The Falcon And The Winter Soldier - It's The Best Show Ever Made

Truly, Falcon and the Winter Soldier stunned me with its fantastic writing, great performacnes and social commentary that never felt forced or heavy handed. Join me as I explore this wonder of modern TV.
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[@douglasstewart4790]

"I'm sorry you feel oppressed." - the guy who spent over half his life a mind-controlled slave

[@logspace5294]

Half a century

[@kyle857]

He needs to check his white privilege. He has the privilege to grow up poor in depression era NYC. The privilege to have to flight in the most horrific conflict man has ever seen. The privilege to get mind fucked and used as a living weapon over and over. The privilege to get turned into dust while trying to save half of the universe and the privilege to be a broken husk of a man. Haunted by actions that he didn't choose.

[@TheNefastor]

I think he was being sarcastic.

[@gamemediafan1714]

@@kyle857 you don't understand, straight white males cannot be shown and proven to have any bad experiences. It goes against the narrative cause then the groups like Antifa or BLM don't have a specific group of people to point the finger at for all their problems.

[@nutmeg9005]

@@kyle857 yeah... you coulda just stopped at “white privilege” hes white, so those things dont affect as much if he were black

[@ModernGamesSuck]

I can't be the only guy who saw Endgame and said, "Alright, this story is over now and I can move on to other things."

[@jackbauer5229]

There are so much better stories out there like Invincible

[@CASPB]

Everybody is with you, except Marvel and their screenwriters

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

You're not. I was completely satisfied & honestly have no want to watch any of Marvel's new stuff. Not to say it doesn't look good or interesting but I'm good. The story was amazing. Took years & now it's over. Time for something else.

[@eaglebearer]

Literally me. I was 11 when Iron man came out, and generally loved the Marvel movies. Now I'm 23, and after endgame I couldn't care less.

[@vadergravy]

Pretty much everyone I know feels this way. I think the Marvel gravy train has reached the last stop. It'll take Disney at least another 5 years to figure that out though.

[@Kiboxxx]

"A character arc so strong it becomes a circle" killed me

[@ShadowSonic2]

He doesn't complain when X Men did it though.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@ShadowSonic2 He called the x men films “throughly mediocre.”

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@GigaChadh976 Except Logan...which ALSO did the "character circle" thing.

[@michaelf8309]

@@ShadowSonic2 how is Logan character circle? he DIED

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@michaelf8309 Logan ended DOFP as a hopeful man, then off screen he becomes the cynical jerk he started off as...and then becomes a hopeful man again just in time to die. Character circle from where he ended DOFP at.

[@samuelmcphersonwulfboy8327]

Disney gave us in Paul Walker a heroic soldier, clearly struggling with PTSD, who is afraid that he won't be able to measure up with Steve Rogers. Then they expect us to hate him.

[@Wolffman109]

His name is John Walker, but other than that, you're 100% right.

[@krunchy4skin03]

Damn Paul walker came back from the dead to be captain America? Blasphemy!!

[@martinwakefield8138]

because Disney hates him, and people like him

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

But he is white!!!! How dare you not hate him?

[@Wolffman109]

@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia Disney's become toxic.

[@vicentesilvah.9880]

*The female ginger villain killing and blowing up innocent people:* this is fine, we are not terrorists *Walker:* * kills a terrorist * *The female ginger villain:* how could they do this

[@DemoDick1]

It’s the modern day activist’s method of morality contortion. “When you do it, it’s unforgivably awful. When WE do it, it’s a righteous struggle.” I wish I was kidding. The show was awful, preachy, and nonsensical. So yeah, a Disney show. Just WAIT and see what they do with mutants.

[@samieltheinfamous]

@@DemoDick1 Well, we COULD wait to see that, or we could not bother and forego the impending social "justice" migraine.

[@lemonheart.3087]

This is why I cheered when Sharon shot the shit out of her. 😂

[@derlich09]

She kinda of lost any sympathy when she blew up a bunch of innocent people just to look more serious.

[@garfieldman2380]

* kills dozens of refugees to make a point, attempts to kill some hostages * * Falcon and Bucky try to hunt them down * Karli: "Why won't the GRC just leave us alone?"

[@karljobst]

I think my sarcasm detecter broke

[@creative5085]

Sarcasm% speedrun

[@Aacezay]

You absolute legend

[@mishamazureka3486]

the crossover nobody expected

[@msl6995]

This absolute legend watches the other legend, what a good day

[@MrKrtek00]

It is over 9000!

[@garymcderp1146]

“His sister is mad he wasn’t around to help out with the family business, because he got erased from existence for 5 years. It’s just any excuse with this guy.” That made me almost choke on my coffee laughing. 🤣

[@bad23r41]

I love how this show tries to justify literal terrorism by saying that the government should magically double the worlds resources.

[@ShadowSonic2]

You do know that George Washington was a terrorist too, right?

[@SonicTheIPHog]

They just gotta do better man.

[@entertainmentchannel3897]

It's not that the government should double the world's resources. it's that the government (which regulates and facilitates the economic systems we participate in) does such a poor job at allocating resources that people would have more than double what they have now if it was just a smidgen more responsible

[@codyp.1184]

That's a malthusian delusion. At this point in our modern age we have figured out how to effectively harvest all of the world's resources its the ineffective distribution of those resources that is the main problem. Scarcity hasn't been an issue since before the industrial revolution.

[@hodic1562]

@@codyp.1184 Well it might be an issue now

[@MR-yx8hj]

“Have you ever fought for anything bigger than yourself?” Bucky: “World War 2 vet, fought Thanos twice, lived through the Great Depression, had my mind screwed with for decades, my body mutilated, all my family and friends are dead... nope, don’t know the first thing about that. But keep telling me how you are.” Edit: This comment has absolutely nothing to do with Sam becoming (spoilers) the next Captain America. The comment is about how much arrogance a young character has to have in order to lecture an older character on sacrifice. (spoilers)

[@graemetang4173]

Lmao I literally shouted, "He was literally there fighting Thanos' army in Infinity War!!!" at the screen

[@pedromelendez4625]

Woah 😳

[@mbm8404]

Bucky needs to check his privilege and do better.

[@alfredvickers4054]

I expected Bucky to mention that he only _fought to save the entire universe._ But these writers made sure not to mention that so they could force the stupid message.

[@qtindavis433]

@@alfredvickers4054 ITS ALMOST LIKE YOU DONT HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT YOUVE DONE

[@atdubya9576]

Me: “John Walker was a layered, real complex character who I enjoyed watching more than Falcon.” Internet: “You clearly don’t understand the black experience then” Me: “I’m black and I’m over 40 years old.” Internet: This user no longer allows comments on this thread... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tripelon]

Bruh

[@andyz2861]

One of the worst parts about all this is that legitimate experiences and real people are being denied and silenced in order to push a political agenda.

[@RanMouri82]

Truth bomb dropped.

[@Xingularity]

Dude......

[@YouTubeUser-um1ie]

Underrated comment and underrated opinion about this show in general

[@kaalind475]

it bothers me when bucky who is probably twice as strong as everyone in that room combined gets shoved around by a slighty stronger than normal person at best

[@josephbassey1501]

Cuz he's a straight white male n when fighting against the bald black chicks from wakanda, it'd be racist for him to win Political ideology became very strong in marvel after endgame. A show like this that has winter soldier in it should be literally the greatest show of all time. Lots of thriller action n spy shit Too bad, Disney forced marvel to start appealing to modern audience instead of the audience that stuck with them till phase 3

[@IstariAzul777]

Like Loki vs train guards on lamentis.. I’d love seeing them actually and consistently depict super strength

[@joelgittens6857]

​@@josephbassey1501 So true I agree with the spy elements especially. Also Sharon x Bucky yee or Naw?

