What? It's also a Disney property. They can't get too mad at me, can they?
I love the Kate Bishop character and I really liked the Fraction take on Hawkeye. I learned a tiny bit of ASL when I was living with a severely HoH roommate in the mid 90s, not enough to ever really communicate, but better than nothing. The process of learning this entirely new way to connect with other people, to translate meaning into symbol and back into meaning was a true challenge for me, and so when Barton had to go through that, that learning process I could relate to (even if the deafness wasn't).
Ever since I heard Kate Bishop was going to be brought to the screen I was excited, and when I found out they would be drawing heavily from Matt Fraction's run, I've been over the forest moon of Endor. Now I'm 7 hours away and I am so, supremely excited.
Anyone with me?
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It’s a shame they seem to have erased the swordsman history with Hawkeye from MCU but maybe they’ll make up for it by having him become the new Ronin (my left field prediction for the series)
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The characterization is fantastic, really. Ultimately it may be that I'm just expecting more spine-tingling excitement and that it's not that the show is too slow, just that it's slower than I thought it would be. And really Ep1 & 3 both had extended sequences of great action, it was only Ep 2 that didn't.
I will definitely stay to the end, and if it builds up to a good enough ending, I'm sure I'll rewatch it.
One thing I really did like from Ep3?
There is quite a bit of other stuff on as well that I am getting behind on. Longer term the LOTR TV series and return of some other fantasy shows (historic/fantasy are mostly my favourite genres but obviously SW as well and sci-fi fantasy in general, superhero not so much but enjoyed a few recently-ish on Disney+ who have really been doing a pretty **** good job on that stuff).
Other fantasy stuff there have also been other good things recently like Foundation and the Dune movie and wheel of time which is a few episodes in.
Hawkeye would be good in less interesting times but really just filler for me if I can be bothered at all. Still, if you haven't seen those mentioned then look them up.
One upcoming you didn't mention was Dune:The Sisterhood (a series by the same director as the movie, focussing on the Bene Gesserit. The timeframe is not yet revealed, but I'm hoping it's set not long before Jennifer marries Leto (and that the intrigue behind the marriage will be part of the series). We don't know, of course, but a series focussed on the period where Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is already of middling power and explaining her ascent to the peak of BG power while exploring Jennifer's training and trials would make a great addition to the Dune universe. Why did Jessica give birth to a son, precisely? I mean, I know it's because she loved Leto and wanted to give him an heir, but there has to be more to it. And although I know the very minimal information that originally came from Herbert about a potential daughter being wedded to a Harkonnen heir, as Jessica herself proves there were plenty of Harkonnen daughters. What would be wrong with going the other way? Why were the BG so insistent on this one path? Like I said, there's a lot there to explore that would be both very interesting and have the potential to affect how the movies are interpreted.
Even with all that, though, I was madly excited to see Kate Bishop come to the screen and she has not disappointed.
@LordDirt
I completely agree with your spoiler. I, too, immediately thought the same thing just from that one image
I'm enjoying the series. It has action, of course, but is less conflict driven than, say, The Falcon & The Winter Soldier. It's very much character driven, and very Kate Bishop focussed. I loved the line about
Very much looking forward to more Echo. The only really disappointing thing about this series is that 6 episodes seems a bit too short. Hopefully there will be a season 2.
I'm sure you loved it too, and
Did you notice what that name is?