The first two episodes for Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winder Soldier (2021) are now officially streaming on Disney+. The miniseries will consist of six episodes. The pilot episode of “The Mighty Ducks,” reboot series, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021) officially became available to stream on Disney+ this past Friday, March 26th and it has ten episodes. Both shows are waiting to release episodes week by week.
From what the pilot episode acknowledged, both the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, (aka Sam and Bucky) are struggling without their friend Captain America (aka Steve Rogers), since he went back in time to be with his love, Peggy Carter, at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019). Steve gave Sam his trademark shield, which Sam decided to give up to the U.S. Government to be displayed at the Smithsonian; while Bucky is still attending therapy, recovering from his days as a brainwashed assassin (aka the Winter Soldier). There’s still a great deal of unpredictability yet to come in both of their lives, with the new threat of the “Flag Smashers.” They have yet to figure out how to work as partners as they are without the rest of the Avengers and they aren’t super close.
It is great to see Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, and Don Cheadle all back in their roles from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are all equally talented actors and they bring each of their characters to life brilliantly, as do Wyatt Russell, and in the following weeks, Daniel Bruhl and Emily VanCamp. Director Kari Skogland continues the epic look and feel that Anthony and Joe Russo created in each of the MCU movies they directed (i.e. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019)). The show features well-choreographed fight scenes and visual effects reminiscent of the movies, so there’s no reason why fans of the movies wouldn’t be fans of the series.
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” is about how Evan (played by Brady Noon) is cut from The Mighty Ducks Junior Hockey Team. His paralegal mother, Alex, (played by Lauren Graham), encourages him to form his own new hockey team, which she will coach, along with the help of the Ducks former coach Gordon Bombay (once again portrayed by Emilio Estevez). This is interesting because the new show appears to be more about Alex and her relationship with Evan, and how she will balance her career along with coaching her son’s new ice hockey team. It will also be interesting to see what happens with Estevez’s character. In the original film he was a self-absorbed lawyer but learned to humble himself when he became coach of the original Ducks. Now, he’s more of the curmudgeon, reluctant advisor to the new “mom coach.”
Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay is an interesting pairing along with Lauren Graham-who plays yet another eccentric, but caring mother (much like Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood (2010-2015)). Why Gordon has lost his passion for hockey remains a mystery, but who knows? Maybe Alex will play a role in rekindling his passion along with finding her own self-confidence. She might or might not also become his new love interest. The show has ten episodes in store, but there is the possibility it could be picked up for a Season Two. That presents curiousity whether or not the Season One cliffhanger could be return of another one of the original film’s cast members.
I don’t know about you, but I personally am very impressed by these two shows. It’s disappointing that both show’s episodes will only be available to stream only one week at a time, whereas the full season would be available on Netflix, but they both have good potential. Let’s hope the future episodes live up to that.
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