I really saw the Sharon Power Broker twist coming right from her first episode, but I know a lot were holding out hope that this villainous take wasn't going to be the character's direction. I guess its also something they will explore in some future project.
Just watched the final episode, It was hit and miss. It really missed on the action stuff how it was organized, to me, it felt a little rushed. But it real hit on the emotional stuff for me I was dam in near tears at certain stuff. I will give a rewatch and see how feel about it after.
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I was dead wrong on Walker, They set us up to him hate so they can give him a redemption arc, I thought he was going to full villain but apparently, that is the job of Sharon Carter
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Loved the new title card, the new suit, and almost all of the final battle. Really well done stuff on the whole. Isaiah Bradley steals the show again, and Zemo even gets to be a nefarious bastard while we're at it.
Loathed what they did to Sharon. I'm unsurprised, I guess, since they've been making it obvious since she reappeared even though I was holding out some hope right up until that last moment. But man, what a way to do dirty one of your best female characters Marvel. Shame on you.
I'm giving it a 3 out of 5. I'll get over the worst of it, and I loved the high points.
As I always understood it, especially from IM1, Tony was very much the designed of all of Stark Industries' best weapons, and he's absolutely the face of the whole thing, defending selling weapons on air to journalists etc, so it's not remotely a stretch to blame him for the weapons that killed your family. He very likely designed them, put his name on them and speaks about how awesome they are on the regular. Tony Stark is a man who, for a significant portion of his life, spent a lot of time thinking about the best, most advanced and effective ways to kill people.
But Wanda and Pietro absolutely did join Hydra, a Nazi offshoot and terrorist organisation. I give them very little in the way of sympathy.
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If they do a second season they have thier big bad going forward. With the added gimmick of them not knowing she's thier enemy ( and her not actually wanting to kill them).
My only issue is I don't believe for a second that she was this big power in Madripoor. Moneyed crime boss? Sure. But THE power in Madripoor? That's a bit much though I'll admit having a small army of Super Soliders would make her more scary than she actually was.
The NetflixTV series got knocked for being too long but we could have used at least 2 extra episodes here.
overall ok for me, i was thinking during the long action sequence (which seemed weirdly paced to me) they wouldnt veer back into the soap opera territory from ep5 w/ isaiah but i think the little trip was a quick enough ending, also thankful they handled buckey's resolution similarly briefly.
flagsmashers were pretty unimpressive the whole series and walker's appearance was a little anticlimactic, but as a setup it was fine. Sharon was also a bit 'meh' but in fairness to her i dont really care about her either way
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zemo's pop in was cool. Falcon America and USAgent suits looked good.
i think as an initial watch i liked wandavision better due to the overarching mystery it had, where even in slow/dramatic moments there was still some intrigue where as this show's drama was a huge brick wall
but i suspect subsequent viewings this show will fare better for me + i would like a 2nd season
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I don’t get why she led the guys to her scientist, especially knowing how Zemo was likely to react. It seems like killing the goose who laid the golden eggs, all while giving herself a potentially deadly workout against her own people. Maybe she figured the scientist had served his purpose, especially since the MCU has never heard of lab notes, and it was time to eliminate him and angle for a pardon. But Lord above, what a weird way to go about it, especially since Karli could have exposed her at any juncture!