I love the fact that when the dummy grenade was launched, Peggy was also running towards it, probably to do the same thing as Steve, but Steve was faster (or closer to the grenade) so he was the one to cover it. It shows that both Peggy and Steve had a heart of steel and ready to sacrifice themselves for the right purpose. I didn’t notice this detail before, but now I see it and can respect how much attention the filmmakers paid to this movie.
That's why I love agent Carter she loved Steve before he changwd she didn't look down at him when he was short and scrawny instead she fell in love with the real Steve
I think when Steve covered the grenade with his body is when Peggy first became attracted to him because he was different, he was scrawny, weak, puny and tiny but he had a heart of steel
a person's willingness to sacrifice themselves for the safety of others - whether soldier, sailor, flyboy, astronaut, police, fire, EMT - i've seen the training grenade scene dozens of times, but I still tear up every single time because it brings to mind all those men and women who have been out there fighting for life, freedom, and the "right thing".
Some people join the military partly because it's mandatory, partly because it's their only choice to continue living. A lot of times, they don't even know what they are actually fighting for. It's like chess, while the government act as the king, the soldiers are like pawns. Of course thais is just my thoughts.
@@samuraijackson241Total agreement here, friend. I spent years trying to figure out Who Am I and What Am I Supposed to Do With My Life? At age 71, I'm hoping I have it right at long last. But, who knows? Tomorrow might bring a better or more suitable answer. Digression: My ex knew from the time she was a little girl that she wanted to do what her mother was doing, which was working in Medical Records. While the ex went through three or four various aspects of being in Medical Records, her entire life from four years in college to the next 50 years have all been in that field in one way or another. I, on the other hand, have a curriculum vitae about an inch thick from all the different career choices I've made. Sad part is, as a young child, I wanted to be career military. But once puberty hit? All bets were off. Did couple of years of ROTC and nearly signed up for Naval Reserve Aviation Corp (NAVROC), and did everything but sign on the dotted line. But, with the world going crazy, who knows - my chance to be in the military might not be gone forever just yet.
what the doctor didn't explain to the commanding officer is that, if the person that takes the serum isn't ACTUALLY NICE... they'd have another red skull on their hands
Since the serum was enhancing every aspect of the body, it would naturally enhance the niceness, creativity and brevity in the said person or the other way around if the person is a bully..
The doctor's words are proven more true in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. A physically fit soldier took the serum but he isn't as good-hearted as Steve (until the end of the series, that is.)
That flag scene was always genius to me as THE DS never specifically said they had to climb the pole he just said " whoever brings me the flag ". The how was never specified so my hats off to Steve here 👌🏾😎
Indeed! What would have been best was if Rogers got the flag, handed it to the DS and fell back in line ready to continue the run. It would have demonstrated that not only did he have brains but he had the fortitude to continue on.
The TV series, “Agent Carter,” was by far the best thing on TV: great acting, music, 1940’s period setting, and, of course, Hayley. Naturally, it was cancelled after two seasons.
I loved the first season. The writing in the second season wasn't as great. Hayley was great, though. I would have loved to watch a third season if the writing was as good as the first one.
I think you mispronounced AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER as the best thing on TV. It was a good show (at least the first season) but it doesn't hold a candle to ATLA.
@@l.tc.5032 You know the concept of what opinion means, right? I personally didn't waste my time watching ATLA, it's not my type of series. However, I loved watching Agent Carter.
What their faces say after the grenade didn't go off: Private Hodge: What just happened? Colonel Phillips: Ah crap. Now we're stuck with him. Dr. Erskine: That's my boy. Agent Carter: If we survive this war, I'm keeping you.
She noticed him when he got stuck but kept on going in the Trench obstacle course. So her face at the flag pole said "You had my curiosity. Now you have my attention."
"So we have this serum that gives a man strength and agility beyond human boundaries, who is the perfect candidate to give it to?" Most people in the army: "Give it to a guy that is already strong and fast, even though he has zero other qualities and a mean streak, that will work!"
@ottokarl5427 if the serum can make the skinny guy be Captain America, how strong could an actual strong soldier become? Rogers was still the better choice of course, because of his other qualities, but it's not like it's non-sense to give the serum to the stronger soldier.
