The Falcon And The Winter Soldier S1 E5 | First Time Watching | MCU Review & Commentary

[@stephanelosier6492]

For the original Cap, the Dr explained the serum amplifies everything. So good becomes great, bad becomes worse. Or something along those lines 🤔

[@py16667]

Yep, but that was also for that original serum. Everyone who took this new serum in the series seemed to get more aggressive/violent after taking it tho

[@davidstrangeDMC]

Plus Steve held back /pulled his punches for normal people. ( Bucky is doing the same thing in this series too. He spent so much time being trained to not Hurt anyone else. And he is figuring out who he is) as far as Steve and Bucky were both good people who just wanted to stop WW-2 ( the only major difference between them was their physical attributes) Mentally they both had big hearts. Both were empathetic toward others. And I think the original formula is way stronger than this new one.

[@MaddawgMar]

@@py16667 Exactly. The only Serum that was actually formulated by Dr. Erskine was formulated correctly. Replication attempts fell way short. Bucky became worse (and easily brainwashed) even though he was a good hearted person.

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

@@py16667 I think you could interpret that as working the same way as the original serum, as most people are not perfectly magnanimous and selfless and only interested in doing the right thing like Steve Rogers... most of us, if given the power to act on them, do have aggressive, selfish, and even violent compulsions that might come to the surface.

[@selkie76]

7:52 "Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show." - Terry Pratchett

[@richardyoung3462]

As for the shield, if you recall, in Civil War, Spiderman comments on how the shield doesn't follow the laws of physics. Sam is just learning to react to his own throws and the shield's actions from them, just as anyone else would have to. Vibranium is a "tricky" substance, and the interpretations of its capabilities has varied over the years.

[@dominiksain7529]

It’s the lightest metal on earth if I’m not mistaken. So any adult human who’s physically fit should be able to throw it imo.

[@richardyoung3462]

Well, it's the transfer of energy, or the lack of it, that makes Vibranium odd. The way it bounces off of multiple targets without any loss of energy is where the real questions start. A normal item would lose energy in both directions as the item thrown and the target hit would both cause the energy of the throw to drop with each hit. As it appears to work in the films, it doesn't lose any energy from the throw, but seems to still deliver it with hits (targets being knocked back or down), which is what makes it "not right". Unless the MCU rationalizes that Vibranium has a "battery like" ability to "store" the energy applied (throwing) without losing any of it on contact (hitting targets) until someone or something literally grabs/stops it (allowing it to disperse/discharge from being at rest). Anyway, even the basic science of this is over my head and only guesses at best.

[@adarshsaseendran2199]

@@dominiksain7529 Stronger than steel and three times lighter , Howard Stark said something like that in the first one.

[@richardyoung3462]

John was suffering from PTSD well before he was given the mantle of being the "new Captain America", and managed to hide that from those that gave it to him (or they knew and didn't care). The serum amplifies more than just the physical aspects of the recipient, and John's mind/persona was just as effected, like other recipients.

[@ghstdnsr]

You could tell at the end of Endgame that Bucky knew Steve was not coming back by the conversation the had before Steve left when Bucky said I'm gonna miss you.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

“Good becomes Great, Bad becomes Worse.” -Erskine

[@chrispalmer9023]

What makes this show so good to me and so many others from what I have heard is the struggle of not believing in yourself or being worthy. That’s the same feeling we get in Thor when he can’t lift the hammer and finding out what Odin is trying to teach him. Steve eventually picking up Mjornir. Sam doesn’t feel like he’s worthy to be the next Cap and the real fans understand that it can’t be Bucky with what he is going through mentally. Sam is the rightful choice and the whole time people that believe in him are disappointed that he can’t see what everyone else sees. Sometimes it takes outside opinion to help prove to yourself that you were worthy of something the whole time.

[@havok6280]

The Raft is the prison from Civil War. Cap broke Sam, Wanda, Clint and Scott out of it.

