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6 Thoughts on the (First?) Season of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Six weeks of action and excitement have come and gone and I declare that the first season of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was awesome! I loved the whole darn thing, from beginning to end. A lot of chatter online has this show as flawed, but I disagree entirely. I had fun the whole way through and loved pretty much every minute of it.
TV Rating: 9/10 – Great.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was everything I wanted and more. Going into the series, I expected an action show on par with the action-heavy Marvel movies, and we got that. I expected some fun banter/butting heads between Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes. We got that. Then the show took things even further with some truly memorable side characters and a deeper exploration of race than I would have ever predicted. I thought that part was great as well!
What can I say? I love me some Marvel Cinematic Universe content!
Join me after the jump for my thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier! Expect FULL SPOILERS for the show!
Read the rest of this entrySome of My Favorite Shows Are Coming Back!
It’s a nice, simple Tuesday and so I figured I’d share some trailers for some returning TV shows I really enjoy! A lot of my favorite shows have been ending recently, so it’s nice that some of them are indeed coming back.
First up is the newly announced third season of Master of None. I don’t think anybody expected this show to return after Aziz Ansari’s scandal, but apparently they’re going to pivot and the third season will be about Lena Waithe’s character. I think that’s a neat way to take things.
Master of None: Moments in Love will arrive on Netflix on May 23.
Next up is the second season of Ted Lasso on AppleTV+, which should be amazing! I watched Ted Lasso earlier this year and was blown away by this show. I’d heard of it last year when it debuted, and it seemed to do OK. But when I watched it myself, holy cow, what a masterpiece! So funny, so charming, so heartwarming; this is a great show!
Ted Lasso will return to AppleTV+ on July 23.
Gonna be good to have fun new TV!
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Prepare for M.O.D.O.K. TV!
Against all odds, the MODOK cartoon show is coming to Hulu very soon! Patton Oswalt’s take on the big-headed villain is the only show to survive that weird lineup of announced Marvel cartoons from a couple years ago. Could any of them have been good? Who knows! But MODOK does look legitimately funny.
I’m a big Patton Oswalt fan, as I assume most people are. And yeah, this looks good. Some funny jokes. Some cool guest appearances. A solid concept. I’ve seen a clip or two here or there and it looks great! Here’s hoping its even a fraction as hilarious as the Harley Quinn cartoon.
MODOK arrives on Hulu on Ma 21!
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Let’s All Watch the First Episode of Birdgirl!
I shared the trailer for Birdgirl a couple weeks ago and now the first episode is here! And like many new comedies these days, they’ve put the entire first episode onto YouTube for everybody to watch! And I watched it, and it’s pretty fun! Now you can watch it too and judge for yourself.
I like it. I might try to watch more. Birdgirl, obviously, is a spin-off of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, which was a great show back in the day. Birdgirl is made with modern cartoon sensibilities and it’s still fun. Kudos to the whole gang who made this happen, it looks to be quality programming.
Birdgirl airs on Mondays on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
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How About Some Great Marvel Trailers?
A bunch of trailers have been arriving on the internet in the past week and I’m severely behind in sharing them! But I’m going to try to get to all of them at some point or another. Let’s start with the absolute best with a pair of Marvel trailers!
We’ve got a new trailer for the Black Widow movie, which comes to both theaters and Disney+ on July 9!
The movie still looks great! Looks to be another exciting and fun Marvel movie. And considering how well Godzilla vs. Kong is doing in theaters, there’s a lot of hope for the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it returns in three months. That’s plenty of time for vaccines to settle in and for this whole pandemic thing to blow over. High hopes indeed!
Next up is a trailer for the Loki TV show, which arrives on Disney+ on June 11!
I’m not as taken with Loki as the rest of the world, but this still looks good and fun! Even Owen Wilson looks fun! So here’s hoping for another successful Marvel TV show. WandaVision was adored. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is doing really well, I think. There’s a good chance Loki will be even better!
So yeah, Marvel still has products coming out and they should all be pretty fun! Hooray for having more things to watch and enjoy!
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