[@josephbassey1501]

@@joelgittens6857 you mean Sharon n Bucky doing it? Sharon is Cap's former girl right? Don't know man. After Civil War, marvel writers didn't know what to do with Bucky anymore Too bad marvel stop hiring people that have read the comics and actually love comic books

[@joelgittens6857]

@@josephbassey1501 Yeah them in a relationship. But no Sharon is not Caps former girl Peggy is, but Sharon is related to Peggy by blood.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Funny that John kills 1 guy in heat of the moment in anger and he is called villain by fandom and writers, but Karli kills a bunch of innocent people and "she is just a kid".

[@nont18411]

Not to mention that 1 guy is a super soldier terrorist who helped killing John’s friend too

[@Shineinpoverty]

Black wahman cannot be wrong

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

Not gonna lie. I laughed when Karli died. All I could think was: "The monologues, they're finally over!"

[@Rosales3269]

"y'know what she does?" "She begins monologuing." "SHE BEGINS MONOLOGUING!"

[@alexk5907]

All i ever heard from her monologues was "me sad and is whamen and had bad childhood therefore me allowed to kill innocents" such a fkn hypocrite of a character.

[@trinaq]

Haha, same here, at least we won't have to sit through another rambling monologue! 😂🤣

[@justus4883]

Thanks for spoiling, very nice of you

[@Malum09]

Honestly between this and her appearance in Solo I think Disney should stop using her.

[@bbwizard2941]

I still don't understand how Bucky didn't absolutely wreck the flag smasher because like if you dose up a tiny ginger girl with the same thing the big 100+ year old combat veteran with a metal arm has in him than it's still a tiny ginger girl against a 100+ year old combat veteran with a metal arm.

[@Revan-eb1wb]

I do not get it either. He has super strength and speed, and his arm made out of vibranium but he still struggles like hell

[@RatchildUK]

The new serum is more potent than what Bucky got, the scientist specifically says he made it so it wasn't obvious (big muscles). Then you have the fact that Bucky isn't the Winter Soldier, he's a man with morals that probably didn't want to fight a little girl. Also the WS was only brought out of cryo to do missions, so he wasn't literally fighting for 70+ years. The show has many things to gripe about but I keep seeing this particular reason and thinking, 'did you even watch it'?

[@jamestoney6599]

He needed someone as strong as SPIDERMAN to stop his metal arm strike in the films! What crap writing.

[@mongooseunleashed]

@@RatchildUK Except everything they do and what Bucky HAS done contradicts that. Shoot, even the Drinker points it out.

[@RatchildUK]

@@jamestoney6599 The serum they got IS Spiderman strength........Read the comics.

[@frankthetank8050]

"....peacefully blowing up buildings" got me cracking 🤣 😂😂 I see your talent at sarcasm is unparalleled

[@ShadowSonic2]

Funny how a Scotsman has problems with that.

[@chadthunderstroke]

CNN covered it.

[@ryantogo8359]

Summer of 2020 has left the chat

[@nikolatesla8579]

Fiery but mostly peaceful

[@andrewrivera190]

Walker was unironicly my favorite character of the show. My mom and sister hated him. Of course when I ask. “Why do you hate him?” They respond with. “Because he’s not Steve.”

[@natperXD]

Honestly, I had the same reaction until I knew more about him. In the beginning, it's like why replace Steve with this random dude we don't know and he didn't deserve it. But after watching a few more episodes, I related a lot to him where he had to meet high expectations that was placed upon him by other people. That and he was just a well written character.

[@the_yellow_shirted_kid_16]

That's pretty legitimate though, cuz who could replace Steve Rogers Capatin America?

[@williamwoolf8072]

@@natperXD they had to replace steve with some random dude because sam wilson turned it down

[@natperXD]

@@williamwoolf8072 I know, I was just saying that I didn't like him at first since he came out of nowhere. But as the show progressed, I started to like him more and more.

[@williamwoolf8072]

@@natperXD well to be fair, the writing for this was terrible so you couldn't help but be misdirected

[@adityaunnava4304]

A minute of silence for those poor souls who actually thought this is a vid praising their favorite show without catching the sarcasm.

[@jormungandr4690]

Those people dont have the IQ to understand sarcasm.

[@jamespell1138]

@Oliver Seiler APEOPLE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE

[@ethandegrassealdee5978]

I wont lie it took me 20 seconds im pretty disappointed

[@haitolawrence5986]

This is why they can't meme.

[@Zeus-wl2pl]

Didn’t even have to watch it to figure that out. Anything they produce these days are for the “woke” crowd.

[@jiga6832]

Can we just appreciate how Zemo is the only villain to have survived and succeed twice in his plans in the MCU? Like this pretty much solidifies him as one of the most intelligent and strategic characters ever

[@glenmcl]

Anti hero not villain

[@jiga6832]

@@glenmcl ahhh....I don't know about that he is still a cold blooded murderer and also if you have seen Civil war deleted scenes dude is pretty evil it's just that we can see where he is coming from He did blew up UN hearing remember alot of innocent people died

[@Henlak-]

The smug calculated attitude of zemo is just brilliant. Doesn't have the super strength or edited DNA and could be killed by any one of the Avengers but still manages to continually out do them with his wit and cunning. Daniel Brühl did an amazing job portraying the good Baron.

[@jackthompson1544]

@@glenmcl He literally blew up a building full of inmocent people to frame another guy.

[@samw2670]

Guess you have never heard of dr robotnic

[@olliedonlon2902]

"He even kills one of the peaceful protesters at one point, when all they did was murder his best friend in front of his own eyes" had me cracked up 😂

[@jeebs621]

I just love how Bucky goes toe to toe with Iron Man/Black Panther and he jobs to random mercenaries 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wolffman109]

Not even that. They're freaking CHILDREN.

[@josephbassey1501]

The writers just straight up disrespecting these characters just cuz of their race n gender

[@papapoot4999]

Senator: "do you have any idea of the complications that arose when half of the population 5 years ago suddenly reappear" Sam: "I am black"

[@carlomagno7092]

Is it a yes or no?

[@darrenleaguecity]

LOL!

[@mar10ssj1]

I get the feeling Falcon is going to come out bi or gay or something and then be a real force to reckon with.

[@bemotivated8443]

This is the most sarcastic and disrespectful summary of the show I have ever heard.... I love it

[@rentstoohigh1587]

🤣🤣🤣

[@motojauntx]

“The character arc is so strong it becomes a character circle.” Drinker, you have earned your retirement.

[@VolvoImpala]

Yeah, that's some serious backhand game.

[@kronozord8346]

Thats the definition of filler, this one just happens to be six ep long

[@Beer_Dad1975]

My wife and I watched the first two episodes, I hoped after the first episode it would improve - but it went from bad to worse. Glad we didn't waste any more time on it.

[@cm9241]

I wish he'd retire. I'd never have to see another shitty video in my recommended or see his dumbass fans whining about star wars or social justice warriors or whatever. Honestly should have retired in 2017, the last time any of this was relevant

[@omenaccipio]

@@cm9241 and you're here. Thank you for being our audience, DA...

[@christiancersine225]

“The character arc in this is so strong it actually became a character circle”. Best line I’ve ever heard

[@tylerskiss]

I was hanging out, being racist (as you do) and I was thinking “how can I be more racist?” because so many other people are racist too and I want to be better- until I saw this show and they pointed out that racism was bad! I know, it’s crazy! Would you ever have thought that hating a person based solely on how they look, who they love or what they believe could be wrong? Well, apparently it is!

[@ShadowSonic2]

According to this comment section, lots of people do think it's fine to be racist.

