You kinda just described everything in star wars. Anikan, Ashoka, Omega, Ezra, Luke, Grogu and Rey all have a pretty similar act 1. Annoying, Mystery kid being discovered by wise old character or characters taken in and/or trained.
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I was totally expecting Crosshair to drop Howzer. This was a great episode. Hera started to show the flying chops she had on Rebels and I also like how Omega is developing more as a tactical thinker. She’s almost pure unaltered Jango, so it’s going to come naturally with time and mentoring. And I LOVED that Hunter…
I was looking for some version of this comment before posting it myself. In a world where different characters are shown to have distinct fighting styles, we really only see Taskmaster pull off some Cap, Natasha (only while fighting her), a single Hawkeye arrow, and Black Panther claws but not really fighting moves.
I actually had Deathlok from AoS vibes there.
Taskmaster isn’t a mutant in any incarnation I don’t think? In the 616 he’s just enhanced with a super solider serum.
Maybe they’re thinking they want to do 6 episodes on Disney+ about Taskmaster, where she would be redefining herself, or rather, defining herself for the first time. They wouldn’t have revealed that information before the release of this movie if they had been planning something.
Hell, even more derivative: it’s basically just “Winter Soldier, by way of BarakaPool.”
It doesn’t help that they X-Men: Origin’d a character known for having panache and character up the wazoo and made her some generic mute killbot. I’m fine with a gender swap but this was an opportunity to create a memorable villain and we got... Deadpool from X-Men: Origins.
I didn’t mind Tasky being Antonia, but it was a waste of what could have been a full Phase villain. Instead we got a mind controlled cyborg-type person that just did someone else’s bidding the whole time, it was pretty meh for me, Tasky works best as it’s own entity, with it’s own wishes and agendas. Oh well, maybe…
Did they though? She knew the girl would die and put her own freedom before that little girl’s life. Her still being alive doesn’t change that decision.
Taskmaster reminded of me of the first iteration we got of Deadpool in the X-Men Origins movie...
Some comics address the limitations. For instance, when he was a kid, Tasky tried to imitate a swimmer he had seen, but didn’t properly know how to swim himself and almost drowned. For certain abilities outside his physical capabilities, he’ll use tech weapons, but for the most part, he’ll incorporate the techniques…
I don’t know about this. I sort of dug the sort of terminator-ish silence. I think taunting or quipping or what have you would have taken away from her impact.
I can understand why they changed Taskmaster’s origin for this movie. Marvel wanted Black Widow and Taskmaster to have a history, and it’s a real gut-punch when Natasha finds out that she’s basically responsible for creating Taskmaster... but I just don’t like how they executed it.
i’ve seen a lot of posts from people who say taskmaster is their favorite comic book character and they’re disappointed that the adaptation didn’t do him justice.
It’s more likely it’s a spin on or inspired by Frog Thor in the comics. The movies have mentioned it, so it’s canon.
Because almost none of what he did was illegal. He was an asshole, cad, liar, duplicitous & deceptive. He showed a really awful side of himself but it’s not the kind of thing that’s criminal (except for if some of the people involved were minors).
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