where can I find "Gundam Wing Explained " Episode 3 ? Or is it still under production ?
Audio's edited. Just need to do the video portion.
Too many soyboys nowadays love to pair The Punisher w Alt-Right Racist Extremists, When Clearly Frank has Morals and is a Good Man Underneath.
All the hate punisher gets is annoying however I feel like cops shouldn’t be wearing the symbol on their uniform because cops are supposed to work within the law, while Punisher obviously doesn’t
Marvel and the media don't like him because of what he represents. And why would they, look at what's happening across the pond. It's coming here eventually.
Ultimate Coordinator just means that he is a prefect customized coordinator out of the artificial womb with no mother influence, and nothing else. He is not the strongest or the best. In the audio drama cd, he said himself, he is in school with all the second gen coordinators that are much smarter than he is, so he became very passive and he always needs Athrun to help with his homework. He is quick in software especially with when he left the coordinators school and attend the Orb school with naturals.
Is the punisher a villain? I feel like that is too simple a question. The one think I can say is that, in no uncertain terms, is that frank is not a good guy or a hero. There is a reason we have laws and rules as a society. People fuck up in life. Sometimes they fuck up hard. But there is such a thing a redemption and learning to be better. Frank doesn’t believe in that. To him, a spad is a spad. Circumstances don’t matter, potential doesn’t matter, intent doesn’t matter. There can be no rehabilitation, no justice, no grey area. Just kill, kill, kill. People love to say things like Frank “gets shit done”, but all he is a lunatic with a gun looking for a reason to use it. And in the end, all he’ll end up doing is making more victims like himself.
I think he’s an insane psycho path who enjoys killing but uses a moral reason to do it so you can’t exactly say he’s a villain and anti-hero fits more. He can be antagonistic towards heroes sometimes but that’s more about the morals on what they do with the crime they stop. Hence why when cap attacked him in civil war for blowing away a bunch of villains who were trying to help, he didn’t fight back cause he respects the good the heroes do.
Tbf, there's a what if comic where he kills the marvel universe. Kind of displays the fact that he could in fact become a villain if given the right motivations. But because of the way he's actually written, Frank wouldn't be such thing. I can see how people may seem has a villain, but its oversimplification of who he really is. While indeed, the older comics has describe Frank as a solider simply waiting for another war, that even coming back to his family, he isn't in it as some other media or later comics have touch upon. Seeing what happen to his family gave him the cause to fight another war, one that is a long, enduring road, that has changed and give a newer sense of meaning to Frank. I do believe, that if it was a hero that killed his family, then Frank would become a villain, but again, that didn't happen, therefore he becomes a straight antihero character. Sadly, there hasn't been a punisher comic in a long time that dance between the mentality of Frank castle where he isn't a hero a complete hero, but not a complete villain, and I don't think there will be for some time. I personally feel the writers lost their guts to tell such stories as that, and go to the more simple narratives that assassinate's these characters moral, personality, and history as a whole.
No one says this about Batman even though he has plans to kill all the members of the Justice League, and that is not even in a "What If"" comic. (See: “Tower of Babel") So Batman would never think to take out the Joker but has plans to unalive Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Flash etc?
