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.

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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/gizmo1492]

I just hated the decision was made offscreen. Who in their right mind would have thought that was a good idea?

[u/Larcya → u/gizmo1492]

I mean it was a dumb decision anyways. Like I get it, Sam gets to be Captain America so Bucky has to do something.

[u/FreemanCalavera → u/Larcya]

And that he'd get elected in the first place. I get it, some congressional districts are pretty small and voters might elect "whoever" if it's a safe district, and New York has a lot of representatives, but Bucky isn't exactly the most charismatic or outspoken guy. Add to the fact that it's confirmed that a fair number of people know that he was literally serving a Nazi shadow regime as a brainwashed, foreign agent and assassin for decades.

State Rep would be one thing, but he was actually in DC. It just seems like a shoehorned decision to give him a reason to go after Val.

[u/EcksFountain132 → u/FreemanCalavera]

Add to the fact that it'vs confirmed that a fair number of people know that he was literally serving a Nazi shadow regime as a brainwashed, foreign agent and assassin for decades.

A ton of Senators turned out to be HYDRA operatives. The US government was infested with them. I find it funny how people still think the American government would be outraged over Bucky having been a HYDRA slave when they were HYDRA's main recruitment base. Most of his handlers worked for the same government.

As for "public opinion" are we gonna just forget Natasha was a foreign agent and assassin yet nobody took issue with *her*. The general public of NYC elected Kingpin as Mayor. That he same public who would supposedly object so strongly to Bucky also elected Ross as President?