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 Okay, let's try this again. This is your friendly neighborhood Ticketmaster, back after a bit of spur-of-the-moment commentary to again wish you a happy National Film Score Day (on the correct date this time). It has only been an hour at the time of this writing since I last posted, but said commentary post hasn't gone over well yet. Perhaps I cursed too much therein, or perhaps social media is feeding me to its SEO-powered cancelling machines for even talking about a certain topic that shall not be named here, or perhaps people just didn't find it as interesting as the rest of my  Streaming Saturday  content. Whatever the case, you're here for some actual Falcon & the Winter Soldier  content, so remember to like and comment below (on this post, too, not just the social media stuff--for those of you on Facebook, you know what my participation traffic for Blogger  really  looks like) because every little click and word helps. Oh, and another SPOILER War...

You know, androids, aliens, and wizards? It also helps to have a plan, partnership, and patriotism; just don't tell that to our two leads.... Hello, Ticketholders, and welcome back to Streaming Saturday ! The second episode of Falcon & the Winter Soldier (titled "The Star-Spangled Man"--appropriately without a plan) dropped yesterday on Disney+ , so if you care about SPOILERS!, go and watch it before you continue reading, and remember to like and comment below. There wasn't much in terms of real story beats in this one, as the majority of the runtime focused on witty banter and impressive-looking action scenes, so I'll take a more critical view this time around. The main point of contention with characters and viewers alike continues to be Wyatt Russell as John Walker (a.k.a. U.S. Agent, a.k.a. "your new Captain America"). Part of this comes from pre-existing fan knowledge of the comic book version of the character, and part comes...