 What's good, Josh, you brought us back again with another video. So I got a chance to watch the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the whole series. And I must say it's fantastic. I enjoy the series from top to bottom. Actually, I must say the one division series they had. I want to say maybe a couple of months back I watched that as well. And I enjoyed that as well. But for me personally, I think this series is better in my personal opinion only because of the certain issues that they bring up when they start talking about Captain America, who should be the next cap and how things have changed since people have been, you know, returned from the blip. So this video will be full of spoilers. So you haven't seen the Falcon and the Winter Soldier series. Go check it out right now on Disney Plus. It's worth a watch and definitely check out One Division. Marvel is killing it right now with the little TV shows that bridge the gap between the movies and what's going to be happening in the future. So definitely check those both out, but definitely check out this one. This one is fantastic in my personal opinion. So spoilers will be throughout the entire video. Also, my voice is a little bit messed up right now because I'm still kind of under the weather, but I definitely wanted to bring this video to you guys so we can have a discussion. I'm not going to go over everything, but there will be spoilers sprinkled throughout this this little series review. So this takes place, I want to say. Right after Infinity War, when Cap comes back and gives the shield to Sam and it deals with Sam's like thought process of how to really be Captain America. And if he can live up to those shoes and honestly, he he's not really feeling it. So he ends up giving the shield to the government. He's like, yeah, I'm just passes on to the government. I don't think I can take on the mantle of being Captain America. So he does that. And of course, there's some people that don't really agree with it. Mainly Bucky, he doesn't agree with Sam giving up the shield. He feels that Cap gave the shield for a reason and you giving it up is like kind of a slap in the face to cap like he chose you for a reason. Why are you giving it to the government? What's wrong with you? So they have this little conflict between them because Sam is trying to fight with the idea of him trying to live up to that to the idea of being Captain America, a black Captain America at that. And Bucky doesn't understand that it's we're in a different time period. You know, I mean, granted, racism in, you know, has always been a thing and how people view black people in this country has always been a thing since Bucky was, you know, fighting around with Cap back in the 30s and stuff like that back in the day before he came to the Winter Soldier. But he still doesn't really understand that times hadn't really changed as much as he think it has. It has, but not in the sense of having a black Captain America. And I've seen some people criticize this show, bringing up race. But you got to keep your balance in some type of realism. Let's be honest here, having a black Captain America for some people would be a problem. But for a lot of people, it would definitely raise an issue of I don't know about this. I don't know how I feel about my Captain America being black. So I like the fact that Disney didn't stray away from that. And they definitely expounded on that. And this is what Sam is fighting with internally. How do I do this? I don't know if I can do this. So they end up giving the shield character in a show called John Walker. He's like this upstanding blue collar American citizen got multiple medals and stuff like that. And they give it to him. And you kind of not really feel in his vibe. He's definitely given off some great value. Captain America looks like he just not really. You just feel like something's off with him. And then you understand as the show goes on that he's not built for this. You know, he's trying to live in the shoes will fill the shoes of Captain America, Steve Rogers, and he's nowhere near accomplishing that. He's trying to be friend, Bucky and Sam is not really working. He also has this like this, like a friend of his own, like, you know, someone a companion of his own go by Battlestar. And it's one of those things where you can tell he's already on hinge. And then there's some certain things that happen that cause him to really go off the deep end. Now, the main conflict in this series is the Flag Smashers. Basically, they're a group of individuals that came back from the blip. But now they don't have nowhere to live. They don't have any like establishment. They don't they're pretty much screwed because they've been gone for five years. They come back. They don't have no homes. They don't have no jobs. They're just randomly displaced in these little refugee camps and the government's not really assisting them like they should. And I like the fact that they they really deal with the ramifications of people just randomly popping back into the world after five years of being gone. I think that's dope because it would cause some chaos and confusion. Could could the main leader of the Flag Smashers, Carly being a little bit more fleshed out and you could kind of buy into what she's saying in in correlation with her actions. Yes, because I feel like they were on the right track with her painting her as a sympathetic villain villain. But she was starting to do stuff where it's like I get your cause, but I'm not buying you buying and much into your theory anymore because now you're you're hurting and killing innocent people to push your agenda and message at what point does it end? And that's what Sam is trying to get get her to come like understand. And that's why through the show, you can see Sam really transitioning into a good Captain America