[@DC_Prox]

No, Cap didn't break out Clint or Scott, that's why they were on house arrest by the time the Infinity War/Endgame cycle happened. They didn't want to live on the run, they wanted the chance to still be with their families.

[@JM-vj2sx]

Did anyone else realize Sam and Peter did the same thing? Sam gave away the shield and Peter gave away Tony’s glasses. I just thought of that today!

[@photohomie]

Never thought of that!

[@Shap0o.PlayZz]

The only issue is, Sam gave it to the Govt, and Peter gave it to an unhinged Villain 😢

[@rp8pi]

@@Shap0o.PlayZz you say that as if theres a large difference ( govt / villain )

[@Shap0o.PlayZz]

@@rp8pi there's supposed to be 🤷🏻‍♂️😭😭 but sadly 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@richardscanlon4210]

In the comics the serum not only amplifies a person's physical abilities but also their intellectual abilities. That's why Cap was a master strategist and able to calculate trajectories of the shield on the fly so whenever he threw it it would ricochet back to him.

[@BXBATMAN]

That only applies to The Ultimates universe not main 616.

[@richardscanlon4210]

​@BXBATMAN No, it applies to 616 also, "Peak Human Mental Processing: Rogers' mental performance is greatly enhanced to the highest limits of human potential, allowing it to operate in the most advanced and rapid manner possible. His mind also processes information quickly, giving him an accelerated learning aptitude; for example, Beast once stated that Rogers can learn and master any weapon within seconds. He possesses an eidetic/photographic memory and perfect recall, meaning he never forgets what he sees and experiences, paired with the ability to speed read, and can thereby intuitively understand what's likely going to happen and how best to deal with it. This enables him to remember any military tactic and apply it to any situation. Master Shield Fighter: Rogers' years of training and experience with his unique shield, as well as its physical properties, allowing him to accomplish amazing feats with the item. Aside from bashing foes and blocking incoming attacks he is able to throw it with nearly perfect aim, being able to estimate its hit and rebounding return virtually to the millimeter.[218] Rogers can hit multiple targets with the same throw by means of ricochet, and could even achieve a boomerang-like return effect, allowing him to strike enemies from behind or retrieve the shield without objects to ricochet from."

[@kennethsmith6367]

Steve also has a photographic memory in the comics. If we are listing little known “super powers” from the comics.

[@plothole181]

@@BXBATMAN Not just in The Ultimates. Applies to 616 as well.

[@BXBATMAN]

@ sorry it really does not.

[@BakersfieldVoyeur]

Also, ya know how we already knew that Steve told Bucky his plan move on? At the end of Endgame, when Buck tells Steve that he's taking all the stupid with him. They hug, and Bucky says "I'm gonna miss you"

[@Scott-hc8om]

Nailed it.

[@bryanrogers5648]

The shield being made out of vibranium is what allows it to bounce back. It's how Walker could use it prior to taking the serum.

[@chadbennett7873]

The comics version of Zemo was that he was the leader of the Masters of Evil, who fought against the Avengers. Since these stories were written in the early 1960's, Steve's freezing was to explain why he disappeared after the war, in order to be brought back, rather than to explain the 70 year gap. Heinrich Zemo was a major baddie, and although he did not appear in the comics in the 1940's (during the war), it was explained that he and Cap had battled it out during WWII when he showed up in the 60s. Zemo was credited with killing Bucky during the war, as Bucky was a young teenaged sidekick for the comics, and not a contemporary best friend. Zemo wore a purple head covering, and the original explanation was that Adhesive X prevented him from removing it. (It was an experimental adhesive, and the hood was stuck to his head.). Eventually, after not using him for a while, they brought his character back, but in the form of the original Zemo's son, Helmut Zemo. He went on to form the Thunderbolts, who temporarily replaced the Avengers, when they disappeared for a year. They were all former villains who had similar powers and dressed as the missing heroes, attempting to rehabilitate their criminal personas, not realizing it was Zemo leading them as Citizen V. The MCU tends to change things, because they don't have to come up with a story once a month and keep characters around, so there are obvious differences.

