Isaiah Bradley at the end of the show be like “I get to be a literal footnote in Steve Rodgers museum exhibit? This is all I’ve ever wanted!!!”
@basedchimera58593 жыл бұрын
I remember thinking that at the end of the show. Talk about tone death
@LtCaveman3 жыл бұрын
@@basedchimera5859 It's "tone deaf" sir or lady. I don't think you're qualified to talk about tone deafness without actually understanding the phrase though.
@purraultpurralta56123 жыл бұрын
@@LtCaveman And if you were qualified to talk on the use of language, you'd have a PHD in Linguistics and/or Applied Language Studies, and then surely know that prescriptive attitudes on how language should be used is frowned upon. :/ In any event, one should feel joy at seeing how language can shift and change via long games of "telephone" through generations. The term might be "tone deaf" initially, but "tone death" could work just as well, if you choose to look at it that way: describing the death of the established tone. Do you lack imagination? At the wonder of how language can shift, change, and adapt? Or are we to be pinned down by the grade school rules and phrases we learn in our flawed school system? Are we to look down on people who didn't receive or don't have the same education as us? What, are you a classist elitist?
@mikemorro1403 жыл бұрын
I think the point was he was proud to be recognized after being erased
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! You neither watched or understood that scene
@elsanto24013 жыл бұрын
Man, Falcon giving the international representatives a stern talking to was absolute cringe. Imagine how easy the civil rights movement would have been if someone had just told all of the senators what they were doing was BAD
@muffinfighter36803 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was hard to sit through
@seekingabsolution19073 жыл бұрын
It was awful.
@seekingabsolution19073 жыл бұрын
@Maximum Carnage yes.
@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE3 жыл бұрын
@Maximum Carnage what do you think ppl have been saying. Talking does work.
@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE3 жыл бұрын
@Maximum Carnage change your name you digrace it. That was an awesome game.
@VoonNBuddies3 жыл бұрын
Company who owns the Captain America brand asks if the Captain America brand is inextricably tied to the horrors of the American Empire. You'll never guess where they land!
@daneofducks66013 жыл бұрын
From the makers of 'The Black Panthers were racist actually' and 'I can't believe it's not systemic racism', comes 'Captain Colonialism and the Good Guy with a Gun'!
@guillesuperior3 жыл бұрын
Probably in WW2, but after that , don’t think so
@seekingabsolution19073 жыл бұрын
"We have investigated ourselves and found we have done nothing wrong"
@mikemorro1403 жыл бұрын
@@daneofducks6601 when did they ever say or show that
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
And you’ve clearly guessed wrong.
@ImperialGeneral3 жыл бұрын
Really weird how the Marvel show supposedly meant to portray coming to grips with a gritty, morally grey vision of America is less biting a critique than "The Suicide Squad," the R-rated wacky superhero comedy by DC about how the US is perfectly fine with fascist Latin American dictatorships so long as they're pro-US, and where the moral, upstanding "America Good" guy who argues that a true patriot would want the truth about the US to come out is brutally murdered by the other "America Good" guy who is perfectly fine with killing as many innocents as necessary to keep America's image clean in the name of world peace and security.
@griffin__sutek49583 жыл бұрын
Amen
@joaodosanjos90603 жыл бұрын
Thats because Disney is puritan family friendly
@comradecorvus87483 жыл бұрын
Fr, I was honestly taken a back by how low-key based The Suicide Squad in tackling U.S. imperialism/intervention
@Syurtpiutha3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I was pleasantly surprised by where that movie went. Good times.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
so weird coming from Gunn because he generally has such milquetoast neolib politics.
@pointynoodle3 жыл бұрын
"I was kidnapped and tortured" "Elevate BIPOC voices!!!"
@daydev25993 жыл бұрын
More BIPOC black ops operatives!
@isdel94743 жыл бұрын
god, the language has already been co-opted.
@ГригорийГ-ч4н3 жыл бұрын
The funny thing about "people of colour" is that if you look on space, it will be most clear that lack of colour is not white. It is black.
@ikenosis81603 жыл бұрын
@@ГригорийГ-ч4н yeah, "white" and "black" are both not colors.
@thomaswhite30593 жыл бұрын
@@isdel9474 everything just keeps happening faster and faster. The End of History Machine go BRR
@beansfebreeze3 жыл бұрын
"Just vote harder lol" The show's message
@elsanto24013 жыл бұрын
Lib friend of mine believes that voting exists as a way for the average person to concede authority to professionals, and that issues with politics are caused by the willful act of defiance of this idea.
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
Not even somewhat what the show’s message is
@deviousN3 жыл бұрын
@@elsanto2401 your friend apparently does not realize that professionals are just as capable of screwing over the people. In fact, I could even argue that professionals are more capable of it because of their expertise being above the average layman.
@cm92413 жыл бұрын
i wish i had someone to discuss this show with beyond my friends and family all just saying they thought it was entertaining.
@moosemangarfield96503 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw So what *is* the show’s message?
@laurenbastin88493 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the first episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier and immediately watching Falcon go on a military operation and kill like 7 people with the narrative never even acknowledging it and I just went “ah, so it’s going to be like this”
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
So you didn’t watch it then. You can’t just ignore things and then say “ah, so it’s going to be like this.”
@YoureRightIThink3 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw why are you so mad? You seriously think anyone who criticized the show probably didn't watch it or didn't get it?
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
@@YoureRightIThink No. I think that because these “criticisms” are so mind-numbingly stupid
@moosemangarfield96503 жыл бұрын
I re-watched the scene just now and counted deaths, just for fun lol. There were (I think) 12 deaths caused by Sam in the opening scene. Not sure the exact number, because it’s unknown how many people were in the exploding helicopters, but it’s around that, I think.
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
@@moosemangarfield9650 You really are a walking contradiction
@moosemangarfield96503 жыл бұрын
“You guys know how much anarchists love leaders and hierarchical structures, right?” That actually made me laugh out loud lmao.
@cassondralynch63422 жыл бұрын
Me too :D just discovered this channel and he's sharp and great!
@ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ Жыл бұрын
It's in the fucking name ΑΝ-ΑΡΧΗ
@ectoplastiic3 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen the show, so I can't speak on the actual scene with certainty, but oh my god that clip of Sam bringing Isiah to the museum to show him a statue he made does not make me feel warmhearted at all. Canada has been trying to go about reconciliation to indigenous people mainly via acknowledgment and it's extremely painful, frustrating, and sometimes does nothing to help. I see that scene and can only feel like I can relate through feelings of trauma. My aunt refused to take part in any reconciliation activities because she knew she probably wouldn't live through it. She was medically experimented on in residential schools and she said she would probably relapse into alcoholism and die if she were to participate.
@seekingabsolution19073 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Canadian government is pretty hypocritical.
@brucesnow71253 жыл бұрын
@@seekingabsolution1907 horrific too. They still have compulsory sterilization of indigenous women. Like it seems like I'm being ridiculous, but it's seriously an issue that is for some reason not well known. Check it out.
@robertmarsh53223 жыл бұрын
@@brucesnow7125 Hoi, History of sterilization, NOT current. Try google next time. Some depressingly recent, not current.
@sgt1terrence3 жыл бұрын
I'm Native American and my grandma was part of that. She said "Don't point a finger. 3 more will point back." She also told me I wasn't there. Seeing my fellow natives burn down churches is not cool. What they gonna do when they get their way?? They going to "re-educate" the natives who believe?? Don't become what you hate. I felt strongly about the church as well. She said there was some good Christians who helped her survive. Some who risked being there to help. Some who were caught and treated horribly. But they don't want anybody to speak about it. We act like we haven't enslaved Africans. Yes we dealt in slaves as well too. It's why we gotta stop bringing up past transgressions. Nobody is clean. I don't trust any of these "sources." It's all just propaganda to rile my natives up like at Standing Rock. We were used for a narrative. It worked.