because he's not trying to go for the kill. He's not trying to hurt her in a sense of like just take her off the board, even though other people are saying you may have to kill her. He's not trying to. He's always trying to find a way to reason the same way with Cap. He always was trying to find a way to reason before half before resorting to lethal violence. So I thought that was cool now. Their correlation, the Flag Smashers and Carly and like them being called terrorists, the correlation with John Walker is one of them ends up killing Battlestar ends up killing like, you know, pretty much John Walker's best friend and because of that, John Walker is already on his ends up taking one of the Super Serum vials. He ends up taking one and he goes off on the deep end and he ends up killing one of them, who he thinks killed his friend, which wasn't the case. He ends up killing one of these individuals and everyone sees it as flash all over the world. And it's one of those things where it's like, yeah, he's definitely lost it. He's gone AWOL. He's he's lost it at this point. And you can see he's definitely not a fit for Captain America. You like he's just not a fit to he's not fit to be in that type of pressure situation and represent America in that way. You know what I'm saying? So I like the dynamic of his character, because even then you get it, because he just saw as one of his best friends died. The Serum is also messing with his mind as well. But at the same time, you knew the pressure was going to get to him at some point. So I like how they they don't just make him out of all right villain. After he kills someone, they kind of really go into trying to get you to empathize with him as a character as well. I've kind of all over the place just talking about some noticeable character moments and things that I really was enjoying about the show. Bucky, man, they really died deep into his psyche and what he's been going through. He was with the Wakandans at a point and they basically helped him overcome the the the Hydra mind control. Like when they say a certain few words, it controls his mind. And he he switched back into the Winter Soldier. They were able to help him overcome that. So I thought that was cool. And he's just really trying to right his wrongs for the things he's done in the past. There's a scene that he befriends an old man. But the old man that he befriends, he killed his son. And the old man doesn't know what happened to his son. And he does. And he's literally just trying to do his best to befriend him and, you know, be there for him at the same time. It's still eating him up inside because he's he killed his son. You know what I'm saying? Not because he wanted to because he was under control of Hydra. So it was just one of those things. The sun was at the wrong place at the wrong time. So I like the dynamic of him just trying to overcome that. I think that is that is also just fantastic to see. Like it gives war character development and you care more about these characters. You for more than you did before, because they're really diving into what what their problems is and what they're trying to overcome. Let's see. Zemo, you guys remember Zemo. He was one of he was the main villain for Civil War. And he caused that friction between the Avengers and they bring him back. And he's honestly one of the best characters in the film or in the series. Like he's so he's you didn't know he had so much personality. I do feel like the kind of Rick Khan, Zemo in this in this series, because I don't remember him having that much personality in the film in Civil War, granted, you know, he was just on a mission, you know, on the mission to take down the Avengers. And in this situation, he's more on the mission. Well, Bucky is enlisted as help because he knows all about the Super Serum, Super Soldier Serum and how that entails. And, you know, he's he's kind of well versed in that. And he's not a big fan of the the the super strong, the Super Serum taking individuals. He's not into that. He he doesn't he doesn't like the superhuman individuals. So I love him in the show. I would not trip if there was a mini series of him, you know, you know, on his little adventures, you know, like just more or more like tailor into what he does. You know what I'm saying? And at the end of the show, of course, he gets locked up again, but I'm sure they could definitely, you know, strike a deal with him. He's able to get out if he does something for the government or whatever. I'm not sure, but definitely he was fantastic in the show for the episodes that he is in. So definitely they know how to make a villain. He's technically still a villain, but they make him a likable character, which I thought was very interesting and actually quite a surprise. So shout out to Disney and everyone that's involved that was involved in the show for somehow, you know, really, you know, making these characters more than just one dimensional human beings, you know what I'm saying? Sharon Carter, she makes a return. She's been on the run for the past few years from the government and stuff like that. But you ultimately ultimately find out she's the power broker. She is the one that gave Carly and the Flag Smashers their super soldier, Serum. She's behind it all. She's the mastermind behind it all. I thought that's dope. She went from someone that was good-hearted, was in love, like, you know, was had this affection and love for Captain Captain America Steve Rogers to now this, like, I guess you could say like a villain, in a sense, who's only there to make monetary gain off of weapons and and and powerful super soldiers, Serums, to distribute throughout the world. She doesn't care how many people there are. She's just trying to make her money. Like, that's she's the power broker. She's dishing out power to whoever has the money to pay for it. So