Agreed about Taskmaster. It's such a bizarre way of Marvel adding artificial stakes, and also implicitly admitting, "We have no idea what to do with this character!" It's a terrible solution, particularly because you'd think Yelena would be moved by her plight. Instead they spend like five minutes wandering around her corpse in that scene. It's especially disrespectful considering Olga Kurylenko has by far the most action-movie bonafides of ANYONE in that cast.
Also, yes, a waste of Bucky. I expected there to be scenes of him in a suit in Washington, having meetings about policy, and then they'd have to vote on a bill or something and he'd be like, "Wait. I'm needed." I guess they made him a Congressman so that they had an excuse for him to really not be anywhere pressing.
Also, INCREDIBLE HULK is canon. Not only are there the strands picked up for "Captain America 4", but:
- It introduces Martin Starr's teacher character, who goes on to show up in Tom Holland's entire Spider-Man trilogy.
-It showcases Tim Roth's surprisingly-interesting Abomination, who later popped up in "Shang-Chi" and "She-Hulk".
-It explains why the very few times anyone mentions Harlem in the MCU, it's done with a certain gravity.
-It features Ty Burrell as Doc Samson, a total jerk who narcs out Bruce Banner just because his girlfriend used to date Banner. Doc Samson is the one villain who remains at-large in the MCU, waiting to get his ass handed to him.
Spoilers, of course...
Agreed about Taskmaster. It's such a bizarre way of Marvel adding artificial stakes, and also implicitly admitting, "We have no idea what to do with this character!" It's a terrible solution, particularly because you'd think Yelena would be moved by her plight. Instead they spend like five minutes wandering around her corpse in that scene. It's especially disrespectful considering Olga Kurylenko has by far the most action-movie bonafides of ANYONE in that cast.
Also, yes, a waste of Bucky. I expected there to be scenes of him in a suit in Washington, having meetings about policy, and then they'd have to vote on a bill or something and he'd be like, "Wait. I'm needed." I guess they made him a Congressman so that they had an excuse for him to really not be anywhere pressing.
Also, INCREDIBLE HULK is canon. Not only are there the strands picked up for "Captain America 4", but:
- It introduces Martin Starr's teacher character, who goes on to show up in Tom Holland's entire Spider-Man trilogy.
-It showcases Tim Roth's surprisingly-interesting Abomination, who later popped up in "Shang-Chi" and "She-Hulk".
-It explains why the very few times anyone mentions Harlem in the MCU, it's done with a certain gravity.
-It features Ty Burrell as Doc Samson, a total jerk who narcs out Bruce Banner just because his girlfriend used to date Banner. Doc Samson is the one villain who remains at-large in the MCU, waiting to get his ass handed to him.
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