I've been waiting for this movie for YEARS and was not disappointed, albeit not copmletely thrilled. They invented the midquel instead of paying attention to what the fans were asking for ages ago. (Yes, I'm bitter.) Like you, I liked that it was more of a spy movie, similar vibe to Winter Soldier instead over the top like most of the others.
The alternate take on Drakov's Daughter and Taskmaster seemed a reasonably clever way to fit that within the constraints of a world in which actors age, though Nat being emotionally tortured most by the death of one child in a universe where she also did the hospital fire is a little dubious. I still wanted born in the 40s Natasha with a nat/bucky relationship but oh well.
I don't think the Countess is really advertising herself as a villain to her recruits, and I get the impression they aren't going to use either of her canon backstories. I also wonder if that was the original end credits scene, since originally it was going to be released in May 2020, three months before the planned premiere of FatWS.
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Date: 2021-07-20 11:18 pm (UTC)The alternate take on Drakov's Daughter and Taskmaster seemed a reasonably clever way to fit that within the constraints of a world in which actors age, though Nat being emotionally tortured most by the death of one child in a universe where she also did the hospital fire is a little dubious. I still wanted born in the 40s Natasha with a nat/bucky relationship but oh well.
I don't think the Countess is really advertising herself as a villain to her recruits, and I get the impression they aren't going to use either of her canon backstories. I also wonder if that was the original end credits scene, since originally it was going to be released in May 2020, three months before the planned premiere of FatWS.