I really love this Marvel series, this series has more depth and depth than previous Marvel series.
This series is different from Wanda Vision, which directly comes to Sam Wilson on the way to the mission at the beginning, and here we can also see that Marvel is not sloppy in the production of the series. After the mission, Sam Wilson learned from his colleagues about Flag Smashers, an organization that believes that the world after The Blip is a better world, and advocates a united world without nationalities and borders. At this point Sam Wilson just said "Every time something gets better for one group, it gets worse for another". Although it refers to a simple sentence, we also vaguely see that Marvel wants to explore some different issues through this album.
The camera then cuts to Sam Wilson giving a speech to DC in the US and returning the shield entrusted to him by Steve Rogers to the government. Many people here will wonder why the shield is exchanged for the government, but Sam Wilson believes that if a symbol loses the original person who brought the symbol, its meaning ceases to exist, but there is no right or wrong in this view. Symbols can indeed give people hope, but if the people who actually travel the ideal no longer exist, are we just nostalgic about the past? Inheritance, as an invisible thing, is not only related to the inheritor, but also a burden that the inheritor must bear, but how do we know what the predecessor expects of the things he inherited? How do others feel about the successor's handling of inheritance? The most fascinating part of this album is that he is different from the previous superhero works. Most superhero works show superheroes with masks, but how many people consider that after taking off the masks, these heroes will eventually It's just a living "person". Sam Wilson's behavior of returning the shield is irresponsible and cowardly in our eyes. In fact, as a "human", he doubts his identity and is afraid of his own incompetence. It's just a manifestation of human nature. Besides, is America really ready to accept a black Captain America?
Then Sam Wilson was about to go to Munich to find a group called Flag Smashers when Bucky Barnes stopped him, he asked Sam Wilson why he handed over the shield, not to mention that it was not what Steve Rogers wanted. But the funny thing is that Bucky Barnes himself has absolutely no idea what Steve Rogers wants. They have very different ideas and interpretations of the Steve Rogers legacy. Sam Wilson believes that when a symbol loses the person behind it, it becomes meaningless. For him, the title Captain America carries too much meaning. It is not that he does not want to be Captain America, but that he is not qualified to be the United States. team leader. Bucky Barnes believes that the shield, as a symbol of Captain America, should and must be passed down. This is the most important thing. After all, the shield, as the only relic left by Steve Rogers, also represents Steve Rogers himself, and is also one of the few in this world. What can be caught should be cherished.
Then cut to the scene where Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes and John Walker started. After Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes finally worked together to knock down John Walker, Bucky Barne successfully took the shield back. But Yu threw it on the ground without hesitation. On the surface, he told Sam Wilson the consequences of giving the shield to others. In fact, after the series of events, Bucky Barnes also realized that the shield is just a shield. The key is the holder. If you want to do something with him, the shield does not represent his own value. After Sam Wilson picked up the shield, he looked at the blood donation on the shield with a heartbroken expression on his face, wiping the blood on the shield in a panic, but he also understood that everything John Walker did had become part of Captain America, already. It couldn't be changed, so he couldn't just sit idly by.
After that, Sam Wilson visited Isaiah Bradley's home again, trying to really understand the meaning of Captain America's symbol. In this section, the two discussed the black ethnic group and the 500-year history of the United States, including questioning the title of Captain America. Finally, Isaiah Bradley also left a sentence "They will never let a black man be Captain America. and even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever wanna be", Sam Wilson left this sentence. In a way, this sentence is a bit extreme, but also after Sam Wilson learned about Captain America's dark history and said to Bucky Barnes during shield practice with Bucky Barnes, "You gotta stop looking" to other people to tell you who you are”. This was not only said to Bucky Barnes, but also to himself. After hearing what Isaiah Bradley said, he realized that he had to pass on this symbol in his own way.
In fact, when Sam Wilson handed over the shield, he was very aware of the history of the shield and the meaning of inheritance, but he was not willing to accept the inheritance until after listening to Isaiah Bradley's words, he I finally understood the title of Captain America, the meaning of this symbol, and I also began to understand what to do as Captain America, and then I really began to face this inheritance. Of course, this album is not just about inheritance. The reason why I like it so much is because in addition to discussing the issue of inheritance, he also talks about the troubles of superheroes as human beings, including money, which almost everyone will do The problems we have worried about, and because of this extremely trivial trouble, also give us a better understanding of their situation. In addition, the album also tells about the influence of the two extremes, mapping the behavior of the United States in the Middle East, the problems brought about by The Blip practice, mapping the European immigration problem, the racial issue, mapping the suppression of ethnic minorities in countries around the world, and of course Bucky. Barnes self-forgiveness blah blah blah. With these various topics, it is not difficult to see Marvel's intentions in making this album, bringing so many layers of works.
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