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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 314993" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Hawkeye</span></strong> (2021)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://resizing.flixster.com/1dJIt4Ctg33O82PJ1STPsa2i_ic=/ems.ZW1zLXByZC1hc3NldHMvdHZzZWFzb24vMGEyYmJmMTgtNGIyYS00M2Q4LTllMGQtY2RlY2FkYjMxMGI3LmpwZw==" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 394px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><em>Never Meet Your Heroes / Hide And Seek / Echoes</em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s little more than a week since <em>Loki</em> ended in O’Dramavision, but it feels so much longer. In fact I’d even misremembered the last live-action series I last watched to be <em>Falcon And The Winter Soldier</em>.</p><p></p><p>Hawkeye (the character) is a curious one for me. During my MCU watch I’ve never had a problem with Jeremy Renner’s portrayal (even before watching I knew that this would be quite a different Clint Barton from the one I knew. Certainly visually), but neither have I felt particularly attached to him. Scrolling back through this thread I’ve said very little about him, and haven’t been grabbed or wowed by him. But at the same time I was surprised to find on looking this morning that he only appeared in five films of the first three phases (with a couple of those being only a cough and a spit), because he feels like a core part of the MCU so perhaps he seems more present than he’s actually been.</p><p></p><p>I feel it’s pretty safe to say he hasn’t been as well serviced as he might have been.</p><p></p><p>It’s interesting that this kind of continues in this series. The first couple of episodes felt as much Kate Bishop’s story as they have Clint’s. More in a way, since it’s essentially telling her origin story.</p><p></p><p>Starting with Kate, she’s not a character with whom I’m familiar from the comics, debuting long after I’d stopped reading regularly. I’ve found her a decent enough character, likeable but with enough edge to keep her interesting.</p><p></p><p>The intrigue with the mysterious Jack gives a nice, super-heroic twist to the familiar drama of stepparent/stepchild friction.</p><p></p><p>Not that Clint has been hugely neglected here. He’s had some great scenes and the writing paired with Jeremy Renner’s performance capture so much: his responsibilities as a parent; the hearing impairment; his weariness at people’s reaction to him; his guilt over the Ronin business.</p><p></p><p>The episodes’ structures, too have really got me invested. Once again the Battle Of New York from <em>The Avengers </em>is shown to be the point around which other stories centre, and I really like how more recent vehicles are casting a nostalgic eye in that direction, enhancing it slightly and making it feel even more important. <em>Endgame</em> revisited it, which in turn set up <em>Loki</em>. Now we see the battle through Kate’s eyes in flashback. And on top of this, the “Avengers” feature in <em>Rogers: The Musical </em>(which, scarily enough, actually looks very feasible as a project).</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>continued…</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 314993, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Hawkeye[/SIZE][/B] (2021) [IMG width="394px"]https://resizing.flixster.com/1dJIt4Ctg33O82PJ1STPsa2i_ic=/ems.ZW1zLXByZC1hc3NldHMvdHZzZWFzb24vMGEyYmJmMTgtNGIyYS00M2Q4LTllMGQtY2RlY2FkYjMxMGI3LmpwZw==[/IMG] [SIZE=5][I]Never Meet Your Heroes / Hide And Seek / Echoes[/I][/SIZE] [/CENTER] It’s little more than a week since [I]Loki[/I] ended in O’Dramavision, but it feels so much longer. In fact I’d even misremembered the last live-action series I last watched to be [I]Falcon And The Winter Soldier[/I]. Hawkeye (the character) is a curious one for me. During my MCU watch I’ve never had a problem with Jeremy Renner’s portrayal (even before watching I knew that this would be quite a different Clint Barton from the one I knew. Certainly visually), but neither have I felt particularly attached to him. Scrolling back through this thread I’ve said very little about him, and haven’t been grabbed or wowed by him. But at the same time I was surprised to find on looking this morning that he only appeared in five films of the first three phases (with a couple of those being only a cough and a spit), because he feels like a core part of the MCU so perhaps he seems more present than he’s actually been. I feel it’s pretty safe to say he hasn’t been as well serviced as he might have been. It’s interesting that this kind of continues in this series. The first couple of episodes felt as much Kate Bishop’s story as they have Clint’s. More in a way, since it’s essentially telling her origin story. Starting with Kate, she’s not a character with whom I’m familiar from the comics, debuting long after I’d stopped reading regularly. I’ve found her a decent enough character, likeable but with enough edge to keep her interesting. The intrigue with the mysterious Jack gives a nice, super-heroic twist to the familiar drama of stepparent/stepchild friction. Not that Clint has been hugely neglected here. He’s had some great scenes and the writing paired with Jeremy Renner’s performance capture so much: his responsibilities as a parent; the hearing impairment; his weariness at people’s reaction to him; his guilt over the Ronin business. The episodes’ structures, too have really got me invested. Once again the Battle Of New York from [I]The Avengers [/I]is shown to be the point around which other stories centre, and I really like how more recent vehicles are casting a nostalgic eye in that direction, enhancing it slightly and making it feel even more important. [I]Endgame[/I] revisited it, which in turn set up [I]Loki[/I]. Now we see the battle through Kate’s eyes in flashback. And on top of this, the “Avengers” feature in [I]Rogers: The Musical [/I](which, scarily enough, actually looks very feasible as a project). [CENTER] [I]continued…[/I][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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