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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
goddammit redwing isn't a literal bird sam talks to?
marvel is ruined forever
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.Cap says "We try to save as many as we can, but sometimes that doesn't mean everyone." The follow-up to the scene from Ant-Man's credits was shown, and Bucky recognizes Steve.
I'm fine with the Robobird. Sam missed the boat on becoming sky Aqua Man a long time ago.
I really don't see why that matters.
Hulk is a giant green rage monster. Tony has a robot suit. Cap is 90 years old. Vision is a eird fucking magical robot thing.
Sam talking to birds is not so far out of the realm of possibility. Hell, just make him suddenly an inhuman. He probably eats fish. It'd make sense.
edited 15th Aug '15 12:05:39 PM by Mukora
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."The talking raccoon was experimented on in space. Where all kinds of weird aliens exist. Meanwhile, back on Earth, there's no evidence that Sam Wilson is anything else other than a normal man who worked as former military and who wears a flight suit jet pack with wings to be a superhero. Having him being able to talk to birds and understand what they have to say would be...weird. Especially when no such previous indication was given.
edited 15th Aug '15 12:30:05 PM by higherbrainpattern
Sure, but we've already had that story.
There's no point in taking a Mulligan on the Mandarin if they're just going to do Killian again. The only way going back on the Ten Rings reveal works is if they're willing to play the Ten Rings terrorists completely straight with the "True Mandarin."
But, as I've already pointed out, there is no way to play the Ten Rings completely straight without severely undercutting the Mandarin's menace in the process, which is why they did what they did with Killian in the first place.
They found a way to do the Mandarin without suffering from the narrative needing to be beholden to the utter mistake that was naming the terrorists "The Ten Rings." Then the fans didn't like it, so now they've basically promised the shitty, handcuffed version of the Mandarin in Iron Man 4, a movie they know they're not making anyway so they don't have to deal with ever following up on it.
It's kind of brilliant in a reactionary sort of way.
edited 15th Aug '15 12:09:29 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.For context, Ao S had some terrigen end up in fish (we see fish oil but there could be more I guess). Thus any inhumans around the world might now get their powers almost at random.

"This is for dropping a building on my face," Crossbones says to Cap. "You know, he remembered you. Your pal, your buddy, your Bucky."