humanist + humorist

Still working through the Marvel episodes of the Still Watching podcast!

Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Their FATWS commentary was pretty in line with my feelings, and they got some great interviews. Isaiah Bradley’s actor talking about how “no self-respecting black man would want to carry that shield” was, deep down, the character admonishing himself for ever getting his hopes up — whoof.

There’s a chat with the head writer where the podcaster mentions the scene of Sam getting hassled by random cops on the street, before they realize he’s an Avenger. She asks if that was based on [news-making incidents of this happening to IRL famous black men]. And he’s all “hadn’t actually heard of those, it was just based on the universal experience of Being A Black Man In America.”

Double whoof. (She takes it with a reasonable “…yeah, that tracks.”)

Loki

Got to the Loki episodes next (looks like this is the final Marvel series they watched in full). They started with a “theories/teasers/predictions” episode, now I’m into the broadcasts.

Loki s1 was Jonathan Majors’ big Kang debut, and these episodes are from 2021. Which means the podcasters are talking about what big fans of his they are, and how he seems like such a kind and charming guy. Sweet summer children. I wonder if the Majors news is part of why they didn’t come back for s2.

…and there’s an interview with a main writer talking about how Marvel recruited him off Rick and Morty, and he’s not the only one, and then he moved from there to Multiverse of Madness?

Not breaking news, I know, but wild that this is the first time I’ve heard it! Because wow, it explains so much about why MoM is Like That.