Hydra lays out its entire evil plan, a Penske truck does the franchise’s dirty work (again), and the Winter Soldier arrives to permanently redefine “road rage.” Plus: the best argument for how vibranium actually works ever made — courtesy of Dungeons & Dragons. And Sam Wilson brings a knife to a machine-gun fight. We need to talk about Sam’s knife.
Matthew Fox, Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, and Pete Wright are going beat by beat through Captain America: The Winter Soldier — unpacking the craft, the comic roots, and everything HYDRA thought they could hide.
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Nick Fury shows Cap three orbital death machines and calls it a briefing. Cap calls it fear with a targeting system. Then he gets on his motorcycle and goes to look at his own museum exhibit, which is either deeply sad or deeply sensible depending on your read of Steve Rogers.
Cap proves his moral code needs no witnesses by making a tactical decision that makes Matthew Fox genuinely furious — and Kyle Olson finds completely defensible. Then Nick Fury shows up, lies with the confidence of a man who has never once lost an argument, and introduces the most ominous elevator in cinematic history.
Captain America takes down fifteen pirates with his bare hands and a shield, and raises exactly zero moral questions about it — so Matthew did it for him. Pete, Matthew, and Rob work through the Lemurian Star assault minute by minute, debating kill probability, 90s action cinema homage, and whether vibranium is, at the end of the day, just a video game mechanic.
Steve Rogers has a list, Natasha has an agenda, Batroc has very strong legs, and Season 9 is officially underway — on your left.
