Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Punisher - The Pun-Isher - Ben Rosenthal

A few years ago I wrote some sketches. Some were filmed, and some were not. The following is one of a series of 6 sketches that were not. Eager to get some use out of old material, I have re-written the first script in comic form. If you're lucky, I may post the other 5 movie scripts.

The following takes place in an alternate reality. In this reality, Frank Castle’s family was killed in an entirely different way...


1. A side view of the fridge section of a supermarket. We can clearly see rows and rows of different cheeses stacked in its shelving. In the middle of the isle is MAN 1. He is yelling, with a look of pure anger on his face, at the cheese. In the background is MAN 2, walking up to MAN 1. He is dressed in typical supermarket worker attire.

MAN 1
YOU FLITHY, DISGUSTING, BOTTOM FEEDING, B#$%T C$#@ SMOKER.

MAN 2
HEY!


2. The panel shows both men, from chest up, looking at each other.


MAN 2
Why are you yelling at cheese?

MAN 1
Because I’m lactose intolerant!


3. Both men are laughing hysterically. Their hands are on their bellies, heads are thrown back and mouths open wide. A tear may even appear on one of the men’s faces as they are laughing so hard. However, a red dot is visible on MAN 1’s forehead, but neither individual has noticed.

MAN 1 and MAN 2 (joint speech bubble)
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


4. Same framing as the previous panel, except MAN 2 is looking across in shock as MAN 1’s head has been blown away. We can still see the body of MAN 1 from the chest up, as the shot has only just been fired.


5. A wide panel. The Pun-Isher is standing menacingly with a cold, heartless stare. He wears a black trench coat, with a back t-shirt. There is a skull of a clown painted on this shirt. The smoking gun tells us that this is the man who shot MAN 1.

TEXT BOX
When his family was killed by a joke gone wrong, Frank Castle swore he would never let anyone make bad jokes again. Vowing to avenge his family by killing those who mis-use the power of the punch line, he became THE PUN-ISHER.

TEXT BOX
See, violence IS funny. Kids, try this at home.


4 comments:

  1. Ah, I could see you writing this and wanting to film it, ha.

    Interesting to see that we've kicked off the Punisher with a pun styled page. Wonder what I'll bring tomorrow...have to wait and see.

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  2. HAHAHAHAHA that was brilliant, really curious as to the alternate method of his family's demise. Great start to the week with some dark hilarity.

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  3. If you are so inclined, here are the remaining 5 scripts of The Pun-Isher. Bare in mind they are written for film.

    http://posthumourcomedy.com/?page_id=37

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  4. I can't help but think that the Punisher might be a more interesting character if that really WAS his origin.

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