The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

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Superbowl Trailer



Series starts on March 19th, after WandaVision on Disney+

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Yes it is more 'standard Marvel film' so far, but I think they had to shuffle the order from what they originally intended because Covid (Wandavision was meant to be shown later as a lead up to Doctor Strange 2), and the Loki series coming after this will probably crank up the WTFometer again . Having one series of flying around with shooting and explosions is fine. Weirdness will be back soon.

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Radec said:

SpudLink said:

robemcdonald said:

Here’s something interesting

This ad came on when I was watching you tube yesterday

https://youtu.be/db1QEI712S0

If you watch it right to the end the store guy says his gamer tag is noobmaster69.......

I hadn’t watched the ad to the end. Is noobmaster69 the guy trolling Thor’s mate in End Game?
So now, if we want to keep track of the MCU, we have to watch adverts as well?

This is actually quite funny from MS and Marvel, finally the mystery of noobmaster69 is solved.
I'm sure this guy was in the Winter Soldier as well when Captain America and Black Widow go to the computer shop.
It must have been this guy's cousin then that was giving crap to Korg on Fortnight in Endgame.

Winter Soldier, the Apple Store guy


Now he's the Xbox guy


The actor is D.C. Pierson https://www.cbr.com/falcon-winter-soldier-xbox-noo...

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ch37 said:

Minor issue, but Russell looks fine without the head gear on, but for whatever reason he looks terrible with it on, it looks worryingly close to a cheap Avengers knock-off at the moment. Maybe that's exactly the plan though...I've no idea if they are planning to broadly follow the comics or not.

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London424 said:

Good episode today...will need to remind myself who a few of the people that pop are again though.

Was the woman at the end one of the main Wakandan warriors in Black Panther etc.?

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That last shot looking up at Walker was great.

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CheesecakeRunner said:

DonBarracuda said:

Disney is funny, they can show Thanos' purple decapitated head but won't even dare show a frame of the "terrorist".

Others have outlined well why this was done from a story point of view. It’ll also have been done because Falcon and Winter Solider airs on TV and is not subject to certification, whereas Endgame was shot to fit clearly in the bounds of a 12A or PG-13 certificate.

And frankly, it’s just not necessary to show it. The scene has more impact without it. It very clearly made a statement of “Steve wouldn’t have done that” by focussing on the man, not the act.

The Marvel films and series on D+ are rated 12+, except for Deadpool 2 and The Wolverine being 16+ and on Star. If they had shown the guy being mullered with the shield, it wouldn't be a D+ show and would really be more like The Boys than Marvel. John Walker is getting a lot of Homelander comparisons as it is. You got the idea of what happened from the blood on the shield, and it stayed 12+.

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Some of the editing looks weird, showing others reactions to off screen voices, odd cuts etc.. Nothing from Disney but it looks like the series was edited and recut last year when Covid hit because of a big virus and vaccine storyline in the series, it was originally meant to be the first series out, before Wandavision. https://youtu.be/VhKIAHABGac

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Ali Plumb interviewing Wyatt Russell and Erin Kellyman



Wyatt Russell isn't on social media, but he knows how the character is being seen, and he's seen the Carl from Up pictures and a few others.

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Just checking as I haven't seen it mentioned. The credits scene? (After the main credits). Johnny Walker isn't done yet

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Good ending, there's an end credit scene if you missed it. This has been more like a Marvel film split into parts, Wandavision was a bit more out there. I've enjoyed both of them though.

Loki is the next D+ series?

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Corso Marche said:

I feel we didn't really get enough time with the FlagSmashers to know the characters, and that's probably down to the rewrite.

I suspect Mama Donya, who died early in the show, might have been the charismatic leader of the Flag Smashers. Karli Morgenthau tried to continue the fight, but finds she’s out of her depth. In some ways mirroring John Walker’s attempt to live up to Steve Rogers’ legacy.

I doubt it would happen, but once (waves hands around) THIS is all over, I hope we can see the original cut of the series with the virus/vaccine story and Mama Donya.

Sam needs a word with whoever designed the suit though, it didn't look comfortable around his neck and head...

Bruce Wayne:
[in an empty conference room]
I need a new suit.
Lucius Fox:
Yeah, three buttons is a little '90's, Mr. Wayne.
Bruce Wayne:
I'm not talking fashion, Mr. Fox, so much as function.
[hands him a diagram]

Lucius Fox:
You want to be able to turn your head.
Bruce Wayne:
Sure would make backing out of the driveway easier.

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MiniMan64 said:

Corso Marche said:

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Sam needs a word with whoever designed the suit though, it didn't look comfortable around his neck and head...

I agree, that didn’t seem quite right. If it’s not a protective helmet, and it’s not a mask to protect a secret identity, then just get rid of it.

I genuinely burst out laughing when the suit was revealed. My wife was abhorred by it. I thought it was so bad all I could do was laugh at it. I just couldn't take it seriously.

Blame the comics

This came up on my facebook this afternoon, so blame the original comic artist . They have got both suits in the series close to the comics.

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popeyewhite said:

Antony Moxey said:

When you wrote that you were looking in a mirror at the time weren't you?

I was looking at the monitor you wazzock.