Tag: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
“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 6 “One World, One People”
“One World, One People” is, if nothing else, the blissful end to this tedious chore of a series. It’s as obnoxiously preachy as you’d expect after last week, but it’s worse because it revels in its effectively admitted ignorance. Parts of it are good, though, and those parts frustrate beca...
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 MoreREVIEW: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Episode 4 “The Whole World is Watching”
With “The Whole World is Watching,” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier continues to continue. That’s all it feels like at this point; it’s going through its paces to get to the end. There are bland characters (some of whom used to be fun and cool), weak humor, dull conversations written by pe...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Falcon and the Winter Solider – Episode 3 “Power Broker”
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is now officially halfway done, and the third episode, “Power Broker,” makes one thing abundantly clear: the people behind this show don’t care. It’s lazy, poorly plotted, flies in the face of MCU history, does potentially cool things for no purpose (which s...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Episode 2 “The Star-Spangled Man”
With “The Star-Spangled Man,” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier moves forward in some areas, but steps backward in others, with a net result of running in place. It’s certainly not as boring as “New World Order,” and it takes a surprising early route with a controversial new character, but...
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