THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Star Sebastian Stan Unsure Where We'll See Bucky Barnes Next

@regularmovieguy - yeah. That's the only one that knew what to do with him. Civil War just had him existing as a plot device, infinity war had his redemption drowned out by the fact it was a massive team up, endgame just left him dead until the final battle (I don't even think we hear Steve mention anything about him), and fatws was more interested in talking about being a black captain america.

@tmp3 - Yep. A politically-confused misfire is the best way to describe TFATWS. In a story that was supposedly about the legacy of patriotism/jingoism/American exceptionalism and focused on two veterans (one of them a POW turned unwilling sleeper agent turned fugitive), you would think the show would have room to finally explore Bucky’s even longer history and get into more of what makes him who he is. This character who befriended his orphaned friend and went off to war patriotically and when rescued stuck by his friend’s side and championed him until he himself became a brainwashed assassin for 70 years before being forced back into military service alongside his old friend’s newer friend - the friend who wanted to help his fellow vets move forward from their combat-related trauma and survivor’s guilt (something he and Bucky now share). A show that could have used these two characters to explore just what does it mean to be patriotic given their experiences with the darker side of American history and in the context of a world — and a nation — trying to piece itself back together? That should could have been great. But this show, with its far too surface level treatment of the American government’s racist history and even more muddled and ill-fitting treatment of the IDP topic, clearly wasn’t the show to tackle such a deep and promising story.

@RokoVII

1.) Loki
2.) WandaVision
3.) Hawkeye
4.) What If?
5.) Falcon and Winter Soldier

Imo.

@marvel72 - yes the one that could fight with Cap or Tony. I did like that he knew Wakanda was in the house, that was a nice touch, and yes I liked his back and forth with Sam, but he wasn’t Wintery at all. The way he took the guys out in the bar was just like walk up and choke. No cool stuff like in the raid on his apartment right before we meet T’Challa, and definitely nothing like on winter soldier.

@Matchesz - then I hope Agent Carter will have a redemption arc and the main villain turns out to be toxic masculinity