[@tylerskiss]

@@ShadowSonic2 Frankly, I don't blame them. I'm sure 99% are just trolls, but honestly, with the forced diversity and propaganda being shoved down our maws via every possible medium one can imagine ... well, it's obviously by design, so is anyone surprised when it does work on a select few?

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@tylerskiss These people would go to Los Angeles and say the population there were "too forced". Any nonwhites anger them. And propaganda? How's it worse than the propaganda in all white movies?

[@redninja3056]

@@tylerskiss if you're racist because of a few shows maybe it's a good thing they shove it down your throat

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Yeah, I was the same way. But then I heard that inspiring speech from Sam. when he said "Do Better" I cried and instantly did better.

[@gordondavis6168]

I am a white male who grew up in New York City so privileged that my family did not have heat in the winter. However, we were privileged to have a ceiling and walls. I joined the Air Force and served my country for 20 years. I joined Disney’s streaming service to be reminded how evil and ignorant I am. It was money well spent because Disney truly took me to school. Now that the series has wrapped up, I will continue paying for Disney’s streaming service so that I can rewatch this show whenever I relapse into my sordid, perfidious and insidious ways.

[@queazy03]

you could just not give them the money

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

I hope you will consider stop giving money to the Mouse

[@chiefinspectorshine]

@ Gordon Davis I'd say that commentary almost puts you right there with the Drinker's. 👍🏾

[@philipthegreat7230]

In my mother tongue we use " " to show your sarcasm, do not english does the same?

[@MisogynyMan]

Holy crap people's sarcasm radar must be non-existent.

[@ThatUmbrellaGuy]

Sarcasm Meter Broken. Send Help ASAP

[@taeshikkim6598]

Describing it as "dripping" would be the understatement of the year so far.

[@Zalzaroth]

I’m desperately confused.

[@syeoak]

Satire so deep you need scuba gear

[@lordhare2012]

Nice, I watch your videos

[@PaulsGarage]

Special order a new meter. Not one that goes to 11, though, get the one that goes to 25. You'll need it

[@S_PIDER]

1:59 "Begins peacefully blowing up buildings" That line had me laughing for a solid minute

[@alemaun2619]

Just love John Walker's plot, don't know how Marvel expected us to hate him

[@liamphibia]

And just look at the reactors! Their reactions were hilarious and cringe at the same time.

[@elvibora6218]

John walker: just wants to be Captain America and serve his country Carli: wants to kill 3.5 billion people

[@loviatar9]

But let's have understanding for this poor misguided murderous little girl. She's the true victim after all.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Then we had to listen to Sam say to not call her the t-word.

[@Aebischer1984]

@@nicholastotoro7721 twat?

[@elvibora6218]

@@loviatar9 somehow they made the senator the bad guy for calling her a terrorist. I can't even

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

@@nicholasking4067 🤣🤣🤣

[@seaninflorida9741]

The funny thing about the show is Baron Zemo has the best plan, is honest about it, and pursues it single-mindedly. He believes Super Soldiers are a threat to humanity, and he wants them gone, period. Shield should hire him. Zemo gets things done.

[@vvdpabhishek3464]

Yes he did he is the best character written in this show👌👌👌 absolutely phenomenal

[@johnotoole5786]

Zemo should have been mlb commisioner in 90s

[@christophermartinez1159]

Not gonna lie I kinda missed zemo when he left

[@bemotivated8443]

@@christophermartinez1159 me to

[@joemammon6149]

Zemo should do an audiobook called "Learn Russian with Zemo".

[@cardplayer2124]

“ Clearly the show is exploring the sexual tension” I absolutely died 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dev_L_Manix]

The love story between Bucky and Sam was so subtle that I almost missed it but in the 14th post credit scene when Sam and Bucky finally kiss and retire in the mountains together, I couldn't help but cry.

[@jmack8201]

Too bad you didn't wait for the 24th scene, they adopt 52 yr man who thinks hes a geisha in imperial japan.

[@lemonheart.3087]

I'm pissed on how they completely nerfed Bucky. He got folded every 10 seconds but Sam is able to hang with everybody, including super soldiers and GSP.

[@soullesssenpai1900]

Lol this is what happens when politics meets Shitty entertainment. The result is Orgasmic for people that don't know what entertainment is.

[@Zzues]

Yeah that bothered me. Would have been better if Sam had used his jet pack, wings and shield more defensively, so getting punched by people who can lift ATVs would be more like being "grazed" by their fists and feet. Even getting grazed by one of them would be too much for a normal human.

[@Badmunky64]

also, wtf happened to his machine guns? Where was Falcon's uzis? Zemo felt like the only guy with a gun.

[@paulcoulonjr]

Sam didn’t hang with them he didn’t win any of the fights he just used the technology that he had to survive.

[@ggMwaniki]

Facts, It's like they forgot Bucky went toe to toe with Steve in Winter Soldier, instead it's all "haha metal arm go brrrrr"

[@PsypherWolf]

"You’ve got to do better, Senator." Very progressive of Marvel to hire actual children to write their dialogue.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Oh, but when Braveheart says the same thing it's fine?

[@PsypherWolf]

@@ShadowSonic2 Whataboutism is self-defeating, maybe try another approach.

[@gringo6362]

@@ShadowSonic2 whos braveheart?

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@PsypherWolf It's not "whataboutism", it's about pointing out your silly double standards.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@gringo6362 90s flick Mel Gibson did about the Scottish War against Edward Longshanks of England.

[@elizabethtruitt7416]

Bucky Barnes is probably one of my favorite characters, ever, so I am disappointed in how this show really did him dirty.

[@Wolffman109]

I literally am writing an 85-page essay about how they've destroyed his character, and I included this video as an additional consulted source.

[@elcar659]

@@Wolffman109 can you release that online or something, i want to read it

[@Wolffman109]

@@elcar659 I have no idea how to do that, but if I find out how, I will.

[@Ken-ru6or]

@@Wolffman109 I feel like you're not writing that essay then. There are literally millions of different ways for you to upload it.

[@Wolffman109]

@@Ken-ru6or Dude, it's already written. If I'm gonna publish it (and I want to), I want to publish it somewhere it will get Marvel's attention. You know any good places?

[@JerryRiverofCars]

My biggest issue with the show is that all of the terrorists could fight, and generally beat some fighters who had YEARS of training, despite they themselves having absolutely no training and only having taken the super soldier serum. It made NO sense.

[@thedarknessmagician5234]

I think the Drinker just created an entirely new level of sarcasm.

[@joshuacolt2630]

It was genius! Like I knew it was sarcasm, but his presentation was so well done.

[@tanas8973]

Hes on a whole other level lol

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

Sarchasm? Charchasm? Super-sarchasm?

[@nhmooytis7058]

12D sarcasm...

[@Omnitrickster0207]

He clearly doesn’t like the show

[@yamibakura8597]

John Walker did almost nothing wrong and was a shockingly relatable and sympathetic character. He was easily the best part of the show. And Zemo was cool too, because he just seemed like he was having a great time.

[@superjlk_9538]

I just wanted it to become a Walker show after Episode 4. Episode 5 was trash and a disgrace to the lore and characters.

[@bricktop9486]

He did kill an unarmed person though.

[@iamfilam2513]

@@bricktop9486 ah yes, the terrorist that literally pulled a knife on him like 5 minutes prior and was trying to kill him then.

[@heavierthanairfilms]

With the entire script and every other character deeply hating them.

[@christianlima2742]

@@bricktop9486 *"unarmed terrorist"

[@monroekelvin8955]

Before Morbius, there was the Falcon and the Winder Soldier, truly one of the tv series ever made

[@ShadowSonic2]

It got Emmy Nods, so yeah that makes it on par with Daredevil

[@RutakoVon]

@@ShadowSonic2 anything mcu is not award worthy lol

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@RutakoVon Except it is, and the Emmys confirm it.

