The Reel Rejects - WHAT IF? 3x3Marvel Breakdown & Review
Episode Date: December 24, 2024IN THE MOOD FOR THUNDERBOLTS NOW! Thanks To SAN: https://san.com/reelrejects What If Season 3 Full Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Follow Us On Socials: Instagram: ht...tps://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/thereelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ What If...? Season 3 Episode 3 Reaction, Recap, Commentary, & Spoiler Review w/ Greg Alba & Coy Jandreau (DC Studios Comics Correspondent)! Greg and Coy delve into Marvel Studios' What If...? Season 3, Episode 3, titled "What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?" In this alternate universe, Red Guardian (voiced by David Harbour) intercepts the Winter Soldier's mission to assassinate Howard Stark, leading to an unexpected alliance. The episode features appearances by Red Guardian, Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (voiced by Sebastian Stan), Goliath (voiced by Laurence Fishburne), and Obadiah Stane (from Iron Man), reimagining the events of Captain America: Civil War in a buddy cop style narrative. Greg and Coy react to the dynamic interactions, action-packed sequences, and the unique twist on the original storyline, providing in-depth analysis and engaging commentary on this imaginative episode. Follow Coy Jandreau: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coyjandreau?l... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coyjandreau/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoyJandreau YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH2szDTuU9ImFZ9gBRH8w Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Music Used In Manscaped Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM: FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Citizens of the Reject Nation, we are here for what if season three, episode 3.
Oh, that was adorable.
I loved that one.
I did.
I really love that one.
It was so sweet.
It hit me a little bit in like,
oh, damn, I feel like I've been here a lot longer,
but in a good way.
When it was close to the ending,
it really hit me.
I feel like I've been here for like a movie length time,
but I haven't.
And it really showed me that,
weirdly this could have been a whole movie with the because it's all the beats of an action movie
yeah and a lot of the tropes in plays but it got it moved through them without it feeling rushed
exactly as good character arcs for both of them which was like the predictable character
art that you get into these kind of action movie but i love red guardian portrayal i at first he was
kind of annoying but i think that was kind of the point is it supposed to be a little bit annoying i was
struggling at first was like oh no at first i was like this is too goofy for me and i don't know what
they think they're doing and then something clicked with enough
enough jokes yeah eventually it became like really it was obadiahs
eventually him being called the rook and also not being jeff britches really threw me
yeah but i was like this sounds like a jeff bridges impersonation yeah so i started
pick it up but yeah i was really into that one i like the action scenes i thought the action
scenes were great i'm remembering now that was the they like a year ago when one of season two ended
they they showed a clip from them in the car i remember what you're right in the last
car yes yes that's right
little did we know
that's why they led with this episode
yeah was because of they
they knew the strength of what this one was
I wish that had been the first episode I think it should
have been the first episode like this was so strong
because I think the second episode is my favorite
but it's so niche this was broad appeal
first episode good okay yeah this is
definitely my first episode I felt really
I really connected to it and I like how it
really won me over strong and because in the
first few minutes I was not really digging
it it was and maybe that might have been
because I haven't really been I didn't really
love the first two episodes i wasn't like in love with the first two episodes sure even though i
liked the second one significantly more this one i found myself actually absorbent to and maybe
it is also the the simplest one buddy yeah it's like the simplest one for me to attach to it i love like
the mission impossible movies i love buddy cot movies yeah action movies so really yeah appeals to like
things that i just love is like pure entertainment but really david harbour as right guardian sold me and
again chemistry between the two i think that's the biggest takeaway i'm having
having with what they've done between last episode and this one is something I don't feel like
we said in the last couple seasons is that now they're really as opposed to like hey what if
this guy was iron man or some shit like that they're they're more like what if these guys paired
what if these guys were friends yeah you know they had captain america and hulk then they had
agatha and king go now you got um the red guardian and winter soldier they're doing friendships now
Yeah.
And going, here's what situations or missions might occur as opposed to, remember that movie you like, let's just do an alternate.
Right.
And I think they were getting there.
I like the kaju thing, the concept of that.
Again, they did a completely unique plot for episode two.