[@alexthorpe6583]

I believe Black Widow did take a version of the super soldier serum in the comics, and was actually about as old as Steve Rogers, but in the MCU, she's not even old enough to have been in the KGB.

[@kennethsmith6367]

In the comics she was a little girl in WWII, where she first met both Captain America and Wolverine. She also took the Russian version of the super solder serum in the comics.

[@DrekeXorn13]

23:56 You seem to have forgotten that the Wakandan Heart-Shaped Herb, which gives Black Panther his super soldier abilities, was all burned away by Killmonger. King T'Challa, the Black Panther, got the last one which Nakia quickly stole before it was all burnt away. Its what saved T'Challa's life

[@inflewence]

You got to remember, Vibranium is super light and strong. The sheild doesn't weigh the same as if it was made out of other metal. Anyone could throw it. The trick is getting the angles. It absorbs kinetic energy and kind of puts it into the shield, which is why it bounces like a rubber ball. Steve did it effortlessly because his mind could calculate the angles almost instantly due to the serum. But anybody who trains would be able to use it.

[@badpexalpha2873]

Weird bit of info, but Torres who actually takes over the falcon mantle in the comics, he actually looks just like this actor in the show. P.s in the comics, I think black widow had some toned down version of the serum.

[@AmbassadorBIGz]

So Isaiah Bradley's monologue about what happened to him is based on a very horrific event that happened. It's called the "Tuskegee Experiment." I would definitely google all about it. The OTHER thing to mention about Isaiah's monologue is he did the EXACT same thing Steve did in the first Captain America move: He disobeyed orders to go save his fellow men in the military. However, they jailed Isaiah BUT they made Steve a hero. That's the big message I think they were trying to portray in the epic monologue.

[@kevincunningham74]

The serum amplifies power…and that is dangerous. Erskin explained what the serum does…but it was Uncle Ben who best explained what someone with the serum needs. With Great Power comes…well, you know the line. What it truly means is someone who has taken the serum needs Great Restraint. Sometimes you have to hold back, because that punch can do more than hurt…it can injure. (And, out of the MCU, this applies to all forms of power…physical, economic, political…the effects of what you do with your power is amplified, so you have to use it with restraint…and, take responsibility for what you do, good or bad.) This episode lays John Walker bare. When he’s attacking Sam and Bucky, he’s hitting with full force, screaming “Why are you making me do this???” No responsibility. It also lays the government bare when Walker, rightfully, takes them to task. They take no responsibility either. And remember this as we wrap up the show, because the question of responsibility….this show takes a swing at saying how they can. And then there’s Zemo, and idealist who has done horrible things for his ideal, but also someone who, so far as we have seen, has also not fought to avoid responsibility or punishment for his actions. It is an interesting comparison. I LOVE this show for all its themes and deep questions. It’s not trying to be simple, and more shows need to be that.

[@commandodel8146]

He also has ptsd so that doesn't helpp

[@runshouse]

The interaction about "Why didn't you use the metal arm?" Is a metaphor for privilege and not realizing when you have it.

[@BakersfieldVoyeur]

According to Dr. Erskine in Captain America 1 "The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse."

[@PixelChonk]

The shield throwing, in comic canon can be learned by anyone, it's vibranium so it's not very heavy and it's perfectly rigid so it returns 100 percent of its energy, so it bounces back at the same speed thrown, it's a crazy fictional metal for sure lol

[@charleswatson2605]

I loved that the 1st thing Sam does is clean the shield

[@davidstrangeDMC]

Remember the raft was the prison in the Sea. Steve went back for Bucky , Wanda ( capt America Civil War movie) Also that was a Statue to remember the Fallen ( The Flying City avengers, two age of Ultron) Sokovia!

[@maxblonde]

The shield that the government gave to Steve Rogers in WWII was destroyed by Thanos. Steve came back from his journey with a new shield, which he didn't have when he left. (He left with Mjonir, and came back with a shield.