@danielvictor32623 жыл бұрын
@@sgt1terrence I'm sorry but have you asked yourself who else would benefit if you block "others", genuinely concerned for liberation of IPs or otherwise, "use us for a narrative"? Of course I'm not trying to argue to let other people use you as a political soapbox but asserting that people in general only USE you to get across whatever ulterior motives they have is to assume YOUR people don't have that political voice in the first place. What about other Native Americans who continue struggling for liberation and self-determination? Don't you think YOU are trying to use them as being Native Americans to have your point of having your own people take an apolitical stance come across is the same as what "those people" did to bolster their own political agendas that ultimately does not care for your people? I think the sensible thing for us colonized people to do is to recognize our own voices. Not to confuse them with other voices and be silenced.
@artificialdevil-sm3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much any super hero media these days features "bad guys" who have genuine grievances with the system, but who need to be stopped by the "heroes" because their methods of trying to force the people in power to address them are violent. The heroes then proceeds to do absolutely nothing about the problems that drove the villains to act that way in the first place. I almost wish this show had done that, because the way they chose to have the hero "address the problem" was so half-hearted that it radicalized me more.
@ripyungbruh81573 жыл бұрын
They also ignore the fact that systems can be violent.
@SpiderMan-gf1lc2 жыл бұрын
not only that, but the heroes also use violence to achieve their goals. I am reminded of Spider-Man: Miles Morales (the PS4 game), in which Miles opposes the Underground because they're too violent, but his methods literally include hacking into devices, invading private property, beating the living shit of both "criminals" and private armies. Like, he's literally helping to bring down a major corporation with violence, just like the Underground! Why doesn't he genuinely join them? And the writing is so lazy that the only reason he has to stop Phin is because maaaaaaybe the nuform will cause colateral damage (he only effectively knew the nuform would vaporize all of Harlem way later in the narrative). My man Spidey is such a pool of contradiction, it's like the story is telling us only Spider-Man can be trusted with the use of violence and that collective struggle is wrong cuz... cuz something I guess lol
@ahumanbeingfromtheearth15022 жыл бұрын
@@SpiderMan-gf1lc yeah. I love spider man, but a lot of spider man fiction feels like it missed its own point.
@SpiderMan-gf1lc2 жыл бұрын
@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 yeah, he's supposed to be the working class hero, but most of the time he's just a dumb defender of the status quo
@danielvictor32622 жыл бұрын
This was their way of trying to neutralize these questions but the only thing they could come up with are inept answers.
@FlorenceFox3 жыл бұрын
I'm not even bothered so much by the vapid centrism of superhero media. I'm just here to watch people in colorful costumes punch each other. Literally all I ask is that they don't raise questions that they're not willing to answer honestly. That's the main problem with this show. It asks questions that Disney was never going to give satisfying answers for. Disney is never going to challenge the status quo. I know that, you know that, Disney knows that. They don't have to insult us by acting like they've got something profound to say.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
they have to because the audience for these shows are older. Back in the day these characters were for children but those children grew up and also children don't bring in bank as much so you have to adult things. Being mindless and dumb would not grab viewers with these characters like in the 90s.
@BrowncoatAllywang3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I love me some mindless capeshit. My biggest problem with this show honestly is that as an entertainment product, it failed to be entertaining.
@Borat69able3 жыл бұрын
This show is made for adults who don't want to feel childish for consuming products like these. Same goes for any blockbuster movie that tries to be "dark", e.g. Rogue One
@jakubrejak11143 жыл бұрын
Oh, but does the answer have to be satisfying?
@JeantheSecond2 жыл бұрын
@@jakubrejak1114 I don’t know that you have to answer serious questions, but you do have to pose those serious questions in a genuine and honest way, which can’t be done while also trying to pander to everyone at the same time.
@DarkPrject3 жыл бұрын
Didn't watch the show, but the statue thing looks a lot like adding insult to injury. Making him part of a thing that he obviously didn't want to be a part of in the interest of people he hates is such a weird thing to present as this great act of kindness.
@kudusaudu14442 жыл бұрын
In the show, Isaiah wasn’t recognized for his heroic acts like Steve was, the statue is portrayed as a manifestation of Isaiah heroic acts that he never received but ofc it didn’t resolve everything the country did to him but him crying shows he finally received some recognition for his heroism
@vgamer113 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine that Isaiah cries in that statue scene out of misery: (sobbing) "why the hell would you do this to me Sam"
@TSmith-yy3cc3 жыл бұрын
"You get a statue in a museum devoted to a white guy and we have a week and MLK day now; everything is fine. Stop whinging".
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
So you like to intentionally be an idiot
@Gafafsg3 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw Are you fucking good dude? The hell is your problem?
@nathandrake55443 жыл бұрын
I know it's a bit late, but I would love to see an ideological analysis of Black Panther. It's a perfect example of a superhero film that tries to discredit revolutionary ideas by strawmanning and attacking the character of its proponents, in favor of feel good liberal solutions. Also, I just love how in a film with otherwise strong female characters there's randomly this completely disposal love interest whose entire purpose is to die so we know that the antagonist is a very bad dude.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
that is pretty much the typical discourse on twitter. He had to kill the girl and choke out one of the Wakandan women because he had to be a bad guy. Because otherwise he's Thomas Sankara.
@maximeteppe76273 жыл бұрын
I feel like, for me at least, Black panther is one of the rare cases where the villain would still be bad even if he wasn't randomly violent. He's been a tool of american style destabilization. He has good points about black liberation and solidarity but he just wants to replace white america with wakanda as the dominant empire. And Wakanda doesn't return to the status quo, but instead reveals its existence and starts outreach - the "correct" ideo:logy was already expressed by the hero's GF from the start. Like sure, the opening of a community outreach center VS global revolution is pretty weak, but I think that even if it can be read as revolution VS reform, it can also be read as liberation VS supremacy, or more accurately, diplomacy vs imperialism. and while pretty fringe, black nationalism exists and deserves criticism.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@theblackestvoid Or he just IS Robert Mugabe.
@brxnv_3 жыл бұрын
@@maximeteppe7627 Indeed, i don't agree with this video when it says that "Killmonger had a point but they needed to show him doing bad things to make him bad" he was extreme from the start.
@maximeteppe76273 жыл бұрын
@@brxnv_ it's not even that. He's extreme AND he's hypocritical. First scene we see him, he "rescues" a wakandian vibranium artifact, then he steals a mask from another ethnic group because it'll look cool next time he does an op. Not that the "bad guy does violence to show his ideology is bad" isn't there, but black panther is a rare effort to show that the ideology of the bad guy is fundamentally wrong and not just "the right idea, except violence bad"
@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm3 жыл бұрын
As The Grand Archpriest of The Church of the Algorithm, I bless this video with a comment.
@samuelsolomon73303 жыл бұрын
Much of this show's - and much of general American media - message is that things are just fine, we don't need change, and any ideology that challenges the status quo will be represented by characters with huge character flaws to make those ideologies as unappealing as possible. It's entirely uncritical of systems that take advantage of massive amounts of people and entire nations, and maybe we should do something to teach people that the status quo isn't a great thing.
@guy-sl3kr3 жыл бұрын
There's also the message that change IS necessary, but it must be done on a completely individual level. imo it's more insidious than saying that everything's fine because it redirects people's desire for justice into actions that are ineffective at best and outright contributing to the problem at worst. Like all the marketing campaigns trying to fool people into thinking that global warming can be solved if consumers switched to paper straws and electric cars. Or that racism would end if people were just nice to each other.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
@@guy-sl3kr yep, look at all the libs that think their individual right to vote is powerful as if it will change anything. Giving people the perception of having power through individualism is enough it seems.
@stephenjenkins79713 жыл бұрын
@@theblackestvoid I love the insidious fascism that leaks through some of these commentators. "Conform to my ideology to solve X problem, otherwise you're a part of the problem that can't say crap against my violent lashing out." It's like watching a bunch of misogynist abusers justify their abuse.
