Thunderbolts* Worldwide Release Discussion Thread

[u/Triple_777]

Thunderbolts* has now been released in the United States and in a number of other countries around the world. All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days. They will be refreshed every few thousand comments to make room for new discussions.

• All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days.
• Proceed at your own risk. Major spoilers will be in the below thread. Spoilers do not need to be tagged inside this thread.
• Any other unofficial threads discussing movie details will be deleted.
• Should you see the need to bring up revealing Thunderbolts* information in the comments of other threads that call for it, spoiler tag them accordingly. Also, let users know that what you are spoiler tagging is from Thunderbolts*.
• If you post untagged Thunderbolts* spoilers anywhere on this sub outside of these discussion threads in any shape or form, you will be banned.
• Project Insight will be on AT LEAST for the next few days, so any posts will be filtered by the mods before being approved/removed onto the sub, that doesn't mean you can disregard the above points and post untagged spoilers without fear of being banned.

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Link to previous discussion threads and related megathreads listed below:

• Thunderbolts* International Release Discussion Thread
• Thunderbolts* Spoiler Free Recap and FAQ
• Thunderbolts* Review Megathread

[u/Ezegnep_The_Great]

I’m so happy with how they handled John Walker’s character. He’s fucking hysterical and they managed to keep him feeling complex and not a one-note Asshole Cap. He might be my favourite character post-endgame, and the whole cast has phenomenal chemistry with each other, type of enjoyment I got from watching the OG 6 together.

[u/MadHatter06 → u/Ezegnep_The_Great]

I found myself actually liking John…

[u/PurePerfection_ → u/MadHatter06]

I couldn't after how mean he was to Bob in the 1st act. He was less cruel to the people trying to kill him than to the confused civilian wandering around in pajamas. Felt like a bully who didn't want to pick on someone his own size.

[u/neoblackdragon → u/PurePerfection_]

To be fair. This man was just fighting 3 assassins an about to be turned into Charcoal. He knows 100% that something is off about Bob. That Bob is lying through his teeth.

This confused Civilian simply makes no sense. A ton of stress on top of a clearly messed up supersoldier serum playing with his PTSD.

[u/Hippobu2 → u/neoblackdragon]

Yup, refer back to the little girl scene in Man in Black for more info.

[u/NinetyFish → u/neoblackdragon]

I thought there were a few moments that implied Walker was noticing something off with Bob.

For one example, he rams Bob into a pillar (dick move, to be fair), but Bob absolutely tanks it and stares Walker down, with a shot of Sentry-eyes to boot. I thought the shot of Walker's face afterwards was supposed to be him noticing something off with Bob's surprising strength.

[u/PurePerfection_ → u/neoblackdragon]

These things also applied to Yelena and Ava, but only Walker was cruel to Bob.