And they let the springboard be.
What if he stopped the parents, stop them from getting killed, but they evolved into a completely different plot that I was very engaged into.
I thought this was a truly great episode.
and I think on like a rewatch
those first few minutes that were kind of annoying me
I don't think would annoy me
now that I understand where it's going
and it was funny too.
It's so interesting how this show
every season we've liked it more as it's progressed.
I wonder if it's just like accepting a tone,
a style, the animation, like what it is,
but every time the first couple I'm like, oh no,
and then it evolves somehow.
Like the second one I liked so much more than the first,
but this was like, even though I think the second episode
is my favorite, I think this was just so much fun
and so perfect for,
for what they're trying to do.
This feels more accomplished in their goal.
Like, I think the, I have to separate my bias for the second episode.
I think this was a better episode.
I just love Eternals and I love the concepts presented.
But like, as far as if you're going to do a, what if Bucky befriended the Russian Captain
America, this is such a delightful delivery of that.
I think it's really good humor.
I think the Marvel style of humor is really hit or miss, but this, like for audiences,
I tend to enjoy it.
But for audiences, I think it depends on like,
which corner of the internet you're watching people
yell in, but this really showed
how the repetition of a style
can joke can find your way in because we were
both like, oh, and then
something happened where I was like, he's hilarious.
Like, the repetition of the
manifesto was so funny, the fucking
use of... It became funny once he started
when he was forced to work with Bucky.
Yeah. Yeah. And he needed the opposite
to play off. Yeah, you need the straight guy
to the comedy. And it was, the slapstick became
funny because it was so...
And like just him running with his fucking head up.
like there was so many moments that were just glee it was hilarious um yeah this one was like i
we're both buddy cop people um maybe they released this on christmas eve because of this shame
black like maybe it's christmas i don't know uh but like i i really think this is buddy cop i'm like
the only reason i think of not making this the first one is that because this it sets up thunderbolts
much better too like this this one feels like the reason to have this come out between thunderbolts
and like everything yeah i i i it really i found myself going like this could have been a uh a show or
movie in and of itself as a good i thought it was a really good concept it worked really well and even
even the trope of that's what i like what they did with the trope of of like the cop who's every
mention impossible movie has like the detective who's hunting down the main characters and only to
realize that like actually utton might not be a bad guy yeah but it starts off like he's the most
dangerous man a lot to take him out and that's how it starts off here but instead of just making
bill foster a cop they still kept him as goliath yeah and that was cool to actually that's very like
Marvel Comics or you're like, but it's also Goliath.
Yeah, it was fun.
I thought this was a genuinely fun episode with a lot of heart.
And I really appreciate that little quiet moment, too, of when Winter Soldier breaks.
They have a really sweet moment.
Winter Soldier is able to break from the spell and or, you know, call it a spell, the hypnotism or whatever.
Yeah, brainwashing.
The brainwashing is able to break from that.
And then they just kind of like look at each other with a little smile.
Yeah, they're like, yeah, our friendship was strong.
Yeah, and then there was like the, the LaMage shot that felt.
like an homage to like which casting the Sundance
kid. Oh, the Thumb and Louise moment. There's
a lot of visual cues to classic
buddy movies. Yeah. Not always buddy cop, but in
this case, buddy movies. Yeah. Plus
a Hogan was dope. Yeah, it was
cool action too. The action
was cool and
the joke about like
anti-communism and
I worked for a communist pick.
Oh, every for the people joke.
This is a good American cop
built by hard workers. It's really funny.
Talking about the lights being out of the workers, the workers, the workers
the workers. I just that joke was funny every time.
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he's yeah he's so funny here and he gets to do this like really goofy thing with red guardian that
i remember when i watched black widow i was like oh man that's what they did he's made him a joke
and then seeing thunderballs man they're just making him like a joke and what i liked here is they
actually managed to do a hybrid where he got to have really cool moments and he got to be even
goofier because he has this like american dream young boy optimism
you know shot with the flag at the end with the rut like it's so good yeah but then to be like
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one i really like this one yeah i did this one i had a lot of fun what'd you guys think is this was this
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