@MK_ULTRA4203 жыл бұрын
@@stephenjenkins7971 "Yes I am justifying it, and?"
@elijahanderson32883 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what happened with Killmonger!
@AbjectPermanence3 жыл бұрын
Technically, the Flagsmashers never actually say "Thanos was right" or "it was better when everyone was dead." We are told that they believe "it was better during the blip," but that was just what the US government had to say to justify taking action against them. The Flagsmashers themselves are mostly just resentful over how people returning has led them to being marginalized. It's a sleight of hand to have relatable antagonists who "have a point" while still painting them as "the villain."
@Social_Pugatory2 жыл бұрын
When Hailee (or whatever her name was) blew up that building I realized the flag-smashers were being made out to be the irredeemable ultimate villains of the series and the corrupt world leaders trying to throw them away and get back to the status quo just needed a good stern taking to…I said to myself this is gonna go down as the weakest worst marvel Disney plus series. When they had the chance to make a REAL critique and really shake the table Disney of course chose to bitch out with “ violent retaliation to violent oppression bad, entrenched elite corrupt world leaders just need a stern talking to then everything will be good. The End.”
@chadzahirshah25882 жыл бұрын
The flagsmashers were never relatable, they took advantage of the fact that everyone was disappearing and stole their houses but then are mad when people reappeared and went back into their homes to find these rats like Karli Mogenthau using their homes and looting them dry. The government did a good job of taking care of the flag smashers and the flag smashers feeling so entitled to other peoples homes to the point where they commit terrorism isn’t really the governments fault at all.
@kikijihan83162 жыл бұрын
@@chadzahirshah2588 This actually happen in our world like in cyprus. They ended up leaving their house and live in other people house because of other country intervantion. IF when cyprus finally becomes truly independent and people can go back to their old house, but the other people dont want to leave their new house because they already lived there for a long time too, which one do you think at fault here?
@chadzahirshah25882 жыл бұрын
@@kikijihan8316 The new people who decided to settle in the newly occupied Cyprus are at fault. Period. Just like the flagsmashers
@natagu57942 ай бұрын
Just found this video. I agree with you with everything. The only thing I'd like to point out that at 7:46 you say "The half of life on Earth was blipped." Well, it wasn't just Earth, it was half of the life in the entire universe, not just Earth.
@KNMRoaldAmundsenАй бұрын
That has literally no impact on earth tho. Why would earth or any other "non-connected planets" care?
@lynnerose7891Ай бұрын
@@KNMRoaldAmundsen Because the implication is that in the way we had to repopulate the world would end up with us accepting people from other worlds.
@amiljohnson18643 ай бұрын
Great video man, and super powerful POV for Isiah’s character 💯
@charlieni6453 жыл бұрын
This show is better reviewed than Wandavision apparently. Edit: the somber remix of America Fuck Yeah is everything
@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc3 жыл бұрын
Nope
@avrilynravenee51433 жыл бұрын
i cant believe ppl say wandavision is the worst out of first three marvel shows. it's the one with the tightest plotline, has an interesting premise and presentation and centers around the strong idea of exploring grief. captain america started good but became watered down when they had to stand against the government and loki was poorly paced and could use a lot of polishing up in execution
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@avrilynravenee5143 I think a show settling on the idea that its okay that the heroine abducted and brainraped several hundred people because she had a sad leaves a bad taste in their mouths.
@21Arrozito3 жыл бұрын
@@BobExcalibur that was one of my problems with the show, they shied away from making her the villain despite the fact that she was doing a very obviously villainous thing. They had to distract from that by having two other villains, Agatha and military bad man. The rationale goes something like "Wanda is an avenger and therefore a good guy despite this obviously evil thing she is doing, so let's not assassinate her immediately and let her 'fix' this." I think the Geraldine character (forgot what her character's real name) actually says something like this. I think it would have been more interesting and impactful if she actual wad more obviously the villain and there would be an actual conflict of significance between formerly good guys. No need for Agatha or military man to be secretly evil. Have her be the selfish bad guy that eventually has a conflict with Vision and finally realized that what she has done is terrible, decides to shut it down, and the show ends with her being a fugitive from the government and shield snd whatnot. That's how the Hulk used to be, a fugitive that would show up and be tolerated by the powers that be only when some bigger threat manifested itself.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@21Arrozito If you're familiar with the House Of M storyline that inspired Wandavision, the story is almost exclusviely focused on other characters dealing with the aftermath of Wanda changing reality. Wanda initiated the change because she was provoked to by her brother, who was exploiting her vulnerable state for his own agenda. They changed the locus of responsibility so that Wanda would have more agency in what is happening, but insodoing made her culpable for the cruelty of her actions. They wanted her to be a "protagonist" not a "prop", but the problem is that they didn't want to confront what we call people who kidnap, brainwash and gaslight innocent people even if its over trauma. Thus she sails out of the experience without any kind of atonement on her mind, just how NICE she was to give her victims back the lives SHE stole from them.
@NubileReptile3 жыл бұрын
I kept thinking of Disco Elysium and the Kingdom of Conscience thought cabinet project (the Moralist/Centrist thought project) during this video, and thinking how neatly it fits with the MCU's 'ideology.' The Kingdom of Conscience will be exactly as it is now. Moralists don't really _have_ beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded. Centrism isn't change -- not even incremental change. It is _control_ . Over yourself and the world. Exercise it. Look up at the sky, at the dark shapes of Coalition airships hanging there. Ask yourself: is there something sinister in moralism? And then answer: no. God is in his heaven. Everything is normal on Earth.
@Sablus3 жыл бұрын
Freaking love that game
@arc2913 жыл бұрын
Actually the best game
@Somajsibere3 жыл бұрын
Centrism is the true conservatism, they oppose any sort of change once so ever, conservatives(as they identify themselvs) are more like regressives, they want to regress society to a point where they think society was great.
@beevesme17153 жыл бұрын
This is a great observation! Completely agree. "Reprimand", in fact, seems to have now been set up as Sam's modus operandi, as is treating everyone around him who is motivated by emotion about anything as a child, which is actually really funny as defining characteristics for a superhero. This quote also helps contextualise what I found so jarring about the amends plotline for Bucky in this show - which is that the script basically treated his inability to entirely control his own emotions about what happened to him, and to be somewhat unstable/unconsidered in his actions, as a moral failing that had to be repeatedly and harshly corrected rather than a completely normal response, then tried to persuade us this correction was his best possible route to recovery. It was really maddening to watch!
@racudo18983 жыл бұрын
Status quo
@donovan56563 жыл бұрын
The problem with many mainstream, serial, superhero media is that they endorse the status quo of the world to keep the setting familiar. But the fact that Disney even touched these issues at all was more than I expected. They didn't do it well, but hey, we shouldn't expect any commercially mainstream genre to really push any envelopes.
@GamerSlyRatchet13 жыл бұрын
Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters on Netflix went to some surprising places with that despite being a children’s superhero cartoon. It’s not a leftist masterpiece, but its heroes end up fighting a neoliberal nightmare where they are branded as terrorists by corporate propaganda, the “status quo” they initially tried to uphold.
@plaguedoctorjamespainshe60093 жыл бұрын
There must be a name for the trope of villains with valid points but randomly do evil just because
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
Communists.
@ripyungbruh81573 жыл бұрын
@@BobExcalibur *capitalist (Nm forgot to remember the valid points part).
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@ripyungbruh8157 I can't think of many capitalist governments who have done things that compare to the Khmer Rouge deciding to kill everyone who wears glasses. Then again, REAL Capitalism has never been tried.
@Ash-Winchester4 ай бұрын
I think TV Tropes refers to it as "strawman has a point".
