Um. Matt's philosophy isn't useless and stupid to him, tho. Frank tied Matt up and tried to force him to kill someone. How is that not already crossing his 'very rigid moral code'? He doesn't kill an innocent but it's okay to force an innocent to kill? And I mean on the show as opposed to the comics.
Maybe I'm wrong but it does look like Frank is okay with collateral damage on the show, because we never once see him gather info about who's innocent and who's guilty before he kills them. Him saying he never doubts himself, him saying nobody got hurt who didn't deserve it, then we see him doubt himself, and we see him lay people out for bait. There are entire scenes in Defenders about how people make shitty decisions and do bad things for good reasons. We've never seen Frank take any of that into consideration on the show. The reason Matt knows who's innocent or guilty is because he can tell when they're lying, and even that has been known to not work right! As for the comics, there are countless issues where someone gets killed/broken, even kids, as collateral damage because of Frank's war so I don't know what you're talking about. He doesn't go out intending for those things to happen, but they sure as hell do, repeatedly. And Frank never stops his war regardless. He has a moral code but it's fallible and people die on his watch when he makes shitty decisions with good intentions just like everyone else. He's not perfect. We're probably going to see that soon in the Punisher series.
Re: What makes a good villain?
Maybe I'm wrong but it does look like Frank is okay with collateral damage on the show, because we never once see him gather info about who's innocent and who's guilty before he kills them. Him saying he never doubts himself, him saying nobody got hurt who didn't deserve it, then we see him doubt himself, and we see him lay people out for bait. There are entire scenes in Defenders about how people make shitty decisions and do bad things for good reasons. We've never seen Frank take any of that into consideration on the show. The reason Matt knows who's innocent or guilty is because he can tell when they're lying, and even that has been known to not work right! As for the comics, there are countless issues where someone gets killed/broken, even kids, as collateral damage because of Frank's war so I don't know what you're talking about. He doesn't go out intending for those things to happen, but they sure as hell do, repeatedly. And Frank never stops his war regardless. He has a moral code but it's fallible and people die on his watch when he makes shitty decisions with good intentions just like everyone else. He's not perfect. We're probably going to see that soon in the Punisher series.