[@Skullheadification]

@@ShadowSonic2 What Emmys ? One nomination for Don Cheadle is all they got from what I see on the emmy's wikipedia page. (even if the tv show page says 5, still nominations) Dude you seem like a die hard fan of the MCU from what I've seen of your multiples comments and you've got every right to be but sorry the quality of the MCU is mediocre at best and IT DOESN'T MATTER. I like bad stuff too for example : I like Fast & Furious movies, not because they're good but because they're stupidly funny and I don't care what people say as long as I'm having something good out of it.

[@Maple_MK]

​@@ShadowSonic2 This implies the Emmys and the Oscars and so on are representative of what the general population regards as "good", which, given popular opinion, seems to be overwhelmingly false.

[@CowboyRobot2000]

Bucky: Actual supersoldier, Steve's oldest friend, has bionic arm, has combat experience going all the way back to WW2... Sam: Pararescue soldier with winged jet pack, quit the service after his friend died, spent years as a VA counselor, worked with Steve barely a few years, literally fell into the Avengers, is NOT a supersoldier... And the shield goes to---? No one can make it make sense.

[@sillyking1991]

as opposed to who the super soldier serum originally went to? ya know...the weak, small boy from...brooklyn? my point is that none of the stuff you listed is even remotely relevant to what Steve was looking for in a replacement.

[@CowboyRobot2000]

@@sillyking1991It's completely relevant. Sam has NO enhanced abilities, which is what made Steve Rogers Captain America. Bucky, while not enhanced in the same way Steve was, still has the same abilities and physical enhancements. Handing Sam the shield is like giving a toddler a BB gun and then dropping him off in the middle of Afghanistan.

[@Kai97119]

​@@CowboyRobot2000i personally feel it's not really about the powers though, otherwise they wouldn't have given the formula to some shrimpy kid. the point of being Captain America is to fight for a noble cause and be the living embodiment of America. essentially be a goody two shoes as I feel Tony would've called him. with that being said Sam Wilson fits that description as even with all of Karli's evil he still saw good in him. he still saw what she was trying to do and only went after her because of HOW she tried doing it. meanwhile while Bucky does have the abilities, he dosen't have the same attributes as Steve. while Steve would've saw the good in her and tried to talk her down, Bucky throughout the show wanted to kill her. and Bucky sees himself as a monster after everything he remembers doing as The Winter Solider so I don't even think he wants the title and that's the point. Steve saw something good in Sam and knows what life was like for Sam as a kid so he gave the shield to him because he believed/knew that Sam would use the shield to represent freedom and liberty. that's the whole reason why Walker was just not worthy of the shield and suit because he gave into anger and brutally killed someone in public. Terrorist or not can you honestly tell me that you can imagine Steve bashing his shield into a guy's chest like he's trying to be in Mortal Kombat? the shield is more than just a flashy weapon that can be used to kill bad guys it's a damn symbol that means something. that's what made Steve Rogers/Captain America special:he always tried to do the right thing against all other odds, even when the government was against him he tried to do what was right. and that's what Sam tries to do. not understanding that is misrepresenting the ENTIRE point of Captain America and why he's special.

[@theredandblueyakuza9256]

If it was relevant they wouldn't have picked Steve Rodgers in the first place, the whole captain America story contradicts your point ​@@CowboyRobot2000

[@CowboyRobot2000]

@@theredandblueyakuza9256 Try thinking before replying next time.

[@nansformer]

You gotta love how Sam’s skin color never mattered in any of the other movies and now all of a sudden is does lol

[@tedmureithi6483]

He was the most normal guy on the team. Hard to stand out and be discriminated against when you're dealing with aliens, demigods, shrinky people, alcoholic billionaires and hulk

[@captainmaim]

I howled with laughter when his nephews called him "Uncle Sam."

[@ScubaMagic]

@@tedmureithi6483 yeah not to mention he's was on the run before he got snapped and wasn't even falcon for that long before

[@sunbleachedangel]

He also almost didn't exist in any of the other movies

[@texasdaking88]

Context obviously means nothing to you

[@DarkWarrior076]

The show: *wants you to sympathize with the terrorist group* Me: *sympathize rather with Zemo and Walker cuz they get stuff done than either the two protagonists and the terrorists*

[@QrazyQuarian]

Fuck that. I'm not sympathizing with terrorists, never have, never will. Unlike half of America, I fucking get that concept that we used to all agree with.

[@ShawnofSteel874]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who sees how crazy this show was trying to make us agree with the terrorists killing innocent people. I have been on the Reddit for Falcon and Winter Soldier, and I thought it was nuts to see how many people were defending Karli and crapping on Walker. MCU is over for me, at this point.

[@Diree]

@@ShawnofSteel874 After the first episode I forgot what the flag smashers were fighting for ... I thought they were trying to get the refugees back into their countries? But isn't that the exact opposite of what they set out to do? I'm so confused by their "plan".

[@whoami7721]

@@ShawnofSteel874 I think I'm done with it, too. It's slid into moral relativism, which was never what it was about in the old days. I have heard people talk about how "Thanos did nothing wrong", but let's say the Blip did happen and their families were missing? Would they be so sympathetic to him? I saw the Flag Smashers as Antifa and Captain America as America personified. The Flag Smashers don't believe in old traditions like borders or governments. Karli even says so. The thing is, we don't see China's or Russia's representatives or their feelings about resettlement. Nope, in typical Hollywood fashion, America is the Big Bad Bully, embodied in the new, mean, Captain America John Walker. If Steve Rogers was the good cop, he's the bad cop. I had a feeling wokism would be rearing it's ugly head the first episode, but unfortunately I stuck with it. I shouldn't have!

[@tentonmotto6779]

@@ShawnofSteel874 It is impossible to discuss anything on reddit if you don't conform to leftist ideology. There is no point in visiting that website.

[@tableswithoutchairs1168]

This dude is so good at sarcasm. If someone didn’t know who drinker was and you showed them this video, they probably wouldn’t know it was sarcasm because of how good it is

[@catholictryhard]

frfr. most people would do the intro sarcastically. he does the whole video without missing a beat

[@meesironman]

"The character arc in this is so strong, it actually becomes a character circle" 🤣🤣🤣

[@sunsetsky9885]

I love how it’s Bucky who has the white guilt storyline like yea Bucky you fought in WW2, were captured, tortured and brainwashed into slavery and used a weapon to kill innocents but jeez Bucky don’t you know how hard it is to be black in America smh

[@porassrivastava8242]

The irony that Bucky knows more about being a slave than most people 🤣🤣

[@ShadowSonic2]

Not white guilt, he had obliviousness to the concept that maybe the American people wouldn't accept Sam.

[@nanemmi_4966]

@@ShadowSonic2 and that makes him a bad person? when this guy fucking surviver WWII??

[@nanemmi_4966]

@@ShadowSonic2 why do you always claim someone with a different opinion as yours is a "snowflake"? And I don't think it's because "white man say sorry to black man, me no like" kinda of shit. Their pointing out the hypocrisies of trying to play the victim when Bucky went through so much being a slave and a veteran with no thought of this own, y'know? Like, "why are you yelling at HIM? y'know what this man went through"?

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@nanemmi_4966 That's the thing, wuth everything he went through Bucky should have understood beforehand the burden Sam was under but he didn't. He realized this and owned up. Makes him more human.

[@Nabiki73]

“Are you being sarcastic, dude?” “I don’t even know anymore.”

[@gavinhillick]

I understood that reference.

