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And they're still casually hanging out with the terrorist.
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...Wait, what?
I'm just now realizing there still comics made that promotes...Whatever like the old days with hostess fruit pies. But banking of all things? Like what is this? O_o
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So the finale of Falcon & the Winter Soldier
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Most things were by this point pretty predictable, but...
Sharon. Damn.
Primal is an amazing show. I can’t wait for season 2. I think my favorite episode was the one with the virus.
FatWs
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I have some stuff to say but I decided a lot of it voiled down to overall not feeling like the show had the space to explore all the themes (US authority, racism (especially being Black while serving American interests), revolutionaries, atoning for a life as an assassin, etc to the extent that I really wanted. But it did have some good character moments and I like Sharon making moves in the stinger (although I felt like she didn't do much in the actual show).
“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
-Stephen McCranie
It seems to be an issue with the new Marvel/Disney shows. If they took more time to explore the themes they touched on, could actually have something great. As it stands, stuff feels kinda hollow once the superficial shine wears off.
Yeah, but if you... man, we're getting into weird analogy territory, like if you disintegrated Superman's arms he wouldn't be able to go "fool! Little did you know that my arms and I are one and can be remade from me!" and will his arms back into being from pure nothingness. - Pendaran
Arx Inosaan
He was frozen in the 40s right? He'd probably think the bank giving him ANY Money is great Rates.
That was at the tail end of the Great Depression, and America only really got out of it with the war footing economy, although the New Deal helped... So he's probably used to banks not wanting to deal with people who aren't rich.
The MunchKING is Back! And he is AWSOME!
I feel like this succinctly describes my issue with pretty much the whole MCU.
Spectacle is good and they are entertaining but it all, with some minor exceptions, feels a bit weightless and empty to me.
But then, as friends of mine whom I have grumbled about this to have pointed out, Disney is in this to make tons of money and actually engaging with complicated ideas isn't profitable as it lowers the number of potential viewers. It's not really fair to condemn them for failing on a metric they aren't trying to pursue at all. They want broad appeal and, ultimately, a lot of people just want fun, entertaining, ultimately kind of disposable superhero stuff. They don't really want to be directly confronted by scary real issues like systemic racism or the poisonous history of American politics and the like.
And, to be clear, that's not me condemning anyone for that. Nothing wrong with wanting some escapist fluff for your brain in these extremely trying times.
But, when your stories are kind of about nothing... and when it's all effectively tied to a representation of the status quo, it tends to put strict limits on what you can say or do creatively.