Wednesday, April 07, 2021

The New Captain America

So, we're three episodes into Falcon & The Winter Soldier.  Audiences hate the new Captain America, John Walker.  So much so that the actor is getting death threats.  The character has been the source of all kinds of memes, complaining about how much they hate this guy taking the shield.

Look - it already takes a special kind of crazy to go after an actor for playing a character you don't like.  But complaining about this guy being the new Captain America... can you just wait until all the episodes are out, please?

John Walker getting the shield sets up some of the conflict in the series.  But it seems pretty obvious that he won't be Captain America at the end of the series.  Maybe Walker will become a bad guy, maybe he'll get killed, maybe he'll give up the shield to be USAgent.  Maybe Falcon will end up with the shield, maybe Bucky, heck, maybe even Sharon Carter.  

My point is, wait until all the data is out before whining.  I seriously doubt the MCU intends Walker to be the new Captain America going forward.  If I'm wrong, fine, but at least wait until the end of the series to complain.


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