Falcon and winter solider

[FitzTheRuke]

Yep, and this is not political at all, because horrible things have happened no matter who has been in charge of the government here.

That is true, in particular when you start to look back at history, every government has done terrible things. Hopefully we can learn from things and do better in the future. (Maybe that last line can be seen as political, but I like to think that it's nonpartisan).

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

That is true, in particular when you start to look back at history, every government has done terrible things. Hopefully we can learn from things and do better in the future. (Maybe that last line can be seen as political, but I like to think that it's nonpartisan).

No, I think we are okay, as long as we stay neutral, like with the racial stuff, since both are tied to the show and can't be avoided if we are properly discussing the story. I mean, you can't get much more political than Captain America.

 

[Marc_C]

Politics is more than "which party do you support". "Should we have a government at all" is also political.

And if you look into it, you will find most governments have done some pretty horrible things.

As a Canadian I confirm. McGill University in Montreal Canada ran unethical mind control studies in the 50-60:

Declassified: Mind Control at McGill | The McGill Tribune

An investigation into the large-scale attempts by the CIA to research behavioural modification and the effects of certain drugs and psychological treatments on the human mind.

www.mcgilltribune.com

 

[DammitVictor]

In Winter Soldier, after Bucky pulls off one of Sam's wings then throws him off the helicarrier, it turns out that he does have a parachute available as a backup. Which is more than was built into Rhodey's War Machine suit in Civil war.

Rhodey could have had a parachute, that he could have activated, if he hadn't been knocked unconscious.

 

[Umbran]

I don't know, he seemed genuinely wanting to do good.

The road to heck is paved with good intentions.

 

[billd91]

I don't know, he seemed genuinely wanting to do good.

That's the thing - he generally does. But, in the comics at least, he's designed to be the anti-Cap and whatever good he does will be motivated more by nationalism than idealistic patriotism.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Rhodey could have had a parachute, that he could have activated, if he hadn't been knocked unconscious.

Yeah the g-forces knocked him out during the fall. There was also the matter of VIsion's shot KO'ing the power in Rhodey's suit so any mechanism to trigger a parachute would have had to have been activated manually. And when there's no power going to the suit is it possible to even move to trigger a mechanism?

I know in ENDGAME just after Thanos's attack on the Avenger's Compound happens and the War Machine armor is compromised Rhodey issues a voice command ("Canopy! Canopy! Canopy!) to pop open the suit. But the assumption there is that the suit STILL had power to activate the command...

 

[MarkB]

Rhodey could have had a parachute, that he could have activated, if he hadn't been knocked unconscious.

He wasn't knocked unconscious. He's still talking as he drops. "I'm flying dead stick here."

 

[Imaculata]

I just watched episode 2, and it is starting to draw me in a bit more. I like the humor and character interactions better than what snippets I saw of it in the trailer. The story so far is intriguing, and the scene with the cops was well done. The topic of racism is more overt now, and it looks like we have a main villain, even if we haven't seen him yet.

Some of the effects shots in the big action scene looked a bit hokey, but it didn't take me out of it. Overall the show is fun, but not yet great. I wonder if by episode 3 it will really start to pick up the pace.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

As a Canadian I confirm. McGill University in Montreal Canada ran unethical mind control studies in the 50-60:

Declassified: Mind Control at McGill | The McGill Tribune

An investigation into the large-scale attempts by the CIA to research behavioural modification and the effects of certain drugs and psychological treatments on the human mind.

www.mcgilltribune.com

That's small beer compared to some, thinking of no UK in particular...