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I fully agree that Bluesky is far from the distributed haven it might claim to be, but just because it makes a decision that any Fediverse instance might have made doesn't mean it's over.
Bluesky has problems, but those problems are still within the realm of fixable. Fediverse alternatives may be better, but Bluesky is still fine.
Yeah, it's currently positioned (basically) 3 months after Doomsday, and all the rumors I've seen tie it to that storyline. It'll probably be like Ant-Man 2 where it isn't a direct continuation, but it'll end with a tie-in. So it'll basically be undoing the ending of No Way Home.
I think I will still be a great film, but I'm bummed it isn't street level. (Unless we're all wrong.)
If you don't watch Falcon & The Winter Soldier then Sam goes from accepting the role of Captain America in Endgame from Steve, to being Captain America in Brave New World. There is a moment in Endgame where Sam isn't sure he's earned it, but that's part of the conversation with Steve.
If however you do watch Falcon & The Winter Soldier you discover that Sam did wrestle with the idea of being Captain America for more than just a moment. During the series Sam grows as a character and ultimately does accept the role of Captain America.
For the purposes of the Captain America character The Falcon & The Winter Soldier is not required. It's a nice bonus to his character and I would recommend it. It's like watching The Avengers having not seen Captain America 1. You can enjoy the Captain America character without having seen his origin story.
You have to remember, Sony is stupid. Also, Sony has leverage. Also Sony is expensive. Basically the odds of Disney buying Sony, or at least Sony Entertainment is low. I know they bought Marvel, Star Wars & 20th Century Fox; but Sony costs even more.
However Sony likes money, so they're usually open to making a deal with Disney but they keep the leash short.
Ideally Spider-Man 4 would have been a reset to street level and we could have had Daredevil et Al in that or future films. (And once you make that normal you can put Spidey on TV.) However the rumors for Spider-Man 4 are BIG WORLD dealings... So that's not likely.
I agree with Thunderbolts confusion. Brave New World and Thunderbolts should not be coming out back to back.
Brave New World was originally due out a year ago, but things happen.
Now the idea that John Walker caused the confusion actually makes a lot more sense. If you've never seen Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the last trailer you saw was for Thunderbolts you could be confused why some dude who looks like Cap shows up. THEN you watch Brave New World, it's Sam, like you always thought. Now it seems like you missed something, because you did, but that thing now feels noticable.
Strong agree. I think Loki is one of the best MCU characters because of his frequent appearances as a reoccurring villain or general annoyance. I would love for The Leader to have gotten away in this film, secretly working on something.
Look at Thanos, his first major appearance is in Guardians of the Galaxy where he's working with Ronan. From that point on we don't know what he's up to, but he's out there.
Ultron is another great example. Ultron, like Arnim Zola, should be squirreled away somewhere.
My coffee is in a cup. The cup is on a coaster. The coaster is on my coffee table. My coffee table also has no coffee on it. Except the coffee I spilled.
I do wonder if The Leader was included just so he can exist after the universe reboot. Like we can't reference his backstory if we don't acknowledge him, but now that we did, he can come back.
Unless something is unannounced and upcoming I don't see the Leader fitting into any upcoming MCU projects, so why bring him back?
But wouldn't the journey of Sam Wilson be Captain America Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, & Avengers Endgame?
Sam doesn't just suddenly show up in Endgame and get the shield. In fact he gets to make a fun Winter Soldier callback in Endgame by saying "on your left".
If we want to make the argument that Falcon and the Winter Soldier should have been a film, that's a fine argument to make. I think Sam is a better defined character as a result of that series, but I don't think it's required if you want to believe he is Captain America. Looking at just the films we see Sam's journey.
Plus, if you're looking for a Sam Wilson journey... That's what Brave New World is. It tells the story of a non-super powered human, fighting in a world of super powered people.
Sam Wilson: Only thing bumming me out is the fact that I have to live in a world without Captain America.
Steve Rogers: Oh. That reminds me...
[reaches under the bench and takes out his old Captain America shield]
Steve Rogers: Try it on.