@@RowdyBrian17 The movies were never for comic book fans. They were aggressively focus group-tested to ensure they would appeal to the broadest audience possible, with a lot of the comic book norms and tropes cast aside or held up as one-off to joke about or ridicule. Which is a good thing. American comic books have gotten stale (Japanese Manga has this same problem), and the focus on characters, specifically their struggles, shortcomings, and failures, made for better movies. It also helped move the comic book industry forward, as authors realized that audiences and, by extension, readers could enjoy characters and plot with more depth and nuance.
@@Josh-99 It also helps that this movie reminds us why characterization is so important. Namely what drives someone in being a hero. We know Steve is a good guy. We’ve seen plenty of “save the cat” moments with him standing up to bullies, volunteering because he wants to stop evildoers, and brilliantly the Grenade scene, proving Erskine’s point. It’s all so effective and clear in getting the audience to want to root for the guy. You can’t do this with a lot of the “modern” MCU characters because they are written by individuals who believe the audience will already like the characters. Forget the “woke” identity politics stuff, these writers are lazy in believing because they are heroes folks will love them. Not realizing it’s the “virtues” they demonstrate. Cap is justice. Which makes sense.
This happened while I was in BCT in 1969. The kid who jumped on the grenade could not stand back up. The rest of us had run. He didnt. It had been a test.
Or she was going to clear it by kicking it further away from the trainee. That was my initial thought. Even with how everyone reacted, they would have still got injured if Roger's didn't jump on it.
In their defense, you normally wouldn't just do what Steve did. What if things break? You will have to take responsibility then. If you are in that scene, I bet that you will never even think about removing that pin.
Anything with Captain America in has become a favourite of mine. They did is character so well in the MCU, and casting was perfect. He was not a particular favourite of mine in the comics.
Here we see Steve demonstrating the quality that he believed Tony didn't have at all In Avengers. That he is not the guy to make the sacrifice play... to lay down on the wire while the other guy crawls all over him. But Steve here was a loser with no wife, no children and basically with no life. Tony on the other hand had it all, and yet he made the sacrifice without hesitation. Tony was a better man then all of them together.
He was always Captain America, he just didn't always have the means to fight. Something I liked in the What If series was that the version of Steve they showed that never got the Serum still wound up fighting. He got a badass exoskeleton from Stark and still dove face first into danger.
Just thought of something. After the flag pole scene, imagine what will happen to Steve in the barracks. Scrawny recruits shows up the entire unit. Entire unit, pat on the back or a beat down.
Col. Philips: "Gen. Patton has said that wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men. We are going to win this war, because we have the best...men. And because they are going to get better, much better." Steve to Sam before he left to return the stones: "You're a good man Sam."
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captain america was never the first avenger. no matter from what point of view or in what sense you want to see it. but he truly was the best avenger in the MCU.
I've always hated the storylines where other beings are deemed 'worthy' and get to handle Thor's hammer (didn't like it in the comics and really hated it in the movies), but if you want to see why Steve Rogers is judged worthy, look no further than this scene.
what would even be the point of giving the serum to someone who was already physically more than capable of performing his duty? how difficult is it to manufacture and administer this serum that they planned to only give it to one guy?
I am sooooooooo tired seeing the mythical girl who has a great right cross. That soldier would have barely felt that hit and would have grabbed her by the meow and then she would know battle strategy,
Dummy grenade. No explosive or charge in it. It allows soldiers to practice pulling the pin and throwing without blowing themselves up if they drop it. And above - but that most likely doesn’t happen irl.
@@craigcooknf most likely, I just don’t know what it is. And it probably wouldn’t be noticeable enough for them to say in this scene “ohh that’s a dummy grenade, I’m not going to panic”
You’ve got it backwards. Those disasters were caused by inept political hacks in the White House. If they had left the US military alone to do the freak’n job, the outcomes of those conflicts, would’ve been decisively different.
They were NOT defeated by vietnamese. US Army killed much more enemy soldiers than the opposite. US Army left Vietnan because of a political decision, driven by change in the popular support for the war. It is like one be wining a game by large and then one's mother calls him back home.
