![]() They are symptoms of the nebulous real evil that exists in the everyday. It's a lot of promises and references, with no payoff or realization.īecause The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's real villain is the system and circumstance (as Joaquin Torres actor Danny Ramirez iterated to Screen Rant), neither Walker nor Karli Morgenthau's Flag-Smashers nor Sharon Carter's Power Broker can ever be truly presented as the show's antagonist. And the Tango and Cash backbone of Sam and Bucky is barely engaged with, lost in self-seriousness after the second hour. The Flag-Smashers are blandly conceived and highly ineffective in their moral allure. Zemo is completely rewritten from Civil War, leaving memes in his wake. Isaiah Bradley is established in episode 2 before being absent for the next two hours, returning only when the narrative has caught up. In the finale, John Walker is brought back from the edge to be an anti-hero. Related: How Sam’s Captain America Suit Compares To The ComicsĪll of those aspects are present in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but none strike as they felt they should on paper. And together, despite no major comic-book precedent, the pairing of Steve's best friends offered traditional buddy cop comedy against the dramatic backdrop. Bucky is one of the MCU's most intriguing characters, a good man warped into a violent killer, but since the climactic fight of Captain America: Civil War has been a secondary participant in events now he could directly atone for his sins. As Steve Rogers' chosen successor to the Captain America mantle, Sam Wilson is set on a tough journey of self-discovery in a world that would doubt him. That's before getting to the two titular characters. Together, each is a key vertex in a discussion on state-divined authority and accountability for actions. And the Flag-Smashers, freedom fighters struggling to adapt to the new world and fighting back against unchecked bureaucracy, are right out of Marvel's "Villains Doing The Right Thing The Wrong Way" playbook. Baron Zemo wants to complete his masterplan to remove all Super Soldiers from the MCU, the rare case of a Marvel legacy villain who isn't motivated by Tony Stark's mistakes. Isaiah Bradley, the forgotten lone survivor of a squad of Black Super Soldiers criminalized after state experimentation, is a biting commentary on real crimes of the US government in the 20th century that reflects on Sam's journey to taking up the shield. John Walker, the highly-decorated soldier anointed the new Captain America but slowly eroded into a villain, is a chance to hold a warped mirror up to Steve Rogers and critique the idea of a military-backed superhero. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is not wanting for great ideas, nor ones that theoretically mesh together. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier's Failure of Ideas vs. What exactly happened on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will likely remain a closely guarded secret (as is the case with most Disney releases) but in analyzing the end result, a clearer picture begins to emerge. Related: All 14 Marvel TV Shows Releasing After Falcon & Winter SoldierĪnd yet the end result manages to not only miss the mark, it takes the ideas that were so intriguing and turns them into weaknesses. Add in a chance to explore the global impact of The Blip caused by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War (which gained increased weight thanks to the parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic), it looked like an easy win. It was a de-facto Captain America 4 taking two of the MCU's most popular side-characters and putting them center stage, building out the comic character's expanded cast to include more complicated super soldiers. When Marvel announced its MCU Disney+ release slate, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier seemed like the safest slam-dunk.
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