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09 Apr

Rejoice! The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Zemo Cut Has Arrived

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s third episode was another important step forward for Marvel’s second Disney+ series. The hour found Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) springing Captain America nemesis Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) from prison and heading off to new Marvel location Madripoor.  Even more thrilling than the introduction of Mardipoor, however, was the reveal of Baron Zemo: Dancing King. For, as the mismatched trio entered a Lowtown night club, Zemo decided to blend in and let off some steam with a little dance.  Zemo’s dance took all of three seconds, but what a glorious…

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06 Apr

Link Tank: Baron Zemo’s Dancing in Falcon and Winter Soldier Takes Internet by Storm

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The latest breakout character of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is an old face, Baron Zemo, whose dance moves in episode 3 captivated the internet. “I should start this off by saying that, for years, I made fun of our Kaila Hale-Stern and her love of Baron Zemo. She loves him so much, and I just didn’t get it. After the most recent episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I will admit that I was wrong. Zemo was broken out of jail by Bucky Barnes when they needed him to figure out what was happening with some…

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03 Apr

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: What Do the Normies of the MCU Know About the MCU?

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This article contains spoilers for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Midway through The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s third episode, “Power Broker,” Helmut Zemo (now fully recognized as a Baron) demonstrates some impressive quick thinking. Alongside an undercover Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, Zemo is in the Lowtown underworld of Madripoor trying to score a meeting with the Power Broker. When things are going poorly and the trio is forced to defend themselves, Zemo decides to pretend that Bucky is still the brainwashed Winter Soldier who can be controlled through some helpful Hydra keywords like “Winter Soldier. Attack.” This…

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03 Apr

How The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finally Gives Sharon Carter Her Due

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This article contains THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER spoilers. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has its fair share of issues: The bizarrely uneven pacing, the mixed messages about capitalism and propaganda, the fact that Flag Smashers is literally the stupidest name for a villain supergroup in history even if they do exist in the comics. But like WandaVision before it, the series truly excels at giving multiple sidelined Marvel Cinematic Universe characters a chance to finally step forward into their own stories. In just three episodes of this Disney+ series, we’ve already seen more acknowledgment of Sam’s struggle as a…

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02 Apr

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3: Marvel and MCU Easter Eggs Guide

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers and potential spoilers for the wider MCU. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3 might end up being remembered as the turning point of the series. A slow burn first episode led to some bigger revelations in the second one, but the third episode of the Marvel series is a bona fide sequel to one of the biggest MCU movies of all time in Captain America: Civil War. With a truly triumphant return for Sharon Carter and the re-introduction of Baron Helmut Zemo in a form that should feel…

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02 Apr

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3 Ending Explained

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers. We knew Bucky Barnes spent a lot of unexamined time in Wakanda after the events of Captain America: Civil War. And we certainly expected it to be mentioned in Marvel’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier to some degree. Even still, it was a pretty massive surprise when, at the end of the third episode of the new Disney+ Marvel streamer, Bucky finds a trail of Kimoyo beads leading him to Wakandan bigwig Ayo, a major guest appearance from a Black Panther character. But why is Ayo here? Why does…

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02 Apr

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Becomes the Captain America: Civil War Sequel We Needed

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3 spoilers. The reason Marvel’s Disney+ shows work as a concept is because the movies gave us plenty of interesting characters who sadly didn’t receive enough of a spotlight. The relationship between Wanda Maximoff and Vision only got a few minutes across several movies. The Falcon had his moments, but he was always portrayed as more of an extension of Captain America and didn’t really have a lot of time to explore his life or character. Bucky Barnes was a major part of the Captain America trilogy, but the emphasis…

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26 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2: Marvel and MCU Easter Eggs Guide

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers. Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2 is much less of a slow burn than the first episode. Not only do we actually get Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes sharing screen time together, and a better understanding of what new Captain America John Walker is all about, but we get a host of new Marvel Comics characters introduced to the MCU! There’s a lot going on in this episode, so let’s start digging in to all the Marvel goodness to be found… The Star-Spangled Man The title of…

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26 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Flag-Smashers’ Marvel Legacy

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers. We still don’t know how much of an antagonist John Walker – the new Captain America – will be on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. So far, Wyatt Russell’s Walker seems like a guy trying to do the right thing, and a decent enough fella, although his final interaction with Sam and Bucky at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2 hints at a darker side. Still, he isn’t what we would exactly call a villain And while we do know that Helmut Zemo will…

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26 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2: New Marvel Characters Explained

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers. While there are still a number of tantalizing missing credits at the end of Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2, including a placeholder for Emily VanCamp’s Sharon Carter, we do get to meet (and in one instance, hear about) some familiar characters from Marvel Comics who make their MCU debut in episode 2 of the Disney+ series. If you’re not overly familiar with their comics-based origins, though, you might not be too sure about the backstory of our new The Falcon and the Winter Soldier players, or…

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26 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2 Review: The Star-Spangled Man