[Sam stares a few moments in stunned silence, then slowly picks up the shield and puts it on]
Steve Rogers: How's it feel?
Sam Wilson: Like it's someone else's.
Steve Rogers: It isn't.
Sam Wilson: [deeply moved] Thank you. I'll do my best.
Steve Rogers: That's why it's yours.
Where is the ambiguity? It's not hand him the shield and then nothing. They have a conversation, if you watch the scene the camera hangs on Sam when he holds the shield. He is feeling the weight of this decision.
Look at the opening of Captain America Civil War. Wanda is fighting alongside Steve Rogers and Falcon. Is she an Avenger? I know at the end of Age of Ultron she turns against Ultron and then she is in the Avengers compound but the film cuts off before Steve says "Assemble", he just says "Avengers...". Civil War would have been a better film if, instead of the opening battle, Steve took Wanda aside and said, "Hey it's cool that you're an Avenger now."
Would the solution have been for Brave New World to have a scene where the news reporter says," As everyone knows Steve Rogers famously handed the title of Captain America to Sam Wilson."?
I certainly think they could have gone that route. I think Falcon and Winter Soldier does a good job exploring that idea. I do think handing it to Sam is interesting from a non-super soldier standpoint.
But that's my point, you don't need to have seen Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It adds character growth and is worth seeing, but if you skip it and only watch Endgame and Brave New World, he ends one as Captain America and starts the other as Captain America.
Additionally if there were any confusion, before Sam Wilson gets all suited up we watch a news anchor talk about Sam Wilson as Captain America, cut to a bar where Sam Wilson is called Cap and then the bartender repeats that the drink is on the house for Cap.
No one watched Spider-Man No Way Home and went, wait, when did Tony Stark die? Why is Peter so sad about Tony Stark?
Steve Rogers Captain America literally passes the Captain America shield to Sam Wilson in Endgame. Is that not officially Sam Wilson Captain America's start?
Sure, Falcon and the Winter Soldier will go on to tell the story of Sam's struggle in becoming the next Captain America, but by that series end, Sam is definitely Captain America.
When Brave New World starts, Sam is Captain America. The opening battle, that's Sam Wilson Captain America.
If you've seen Endgame, you know Sam is Cap. If you've seen Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you know Sam is Cap. If your introduction is Brave New World... Sam is Cap.
That said I get the Brave New World & Thunderbolts confusion. Bucky is a Captain America character, so seeing Bucky in the Thunderbolts trailer makes that film seem like a Captain America film. I know it's not that simple and it's a shared universe, but I get that one.
For me Quantumania is the bottom. It's the third Ant-Man film but only feels a little bit like an Ant-Man movie, drops the fun side characters, and is bad setup to a plotline that will never happen.
The Marvels is OK but ultimately rushed, which is similar to Brave New World. Brave New World got an extra 30 mins of screen time but instead of letting things breathe or taking time to build characters they just added in a bunch of new rushed plotlines.
Eternals had a similar problem, but I think they executed better. The bummer is that these are all new characters, so it's harder to care.
Thor Dark World... it's been a while since I've seen it and don't have much desire to rewatch it... So yeah it can hang out near the bottom.
I don't agree with a few items on the list, but B- for this film is definitely wrong. I think a B is more accurate, or a handful of other films need to be dropped down to B-.
Spidey on its old date was going in the immediate week wake of Christopher Nolan’s new Matt Damon movie The Odyssey on July 17 from Universal. On its new date, Spidey is two weeks from Nolan’s feature take of the Homer epic
TL;DR Spider-Man and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey likely contain the same watching people, so give them some room to breathe. AKA $$$ reasons.
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Yes you do? If the moderator or admin of your instance doesn't like something, it's gone.
Sure you could post to another instance, but the line of posting to another instance or posting to another service is a thin one.
I fully agree that Bluesky is far from the distributed haven it might claim to be, but just because it makes a decision that any Fediverse instance might have made doesn't mean it's over.
Bluesky has problems, but those problems are still within the realm of fixable. Fediverse alternatives may be better, but Bluesky is still fine.