[@hansgruber788]

so did i

[@raiderrodavis6357]

😂 Simpsons

[@knarf4083]

If you even have to ask that question he didn't intend this review for you.

[@Love_Street]

Are you a dunce?

[@darkstock5103]

I have never heard a completely sarcastic rant go on for so long I loved it

[@Tristoo]

I really didn't think I could handle 10 straight minutes of straight sarcasm. Apparently I can.

[@Southern_Crusader]

I feel like Disney loves Critical Drinker, that’s why they give him so much content to work with.

[@molivson]

And the BBC as well. His work on Dr Who is why I'm subscribed.

[@shan4680]

@@molivson The Critical Drinker for showrunner? At least they'd have awesome wrap parties after each episode was finished!

[@theblackflame4002]

They're keeping him Nerdrotic and the Quartering, and Doomcock and countless others in Biz

[@soni-switch5270]

@@molivson To me, it was the TROS review. Especially the last 2 minutes of it.

[@jimyeetast9335]

Bro.. only if. 🤣

[@ggforme1337]

He selfishly murdered A flag smasher after watching them peacefully kill his best friend right in front of him .

[@adamkalb1]

That was not selfish! John Walker did it to support Black Lives Matter. His best friend did not deserve to die.

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

@@adamkalb1 support BLM? It's basically a dude beating up antifa with the American flag

[@Lastjustice]

@Meta Man STOP BEING A SHILL!

[@kongmengyang1098]

They liberated Lamar!

[@joshuasatterwhite9520]

You can’t publicly execute people who have their arms up and are more or less surrendering. He could have just took him in. The guy wasn’t even Karli he didn’t even kill his best friend. I understand him killing the guy anybody would be angry but you can’t do it publicly in front of hundreds who are recording so that possibly millions or even billions can see you kill them online. Especially when you have him pinned and he’s begging

[@dominikfratczak8710]

That show is so good, that it has cured me from MCU and Marvel in general. I'm sure I'm not the only one

[@eljefe8149]

it was the beginning of the end for me. Spiderman No Way Home was the last straw for me.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@eljefe8149 It's okay, they're better off without someone as disloyal as you.

[@eljefe8149]

@@ShadowSonic2 cool

[@Boomslayer19]

@@ShadowSonic2 imagine giving loyalty too a major corporation can you be anymore of a fucking npc?

[@LowIntSpecimen]

@@ShadowSonic2 "disloyal" lmao what

[@ThePequenocristo]

I'm so glad that the Falcon became the new Cap because developing a new character with his own identity would be too hard.

[@Wolffman109]

Even though the Falcon already was Sam's own character.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Audiences hate new characters, that's why.

[@Wolffman109]

@@ShadowSonic2 No, we hate poorly-written characters that are only there for diversity points.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@Wolffman109 You use Boogeyman words like "diversity points", you lose credibility. Nonwhites exist, deal with it.

[@xylynthian753]

They did it way better in the comics. Hell, they even let Bucky take the mantle for a while and that was pretty good too. The only people who had a problem with it were the die hards who hate any change whatsoever. With the show, I can understand why Falcon becoming cap is generally disliked. They didn't execute it well.

[@ABCD-wn9oi]

Drinker’s sarcasm is still more subtle than the political messages of the show

[@ShadowSonic2]

Nah, he's a hack.

[@charlesnwokoye8680]

🤣

[@Narcan885]

@@ShadowSonic2 You're everywhere in this thread. You're a little too obsessed.... please, don't kill anybody

[@AimForMyHead81]

@@Narcan885 He has over 1000 comments on this video. What a sad and pathetic creature lmao.

[@JohnSmith-qz6xb]

@@Narcan885 hopefully himself

[@edbrook7088]

Calling the flag smashers activists is like calling ISIS a Social Justice group

[@ShadowSonic2]

The Founding Fathers of America were terrorists too, you know.

[@kellyyukevich8427]

@@ShadowSonic2 good point... But the founding fathers didn't kill people for fear.

[@Lehsah2021]

@@ShadowSonic2 Doesn't change the fact that the Flag Smasher are terrorists

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@Lehsah2021 The only difference between a terrorist and a revolutionary is whether they win or not.

[@agentrocklee]

@@ShadowSonic2 Mic Drop.....

[@steveforeman9813]

Truly the show of all time. There was characters There was a story And it had a resolution

[@ORANGELIZARD121]

Once you said all the ‘hidden messages’ and how they led to a single conclusion, the growing sexual tension between falcon and Bucky I about cried.

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

"She's mad that he wasn't around to help with the family's fishing business, because he literally got erased from existence for 5 years. It's just any excuse with this guy, isn't it?" 🤣 Edit: I love how my lazy comment, which is just a quote from the video and not my own words, had lead to people taking it almost personally, and starting a heated argument defending both sides. It's just a joke. Calm down. 🤣

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

“How dare you be erased without at least warning us? Such a shitty brother. While you were gone, I had to take care of our kids alone and it was hell knowing that their dad disappeared.” Clearly just proves that Sam is the biggest prick out there.

[@alamalam5594]

At 4:40 Well i ask the same thing about Serum Super Soldier

[@peterd3881]

I LOL’ed at that also

[@ShinkuGouki]

The sarcasm was strong in that line 😂

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Actually sympathizing with this complete disregard to someone else's health.

[@bromporke]

Zemo: white privilege John Walker: white arrogance Bucky B: white guilt Falcon: Black Lives Matter Red head girl: virtuous illegal immigrant

[@matthewpunk2012]

This is so accurate that I wanna puke

[@bromporke]

@@matthewpunk2012 lol. I quit watching & cancelled Disney+ halfway through the season. Entertainment has become inescapable liberal propaganda.

[@matthewpunk2012]

@@bromporke word

[@ChimpFromSpace]

@@bromporke Nothing liberal about these people. They are corporate fascists using marxism to rile up useful idiots. This coming from a corporation that exploits slave labor in China, and other parts of the world.

[@brandorgs_duh]

lol ok ig

[@arshparmar5662]

Was honestly sympathetic towards Walker the whole time. He tried to be nice and actually put in effort to be Captain America. Bucky and Sam's attitude towards him came outta nowhere.

[@mysteryfan15]

I so wanted to like this show because I love Bucky (Sebastian Stan is a fantastic actor) and was excited for him to finally be a main character. Instead his arc got sidelined for a woke storyline. He and Sam had great potential. What a terrible waste.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Are you going to whine "WOKE" anytime you see a nonwhite in anything?

[@GigaChadh976]

@@ShadowSonic2 are you gonna whine about racism everytime a white person is in something? Because you seem to be doing that a lot.

[@trequor]

I only watched the first episode, but Stan did a good job and Bucky had some cool stuff going on. I just couldnt make it past the boat loan scene. It was so incredibly stupid that at first i thought it was a joke that went on too long

[@indiajohnson]

That's what irritated me about this stupid show. I definitely wanted to see more of Bucky since the idiots of before didn't bother even do that right but in this show, I feel that they didn't even try to go into him more and they nerfed him in fights where the enemy is very clearly trying to kill him. I love Bucky but I hate this show.

[@santiagofarell3405]

“The Character Arc is so strong it’s actually a character circle” Damm drinker don’t roast them too hard we like them medium rare.

[@NakAlienEd]

I legit laughed out loud at that section.

[@scubasteve3032]

Nah, wack the horns off and wipe its butt! Give it to me raw!

[@gryffen9608]

Well, he could have said it was a "Character Zero."

[@Reishadowen]

Speak for yourself. Well done, please.

[@nyetzdyec3391]

@ImmaPlantMeaDumbassTree 47 Yeah.... GRILL this crap until it won't even smoke anymore!