[@bryce253]

HUGE plot hole that they have yet to explain.

[@philipp523]

2:18 Erskine to Steve Rogers: ,,The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great. Bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because a strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength. And knows compassion." So yes. Power (the serum) makes you more who you are in this history.

[@token1371]

Jax you have an awesome talent for natural and intelligent conversations with the camera. What I love about TFAWS are the grassroot plotlines that can affect normal citizens. Remember a Super Soldier is the maximum performance of a human body, it isn't superhuman strength. Sam can do this.

[@chadbailey7038]

Loving that you are enjoying this series. It’s so good. And Bucky actually DID have the shield at one point in the comic books! So cool! 🇺🇸

[@mauriceedwards9588]

There are a lot of characters in this which will crop up later in the MCU story glad your enjoying it, Jax and Lamby. ❤

[@plothole181]

A whole bunch of people have been Captain America for varying periods of time when Steve either hung up the mantle or died temporarily in the comics. At least four of those people are in this show.

[@GoodOldGamer]

"He has a good head on his shoulders." Too bad about the other guy, hmm? 🤭

[@willjohnson8446]

In the comics, Torres inherits the wings and becomes Falcon when Sam gets a promotion. 10:55 That’s a monument for all the Sokovians who were killed by Ultron, not just Baron Zemo’s family. Also, his comment about not killing Bucky is not a joke. Zemo is Marvel’s Batman - no super powers, wealthy, and a super genius. His plans work. If he wanted to kill Bucky, he’d die. It’s part of what he was doing in episode 3. He snooped in Bucky’s notebook and kept pushing him to see if Bucky is good enough a person to be allowed to live as a super soldier.

[@rnkelly36]

What you miss in not being a comic reader or knowing the stories outside of the MCU is that Captain America is strong but he is not crazy super strong. Movies tend to make things bigger for entertainment affect. In the comics he is strong but he is what we would call peak human condition. The super soldier serum is sort of blown out of proportion in the MCU. Also the story is about heroes don't need things like the serum to make them heroes. This has also been an issue in the comics. In DC heroes were gods amongst men like Wonder Woman and Superman. In Marvel it is about regular people being given great powers and having great responsibility. Modern comic writers have been going against the comics of the past saying the power is not what makes you great or a hero. It should be about the person. Heroes are all around us in our everyday lives. We just don't look for them without the cape or the flashy powers. It is an interesting delimma but the super soldier serum is only making the characters the peak of what they would be as humans. Black Widow is suppose to have a version of it in her but nothing was as perfectly made as the one Steve had but Steve was about the person he was not the serum. The MCU has gone its own way but the issue is still there.

[@bryce253]

At least one person out here still gets it. Well done. 😊

[@bryce253]

Isaiah Bradley is just as old as Steve and Bucky without ever being frozen.

[@jackbozarth]

Yes you should water your plants at night that way most of the water doesn't evaporate In the Heat of the Sun

[@rivervixens06]

“He’s a lovely villain, isn’t he?” HE ISSSSSS

[@alanjones5199]

The shields behaviour is mostly due to what it was made of & training. Steve would have held back lots of times, you see Bucky can throw hard enough to stick in a tree. Sam can’t do that. Fake Caps Shield will be weaker & heavier, so thrown by a super soldier will pack a hefty blow, more than Sam can do, but Sam’s is Vibranium so will fly better & much harder to damage.

[@MattKeller]

As much as it bothers me to see normals throw it at all let alone with force because of how unnatural the motion would be, what bothered me the most was when Sam would catch it like nothing. It would shatter a non-super soldier's arm in a second.

[@shainewhite2781]

Merry Christmas, Jax! 🎁🎄🌨️🧑‍🎄⛄

[@joshuacampbell7493]

That fight scene reminds me of Captain America Civil War. Also Merry Christmas Jax 🎄🎄🎄🎄. Best Christmas Present Ever.

[@adarshsaseendran2199]

Not a perfect soldier , but a good man. That is why Sam is the perfect successor to Steve as Captain America. Only if he got a better script.

