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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I hate the "his powers consume his memories" retcon. It's so stupid and generic (yeah, badasses with amnesia, novel concept innit?).
I really liked the original drawback idea a lot more where Taskmaster's drawback is that he simply had photographic memory and could not forget, both the good and the bad. So every pain he ever felt is as fresh to him as always, every trauma in his childhood lingers with him forever, every lost one a eternal presence. It was a way more engaging idea.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."It's interesting that in making Taskmaster pretty definitely an outright villain, they've gone the other direction with Black Widow II or whatever codename MCU!Yelena goes by.
IIRC She's been another character who has operated as both an ally or an enemy to Natasha and others depending on her own agenda, whereas the film version seems pretty solidly a friend/adopted sister (on current evidence.)
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."I keep wondering if one of her Black Widow sisters could end up replacing Natasha in the MCU.
In any case, I loved this new trailer. Felt much more like an MCU movie than the teaser.
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Speaking of the Winter Soldier, today is Bucky Barnes's 107th birthday.
I wonder if this will delay the show.
It's apparently already had an issue with not being able to shoot somewhere due to real life issues (an earthquake in another place they were planning to shoot).
One Strip! One Strip!

He also maybe has a daughter in Finesse who has near identical powers to him but Tasky has no idea if she's even his & worse the fact her entire fighting style is stolen from other characters means he will forget the conversation they shared because she's immemorable.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."