@spuriusscapula648111 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember that the building the flag smashers was also an actual orphanage, I think they literally had their villain blow up an orphanage, the whole meme
@ungulatemanalpha3 жыл бұрын
The part where Captain America, at least hypothetically, represents America *as it should be* rather than America *as it is* really ought to have been a bigger part of this story.
@warmachine58353 жыл бұрын
I think a lot of people miss that point of Captain America, much like how they miss a similar point about Superman.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@warmachine5835 Exactly, that he represents the Platonic ideal of what a young impressionable but good natured man sees America as representing. Not that America is infalliable but that it learns from its mistakes and strives to improve in pursuit of that ideal. Not a utopian aspiration but a commitment to seek improvement. Throughout the history of the character that aspiration has jacknifed into every aspect of American society and Steve made dozens of enemies within the government, corporate and civil systems of the country. However if you're an Anarchist and you resent the existence of nations altogether you see this aspiration as evil, and YOUR aspiration of abolishing all hierarchal structures as entirely reachable and not insane...
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
It was. It was literally THE point of the story. Try watching the show.
@TheSuperRatt Жыл бұрын
@@BobExcalibur Lmao, what the fuck? Captain America can wish whatever he wants, but he is *inextricable* from America at large. He can represent what America "should be", but HE CANNOT disentangle his symbols from the sins of its past. People harmed by America will always see him in the light of their cultural experience. There will always be that baggage. It's also disingenuous for him to claim "freedom, and equality, and all that jazz" as exclusively American ideals... Just as Christianity appropriates and claims it owns all that is good.
@nicholasmwangangi62572 жыл бұрын
"You too can orchestrate inclusive coups in South America." I died
@CalyxAlex143 жыл бұрын
I've grown tired of Marvel's easy to shallow moral quandaries and discussions. I've loved the MCU for years, but now as an adult I see how surface level many of these stories are. This show was a real letdown for me, I found the "villains" much more interesting than the "heroes". They stood up for themselves and made some good arguments for their cause. Violence wouldn't have been their answer if this was a different show, where violence wasn't the only way to solve problems for the heroes.
@FlorenceFox3 жыл бұрын
I honestly kept waiting for someone else to be revealed as the "real" antagonists of the show. I was stunned when I realized that, no, these were actually the big bad evil guys we're supposed to be cheering for our heroes to beat up. I wasn't expecting the show to say anything controversial (this is Disney we're talking about), but even from a simple narrative angle, they did a TERRIBLE job writing the Flagsmashers as antagonists. They're literally just good guys except that they have to occasionally do a murder because evil.
@criticalthinkingconcubus3 жыл бұрын
This is why I was disappointed with Wandavision. It was a great story for the first 3 episodes, but then Marvel had to step in and remind us that this was still part of a multibillion dollar franchise. It was a perfectly fine story about how people cope with grief and PTSD. Then Marvel just had shoehorn in the military. It also didn’t help that the only black character with more than 1 speaking line was used as the show’s mammy. She had no wants of desires outside of helping the white woman who enslaved an entire city, and had no problems dealing with the mental labor of being placed in a mind prison for days on end.
@NIRDIAN13 жыл бұрын
And like... Violence isn't even "bad"? It has always been a necessary means to force change or to protect the oppressed, and it's not like we don't see "condoned" violence portrayed as "good actually" ALL THE TIME when the protagonist is a cop or military person. The only truly effective civil rights movements have all had a component of violence and/or obstruction. Hell, most socialist societies are FORCED to militarize intensely and shoot first, ask questions later because they're otherwise wiped off the map either by the US directly, or by intense US financial and military support of their opposition...
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
Consider these stories aren’t surface level at all, no you most certainly don’t. And it seems clear you are not an adult yet. And even clearer you didn’t watch the show
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorenceFox So in other words, you didn’t watch the show. Because no. We weren’t supposed to cheer for out heroes to beat up these guys at all. Literally the opposite.
@Daemonite3 жыл бұрын
Gonna be honest, I hear old timey radio voice and I like and subscribe.
@paskwho53043 жыл бұрын
I wanted a videos like this since i watched falcon or korra, really glad i found you
@epicazeroth3 жыл бұрын
You (correctly) point out that the show is originally rather coy about why Sam doesn't want to be Captain America, something I think is actually handled rather well. I think it's important to note however that the show is also, throughout its length, also not very clear on what being Captain America specifically means. Does it mean to be an agent of the state, as Rogers originally was and Walker is? Or does it mean that you stand for some external ideal of what America represents, as Steve believes he does when opposing the Sokovia Accords? It's been a while since I watched the show, but I don't remember Sam at any point indicating that as Captain America he would be working with the US government (or, within the context of the show, the GRC). Or rather he doesn't indicate that he believes this is a necessary part of being Captain America, even if he does personally work with the US government frequently. As an aside, the point of the opening scene was that Sam specifically cannot enter Libyan airspace. He is told to turn back before crossing the border, and does so right at the last moment. In fact I would argue that this is the show subtly setting up that the Flag Smashers are not entirely wrong, albeit in a very confused way. This scene is literally the protagonist of the show potentially being stopped from doing something good - presumably, stopping Batroc from smuggling weapons or whatever is a good thing - by an arbitrary border enforced by both Libya itself and the US pressuring Sam not to break that treaty. That said, the fact that the Flag Smashers are treated as bad for killing people in a franchise that largely has no problem with killing those committing violence is indeed a travesty of writing. As is the fact that Walker is... redeemed? I think? I'm genuinely not sure what happened with him at the end.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
I don't think your last point is a travesty of writing when Americans genuinely feel this way. (violence from the status quo = good, violence against = bad) Example, to most Americans even liberals, Fidel was a brutal genocidal dictator, even though he was opposed to torture and Obama killed more people in his first term than people killed under Fidel in his entire life.
@CandyCinema3 жыл бұрын
The end of Walker's story (is he redeemed? What?) Is confusing because it's literally just done to set up future Marvel projects (Thunderbolts I am guessing). It doesn't fit into the narrative of the show because that's not what it's there for. It's there to fit into the narrative of a future show/movie.
@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl3 жыл бұрын
Do you have something against borders and national sovereignty
@TheCountOfMommysCrisco2 жыл бұрын
@@CandyCinema I think they're skipping Thunderbolts. In the last few shows and movies we've had US Agent (Walker), Abomination, Agitha Harkness, and Evil Dr. Strange is slated to appear in his next movie. I think they're aiming to go directly for the Dark Avengers plot.
@mariano98ify2 жыл бұрын
@@theblackestvoid Fidel wasn't a genocide, just a king with a crown in a totalitarian regime with a cult to his figure. He tortured people too, at least under his regime and command, but not by his hand. Not for nothing many Cubans flood of Cuba to the USA and in case of some of my family, to Spain. Don't get it wrong, Fidel if didn't kill anything is because he had pressure of the US to not do a bad move, but that never stop him to back up revolutions and conflicts to spread his communism, even to guerrillas that were far away to be Marxist just to piss of Uuncle Sam.
@monsoonmast3 жыл бұрын
The symbolic gesture at the end really completes this.
@lincolnjohn82273 жыл бұрын
With regards to Kilmonger, I actually think that's one of the instances where "The Swerve" is actually used appropriately. His actions and ideology parallels a common ideology that many African Americans adopt, where they're solution to white imperialism/ capitalism/nationalism/patriarchy is black imperialism/capitalism/nationalism/patriarchy. I find this kind of criticism very pointed because a lot of the time black Americans are so fixated on their status as black people that they become ignorant or obstinate to recognizing their own privileges and biases as Americans.
@theblackestvoid3 жыл бұрын
Many were proud when Jay Z became a billionaire.
@josesosa33373 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I always felt it was weird that people said killmongerr was right when he advocated for genocide. Was that not his plan? Genocide is bad!! Stop saying killmonger is right and stop saying thanos is right!!.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
Most race grifters get into it for the sake of aquiring more power to themselves and riding roughshod over the very people they once claimed to advocate for. Anarcho-communists intentionally exaggerate and exploit racial tensions for the sake of using black people as a human wall between them and just reprisal, both ideologically and literally. Like they used to with the white poor. Same with François Duvalier. Same with dozens of socialist African dictators. Same as it ever was.
