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Five Thoughts on Hawkeye‘s “So This is Christmas?”

By Johnny Hall | Dec 24, 2021 | Television

If there is one tried and true formula to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Method, it’s that “In the end, stuff needs to explode.” Not to be the outlier, our Hawkguys finale had explosions galore, and enough chaos, weird tonal shifts, inconsistent characterizations, and oddly anemic fight scenes as to cause not just an explosion, but […]

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Five Thoughts on Hawkeye‘s “Ronin”

By Johnny Hall | Dec 17, 2021 | Television

In one of the most important episodes of any Phase Four MCU project, Clint becomes Ronin once again, Echo learns that there’s a rat in the TSM, Jacques Duquesne gets brought in by the police on suspicion of murder, and a character decides definitively they were born to be a superhero. All that, and that’s […]

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Five Thoughts on Hawkeye‘s “Partners, Am I Right?”

By Johnny Hall | Dec 10, 2021 | Television

A very character-driven episode marks the beginning of the second half of the series, as Clint and Kate continue to investigate the Tracksuit Mafia, bond over a Christmas-themed brainstorming session, and barter for some new duds. Plus the re-introduction of another second generation Avenger, and hints at more spies in the family. The fun continues […]

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Five Thoughts on Hawkeye‘s “Echoes”

By Johnny Hall | Dec 3, 2021 | Television

“I’m not a role model,” says Clint Barton towards the end of this week’s episode, and despite being known to the world as an Avenger, the group that just got done saving half of the population of the universe, audiences know that what Hawkeye the Elder is saying carries water. The MCU version of Barton […]

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Ten Thoughts on Hawkeye’s “Never Meet Your Heroes” and “Hide and Seek”

By Johnny Hall | Nov 26, 2021 | Television

Marvel fans have a lot to be thankful for this year, from Wandavision to What If…?, media juggernaut Disney+ has pumped a metric ton of MCU content into the atmosphere in 2021. The newest offering is Hawkeye, a miniseries seeing the return of Jeremy Renner to the role of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, as well […]

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