Irrelevant But Awesome

If you’ve had the desire to check out the Netflix Marvel series recently, (We’re talking about the ones that make up The Defenders : Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , Iron Fist , and The Punisher ) you may have seen a notification that states these shows will be removed from the service at the end of the month. This is likely to elicit one of two responses from you.  1. You might think “Of course. They’re Marvel series, and Marvel is owned by Disney, and Disney has their own streaming service. Why would Disney let Netflix keep these shows when they could be on Disney+ making money for the mouse? Especially with a revived interest in the characters with cameos that showed up in both Spider-Man: No Way Home , and the Hawkeye  TV show.  Or you might think… 2. Wait a minute, those shows were Netflix Originals. They were supposed to be on Netflix forever, no matter what. That’s the whole point of Netflix Originals. What gives? The answer, of course, lies somewhere in the...

In the past day or two you may have seen something crossing your facebook page or news feed about Tom Hardy looking at playing The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This obviously would cause quite a buzz. The Punisher has been made into a movie three times and three times it has failed to start a Punisher franchise. It would be very exciting for Marvel to look into kickstarting one of their grittier characters and Tom Hardy would be a great casting choice, especially since he's about to star in a big summer blockbuster with Mad Max. But here's the thing. As of right now, Tom Hardy is not up for the role of The Punisher. In fact, Marvel isn't even currently working on a Punisher Franchise. (not one that's been announced at least) all of those stories are stemming from one statement that Tom Hardy made while promoting Mad Max. When the interviewer asked Hardy if there was any comic book character he would like to play Hardy mentioned that he would like to b...