Tag: Captain America
REVIEW: What If…? – Season 1, Episode 1 “What If… Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?”
After giving us a month to regain our sanity and gastrointestinal fortitude following the merciful end of Loki, Marvel has released its first animated series set in the MCU, What If…? Based on the comic series, What If…? takes us on a tour of the multiverse with Uatu the Watcher as our guide, sh...
Read MoreIs Kevin Feige’s Development of the MCU a Myth?
The phrase “Captain Marvel is the most powerful character in the MCU” was a popular Kevin Feige quote from an interview with Vulture to promote that character’s already controversial film. These types of statements are dumb since a character’s diegetic power levels are irrele...
Read More“The Hero Gig”
Yesterday, JLongbone tweeted a video clip of Kari Skogland, who directed all six episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, talking about what kind of hero they were trying to craft in Sam Wilson’s new version of Captain America. You can see the clip below (and JLongbone is worth a follow; her...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Episode 5 “Truth”
The condescendingly titled “Truth” (which, since no big answers to anything are revealed, can only mean “We’re about to lay some truth on you”) is the episode where The Falcon and the Winter Soldier goes all-in on identity politics and makes Captain America all about race. People who want ...
Read MoreNewest Marvel Hero Ready to “Take Ownership” of Her Space as Captain America
The latest Marvel hero to adopt the mantle of Captain America is none other than Nichelle Wright. Newest Captain America set to debut in July pic.twitter.com/eEV0rm3V23 — Lyndon Hall (@L_Hall91) April 16, 2021 This new “local” version of Cap dons a one-legged pantsuit, purple hair,...
Read MoreREVIEW: Outside The Wire (2021)
This last Friday, Netflix released a new movie called Outside the Wire. This film is set in a near future where the U.S., aided by their Gumps (robotic soldiers), are peacekeepers in the middle of a European civil war. Our introduction to the main character Harp, played by Damson Idris, is well esta...
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