[@hilotakenaka]

It feels like that after the ratings bomb, they said to themselves “fuck we need to make the show less woke. Quick, let’s redeem the guy we bullied through the whole show” Case in point; the fact that in interviews, the actress who plays the antagonist said that the character was a “role model to young girls” Let me repeat that Literal terrorist Role model for children

[@nopedope4735]

I think you mean “mostly peaceful protester”.

[@eaglebearer]

Role Model to Antifa and BLM terrorists sure

[@foolwriter]

Just a couple things to consider: first, TV production is such that the whole series was in the can before the first episode aired, so ratings didn't really affect them at all. Second, what do you think the British called the colonists out west in the late 1700s? Yet we celebrate them every year...

[@DerekBee]

One person terrorist is another person freedom fighter.

[@hilotakenaka]

@@nopedope4735 on a scale from “guy who failed to climb Chase Bank” to “guy who murdered Antonio Mays jr” how peaceful are we talking?

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

Falcon: Do better! Senator: Why didn’t you and your friends do better and undo the Snap completely, or keep the Infinity Gems to deal with the problems which would inevitably arise, or use the Pym Particles to create more resources and living space?

[@devonthurgood9381]

This show expertly showcases all the wrong ways to go about activism. Burn and destroy stuff, discredit people with different perspectives, and villainize the people who are doing their best.

[@8bitorgy]

Keep doing this the KZbin algorithm doesn't understand sarcasm.

[@dlewis9760]

They'll be promoting him all over the place. Little do they know.

[@pollymonopoly8803]

He broke KZbin

[@quintespeed]

Umm. Uh-oh. Isn’t that what writers had to do when they were under tyrannical and an oppressive government?

[@factsoveremotions6035]

@@quintespeed Enough about China... ;)

[@jasonenns5076]

You forgot the comma between "this" and "the".

[@MauLerYT]

John Walker and Zemo are easily the best parts of the show and I'm not sure that's what the writers wanted lmao

[@wolfbane7497]

MauLer good to see you mate

[@eaglebearer]

Toxic Brood rises

[@SiddharthShenoy]

Lol, same.

[@terrible-vision8352]

Mauler you are greatness. Your star wars reviews are brilliant

[@mattmark94]

Pretty much, Long Man. Pretty much...

[@Charismaniac]

John Walker and Lamar Hoskins are the real heroes of this show.

[@Wolffman109]

Damn straight.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

Drinker, it absolutely amazes me how you can deliver such a sincere, honest, and heartfelt review of this series with a gun to your head. Seriously, kick me a heart if you need help.

[@norikmovsesyan6516]

The final speech with Sam was like a Twitter blue checkmark’s fan fiction.

[@tumulovermelho93]

Agreed. Steve Rogers' speeches in the MCU never felt THAT preachy or arrogant. Steve tried to reason with people, not tell what they should do and how to do it. I love his speech at the end of The Winter Soldier, where he doesn't condemn or shame SHIELD agents who choose not to stand up to Hydra and STRIKE; he acknowledges that the price for helping him could be high and that he was asking a lot.

[@Darkness1984]

Right? Who wants to live in a world where goverments actually help the people, thats just dumb!

[@RanMouri82]

Self-insert fic, no less. Falcon became a Gary Stu.

[@JoMaisBure10]

so well put

[@emperorrat3036]

@@tumulovermelho93 Racoon said it best. He's really good at that shit. Falcon doesn't seem to have ability command and give really inspiring speeches that don't sound preachy asf.

[@dark_mode]

How much sarcasm do you want? Critical Drinker: *YES*

[@LilithLonelyHeart]

Sarcasm level is OVER 9000 here

[@ytnukesme1600]

I've only got into the MCU recently, watching Iron Man, Captain America and Thor and the first Avengers movie, I'm now all the way up to the Winter Soldier, pretty awesome movie btw, it's Metal Gear Solid 2 with super heroes, and while I don't know what will happen with Falcon nor the Winter Soldier or any of the other MCU members actually, I'm sure as hell those characters have arc that have already concluded with endings that make total sense, which's probably why this show's plot circles around itself.

[@TheCatIsAMonster]

The John Walker effect is a hell of a thing.

[@SpencerBarton]

“She’s mad because he wasn’t there to help with the family fishing business, because he literally got erased from existence for five years... it’s just any excuse with this guy isn’t it” 😂

[@HentaiHappy]

Female logic, bra.

[@nickbritten8132]

So inconsiderate of him.

[@nagoranerides3150]

@@HentaiHappy Shit writing logic, cod

[@zikrim1227]

He basically was dead protecting the entire world 😅 and them women blame him for not to doing more than that

[@marywinchester1322]

That is extremely dumb! I would be glad to see that my bro came back from the dead and helped SAVE THE WORLD....I really hope Black Widow doesn't have any feminist preaching in it.

[@leonardogabriel955]

I love that in the entire history of film and TV when someone "stands up" to a politician and gives an spech, the politician is just standing there probably singing a song in his head, smiling, just waiting the time for the dude to stop talking so he can go back to doing exactly what he was doing for his entire career not giving a single f*ck about what happend in the entire story arc.

[@derekbrown6161]

Aaron Sorkin ruined a generation of writers.

[@alexcoyg3281]

@@derekbrown6161 You can say that again👌

[@DarthPlato]

While governor of California, an activist ran up to Reagan and shouted, We're going to give you a blood bath! Reagan said, Oh yeah? Well I think you should start by taking a bath. Another time, some girl jumps out in front of him, and screams, we're the future! Reagan said, Well, I guess I'm selling my bonds.

[@colincampbell767]

Or the politician is just humoring the clueless idiot who thinks that there are easy answers to problems. (And doesn't have any answers themselves.)

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@derekbrown6161 what did he do

[@notcaasii]

“Character arch was so strong it became a character circle”😭😭 has me weak asf. ur a genius

[@JinnDante]

05:33 "What an antagonist she is". The way you emphasized this statement killed me.

[@hermannlagrange803]

Phase 4 is an example of that old expression: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

[@oldfashionedboots2774]

This is very true

[@odys3803]

They probably know that they actually can't, but the share holders say, you will.

[@ShadowSonic2]

So you're pissed it's not a white Eden anymore

[@hermannlagrange803]

@@ShadowSonic2 ...You mean like the rose? I can honestly say, I never thought of Phase 3 as a...climbing English rose before.

[@oldfashionedboots2774]

@@hermannlagrange803 me ether... maybe they mean a garden burned to the ground... ash can be white 🧐

[@EYYYYYJustin]

Imma say what I saw one other guy write on a KZbin clip of it: When John chose to throw the cosplayer shield and helped the hostages, in a way giving up on wanting to be captain America, that was ironically the most captain America thing he's ever done in the show.

[@athannyx6815]

The point of John Walker is that he's the anti-Steve but he's still a noble guy. He's an anti-hero. I was so afraid they were going to make him a villain. But yay! He wasn't! Just an antagonist and an ass. lol

[@jonbaxter2254]

Doesn't the show make it seem he's pathetic for even trying that?

[@redx5605]

It’s almost as if they had competent writer who know that JW wasn’t a bad guy

[@saintsaint00]

@@jonbaxter2254 Actually the show doesn't make him pathetic really, just makes him human, let's be real if I'm in his shoes and someone killed my best friend, I'm definitely retaliating, but that's how the world is, they don't judge you based on why you did it they only judge what you did. And you can almost feel sympathy for him because he really did nothing wrong.

[@cjmk5923]

And then Sam comes in and steals his heroic moment because he hasn't done enough heroic things since CA:WS

[@Splincir]

This video ended up being quite prophetic in nature. Couldnt have been more right about the MCU.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Nah, he just predicted how the "fans" are incredibly fickle.