[@zenf1sh]

Power just amplifies what you are at your core, whether in this world or another. It makes it easier for you to do what you want, so your values are amplified because you can make them happen. Any kind of power does this, sexual power, physical power, social power, political power, etc., etc.

[@Justin-qz3lk]

Vibranium is light so you don't need too much strength to throw the shield it mainly depends on the technique

[@MikeBrown7799B]

Hello Jax!😊 You are correct. The doctor told Steve the serum makes someone more of what is inside them. The serum just amplifies what is already there. That is why Red Skull was the way he was. He was bad to begin with. Yep, if you rewatch Endgame it is clear Steve told Bucky that he planned on staying in the past. Maybe the metallic properties of the shield make it easier to throw? It is unlike any other metal on Earth. The episodes are going by faster. I was shocked that was the end already!🤯 Great reactions to another episode, Jax!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!🎄1⃣

[@maximillianosaben]

This episode is the heart of this series.

[@josephalcantara-oo5ro]

I'm sorry I almost forgot to greet LAMIE MERRY CHRISTMAS!, may she have the most clean and white fur FOREVER!!! KEEP SAFE AND HAPPY. GODBLESS YOU AND FAMILY, ALWAYS.

[@davidstrangeDMC]

Oh, that’s why I wanted to say Jax Isaiah, was In prison ( remember Hydra was inside of Shield ) so they locked him away to experiment on him . The Red Room/Russia had Bucky and Hydra in shield had Bradley ) They wanted to recreate the same Serum . But even his super soldier serum was not as good as the original version. Steve was like a hundred years old when he was in Endgame before he was sent back to live another lifetime. When he gave Sam the Shield He would have been 150 or more years old. Bucky and Steve age way slower than the other “super soldier “ ( excluding the hulk who really didn’t do the same process and is immortal for the most part)

[@bryce253]

The fact that the super soldier serums after Steve were devised from the experimentations on Isaiah Bradley flies over the head of most people. Good job.

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

Merry Christmas, Jax!

[@joeffcatapang2494]

loved that you're enjoying the show..next is the Loki series..

[@northwinds9155]

Watering plants at night can be better it dries up slower than at day time 😅

[@nickr8bt962]

2:07 In my opinion i kinda agree but i also feel like power could either corrupt our innerselves or improve our innerselves

[@MsSwordwolf]

"He has a good head on his shoulders, and he is struggling." Except any sympathy I might have had for John disappears here, since the only reason he didn't hurt Bucky or Sam or both of them a lot worse is that Sam broke his arm. He was so out of control that he ripped the Falcon wings off of Sam's back, and he wasn't going to stop. Sam trying to wipe the blood off of the shield is because John started out unstable, and the serum made him worse.

[@edren9137]

I mean, John's friend had just been killed a few Moments before that scene and he took a serum that supposedly amplifies everything you have inside. He is a soldier with PTSD, a really serious problem that many soldiers go through, and if you add the heavy emotional impact of watching your friend and partner get murdered in front you... Well, i think his behavior is actually a quite natural response to the situation. Sam and Bucky have treated John horribly since the beginning just because they didn't like him due to his position as a Captain America they didn't think was worthy of the title, John on the other hand tried to befriend them multiple times. John's outright violent reaction towards Sam and Bucky was, being fair, kind of their own fault; instead of trying to help him in such a painful situation like the one he was in, it was obvious that they didn't care about him and their only concern was Steve's shield and the fact that they now had an excuse to take it away form John, their attitude was quickly caught on by John and that's what set him off. The kind of treatment Sam and Bucky gave John is most likely something Steve wouldn't agree with, and actually... it's something their own characters wouldn't normally agree with. Honestly, i think the writers are at fault for partially butchering the values that made Sam worthy of Captain America's title in Steve's eyes. A True Hero's main concern should be helping people, not getting a shield... Steve would have understood that.

