Ya' know, IF TV was this.. started like this. IF the first studio that did a comic book story live action had treated them equal to other productions..
Marvel has been a staple of my life since 1977. Marvel pretty much taught me to read. I learned complicated words to follow a story with the help of a dictionary. I had to know what the bubbles were saying. The characters drawn were something that made me want to read. But more importantly it sparked my interest in science, biology. Taught me about cultures, to languages politics.
We live in an age where humans are growing. We are growing in mental capacity. And that is to be more Human. We are at a point in Human history where we know that all humans are equal. We know that the old ways of rich dominating the poor are wrong. We know that color is not a factor in determining equality. We know now that no mater the language, path to God, food eaten, or clothing worn we all are to be seen. We do know that IF, if only humanity was not arguing but making strides in accomplishing the tasks of healing humanity by making fairness a standard.. The Standard. The topics Marvel are covering is something they have covered in the comics since As long as I have been reading. They helped me be more human and stop to remember that homeless person I see every day has a story. And not one where he is a dirty drug addict. But one of tremendous loss, series of miss fortunes.
Falcon and the Winter soldier. The production team has kept every thing Marvel. The take these stories seriously as any other production. More so. And you do knot need to be a comic fan to follow any of this. You can jump in, start watching and get woke. These shows have everything for action drama humor, But they bring up real things we Humans need to work on and we KNOW it. While speaking about soldiers benefits. This hit hard. I have never served, But, as a free citizen of my country (Canada) I am well aware of the sacrifice of the many heroes from so many countries that recognized and responded to a threat that would change the world forever in a direction that would have forever ruined countless millions. That was an event that if you are not informed , was truly one of the most epic events in human history. The entire world as we know it would be different. This has to be thought about hard and long. Soldiers are so important to our society. One day maybe we can not need them so much But now... they can not be treated in such a fashion as we are educated watching the show. Covering the voice of being a black person, amd this is not an America isolated issue. It helps to see how hard the history is and you can not deny, any Human has the right to anything any other human would need. Why are every day things just so difficult. Shopping for groceries? walking the dog? the simplest things can become a life changing situation.
Marvel has made Movies, TV, some thing to watch again. Something to learn from. Not just shock and awe, Not just flashing scenes and grand explosion's. But story telling. World change thought provoking and mind changing. While keeping truth. A realistic point of view. Looking at things from so many angles you can see and understand the conversations.
Marvel, you just keep being you. Everyone there should be very proud.
In every production so far I laughed and cried. But also, considered things I normally would overlook or ignore.
I am eager to see Mutants. So many more tools of exploration there.
Thank you so much.