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This The Falcon and the Winter Soldier review contains spoilers. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2 The first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier started off with a fun action sequence to get it out of the way so it could move on to all the dread and depression. Even with the introduction of the Flag-Smashers as a threat, it has nothing on the emotional gut punch of Bucky trying to live with the horrors of his actions under HYDRA’s control. Similarly, the first episode ended with Sam Wilson feeling incredibly betrayed to find out that…

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24 Mar

Link Tank: The Harsh Realness of Falcon and Winter Soldier’s Bank Scene

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Let’s talk about one of the harshest, realest moments in the first episode of Falcon and Winter Soldier: Sam and Sarah’s scene at the bank. “Sam’s trying to return to his family after giving up the shield (much to the delight of the U.S. government, who I will never forgive for that square-jawed VHS bootleg version of Captain America), while Bucky’s haunted by what he’s done as The Winter Soldier, working to make amends in the angstiest way possible. There’s a lot I can draw from in this first episode, but I wanna talk about the bank scene because of…

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20 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1: Marvel and MCU Easter Eggs

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This article contains Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 spoilers, possibly spoilers for future episodes, and the wider MCU. We have a spoiler free review here. Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 has finally arrived on Disney+. Now, those of you hoping for mystery box storytelling and surreal weirdness the likes of which we got from WandaVision may be a little disappointed. But those of you looking for some gritty street-and-spy-level action with a deeper look at life in the post-Snap/Blip MCU, well, you’re in luck. Oh? But you’re here for Marvel Comics and…

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19 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1 Ending Explained

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers. The opening installment of Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier gives us a little time to catch up with Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), as they begin to navigate a post-Blip and post-Captain America world. The weight of what they’ve been through clearly weighs heavily on their minds and the pair are struggling in some ways, but slowly making progress in others. In his winged guise as Falcon, Sam Wilson proves straight out of the gate in the first episode of The Falcon and the…

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19 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Bucky’s Notebook Clues Explained

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This article contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier In 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers catches up with everything he missed when he was on ice by carrying around a little notebook full of historic moments and pop culture recommendations. In Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) has a similar notebook of his own. But instead of entries like “Nirvana”, “Thai Food,” or “Moon Landing”, Bucky’s has a list of names linked to past sins he must atone for, mostly carried out when he was Hydra’s favorite assassin, the Winter…

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18 Mar

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 1 Review (Spoiler-Free)

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Believe it or not, the kids call it the “Disney+” model.  While airing episodes weekly was the norm on television for just about all of history, the arrival of Netflix as the major streaming player changed everything. Since House of Cards premiered in November 2013 (or if we’re being pedantic since Lilyhammer premiered in 2012), the all-at-once model has reigned supreme in the streaming world, with outlets like Amazon Prime and Hulu following suit. To the delight of TV purists, Disney’s major streaming venture Disney+ has returned to the weekly episodic schedule, and was rewarded with massive, sustained weekly buzz…

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18 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Bucky Barnes MCU History Recap

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This Friday, Disney+ starts the next step in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Spinning out of the Captain America movies, the series follows the character’s two best friends working together (albeit reluctantly) to fill the void left from Chris Evans leaving the series. One of these heroes is Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, as played by Sebastian Stan. Bucky is an interesting part of Marvel history. He predates most characters in the MCU, created during World War II in Cap’s very first appearance by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a blatant Robin knockoff.…

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16 Mar

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Sam Wilson Avengers and MCU History Recap

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Disney+’s Marvel Phase 4 bombardment continues this week with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. While it probably won’t have the mind-bending weirdness of WandaVision, it hopes to make up for it with exciting action. Also, while WandaVision was focused on two characters who never truly got the spotlight in previous movies, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier goes a step further by delving into the absence of one of Marvel’s top names. In the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, Chris Evans has finished up his role as Captain America and Steve Rogers has been given his much-needed retirement. Now there…

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08 Mar

Will The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Become a Victim of WandaVision’s Success?

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This post contains both WandaVision and broader MCU spoilers. When The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was first announced, the excitement among Marvel fans was palpable. Finally, a chance for both Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) to step out of Steve Rogers’ shadow and fully become their badass comics counterparts. We’d be exploring their characters at an ideal point in the MCU’s evolution, too. Both men wielded Captain America’s shield in the comics, but here Bucky and Sam would be attempting to make sense of their roles in a post-Cap world right along with fans who…

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04 Mar

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Season 2 Is Unlikely, Anthony Mackie Confirms

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While Marvel fans (and the world at large) continue to be fixated on WandaVision, perhaps it’s time to concern ourselves with a post-Wanda world. The Disney+ series’ ninth and final episode will premiere this Friday and the show is, by all accounts, unlikely to receive a second season. Thankfully, the TV landscape won’t be without Marvel content for long. March 12 sees the arrival of the behind-the-scenes documentary Assembled: The Making of WandaVision. Then the following Friday, March 19, is the premiere of the second Disney+ Marvel series: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. As those who can still remember…

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