@jimbrody49453 жыл бұрын
He was the only character in that story who advocated for black revolution. His portrayal wasn’t just a criticism of the pitfalls black revolutionaries sometimes fall into, it was an outright condemnation of black revolutionaries. The writers chose to make Kilmonger a misogynist and a power-hungry hypocrite. They chose to have the “heroes” stop him from arming oppressed people around the world. They chose to portray Kilmonger as a irredeemable monster who had to be put down like a rabid dog at the end of the film. I understand a lot of people adore Marvel’s Black Panther, but let’s pretend the movie is something it’s not. It is definitely NOT anti-imperialism.
@lincolnjohn82273 жыл бұрын
@@jimbrody4945 Yes, he was a misogynist. I hate to break it to you but a lot of "black revolutionary" circles are really REALLY misogynistic. No, he wasn't a hypocrite and the film certainly did not portrayed him as an "irredeemable monster who had to be put down like a rabid dog,". Anyone who read the story like that just has bad media literacy. T'challa explicitly gives credence to Kilmonger's beef with Wakanda when he chews out his ancestors, then changes his entire approach as a leader. When Kilmonger dies it's in the background of a setting sun with profound last words and T'challa crying for him. In what world is that being "put down like a rabid dog,"?
@andrewlipnick81313 жыл бұрын
One thing that I noticed is that in the ending speech Sam specifically cites the extreme measures the flag smashers used to achieve what they wanted as evidence that it matter a lot to them and must be important. This could be read as implying that the violent tactics that the flag smashers went to were infact useful to them because they ultimately led to Sam seeing how much they wanted their vision and advocating for them in that speech. In some sense this could be seen as justifying the flag smashers' actions as it actually leads to them accomplishing (at least some of) what they wanted. Though I do admit that I don't think this was the intent of the text but rather an interesting reading of it
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
It literally was the intent.
@andrewlipnick81313 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw How do you know what the authors intended? And I really doubt that they were trying to tell people that political violence/ terrorism can be a useful tool
@moosemangarfield96503 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw It was the intent of the authors to condone terrorism? Elaborate.
@_Gongola3 жыл бұрын
bizarre how Isaiah's reaction to the statue was anything other than 'please leave me alone'
@RM-cn8pw3 жыл бұрын
Not bizarre at all if you have a brain that remotely functions.
@_Gongola3 жыл бұрын
@@RM-cn8pw cool bro how about you stop going through the comments insulting everyone you disagree with like a loser
@brandonspencer55942 жыл бұрын
@@_Gongola if y’all weren’t so dumb with your comments he probly wouldn’t
@Beesativity3 жыл бұрын
Loved the video! It's sad to think that, due to the way the movie's arguments are made and the way they appeal to feelings, people who aren't all that politically or economically literate will come away from the film thinking, "This just FEELS right." This will especially be the case with the anarchists because people have been primed not only to fear the term "anarchy" or "anarchist," but they have been primed to misunderstand the ideology altogether, so when an ideologically inconsistent representation is made, they won't be capable of perceiving the contradictions.
@stephenjenkins79713 жыл бұрын
Oh, we understand anarchism. We understand that anarchists when they get violent just do mindless terrorist attacks, or when they try a revolution and succeed they leave the door wide open for Stalinists to hang them and then kill the rest of us in mass murder-y policies for the sake of "Revolution". So basically the rest of us "centrists" have little reason to like anarchists as anything more than a door to violent totalitarianism.
@mikeykitty12353 жыл бұрын
@@stephenjenkins7971 So violence for the system and status quo = good, but violence against it = bad. You do realize that the system is more than willing to kill marginalized groups of people, right?
@stephenjenkins79713 жыл бұрын
@@mikeykitty1235 Reasonable amount of violence to maintain the status quo is generally good. Violence against it in the name of a worse system = bad, yes. The system kills far less marginalized people than the proposed system by people against it. In fact, the repression of democratic practices is the destruction of the very protection of marginalized peoples. Marginalized people are marginalized because they're a minority in a majority-"other" country, they're always gonna be at a disadvantage for the most part. If not, then it's a minority-"powered" country like for example Bolivia...but that's an even more terrible country in terms of using violence to maintain the status quo. So the answer is to maintain a balance, and especially democratic practices so that fewest amount of people are hurt in the system. Current system can be improved, but replacing it entirely is like putting a gun to the minority's head. And that makes such people monsters to be fought, not tolerated.
@A.B.-ub9un Жыл бұрын
@@stephenjenkins7971 So it's better to maintain a system that hurts and oppresses people than it is to invoke change. It's better to let marginalized groups to be oppressed for the sake of the status quo.
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
@@A.B.-ub9un Firstly; what constitutes a system that oppresses people? Because 9/10 it seems like the very nature of gathering resources to survive, a basic necessity of all life, is "oppression" to you people. Besides, despite what anarchists claim, their "solution", even if perfect, is literally nothing different to what we have now except even more fragile and prone to warlords/famine/extreme poverty. And when it's not perfect, we get literal fascists/Stalinist dictatorships. So from the standpoint of anyone with half a brain; you lot are no different to fascists. Crying about the current system while agitating for something infinitely worse. Excuse me if I don't have a high opinion of that.
@aj35303 жыл бұрын
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@ryandooley2873 жыл бұрын
The problem with Kill Monger is that he wanted to just replace one empire, America, with another, Wakanda. As he put it "I learn from my enemies". He just wanted to continue the cycle of violence rather than fix it.. That said your criticism with Falcon and The Winter Soldier is spot on.
@bigbadbob70702 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he wanted to deliver weapons to black people all over the world not so that they could protect themselves, but to stage a violent revolt where they kill everyone the see as oppressors as well as anyone that gets in their way.
@luigiwoo44692 жыл бұрын
@@bigbadbob7070 yeah I always found that weird. maybe I'm bias as a white brit. but when he said "there are 2 billion people who look just like us [...] I'm gonna' wage a war and this time we're gonna' be on top" made me seriously uncomfortable as he is stright up saying he wants a race war.
@bigbadbob70702 жыл бұрын
@@luigiwoo4469 It should make anyone uncomfortable. His whole plan is black supremacy at its core where he gets to be the oppressor. While he did bring some good points about Wakanda’s isolationism when it could have prevented so many evils, he’s still a monster.
@slothful20392 жыл бұрын
@@luigiwoo4469 Isn't it supposed to make you uncomfortable since he's the villain? As said in the video it's illustrated that way so that the audience doesn't question who the good guys and bad guys are. Don't know what you being a white brit has to do with it though.
@luigiwoo44692 жыл бұрын
@@slothful2039 the white brit part was more a joke than anything. but I agree; what made me uncomfortable was how many people totally missed that extreme sentiment. many of my room mates love the MCU movies and when I brought up that Kill Monger wanted a race war they were extremely confused and this isn't the first time I've encountered somthing like that.