[@Shap0o.PlayZz]

6:12 The Ulimate Grief and Regret on Bucky's Face here 😢😢

[@jcall13]

Why do people question Sam throwing the shield, but no questions for pre-serum John Walker?🤔

[@Iwillone]

I still think the training montage should have come before Sam talked with Bucky towards the end.

[@Zesar42]

22:42 Well, Sam now has to do a different training, she can't be like Steve (obviously he is superior in strength, speed and endurance), she can't be like Natasha either (she had a special combat training since she was a child) that makes her superior to an average soldier. Sam was a soldier too but his training was oriented to flight (use of his wings), not so much to hand-to-hand combat, that's what he has to train now (with the shield as a weapon and support)

[@AndrewBrown-fq6vp]

I think the serum amplifies everything so if your a bit horrible you become a lot horrible. Steve was unique so he went from a lot good to a lot great.

[@qualiasound7569]

you have really good level-headed takes

[@timhonigs6859]

Thanks for the Xmas gift!!

[@AidantheLegend]

Merry Christmas Jax!!

[@Shap0o.PlayZz]

7:20 Or Maybe, Torres might become the next Falcon? U see previously in the show, he knew a thing or two, and he was trying to repair it 🤷🏻‍♂️💯

[@wickedtribeART]

Love the reaction Jax

[@MikeWood]

Tossing in a non Marvel factoid. 13:09 watering plants at night had less surface evaporation so more water is absorbed into the plants and Earth. Also, Elaine's work history going from bad dancing at the J Peterman catalog to shadow government agency is a good one. :)

[@rashadwalker8218]

Jax is the only one i heard reference julia luis dreyfuss from veep and not Seinfeld lol

[@mrjokes608]

Hello Jax, Im a fan from Spain my name is Alex. First of all, love your content, I think your one of the best channels on youtube that does reactions to movies. Secondly, if you want to make a different kind of reaction to a Spanish movie, I highly recommend reacting to Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible. It's based on a Spanish comic that has been relevant for over 10 years. It was translated into German, French, and a few into English. It's a very fun animated movie with lots of slapstick humor and wild antics, I think you'd love it! Hope you see it :D

[@rajahkossuth]

Yes you are right, John Walker IS becoming a villain. And yes, this villain IS in the comics. But I'm getting into spoiler territory, so that's all I'll say about that. But seeing your reaction when Sam was.looking in the briefcase was....PRICELESS!! I had the same reaction when I saw it for the first time O.G. run. One last thing, Episode Six reveals all your questions and IS the series finale, and sets up Brave New World...hint hint.

[@Sajwinder_singh]

3:59 Your Christmas wish will be fulfilled.

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

Other people have thrown the Shield without powers.

[@calsekhen163]

Vibraniun is light Tony daughter could play with it

[@Shap0o.PlayZz]

4:37 See that, He is Clearly Unhinged 😢😅

[@benjamminraps1030]

Cannot WAIT till you get to next episode.. and also the Black Widow movie for more of the Veep ;)

[@Suchega_Uber]

Just putting it out there to keep things clear and fair. Karlie didn't kill civilians. She killed terrorists. Trained soldiers who were withholding food and medicine from people who needed it just because they were poor and displaced by the blip. Imagine you just close your eyes and when you open them a whole new family is living in your home, all your belongings are gone, legally according to the government you are dead, what do you do? What can you do? They shuffle you off into a camp, mistreat you, let your friends, family, men, women, and children starve and die from preventable diseases, don't even give you a decent place to lay your head. I am not saying Karlie is innocent. There are a thousand other ways to handle it, but her actions don't make John Walker justified. They don't excuse him.

[@dezzconnor8360]

You actually have it backwards: Karli and her people were the ones left behind by the Blip. In order to keep the world running, they were allowed to cross borders they never had, to live where they had been shunned before. Then the Blip was reversed, and all of the Returned were restored to where they had lived before. It was those who had Stayed who were shunted into camps, denied food, medicine, the things they needed. They kept the world together, and their thanks was to be treated as completely unimportant relative to the Vanished. Their methods were less than ideal, but their motives were completely understandable.

