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My Pitch: Punisher: War Zone Production Budget: $35 million Worldwide Gross: $10,100,036 The problem with live action comic book films is the inherent power fantasy of costumed superheroes in the first place - they are hilariously violent characters in an absurdly violent real world, amped up to 11, yet we hardly ever really see that violence - or at least the consequence of it. They are children's toys brought to life, and the reason nerds adore them and dress up as them is their inherit worthlessness to the outside world, with all their consumerism and possession of absolutely worthless knowledge like how Superman shaves his beard brought to you by Gillette - and how they compensate by pretending to be fictional characters that have an infinite number of reasons of why they're simply better than everyone around them. They want inherit superiority to the world around them, the "dumb" "idiot" "jock" masses that beat them up in school and ripped up their Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Of course, this is impossible and rather unhealthy, so they wrap it up in hyperconsumerism of fictional characters in spandex, who commit horrendous acts of violence, yet in films like the blockbuster The Avengers, you never see the reality of this, wrapped up in CGI and clever camera work. Punisher: War Zone is the first comic book hero film to really, utterly admit the sheer horrific destruction of a costumed superhero existing in real life. From the opening scene of Frank Castle simply appearing at a family dinner, cutting the power, leaving a single flare burning the room red with blood as he decapitates, stabs, and shoots his way through a dozen or so goons. It's a raw, unfiltered, vulgar display of power, the same one the comic book nerds who get all wrapped up in their fandom and cosplay desire so much. To execute so many, effortlessly - this is treated like it's a horror film more than an action blockbuster. What Punisher: War Zone contains is more than simply murder porn - it touches on the realities of a single individual given a license to murder, endlessly, without consequence, as well as the reality of Army recruiting commercials, and confronting the problem of what if the character of The Punisher ever killed an innocent. Also, I am a graphic designer by trade and have a shitton of work within print and the like - so I'd like to contribute what I can do the cover and what not if it's needed. My portfolio is here, including examples of my work with Nokia, Skype, and the Blue Man Group: http://cargocollective.com/jkunzler Jefferoo fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Just to double check, submissions are text-only, right? Still need to crank out my Punisher: War Zone piece.
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