@uriahhammock37313 жыл бұрын
Anansi library did a video on this, love to see different perspectives
@princessjellyfish983 жыл бұрын
This was a really great video and I'm glad to see someone talking about this on yt because I saw too much of marvel fandom getting swept up in the idea of Sam as Cap and not a lot of interrogation of the actual content of the show. I actually think there's a lot of added context from the other movies that proves your point and actually makes Sam's characterization...even worse? The way I saw it, the reason Sam chose to pick up the shield at the end wasn't just in opposition to Isaiah, but also to act as an echo of Steve (or at least Steve between Winter Soldier and Infinity War). When Sam meets Steve, he's a veteran who connects with Steve because they both lost people they loved to the violence of war (Riley and Bucky respectively). When Steve calls on Sam to help him, it's to take down the mcu's own para-military organization that Steve was integral to the formation of, and not only that, they go out of their way to steal back the technology (the wings) that were taken from Sam by the government after he was discharged. He's reclaiming the use of force and helping Steve dismantle the status quo. After that, Sam watches Steve challenge the status quo again in Age of Ultron and Civil War. In both movies (just like in WS), he's opposed to government and corporate surveillance (Tony's ultron security system and the Sokovia Accords). We see how that surveillance negatively affects characters like Wanda and Bucky, and Sam is literally almost loses his life trying to protect Steve and Bucky (if Vision had actually landed his shot on Sam instead of Rhoades, Sam absolutely would have died). He ends the movie getting rescued from underwater hyper prison by Steve, and the two of them along with Black Widow become rogue superheroes for 2 years, working under no government (and we also now know that Natasha spent some of that time ending the black widow program and freeing fellow victims of the red room). When we meet back up with them in infinity war, Steve is, I'd argue, the only character that makes any ideological stance against Thanos, even if it's not in words. He firmly believes that they should avoid sacrificing Vision for as long as they possibly can, because unlike Thanos, he believes in the value of individual lives. Basically, I think Sam's clearest memories of Steve were not as the face of the American government, but as the face of a more nebulous idea of America and its people. John Walker is absolutely the face of the American government, without question. But Sam's choices in this show also contradict the Steve Rogers that HE last saw (not the one the audience last saw in endgame). That Steve Rogers served no country, he was literally on the run because they effectively criminalized his free existence (just like Wanda, he can't take off his superpowers and put them on a shelf). I really liked Isaiah's character because he challenged even the basic tenants of Steve Rogers' own beliefs: that there is some core inherent good in the American experiment that needs to be protected by the people and against the government. Isaiah reveals the true underbelly of America: that it is rotten to the core. That most radical version of Steve may have been closer to doing good than he ever was when he was wearing the stars and stripes. But there's nothing this reveal about Isaiah can do for Sam at this point, because even the previous films were too afraid to touch that version of Steve Rogers. We only got 6 minutes of him in infinity war, and in endgame, he had transformed into a cynic who accepted the world as it was, and was only spurred to action by the most miraculous possible turn of events. He sat by and let Natasha run what was left of the avengers while he ran small group therapy sessions and remarked at how eco fascism sure did bring the whales back to the Hudson Bay! I wasn't expecting this show to turn Sam Wilson into some radical or anything, especially seeing how they nerfed Steve in the previous films, but they flagrantly misunderstood the character of Sam Wilson that had been built up before now, and the inclusion of Isaiah's storyline was like an extra punch to the gut. You open this show with Sam literally rejoining the military, the institution that he left after one of his fellow soldiers was KIA, and you end it with him donning the stars and stripes and politely asking some politicians on TV to do their jobs. I mean, inside the narrative it tracks, and Steve Rogers was certainly know for giving speeches. But the last speech we heard him give to a government official was in infinity war when he told Secretary Ross to fuck off, so there was no way they were gonna keep that character on the trajectory he was on, and as such, Sam also had to be ideologically reset. I kinda just wish they'd left well enough alone and told a fun action story instead, because this attempt at political commentary was offensive not just as a piece of neoliberal propaganda, but to the stories and characters that came before it. Basically, IW Steve would've agreed with the flag smashers even more than they let Sam do in this show, and if his character had any real continuity between IW and EG, he would've been on the ground with them helping people instead of going to the avengers compound once a week to do laundry (and so would Sam in his own show). (sorry for writing an essay in your comments, I just really enjoyed the commentary in this video lol
@racewiththefalcons12 жыл бұрын
The channel Skip Intro has a _wonderful_ video on the copaganda in the MCU films.
@criticalthinkingconcubus3 жыл бұрын
Captain America always fascinated me. He was born and raised in the 1920s, yet shows no signs of prejudice towards non-white people, queer people, or women. As I grew up, I eventually understood that this is because Captain America is a boomer's wet dream. He's the perfect ideal representation of the past and why it was so great. Often I hear boomers and older gen Xs talk about "the good old days." As a black girl, I always think, "What good old days?" Do they mean the days when people like me wouldn't even have the opportunity to go to college, get a job, or even be allowed into the same bathroom as white people? Another part of longing for the past is boomer saying Millenials and gen z are too sensitive. We're not. Unlike them, we realize that tolerating and normalizing bad behavior (racism, sexism, queerphobia, xenophobia) directly negatively affects people. Having Sam as the New Captain America would've been a golden opportunity to reveal the darker and uglier side of American history that boomers and jingoists like to pretend either didn't happen or aren't a big deal anymore. I would've loved to see old people complain to the news and social media about Sam, and praise John Walker as the true ideal Captain America. Maybe some Proud Boys type of group could form and try to kill Sam and conspire with John Walker.
@tobiaslawrence89283 жыл бұрын
maybe in the next film but in real life i can't wait to see all the ant-pc crowd complain about how woke it is
@muffinfighter36803 жыл бұрын
Yeah exactly we never get to know how the (American) people feel about this situation. I think John Walker as the only antagonist would have been enough
@stephenjenkins79713 жыл бұрын
If you're gonna talk about the uglier side of America, you may as well also include certain radicals that would spit at Sam for daring to wear those colors as a "traitor" and "rejecting his blackness". May as well go full "bad side of American society" while you're at it.
@arthurcosta46433 жыл бұрын
Captain America isnt racist and doesnt shown any bias towards LGBTQA+ people for two reasons. The first is because of characterization, because he is presented as a good person (no need to formulate that more). The second motive, is more about the movie age classification. Imagine trying to make a family friendly superheroe movie when the protagonist is acting the way a american from the 40s. Imagine how unconfortable would be the experience if he constatly complained about todays acceptance of gays and reffered to black people as n**roes and acted mean to then all the time. No, better yet, imagine how disrespectful it would be to the core message of captain america if he was simply like every other 40s american man. I dont speak about the message given to him by his creators, he was created to be america's "representation". I mean the meaning that WE give to him, the world, not only the americans. People from out of america do not seen him as a symbol of american patriotism, we seen him as a symbol of morality, goodness, fairness and morality, he exists as a reminder of what america isnt, how their position as a world power and interventionism made then betray their ideals, those ideals being solidified in Steve Rogers (at least its how I, a non american, came to admire that character).
@justsomeguywithoutprofile76842 жыл бұрын
Yeah like blm did a good job for black pepole?lol fk off
@deanscordilis72803 жыл бұрын
The Ideology of Falcon and The Winter Solider Or: Me Saying “Yup, mhm, exactly” for 20 Minutes
@hiccuphufflepuff1763 жыл бұрын
"Falcon-Man" "Falcor" "Bird-Man" "Frosty" "It's just Falcon, kid."
@cynicalmandate10 ай бұрын
It's why I stay clear of television these days... It's basically ALL advertisements for something at this point.
@lolamby13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the serious and sincere criticism of pop culture products. Wish more people understood the political relevance of these shows...
@ArK0473 жыл бұрын
I'd love a full length soulful ballad version of America sung in the context of Isaiah's imprisonment.
@LogicGated2 жыл бұрын
Thanos just needed to read some theory.
@dannybenhur61232 жыл бұрын
How come I didn't see this masterpiece all these days, great video man.
@TechHustle1013 жыл бұрын
Great video bro and to your point about the statue at the end for Isiah it instantly reminded me of a quote from Malcolm X “The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice”
@avieira6112 жыл бұрын
Yo your videos are all bangers. I'm glad I found this channel
@jerryfeelgood84553 жыл бұрын
THANK your for mentioning "The Swerve". The ideas in this article have been gestating in me, some of them for over a decade, but I've never been able to formulate them so well. "hating your audience is endemic to mass media. This hatred and condescension is just a more specific case of the general form of liberal wisdom. Namely: the truth is always whatever conclusion you reach after you get over your youthful radicalism. Artists ostentatiously signal maturity and seriousness by condemning radicalism. This gesture is as obligatory and reflexive as making the sign of the cross when you walk into a church. No matter what interesting ideas you start out with (and there really are a whole lot of interesting ideas in my estimation), you must always end on a note of fidelity to the status quo."