[@Suchega_Uber]

@@dezzconnor8360 Derp. You're right. I was confusing things.

[@alexbebout6931]

The scene with Isaiah really had me tearin up, this show really is good it just has a weak villain lol episode 5 was when I was like yeah it's hard to take Carly as an actual threat like they coulda casted GSP to be the main villain for the series and it woulda been taken more seriously, cuz the actress really never had me sold. John Walker is really cool tho how they take a character that was unlikeable and flip it to where we feel bad for the guy cuz he's not bad he's just not fit to be the new cap. Seein how hurt he was over bein stripped of the shielf and the scene with Lemars family got me tearin up as well, good acting.

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

sorry... blood on cap's shield is JUST WRONG! 😥 the russells (KURT and WYATT) make such GOOD BAD GUYS 😂 EXCELLENT reaction, MERRY CHRISTMAS to YOU! 🎄

[@wilgarcia1]

hugs happy holidays =)

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Jax hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@raghuramsathwik3907]

07:19 Torris Got his Wings and in Future we will be seeing him as The Falcon for Sam Wilson's Captain America

[@zbennalley]

The thing about the shield is that it's the strongest, lightest metal on Earth, so anyone can technically use it, but Steve and Bucky have superhuman strength and insane reflexes. So when they use the shield, it has a faster release and power behind it. Sam is human.

[@MattKeller]

It's still a weak excuse for how normal people can throw it in that style with any effectiveness. Really wish they had come up with something for that because I really didn't enjoy that aspect of the show.

[@BluEx22329]

So good 😊

[@vinnycordeiro]

The thought that power corrupts is intrinsically Christian in nature, and completely strange to ancient non-Christian cultures. Many of them, chiefly Norse culture, believed that people are who they are, and power just exacerbate it. If you stop to think, it isn't that different than the super serum itself.

[@emmanueletoumongo8788]

Good sériés 💯🎄🧑‍🎄🎁😍❤️

[@AntoineRideaux-wd1zk]

John's not a villian he's an antihero

[@418agilguerreroadrianeduar2]

A suggestion, could you react to the movie "Rise of the Guardians (2012) is an animated film🙏🙏

[@reactswithjax]

I just watched that! The reaction will be up soon! ❤️

[@sersastark]

Walker isnt being redeemed.

[@Pif.Paf.Puf.]

Why?

[@vincentwilliams71]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dezzconnor8360]

4:37--"Why are you making me do this?!?" The perpetual refrain of the Abuser...I had a visceral reaction to hearing him say that, but then I have had such a thing said to me a great many times.

[@MattKeller]

I'm glad youre enjoying it because watching it when it was new was frustrating. Lots of little things bugged me and this period of the MCU was just the start of strange character development and stranger stories. Both often falling flat. Long stretches between seeing characters we love while being force-fed a ton of new characters they hoped we would all love and again, they just fell flat. If you told me it would be 6 years after endgame and 4 years after this series ran before we would get a new captain america movie I'd have said you were crazy.

[@Cbricklyne]

Yes, you're supposed to water your plants in the evenings or early morning. (...or at night if you prefer). During the day is not the best time to water plants because the water evaporates before the plants can absorb most of it, even on cloudy days thanks to Infrared heating from the Sun. It's also not optimal for plants to get watered while they're undergoing photosynthesis (making food) using sunlight due to a more complicated biochemical reason and explanation. That's why most automated sprinkler systems are set to go off in the mornings or evenings (or both).

[@nelbongellor412]

Happy Jaxday 2.0

[@davidjuby7392]

the thing I find unbelievable is how the U>S> government deploy John. For Steve he was only deployed with, at minimum, a hand picked strike team and often an entire Division in constant communication and al the initial foot work being done by other agents which both protected Steve and made sure that he was ready to deploy when they really needed him. For John they give him one friend and absolutely no backup, out into foreign countries with no communication and no immediate backup plus he is used to do the basic leg work of walking around and collecting basic information. walker was set up to fail, the very way he was deployed seems more like a set up to make an excuse to go in with massive military support. Basically hoping he gets killed so they can justify a massive retaliation.