I thought that was a nice character switch. A lot of people kind of peep that it was her, but it was still cool to see how she has fallen so far from where she was in the movies to now just as an individual, like, I don't really care. I'm doing what I want to do. And if you like it, cool, if you don't, that's cool, too. I'm out here to make some money. I want to say the one character that I really enjoyed that I felt really had a lot of emotional weight to. And he was a minor character, but he plays a part into Bucky's not Bucky. He plays a part into Sam's psyche on being the next Captain America. And that is Isaiah Bradley. Isaiah Bradley used to take the dessert to Super Soldier Serum back in the day. And he was one of the like one of the very first black Super Soldier Serum takers, like, you know what I'm saying? And he basically was doing things for the government. But he pretty much didn't get the same type of treatment that Steve got, and it was one of those things where they really dive deep into his hatred for the government in America because they pretty much locked him up and they tested on him for like 30 years, 30 plus years or something like that, where they just tested on him to see why the serum works so well with him and not other people. Like it was it was really heartbreaking and powerful at the same time, because he's also saying, yo, if you have any right mind, you would not be the next Captain America. And that's what he's telling the sale. And it's just one of those things where they really do a good job of painting a picture of multiple perspectives and why someone would feel the way they feel compared to someone else. And I love that. I love that. And I think the way they end off, his story was beautiful as well. Sam finally was able to give him the recognition he deserved by putting his name in a statue in the hall where you see all the Captain America mirror like information and stuff like that. And they put his name in there. And so he could get that recognition that he deserved, which I think was dope and amazing and very it was a heartfelt moment there. Definitely a tearjerker. So I definitely love that aspect. And of course, I got to talk about this, the suit, the armor when he finally takes on the mantle of Captain America and he gets the new suit. That is pretty much gifted to him by Bucky Bucky, causing the favor to the condoms because he gets a new suit. His suit ends up getting destroyed previously. Like his suit gets destroyed by by Walker or whatnot by John Walker when John Bucky and Sam are fighting to get the shield from John after he murdered someone in front of people. They end up having a bra and the dude rips off his off his wings. So he ends up getting a new suit and it goes well with the armor. It's dope. I love it, bro. And I like the fact that he's he's conveying that I don't need the super soldier serum to be a hero. All I got is my wits, this tech and who I am. You know, saying the heart and the courage. And that's what also made Steve different because he always had that hero type vibe and essence before the serum and the same way with Sam. He's always had it before the wings and he never needed the serum to be a true hero and I like that. It was it was very dope to see the suit and the armor come together. It looks very clean. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do. You know, in future films with him being a new Captain America. They also. Instead of, you know, saying just kind of writing off John Walker, he ultimately ends up turning into the US agent or what not. He's basically like he's more under the radar because they kind of the government is like, we don't want nothing to do with you. You know, say we're going to put you in jail, but we're going to take away all your, you know, your honors and stuff like that. So he's kind of working. Like with the government, but like on a under like a underground level type situation, like it's it's not publicly known that he's working with the government. But he's more behind the scenes. Like he'll be doing those stealth off missions because he still has to start the serum like the super soldier serum within within his body. So he'll, you know, he's now going to be known as the US agent. He also has a nice little mini redemption. You know, he had a chance to kill Carly in the last episode, but he chose to save some, some, you know, some innocent people, some civilians, what not. And I thought that was nice for him to let go of that anger for just that second to actually be a hero. And I thought that was cool. Like I said, it doesn't it doesn't the show doesn't paint one person. He has to be this archetype or she has to be this archetype. They kind of give you layers into people's psyche and how they operate. And it's not just one side of the fare. So, honestly, I love this show. This was a very fantastic show. In my opinion, I know a lot of people, you know, feel that it's a little bit too preachy and it is involved in race. But I do think when you're talking about Captain America and you're talking about, you know, someone new being Captain America and they're actually, you know, a black person being a Captain America. You have to bring up race because it's not just going to be no smooth transition. So, but comment down below. Let me know if you guys enjoyed this series. And if you're looking forward to any of the future future Marvel TV shows that they will be having. And if you guys are OK with Sam being Captain America in the upcoming films and future projects, I know I am. I think they Anthony Mackie killed it in his role. He's one of the best actors in the show. Everyone really killed it acting wise. And I just enjoyed it for me personally. So comment down below. Let me know. I appreciate all the love and support. Road to 40k. Appreciate y'all getting with me. See y'all in the next one. Peace.