@creativepseudonym98722 жыл бұрын
Also, the insane way they try to make Zemo a voice of reason- ignoring his actions in Civil War, his history as a mercenary and the fact he's a baron. But no. He does a lil jig at a club, so we're supposed to like him now.
@terryr76222 жыл бұрын
Actually makes me excited to see how the MCU will explain the mutants and their treatment.
@aaronwrighton22713 жыл бұрын
Exactly. No one ever offered an argument in opposition to Thanos's ideology. That's why Ta'challa was the only one to get him to reconsider his plan because he provided a proper argument against his. Of course this was in a different universe but still.
@Crystale173 жыл бұрын
this commentary is spot on
@slashercat86493 жыл бұрын
marvel has had an issue with American Military Propoganda so I'm honestly not surprised his show wasn't able to make any impactful points. Heck, during a Captain Marvel promotion they teamed up with the American Airforce and said something like "woman can be part of the military too!" as if that somehow makes it better?
@MK_ULTRA4203 жыл бұрын
Well yeah, with the internet nowadays there are too many young men who have learned they they shouldn't join the military, so Uncle Sam has resorted to using Girl Power(TM).
@inciaradible71443 жыл бұрын
The radio bit reminded me of Legend of Korra, which by all accounts, is strangely similar with its messages. I'll admit to not being a Marvel gal; superheroes just tend to not be fun to me and that Captain America isn't far from the patriot's wanksock isn't really surprising, but you'd think that, when coming up with a genuinely great premise; i.e. how the country would react to a black Captain America, they'd handle it with a bit more precision and care-the level of ignorance on display is just outright baffling.
@Serocco2 жыл бұрын
Which superheroes are "fun" for you anyway
@mildlyfeasible3 жыл бұрын
"Blow up a building full of civilians" this whole scapegoat strat was seen in avatar season 3 too, i guess people keep falling for it? Like, darn, too bad they had a valid point but they did a bad thing that totally contradicts everything they were talking about so we can hate them again.
@eduardoestebanmartinezdele22193 жыл бұрын
They had been doing it since season 1.
@erin_35693 жыл бұрын
Legend of Korra, you mean?
@eduardoestebanmartinezdele22193 жыл бұрын
No, I mean AtLA. In book 1, the Freedom Fighters wanted to raze a village to further their goals.
@user-be5kj1bw3d3 жыл бұрын
I'll note those weren't "civilians", those were the decision makers directly to blame for mass starvation tactics and attempted genocide sooooooooo.
@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl3 жыл бұрын
So are you OK with political voilance
@Brisarious3 жыл бұрын
wait so did they just install the statue of Isiah without asking his permission or telling him beforehand?
@rowansnow65793 жыл бұрын
When this came out I watched it at first cause I enjoy the MCU. That lasted for about 20 minutes into the first episode. Then I finished watching it because my friend would not stop talking about how good it was, and I figured I should actually watch the thing entirely before raving about how much I hate it. Thank you for giving me well spoken ammo I can send to her about why this show sucked.
@PlatinumAltaria3 жыл бұрын
The show wasn't bad because its supports the capitalist system; the show was bad because it was written by pulling plot elements out of a hat, and the director worked from a base on Mars.
@janedoe49293 жыл бұрын
@@PlatinumAltaria That it did to support the capitalist system...
@PlatinumAltaria3 жыл бұрын
@@janedoe4929 It does make a lot more sense that there's an international conspiracy to destroy you personally, compared with someone being bad at their job.
@lukestuhley15103 жыл бұрын
I mostly watched this show and the others for the sake of watching what the MCU would do next.
@PlatinumAltaria3 жыл бұрын
@@lukestuhley1510 Turns out it's a bunch of half-baked stuff that clearly wasn't a good enough pitch to be a whole film.
@ShutItKyle3 жыл бұрын
"Falcor & King Cold" broke me.
@frennauta Жыл бұрын
Bruh the swerve quote with the swerving cars video killed me
@DiegoCandel3 жыл бұрын
Another important point is how the show portraits Jhon Walker, a violent far right extremist white nationalist as redeemable at the end of the show, but Karli Morgenthau and all the rest of the flag smashers are disposable, beyond salvation because they were blinded by their radical ideological beliefs (which, mind you, weren't even bad to begin with (except the "everything was better when the bleep happened" part, but I'm not so sure this was something they really thought)). It goes to show which part of the political spectrum the writers think the heroes are allowed to work with/for. During one part of the show, Karli tries to convince Sam to help their cause. Sam seems reluctant enough to consider the idea, but the show never dwells into this, nor here nor in other movies/shows. But the far right cop/soldier is allowed to play with the good guys!
@hollandscottthomas3 жыл бұрын
But Walker has a Black Friend™!
@PlatinumAltaria3 жыл бұрын
Except the show doesn't say that; it explicitly states that she wasn't at all beyond redemption... And they don't like Walker, they tolerate his existence for like a day while they deal with a terrorist threat.
@DiegoCandel3 жыл бұрын
@@PlatinumAltaria I don't know, the final reluctancy of Sam to working with them (due to all the "kick the puppy/they're obviously bad people" trope events); the killing of ALL the rest of the flag smashers at the end with no one interested on investigating their deaths, not Sam nor Bucky (i.e. they were disposable); the fact they gave space for Walker to be "tolerated" for a day so he could get a future reappearence in the MCU, but not the same with any of the flag smashers (the deaths of them for me says the writers were tying up loose ends so they don't have to deal with them in the future). For me, all this is telling that the writers never considered Kari or the flag smashers as interesting political characters that could reaper and collaborate with the protagonists... But that's not the case for the far right guy.
@DiegoCandel3 жыл бұрын
@@hollandscottthomas MCU writers tokenizing like a real champ there 😏
@PlatinumAltaria3 жыл бұрын
@@DiegoCandel Well... they aren't all that interesting. Anarchism as an ideology is extremely shallow. At least fascists have cool hats. In any case they weren't killed based on their own ideology, they were killed based on Zemo's ideology; which this video really ought to have mentioned.
@raspberryitalia34643 жыл бұрын
Finally, a name for the trope I've hated for years - HAVWAVPAEGIBTUVSSWMDI
@eyecamd3 жыл бұрын
Oh God the credits song fills me with some sort of feeling. I can Soldier through it
@hurley15162 жыл бұрын
Whats the name of this song?
@eyecamd2 жыл бұрын
@@hurley1516 I only know it from another video titled SFM America from when I was in high school lol
@eyecamd2 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKPNk5h7bpWpjLs
@FatlegFleetfoot3 ай бұрын
Excellent analysis!
@milfski27433 жыл бұрын
As Audre Lorde so brilliantly said, "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
@tamiahector86492 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched the video yet but since i finished watching the show I've talked to legit anyone who mentions this show about the immense shortcomings of the themes of the show. So I have been waiting on videos like theseee
@anuragbhattacharjee1442 жыл бұрын
This show is why I love daredevil
@AuzSanchez9 ай бұрын
That CIA commercial watches like an SNL skit
@THEREDAKAY3 жыл бұрын
You're my favorite content creator.
@allyk20493 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful video! I'm familiar with Isaiah from the comics and his story still breaks my heart. The way that he gets dismissed (by the series *and* the comics) reminds me why I'm glad I dropped the MCU completely
@cl0udstr1fe2 жыл бұрын
Bruh and the head Flag Smasher's name being KARLI Morgenthau... they wanted to name her Karli Marx so bad
@iredomi37332 жыл бұрын
Slowed America fuck yeah at the end was perfect and terrifying
@Jupiter0653 жыл бұрын
Another banger! Well edited, thorough, easy to understand, and wrapped up in under 20 minutes. You're really good at this!