[@dezzconnor8360]

Funnily enough, when you put it that way, it just makes it even easier for me to believe; the U.S. government setting someone up to fail seems very on brand, especially if the one sent is killed and lets them justify retaliation...

[@mamandes]

The way you triumphantly say "FRIENDSHIP!" brings me so much joy. 🤗

[@cameirusisu1024]

I have a lot of sympathy for walker. he's been a soldier, having to follow orders, in the murkey world of whats right, what you are ordered to do, and what you have to do on the ground. Rogers never had that, he went in with the supersoldier serum and got to pick his own missions, he never had to accept dirty reality or compromise. Walker is a much more believable and real character than rogers ever was.

[@MrFrostCA]

I believe the shield bouncing like that is because Tony modified the shield more than once, making it easier for anyone beside cap to use it. I think this is said in Spiderman homecoming. He also made some tools for Nat, Thor and Clint. Remember, the shield is made out of vibranium, it absorbs all force of impacts and its the lighter metal on earth. So the shield bouncing like that is 100% because of the shield and not because of the user. I mean, in the first throw Bucky made the shield to stick to the tree, and later Sam couldn't make it bounce. So it looks like if one wants the shield to bounce back, the user needs to calculate the distance, the angle and the force to put in the throw. Even John could make it bounce, so... yeah. Also, the serum amplifies everything a person is. and John is a condecorated veteran that regrets alot of the things he did. I think it is hinted in the last episode that he and lamar had to sacrifice a team of their own to survive an ambush. and that deed earn them a medal of honor(? so most likely John with the serum is like some sort of anti hero with ptsd that does one good thing but does 2 bad things.

[@MiguelLopez-sf3in]

Merry Christmas ma'am 🙂

[@kaharakahara]

bucky has that donald trump charm

[@SuperCrack64]

First 👏🏽👏🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@BryanFritchie]

Steve not only threw the shield with strength, but his brain was also calculating angles and velocity much faster than the regular brain can. So you're 💯% right, it doesn't make sense for Sam to be able to throw the shield the same way. But 👎🏻 for not bleeping the blasphemy. 😢

[@GoodOldGamer]

I do appreciate that Sam uses acrobatics in a way Steve couldn't though. Dex build vs. Strength.

[@BryanFritchie]

@GoodOldGamer Steve could do any physical thing that Sam could do. We've seen him do all sorts of flips and stuff. He just typically didn't need to do it, because he had super strength and speed.

[@harshraj9711]

Loki reation??

[@jewelrana9910]

Whatttt!

[@josephalcantara-oo5ro]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! To you Beautiful Jaxx and all your family, I pray that you get what you want this Christmas. Please stay safe & Happy. Godbless you and family, always... AVENGERS, AVENGE!! ATLEAST YOU GOT IT RIGHT WHEN NATASHA TOLD CLINT THAT THEY FOUND A WAY TO BRING EVERY BODY BACK, THEN YOU SAY, DON'T GIVE ME HOPE, AND CLINT BARTON SAYS, PLEASE, DON'T GIVE ME HOPE. YOUR SO HAPPY WHEN YOU GUESSED THAT RIGHT. I WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD!!

[@Seacub42]

Val is not a "villain" per say. She is/will be the Nick Fury for the Thunderbolts. You are about to become a art of a larger universe. Because of the Sokovia Accords, there is now a need for Avengers that do things "off-books". There are the Avengers and then there are Avengers who do things in secret/sketchy. If the Avengers are like the FBI, the Thunderbolts are like the NSA. Also coming, the Young Avengers (teen/early 20's super heroes). There are also the West Coast Avengers, New Avengers, Secret Avengers. They are exploring all of the Avenger variations right now and developing those story lines for future phases. No spoilers, just sit back and don't miss a series/set of episodes.