About this episode

The episode discusses the shield-centric action sequences in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the reveal of Bucky as the Winter Soldier.

Minutes 81 through 85 are, by Pete's official measurement, the single shieldiest stretch in the entire Captain America catalogue — the rare sequence where the shield gets used as an actual shield rather than a vibranium frisbee with commitment issues. Cap goes full turtle under a minigun, redirects incoming fire into the nearest henchman like a man playing a video game he's already beaten, and the sound team conjures a church-bell thong for two substances that have never once met in the history of physics. (You will believe a minigun can ricochet off vibranium and launch a grown man sideways. You shouldn't. You will.)Then the mask comes off. At minute 83 — a bit of timing Kyle finds deeply satisfying — the Winter Soldier turns out to be Bucky, delivers the franchise's finest three-word identity crisis ("Who the hell is Bucky?"), and Steve Rogers does the thing Chris Evans's face does better than any face in the MCU: completely come apart mid-fistfight. Natasha takes a shoulder wound, Falcon nearly eats the pavement on touchdown, Rumlow declines to execute Cap on live television (restraint!), and our heroes get folded into a van for a totally routine prisoner transport to the…

Topics covered

• Captain America
• Winter Soldier
• action sequences
• character identity
• stunt performers
• sound design

Keywords

• shield
• Bucky
• vibranium
• action
• identity crisis
• stunts
• sound effects

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Godfather, Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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