[@TheTrueWantedForTaxFraud]

@@ShadowSonic2 Nope. Btw those "Fans" aren't fickle lol, they're just saying the truth and ppl like you can't accept it lol. Cope more bud.

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

@@ShadowSonic2 Will you ever stop bending down for a multimillionaire company trying to appeal to your emotions by using empty words and slogans trying to sell you a little bit more of their mass produced trash?

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

John Walker did absolutely nothing wrong killing Nico. Nico had not actually surrendered, and he was endowed with the super-soldier serum. Walker had every reason to treat him as a threat.

[@shawnregina9110]

I found John Walker to be the most likeable character in the whole show. Like, he was actually a person instead of a caricature. Zemo was a close second. Seems like the Marvel villain problem has been solved at least. But how weak is the cast of phase 4 when you’re rooting for the villains...

[@el_killorcure]

Well without RDJ or Chris Evans or Scarlett Johanson to carry the whole thing, the rest cannot make you ignore/tolerate the increasingly SJW woke writing.

[@SPACEHARICE]

Zemo and John are more anti heros/villains rather then villains

[@Matej_Sojka]

Common problem in comics since 2000. They focus so much on making villains likeable and relatable that the supposed heroes are unlikable assholes who act like villains. It is why I stopped collecting comics altogether.

[@masterdevoe2519]

The problem is still there, these characters aren't villains

[@Furiafelina]

Insert the Drinker's laughter at the end of your comment... 😄🤣👍👏

[@reinerbraun3370]

“I don’t like bullies. I don’t care where they’re from.” - Steve Rogers That’s the Flag Smashers for ya. Terrorists are essentially just glorified bullies.

[@getmeouttahere1209]

And they’re local

[@louisduarte8763]

Terrorists are bullies with guns, bombs, a very paranoid worldview, and a victim complex.

[@robertogura9890]

I bet youve never dealt with a terrorist in real life... but you throw around comparisons using them. Interesting and disrespectful.

[@reinerbraun3370]

@@robertogura9890 Disrespectful to whom?

[@crystallxix1493]

@@reinerbraun3370 Disrespectful to terrorists of course. They deserve to not be judged their actions despite their actions

[@cejannuzi]

I wanted a John Walker mini-series. That part worked.

[@Wolffman109]

It was about the only thing that worked.

[@cejannuzi]

@@Wolffman109 Yeah they totally ruined Falcon. They hardly used Winter Soldier (but he was ruined in the final Avengers films).

[@Wolffman109]

@@cejannuziDamn straight.

[@OhDee2022]

Another tongue-in-cheek masterclass..thankyou!! 😂😂

[@calmgoodfire4662]

I like how Sam at the end when he talks to the senator he straight up ignores the him when he said “What about the people who came back where do we put them?” Then Sam proceeded to strawman him

[@exhaustguy]

And I don't see any good politician allowing that to happen. I guess the MCU world is bit simpler than ours.

[@superjlk_9538]

Sam had one good line in that speech.

[@alfredvickers4054]

Sam says, "Yeah, I don't know what I'm talking about, and that's a GOOD thing!" He can't come up with an alternative solution, so he's like, "Uh...Do better or something." Then walks away. Somehow his ignorant and nonsensical speech successfully forces the political leaders to do what he wants. Doesn't the future of the MCU look bright?

[@andyz2861]

To me, that was the point where Sam proved that he was unworthy of the name Captain America. #RetireTheShield

[@spooked4489]

@Calmgoodfire You need to do better!

[@alfredvickers4054]

If John Walker went to another country and said that his jurisdiction was wherever he goes, it would be white imperialism or something, but bald black women say it and suddenly it's BADASS!!! Yas, Queen, SLAY!!!11!!!1 (I literally saw someone say that line was badass.)

[@stevenloube6784]

John Walker did do that. And it wasn’t a big deal. Did you actually watch the show or just this review? The whole point was that he should have taken that guy into custody, not straight up murdered him when he was surrendering.

[@alfredvickers4054]

@@stevenloube6784 My point is people who are fine with the Dora Milaje hate John Walker, so the same people who love that line would hate it if he said it. Another difference is that John is under the authority of the GRC made up of representatives from around the world, while Wakanda thinks they can do whatever they want without anyone else agreeing to it. Did _you_ watch the show?

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

@@stevenloube6784 *crickets*

[@tank0r923]

Fair point. But Cap is supposed to be better than that.

[@tumulovermelho93]

Dude, the official Marvel twitter was highlighting that phrase as empowering.

[@koreboredom4302]

The subtle and intricate writing in this show is absolutley, mindblowingly brilliant. It is an honest to god masterclass in cinema and screenwriting. This may very well be the only remarkable thing that has spawned and will ever spawn in the millenia and quite possibly the next. Any buffoon with an IQ lower than 400 will have had these complex, high-conscious loquacities flown way over their heads. Men, women, children and non-binaries will be studying these scenes, crying in the lecture halls as this plays in the history museums in the next Aeon for how absolutely unblemished this series is. As I am scribing this on my brick of glass and light, 80% of artists have already commited ritual seppuku as they know for a fact that they could never hold up to a piece of art as intellectually sophisticated and well crafted as what is Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The ones who scoff envy it behind closed doors sobbing under cloaks of jealousy, and the ones that love it give their life and their children's children's lives. A show this profound in its messages creates war, It creates division, It mobilizes hearts, It disentangles factions, It forces sides. Sides a boy must pick in order to truly become a full-fledged man. It is the fine line that separates good and evil, black and white, red and blue for without these lavish ideologies we use to uphold modern civilization, we would be but animals, beasts that pick fruit and mate meaninglessly until the eventual death of our local Sol. This show would evidently transcend space and time itself. Language and culture would be made meaningless, equally intelligible by all who gazes upon it's nearholy craftsmenship. Any type Omega civilization and beyond that stumbles across this cinematic Magnum Opus in their interdimensional excursions would and could only imagine the hyperintellegent, far superior lifeform that came before them and after the first ten minutes, they would all see themselves as mere monkeys bashing sticks and mud together while the humans that once were were discovering breakthroughs every single second. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier not only surpasses expectations, but builds a brand new, unreachable, unobtainable standard for future mediums that will never be reached again, let alone come close to. It is an ode to filmmaking that eventually, through hard work and dedication, made itself into perfection. And I'm not talking about that bullshit "perfection" everyone likes to throw around. I MEAN. Literal. Perfection. If any scene were to have been cut by 0.00001 seconds or had Bucky Barnes been standing 0.02 micrometers too far left, it would've absolutely crumbled into a steaming pile of unwatchable dogshit. But unfortunately with a film this painfully brilliant, this will never be said for any show again until the universe destroys its last star. If you didn't like Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you simply aren't capable of a higher form of thinking. Every fight scene literally gives you the stacked orgasm of a thousand men and women. It is the single most beautiful thing one can experience in multiple lifetimes, to gaze upon such a series is to realign your inner chakras and have the soul be at peace with the universe. The restraint of time no longer becomes an unreachable construct as your metaphysical state merges into a higher form of consciousness. Its mere existence proves long unsolved theories, resonates and harmonizes with the external omniverses, keeping their structural integrities in check and ultimately preventing reality from collapsing. In summation, Falcon and the Winter Soldier can't be rated. A simple [x]/10 or [x] number of stars cannot truly define it's tremendous impact on the film industry and medium as a whole. You might as well burn every other film as this would suffice for generations to come. Absolutely no form of storytelling can or will ever compare to the cinematic genius of that which is Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

[@ShadowSonic2]

It was better than "The Northman".

[@artemis-ck6tm]

I wish I could give you a million more likes just for how much I laughed reading this comment!