@efrenyalung13483 жыл бұрын
left this comment on Just Write's video as well: aw man i wished you talked about Wakandan imperialism as depicted here which I think is anti-thetical to the conclusion of Black Panther
@LightGlyphRasengan3 жыл бұрын
Thats definitely what I hated about the movies with thanos' idea. No one challenges him and calls him a dipshit for why his dumbass plan, wouldn't work. They kind of just chalk it up to genocide in what if, which is what should've been done before
@MK_ULTRA4203 жыл бұрын
Just remove superpowers besides your own and enforce population control over all sapient races if preventing the entropy death of the universe was the end goal. -Gurren Lagann did it in 2008 and it was way cooler-
@LightGlyphRasengan3 жыл бұрын
@@MK_ULTRA420 that last one got me lol
@purityandaspiration3 жыл бұрын
Even in the early issues of Marvel comics, they've always expressed their political views very openly through comic characters and storylines... For example: Captain America fighting Hitler at the front cover of his comic book back when most of US was actively supporting the Nazi army... And even then comics were still aimed at kids but still they expressed their political views... In the MCU, starting Iron Man, they've always expressed their political views in some ways....like how american weapons were creating international terrorists just for the sake of arms deals, The winter soldier movie explored the question- is security at the cost of freedom actually worth it... Even Civil war explored Tony & Caps views on freedom and order... So it's nothing new for me... I enjoyed what they were doing in TFATWS... There were some flaws and shortcomings but overall it was ok... And i dont necessarily agree with their “message” to some extent but i dont have a problem at these types of socio-political commentaries
@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl3 жыл бұрын
The US population never supported the nazis what are you talking about
@purityandaspiration3 жыл бұрын
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl do your research properly....most of US was in favour of the Nazi Party of Germany
@gavinsfriend58362 жыл бұрын
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl there is literal photo evidence of entire us army units parading around with nazi flags alonside us flags
@MiguelThinks2 жыл бұрын
@@dumbaccount7570 Exactly. It also depends what material from history is mostly distributed around the net to people. The average bear would likely think all of America was against Nazi Germany because of WW2, so its not exactly common knowledge to realize how the US population as actually divided.
@Wolffman109 Жыл бұрын
I thought that America initially stayed neutral until Pearl Harbor was bombed. Do I have my facts wrong, or are you implying some sort of "with us or against us" mentality?
@mirkovic3 жыл бұрын
You have outdone yourself - MAGNIFICENT take XOXOXOXO
@EMbrokehp3 жыл бұрын
This is your first video I've watched, and I would already lay down my life for Skittles.
@moksound192 жыл бұрын
Really great. When I came away from the last episode with my head full of "WTFFFFFF", I couldn't begin to articulate all of what was messed up in that show. This laid it out very concisely. Funny thing though was that it seems to be the least-uncoherent depiction of anarchism in popular media yet. For as disappointing as it was, this was still a significant improvement from the usual depiction.
@aiyonce5873 жыл бұрын
thank you for making this
@Lucy-qj8ui Жыл бұрын
I really did enjoy this show, but like the villain was pretty much in the right, and it didnt make any sense for her to kill those people.
@thatpunygirl___149yes82 жыл бұрын
To me I think Falcon and the winter soldier ask interesting questions, but then proceeds to never answer them properly.
@bluepearl_223 жыл бұрын
Wow...just...WOW!! This might be the single best video essay I've ever seen on this show. Thank you for putting into words how I've been feeling about FATWS & many other MCU installments as a whole. You just earned yourself a new sub!
@lukecage21312 жыл бұрын
I love your commentary lmaoo. You literally described everything I thought about as I was watching the show
@emendareigni64343 жыл бұрын
This is very eye-opening! Thank you so much
@c.b.32343 жыл бұрын
First, I want to say this is a really great video. Fantastic job. Second, I want to say that this video brings me feelings of doom and gloom because I really can't envision any situation where a large group of human beings will be able to freely accept ideas that are needed for the continued stability of human existence.
@guy-sl3kr3 жыл бұрын
Look on the bright side: the most populous country in the world is communist and has quickly risen to power without signs of slowing down
@Chesterek6673 жыл бұрын
Remember the times, when MCU's America wasn't seen only as clearly good or clearly evil and the morality was very grey? Like in, you know... previous Captain America movies?
@voidshot2 жыл бұрын
"Falcor and king cold"- I'm dying
@alexjames7144 Жыл бұрын
The classic "and then they killed babies" approach to constructing villains that Marvel loves so much. Where the bad guys make too much sense to service a traditional good/evil dichotomy and begin to seriously threaten the status quo so they have to immediately do some random act of extreme and senseless violence to justify their villain status. "Oh shit the villains make too much sense quick make them kill people"
@randomusername38739 ай бұрын
It's called incompetence and bad writing The show portrays them as almost the good guys despite making them total monsters
@smartstuf10262 жыл бұрын
I liked the show for what it was and got offended when you said Bucky isn’t a main character, I can only assume because he doesn’t play a role in the political commentary, but I absolutely agree with everything else you say here. I felt that the show was going in such an interesting direction having the characters and audience question the institutions put in place and what is the right thing to fight for, instead they draw the line from being any more gray and go the safe route at the very end.
@sinthoras19173 жыл бұрын
I wonder how consciously those narratives are written tbh.
@guillesuperior3 жыл бұрын
Is not conscious, because they’re just bad writers lmao
@victorkmlee2 жыл бұрын
The ending with a slow down version of American Fck Yeah and the picture of sick or sleeping animal is perfect.
@jackmonaghan84772 жыл бұрын
I think the MCU's ideology also has something to do who currently produces them. Disney (one of only five companies (six if you want to count Amazon's recent acquisition of MGM) to control American media) and we all know how right-wing they can be until there's money to be made off an oppressed group's existence (and even then they're not very good at it given how 'The Owl House' has been treated recently). Plus sometimes I think Alan Moore needs to give Kevin Feige and the Disney bigwigs a good lecture in what anarchism actually looks like compared to the neoliberal misconceptions presented in 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier'. Even Netflix gave the world a much better representation of an anarchist in the 'She-Ra' reboot's version of Swift Wind. Oh and the open borders thing. That's something favoured by right-wingers too (specifically the surviving Koch Brother), but not for the same reasons as anarchists.
@junior52311 ай бұрын
How tf is Disney and/or Amazon right wing?
@junior52311 ай бұрын
"open borders is something favoured by right-wingers" You are joking right?
@KennyFrierson3 жыл бұрын
Every time Isaiah was on screen I was so engaged I like the comic hes from and like you said he has the best scene
@danielvictor32622 жыл бұрын
Honestly fail to understand how the world was better during the "blip" because millions of the world's workforce suddenly disappearing would have doomed the global economy into crisis.
@saddoro41383 жыл бұрын
Finally, the Falcon and the Winter Man video we have all been waiting for!
@stargazing91542 жыл бұрын
You make some good points in this video. However, while I do agree that the show tries to appear deeper and more thought-provoking than it actually is, I think it's kind of frivolous to expect a deep exploration of political themes in a Marvel show, especially anarchist themes. For Christ's sake, they had a wealth of ideas to explore regarding the Snap/Blip, yet they barely touch it. These movies/shows exist to produce numbers. That's their bottom line at the end of the day. Oftentimes, quality storytelling is just an added bonus instead of the expectation.
@cassondralynch63422 жыл бұрын
Eh, I think they're also rich and powerful people looking to manipulate. Nothing new with big budget productions.
@wes84242 жыл бұрын
This show was the final straw for me and the MCU. Up until 2020 my critiques of this franchise were largely aesthetic then I became radicalized by the pandemic and the events of the summer. Could not stand this show when I watched it last year after everything I saw. It really sealed it for me that this series and the super hero genre as a whole is about defending the status quo...