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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 312621" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="color: #000000"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">The Falcon and the Winter Soldier</span></strong></p><p></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><p style="text-align: center"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 18px"><u><em>The Star-Spangled Man / Power Broker</em></u></span></p><p></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">As hoped, Bucky is emerging as a more interesting character than he’s been before. Sebastian Stan’s performance - all clenched fists, clenched jaw and clenched buttocks - is really starting to work for me, and I like that his quiet intensity is balanced by Sam’s straight talking. Scenes where he and Sam - and sometimes others - end up shouting over one another with chaotic overlapping dialogue feel like they’re already becoming a trademark of this series, and that’s a good thing. The (slightly homoerotic) therapy scene where they had something of a breakthrough was great.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">With this feeling like a more conventional series than <em>WandaVision</em>, it makes sense that returning supporting characters such as Sharon Carter and Helmut Zemo feel quite logical for this offshoot of Captain America’s world. Even Ayo made her debut in what was officially a Cap sequel. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">As for characters introduced to the MCU in this series, Christina Raynor continues to interest and I still haven’t decided whether or not I trust her. Isaiah Bradley - the ageing super-soldier - shows great promise. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The new Cap storyline is working for me, and I like that the audience gets to share the feeling of wrongness and sacrilege that comes from seeing him in the uniform and using the name without any experiential understanding of who Cap was. His arrogance isn’t oversold. It’s reigned in just enough to understand why he’s viewed as a viable replacement and why it wouldn’t be a good look for Bucky and Sam to simply object or physically remove his shield and uniform. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">It does seem credible that the super soldier serum would be used by a bunch of ASBO teens who enjoy the violent rebellion. Nonetheless, as antagonists the Flag Smashers haven’t exactly set the screen alight. They’re just not very interesting. Despite attempts at humanising Sulky British Girl with tears as her love is shot dead and more tears at the deathbed of what seems to be her mother, she’s simply a Sulky British Girl and indistinguishable to me from the equally bland Sulky British Girl in <em>Ant Man & The Wasp</em>.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 312621, member: 23"] [COLOR=#000000][CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Falcon and the Winter Soldier[/SIZE][/B][/CENTER][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][CENTER] [SIZE=5][U][I]The Star-Spangled Man / Power Broker[/I][/U][/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]As hoped, Bucky is emerging as a more interesting character than he’s been before. Sebastian Stan’s performance - all clenched fists, clenched jaw and clenched buttocks - is really starting to work for me, and I like that his quiet intensity is balanced by Sam’s straight talking. Scenes where he and Sam - and sometimes others - end up shouting over one another with chaotic overlapping dialogue feel like they’re already becoming a trademark of this series, and that’s a good thing. The (slightly homoerotic) therapy scene where they had something of a breakthrough was great.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]With this feeling like a more conventional series than [I]WandaVision[/I], it makes sense that returning supporting characters such as Sharon Carter and Helmut Zemo feel quite logical for this offshoot of Captain America’s world. Even Ayo made her debut in what was officially a Cap sequel. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]As for characters introduced to the MCU in this series, Christina Raynor continues to interest and I still haven’t decided whether or not I trust her. Isaiah Bradley - the ageing super-soldier - shows great promise. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]The new Cap storyline is working for me, and I like that the audience gets to share the feeling of wrongness and sacrilege that comes from seeing him in the uniform and using the name without any experiential understanding of who Cap was. His arrogance isn’t oversold. It’s reigned in just enough to understand why he’s viewed as a viable replacement and why it wouldn’t be a good look for Bucky and Sam to simply object or physically remove his shield and uniform. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]It does seem credible that the super soldier serum would be used by a bunch of ASBO teens who enjoy the violent rebellion. Nonetheless, as antagonists the Flag Smashers haven’t exactly set the screen alight. They’re just not very interesting. Despite attempts at humanising Sulky British Girl with tears as her love is shot dead and more tears at the deathbed of what seems to be her mother, she’s simply a Sulky British Girl and indistinguishable to me from the equally bland Sulky British Girl in [I]Ant Man & The Wasp[/I].[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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