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#-3 · 04-16-2021, 09:03 PM

I thought that was wonderful, almost played like a second act full feature, just missing an ending.

I could never really grasp why Sam would put down the wings in favor of the shield. I like the false cap breaking the wings as the symbolic inflection point. I like him earning the strength before he puts on a blank panther suit to give himself that super hero imperviousness required for hand to hand combat (not that his jet back cant help him slip away from every punch), it was different but Steve too had the prove himself and earn his strength (jumping on a grenade...). I think Marvel has always been ahead of the curve with how they approach social justice issues but having Sam going from episode 1 running away from that history, to middle of episode 5 really fully grappling with it, to the end of episode choose to try and overcome it is a sneaky good character arc.

Casting was really good in this show. I'm excited for more Walker, the way Valentina showed up I think Walker might show up for the big fight, but both of them will be loose threads at the end of the series, there just isn't anytime to draw either of those characters to a conclusion, and this isn't their story. I think killing off Lemar will haunt the MCU the way killing off Quicksilver did, good character, good actor, didn't even get a chance to do anything with him. If Torres takes up the wings, he will make a really good sidekick, everything about his character oozes sidekick. Bucky & Sams sister having chemistry is just perfect, it's just a little bit of Bucky finally going back to who he was before WWII, which he just wasn't ready to do in the first episode. The ladies man, [Whats that Steve? you don't want one of the Girls? It's OK, I'll take both!].

I'm now thinking the Power Broker is not so much a person but 'Power Broker Inc.' and Sharon has fought her way to the top of a pre-existing organization. I wonder if she will reveal herself to Sam and Bucky by the end of all of this, or just to the audience. I think this probably depends on how quick of a turn around they can have on season two or getting these characters back into one of the movies, if these loose threads are going to linger through another "avengers scale" event the might need to let Sam and Bucky know where things stand

04-16-2021, 09:03 PM	#98
#-3 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Mar 2008 Exp:	I thought that was wonderful, almost played like a second act full feature, just missing an ending. I could never really grasp why Sam would put down the wings in favor of the shield. I like the false cap breaking the wings as the symbolic inflection point. I like him earning the strength before he puts on a blank panther suit to give himself that super hero imperviousness required for hand to hand combat (not that his jet back cant help him slip away from every punch), it was different but Steve too had the prove himself and earn his strength (jumping on a grenade...). I think Marvel has always been ahead of the curve with how they approach social justice issues but having Sam going from episode 1 running away from that history, to middle of episode 5 really fully grappling with it, to the end of episode choose to try and overcome it is a sneaky good character arc. Casting was really good in this show. I'm excited for more Walker, the way Valentina showed up I think Walker might show up for the big fight, but both of them will be loose threads at the end of the series, there just isn't anytime to draw either of those characters to a conclusion, and this isn't their story. I think killing off Lemar will haunt the MCU the way killing off Quicksilver did, good character, good actor, didn't even get a chance to do anything with him. If Torres takes up the wings, he will make a really good sidekick, everything about his character oozes sidekick. Bucky & Sams sister having chemistry is just perfect, it's just a little bit of Bucky finally going back to who he was before WWII, which he just wasn't ready to do in the first episode. The ladies man, [Whats that Steve? you don't want one of the Girls? It's OK, I'll take both!]. I'm now thinking the Power Broker is not so much a person but 'Power Broker Inc.' and Sharon has fought her way to the top of a pre-existing organization. I wonder if she will reveal herself to Sam and Bucky by the end of all of this, or just to the audience. I think this probably depends on how quick of a turn around they can have on season two or getting these characters back into one of the movies, if these loose threads are going to linger through another "avengers scale" event the might need to let Sam and Bucky know where things stand Last edited by #-3; 04-16-2021 at 09:11 PM.