Sassafras
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I thought this was a solid start but I agree there's a lot that has yet to be explained post-blip. Other than Happy showing up in FFH we don't really know much about the state of Stark Industries, do we? There should be some type of impact from having (presumably) half of your corporate personnel being wiped from existence for 5 years. Not that this is necessarily the show to explain that, but it could lead into it. Besides, Sam, Bucky, PP, etc., were all dead and Tony had moved on & started a family; Why would he have set up golden parachutes for people who didn't exist anymore? But once they came back you would think Pepper & Happy would step up.
Weeeeellll - that's kinda messy; 'coz supposedly Peter Parker would've been the heir apparent so in theory he would be taking care of pension plans? But Peter IMO is way too young to be thinking of stuff like that.
Economically Bucky is probably owed back pay and could have lawyers fighting for that; also probably has old Hydra stashes he could raid; meanwhile I was kinda dubious about Sam not being able to get a loan.
Yeah, I get the social aspects; but my family is military - there's VA loans and government credit unions for military and families. IMO ur first go-to for a loan, especially if u lived in DC for a while. IMO u wouldn't go to some town bank for a first choice. Plus Sam might be getting some kind of pension - just sayin'. if I had been with the writer, I would have said something, like "Navy Federal Credit Union for military and families, ya?"
But as a huge WS and Falcon fan, still *&^%$ at the Russos and their writers - yep, am really happy with Spellman and Skogland. Some great framing of the shots; can't find the quote from Spellman from way back, but remember reading a comment he made that made me real happy at the time; e.g., he more or less was saying these characters were HIS, now.
And I was real happy about that, because this writer was OWNING the characters for better or worse; vs. the Captain Marvel writers where (to me) it just sounded like they wanted to goof off. Spellman since has given a bunch of interviews, talking about his passion for the story he wanted to tell; and IMO that is really coming through with this series. PLUS he's a comic nerd!
I keep hammering on the writing - well, IMO that can make or break a lot, for me. Stan and Mackie are - stunningly good; reminded me of TWS with some Jason Bourne thrown in. Was even happy about the settings, including the deep South (yep, military family, was there too; so that's awesome for me)