[@roscoevanderboom8449]

If I had $10 for every sarcatic sentence in this review, I'd never have to work again! I love this kind of in-depth, serious review.

[@sexyjesu]

Agent Carter became my favourite character for shooting Karli, rather than spending half the episode talking to her in a series of speeches

[@RagdollDustyCh]

In so many shows/movies I think, "just talk!" But in this one I thought so many times "please, stop talking"

[@MrKrtek00]

Yeah, that bullet earned my sympathy for her, even if she is just a crime lord

[@kaybrzy3367]

LOL

[@kaybrzy3367]

look bro, black falcon was trying to talk her to death.

[@The_Yukki]

Tbh, I didn't see the Carter twist coming, but maybe it stopped paying attention for a moment ("that scene is weird" was all i thought when in 2'nd to last episode she showed for one scene) And tbh I loved Zimo/zeemo however u spell his name, with his swagger and "ohh yea I'm rich btw"

[@TrueSpiralWarrior]

The scene in episode 6 where Bucky was on the phone with Karli and she was on about fighting for a cause bigger than herself had my eyes rolling. I wish Bucky had said something along the lines of "Are you really going to talk about fighting for a bigger cause with a world war 2 veteran?"

[@Gfan-yi7tm]

My thoughts exactly!

[@TrueSpiralWarrior]

@Meta Man I am happy for you (sincerely). Overall I enjoyed the show as well. However the show does have its faults and they deserve to be highlighted.

[@Gfan-yi7tm]

@Meta Man I’m with OP. I really enjoyed TFATWS, especially watching how Bucky and Sam’s reluctant partnership turns into true friendship. It has such a warm, fuzzy ending for the two of them, celebrating with Sam’s family. I loved the show, my main issue was Karli.

[@sebastianhaney1425]

Shows how narrow-minded Carly had become to her own cause

[@liludonknonannx9900]

She was just stalling him so they could get the hostages away. That was the only purpose of that phone call. She even said thanks and Sharon yelled at Bucky for failing to do the one job he was supposed to do.

[@PapiBocaChula]

OMG "Peacefully blowing up buildings." lmmfao

[@ShadowSonic2]

Odd that a Scotsman would be offended by that.

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

@@ShadowSonic2 odd that you keep coming back to Critical Drinker's videos.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@ShadowSonic2 Why?

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@GigaChadh976 They've done similar stuff.

[@rexriply]

@@ShadowSonic2 Do you perhaps not realize that, that sounds really racist, Karen voice: "uhm well your people have done that before so I don't see why that bothers you" imagine someone saying that to Muslims Lel

[@donakahorse]

you got me, I read the title and thought, "who are you and what have you done with the Drinker?" well played sir. well played

[@dickcheesemcgee6978]

The world leader guy at the end literally tells sam "its more complicated than that." And sams like "lol don't care be nicer k?💅"

[@walterheisenbergwhite7212]

Sam has a degree on Twitter argumentation.

[@5thHouse]

"Just eat the bugs and live in the pods."

[@cmc5394oparva]

Yeah, you'd think a pararescueman who served in Afghanistan, and thus saw a bunch of really horrible, complex shit up close and personal, would be able to process that. But The Mouse has to get its self-righteous posing in place. "Be better" is a phrase for children still trying to get past the elementary school phase of emotional development, not geopolitical and social policy.

[@derek96720]

@@cmc5394oparva that phrase also puts all the pressure on the person being lectured to be the one to make change and come up with a solution, all while the person doing the lecturing gets to act sanctimonious and morally superior while offering nothing constructive.

[@johnwotek3816]

That speech was just baffling, honestly.

[@MinecraftPEvideos651]

>Barges into any discussion or argument >You need to do better >Refuses to elaborate further >Leaves

[@ShadowSonic2]

He doesn't need to say more. The point was "Look what your bullheaded approach did, it created resistance. You want more resistance, keep doing it your way. You want people to stop resisting, stop thinking they're the enemy just because they disagree with you." But certain audience members don't like see a black guy talk that way.

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@ShadowSonic2 i don't know about the show, were the people that disagreed with him the flag smasher guys?

[@matthiasthulman4058]

@@ShadowSonic2 "You want people to stop resisting, stop thinking they're the enemy just because they disagree with you" Do you see how that could go both ways? Especially in the real world.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@matthiasthulman4058 Yes, and it's gotta start with the people who provoked the other side to begin with.

[@matthiasthulman4058]

@@ShadowSonic2 but why? You're just assuming the other side will concede and agree that your side is correct. That's not how anything works lol You would then be doing the same thing you're crying about the other side doing, especially if the other side feels that you provoked them first.

[@tucoramirez9557]

The Drinker thinks we might have missed the subtle undertones of sarcasm. But we didn't!

[@gerardhill7264]

I honestly liked the show (minus some parts) but I do agree that it has many problems that really bring it down, such as trying not to choke on "the message".

[@benjamincorcoran119]

Baron Zemo was probably the most evil villain I have ever seen on film. He killed all the flag smashers, saved Bucky and Sam during the serum raid, was strategic and philosophical towards solving his problems against the terrorists (sorry, activists), and destroyed the rest of the super soldier serum so no other force of evil could use it to rise into power. These are the true acts of a heinous and despicable human being.

[@narniadici1976]

Did you forget the part where he's canonically a nazi or

[@steepsort6905]

But don't worry, he's trying to strip himself of his dark past and reject his Nazi heritage.

[@toostronk2088]

@@narniadici1976 His MCU counterpart is different though

[@OK-yy6qz]

@@toostronk2088 i mean his MCU counterpart did a bomb a UN meeting though and also re-enabled the winter soldier who I believe killed a few people before being defeated again.

[@Disanem]

They were playing him more as a anti-hero than a villain tbh.

[@Divadtube]

Its great when the lead flag smasher whats her face, tells John Walker that his dead friend didn't matter, not to her and her fight. She literally de values a man because he is irrelevant to her needs, or her goals, THE EXACT THING that she is pissed about happening to her and her people. Deep character.

[@ShadowSonic2]

It's called descending into fanaticism, character evolution in a dark way.

[@eatass1457]

@@ShadowSonic2 cringe

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@eatass1457 Yeah, it's cringe seeing how many don't understand the stuff the show was saying.

[@joshuasatterwhite9520]

She stated a similar line before hand when describing killing in a conversation with Sam I think, I’m pretty sure it was about the threats to Sams family. It sounds like it was something written for it to come out wrong purposely to add fuel to the fire for Walker. Based off earlier context I think she just wanted to say the killing was unintentional and that it’s pointless to kill someone that she feels dosent deserve it because they aren’t necessarily a threat to her cause.

[@shelly6184]

@@ShadowSonic2 so I haven't seen the show but I think the difference for if it's cringe or not to have that character contradict their own beliefs and spiral into fanaticism or if it's good writing depends on how the characters actions are framed in the narrative. Does the writing of the show indicate that this negative character arc was intentional in order to say something or are the writers heads so far up their own arises they didn't realise what they were doing.

[@EFJoKeR]

The amount of sarcasm, is beautiful. A truly epic critique of this show... I started this video, with the thought of correcting you, in case you actually meant it... Because the best show, i've ever seen... Well, fuck... There's actually two, competing for first place... "Firefly" and "Above and Beyond" - Yea, i like sci-fi... And hell yea, i'm a brown coat... But sensing the sarcasm 30 seconds into the video, i relaxed and enjoyed it... It was hilarious, as always... Keep up the good work Drinker...

[@JHeath5150]

Firefly was the best. Excellent choice!

[@tonyandre2905]

I love you @Critical Drinker! I almost had a stroke laughing 😅!