It's absolutely needed because that's what happened. Isaiah was weaponized against his will, then betrayed by his country when his usefulness had run its course. The world didn't know about a Black Cap because the people in charge kept him under wraps. And Falcon was passed up as Steve's replacement for Walker despite that being what he wanted because the government once again thought a black man wasn't good enough for the shield.
Those are both huge story arcs that are intrinsic to Captain America, Falcon, Walker and Bucky.
Bucky is well on his way to getting better but his personal journey to redemption shouldn't overshadow everything else the story is telling and setting up. Nor should an uncomfortable but very real issue be dumbed down because you think it takes away from Bucky's therapy time when it's just as important as everything else in the setting if not moreso.
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Race might have played a part there, but there are also other factors that could have been the cause for this. For starters, Sam himself rejected the shield, publicly to boot. What's more, he's just come back from the Blip (whereas, based on the dialogue about him running ops months earlier, Walker wasn't Blipped), and Sam's rebelled against the government and was an outlaw for two years after the events of CA:CW. It could be that their main motivation for picking Walker, beyond his physical capabilities (which were "off the charts"), is because they thought he'd be more likely to stay in line and just do what he's told, whereas Sam is more likely to give them the finger if he thinks they're making the wrong call.
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His parents will probably get killed like in the comic and that could push him over the breaking point after the pressure of being Cap and several failures to his name.
I wonder when we’ll see the old Netflix characters again
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Well Cage can't get the normal SSS. It's far too weak in comparison to him for him to still be considered Luke Cage. You don't get bulletproof and "I can throw cars" level of strength with the standard serum.
I don't know about butthurt, but a lot of people might find it perplexing and unnecessary. Cage has his own unique backstory, as well as the symbolism of being the "bulletproof Black man in America" and the political and social elements attached to it (which are highlighted quite effectively in the Netflix show) and which would be lost by that kind of change.
If they want to do a something along those lines, a prequel show about Isaiah Bradley or maybe a spin-off Patriot show would be a better idea IMO. Or a movie about either, obviously.
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I like Zemo, and I like the general attitude of the show, but I have two things that annoy me:
-I've always liked the idea that Cap was the only one the serum worked perfectly on. I feel like it cheapens him a bit if they start saying that some guy in a lab actually did a better job than Erskine, and now all these super soldiers are running around with a better serum than Steve's.
-Walker is too competent with the shield for me. Unless it comes out that he's also a super soldier later on, it's gonna continue to bother me.
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