@@ericfisher1360Well he has plans to disable them, not kill. Technically, it can be alter to kill then as we've seen it happen. Least my own thought process on why Batman doesn't kill is rather simple, even if its hypocrtical. It would be easy for him to kill Joker, but than if he kills him, then what's to stop him from killing other criminals? While its not the focus, I have written such idea where he does finally kill Joker. And in the process, seeps into madness and embraces what he held back. In doing so, he hurt alot of his friends and family because he didn't want to stop killing. But, this is kind of going off topic since my comment is more aline to punisher. Yet I can see where your going with this
@@deangelo3342 Batman already being insane is often the very theme of the Character. His madness in constantly in contrast with the madness of his rogues gallary. The larger point on topic however is that there are a slew of characters who get called hailed as heroes in comics who kill and no one in the comic book "meta" coversation ever questions their hero status nor are they held "accountable." Wonder Woman, Thor, Green Arrow, Hawkeye and Wolverine of course. Dont even get me started on "Nature Girl". On one hand they say that was bad to for example kill the guy at the store because a sea turtle choked on a plastic bag... but then Xavier sends Wolverine to recruit her? How about sending her to prison? Namor? Where to begin? How was this guy ever an "Avenger"? 🤣
@@ericfisher1360 Well thats because whoever write those characters you know? If you had the right person who' a great writer that can hold these characters accountable than sure, you'll have what you want. But not often we get those writers like that. Xavier of all people who never recruit nature girl, but would infact offer her therapy. The likes of Namor, wonder woman, green arrow, and wolverine had got called out for their actions in the past. Even Hawkeye, and I believe Steve Rogers might've done that, might be wrong. But again, right writer will do the job right
@@deangelo3342 I don't care much about the writing if I am being honest. They are comic books after all. My complaint is the hypocrisy of meta commentators who want to make moral statements about a character like the Punisher because they have a negative opinion of his perceived fan base.
He’s definitely not a villain, although he very well may be psychotic. It’s heavily implied that he enjoys killing and is happy for the excuses (expect in his very early issues). I think he’s a good person, just heavily misguided and slightly psychotic. He really does enjoy killing but he also had morals and would never kill anyone innocent.
The sheer amount of provably innocent people he murders on a disturbingly common basis says otherwise. Remember he was literally introduced into comics murdering a street full of innocent people to murder one jaywalker.
Completely agree with everything you said, punisher is a soldier who takes orders from himself, instead of a higher up. How violent he is just shows how much he loved his family, not that he’s a serial killer.
I hate the gundam seed/fafner/majestic prince character design so much.
Also, don't forget how in issue #63 of Punisher Max, Frank was ready to kill himself when he thought that he killed a little girl. This goes to show that, if he ever thinks that he crossed the line and brakes his code, then Frank thinks he's no better than the scum he kills, and how he must punish himself. Sure, Frank kills mobsters, drug dealers, rapists and any other scum in NYC, but he wouldn't even go as far as to murder a little girl. Especially not after what happened with his family. Frank is one of the few Marvel characters I really like, and it's because of scenes like that.
Frank Castle is an anti hero vigilante. He would not consider himself a hero. He is the Punisher. He works outside of the rule of law. It is not appropriate for the police to use this symbol because it is not the police's job to punish criminals. They are not judge, jury and executioner. Frank Castle is an outlaw. When the police start acting like outlaws. Let's call tyranny.
My intro to anime was the was the last episode of the OVA series when I was 4. It really had me hooked on anime as a kid, and it was the first time I ever saw animated nudity 😂.
Punisher for me is a message. His methods gets results, it is up to us to make a world that doesn't need him.
A war hero came home to watch his family murderer in front of him And the justice system failed to give justice It to show you a man like him is not evil Just someone who wants the world right
I mean… I liked it. About my only complaint is that it’s short and rushes a bunch towards the end. As a consequence, we really don’t get to know some of the side characters all that well. Otherwise, pretty good serious. Totally get where people are coming from critically, though.
Literally the only likable protagonist in the cosmic era is Lowe Guele, and that’s because he isn’t a pretentious, whiny dork. He’s just a guy who’s good at machines and lucked out in finding a kickass mobile suit.
Lowe is the GOAT
John Romita Jr is my favorite Punisher artist by far. The warzone art was epic
I tell people to read the slavers Arc and ask "do you still think he's a villain" after.
And if they were honest, they would answer "This is WHY we hate him."
Thank you. Also, not an anti hero. Brits who say there's no justification to kill psychopaths and that you should need a license for vaguely sharp objects please stfu thank you.
Absolutely correct. Frank Castle is one of the greatest heroes in the Marvel universe and these hacks who keep calling him a villain can shut the hell up.