That's a quibble I have with folks mining the comics for clues in the show. I mean, yes, we know when somebody in the show has the same name from the comics, it'll means something. But it kinda takes the air out of the room when they go on and on about how it'll be.I’ve not really seen that in him.
I’m sure. If it’s a character from a comic book that you’re familiar with, and you say that’s the character, I believe you, and I’m sure that’s where it will go. For me he’s a brand new character and he seems fine if a bit out of his depth.
I guess foreknowledge can alter your perception of a character’s portrayal.
Tropes aren’t real. They are arbitrary categories whose purpose is only a shorthand that allows the audience to assume they understand a work of art without actually looking closely at it.
I don't know where I got the impression, but I thought it was more that they had gotten it from the Power Broker and then refused to pay rather than that they stole it in the first place. That's cutting some hairs mighty thin, though.I'm not sure they've outright made it clear . . . . but the Flag-Smashers stole super-serum from the Power Broker to gain their super-powers, and he's not happy with them! That's who they were fleeing from in Episode 2.
How are we overlooking it if it hasn't happened?
We don't know whether Walker will ever receive any version of the super soldier serum. We don't know whether the Flag Smashers gain their enhanced abilities from a super soldier serum or from some other source. And if they are using some version of that serum, we don't know whether it still functions the same way as Dr Erskine's original formula, or is a heavily modified version.
I don't know where I got the impression, but I thought it was more that they had gotten it from the Power Broker and then refused to pay rather than that they stole it in the first place. That's cutting some hairs mighty thin, though.
I agree that Walker is out of his depth, as portrayed so far. But I'm also seeing his power plays too, and I'm not super familiar with the comics. What I'm enjoying about the character so far is that he's very fleshed out and given depth. It seems like he's being set up as an antagonist to Falcon and Bucky, but he's hardly a villain . . . at least so far.I’ve not really seen that in him.
I’m sure. If it’s a character from a comic book that you’re familiar with, and you say that’s the character, I believe you, and I’m sure that’s where it will go. For me he’s a brand new character and he seems fine if a bit out of his depth.
I guess foreknowledge can alter your perception of a character’s portrayal.
I’ve not really seen that in him.
I guess foreknowledge can alter your perception of a character’s portrayal.
Indeed. Tropes are like terms like climax, inciting incident, denouement. They are jargon about the craft and design patterns of story telling. They exist because these conceptual constructs coalesced as effective models in stories. It is hard to make a good story without these pieces. And most good stories that were made with no knowledge of these constructs turn out to have these constructs in them.Tropes are meta-language, a shorthand that the artist can use to quickly give an audience understanding and expectations, that they can then also subvert for effect. They are totally a real thing, as much as any concept (and thus, any art) is real, because art exists in a context of other art, and artists borrow elements from each other constantly. Art exists in genres with shared elements - those shared elements are tropes.