Raq, while the real US military didn't integrate until '48, as I recall, the Marvelverse US military integrated earlier, so they could use it for storylines.
The character in question is Gabriel Jones, a Marvelverse character of long standing.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2011 11:17:06 am PDT #15670 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Volans - Jul 25, 2011 11:46:38 am PDT #15671 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Ah, so it's actually canon, and the movie being true to the Marvelverse. That's cool. I thought it was a way to keep Spike Lee from complaining about the lack of black soldiers.
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2011 11:50:23 am PDT #15672 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I feel like I should see the movie again when I'm not stupid tired. I don't remember half of what you guys are talking about. I may like it better when I'm fully conscious.
tommyrot - Jul 25, 2011 12:05:02 pm PDT #15673 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One thing I liked about Captain America was the realistic nature of some of the German secret weapons. Germany did a lot of experimenting with flying-wing aircraft, as a way of getting the range needed for bombers to fly to America and back, and to improve performance of the era's relatively crude jet and rocket engines.
Then there's this thing:
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I don't think a prototype of that ever flew.
P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2011 12:05:14 pm PDT #15674 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yep. Marvel canon.
I want to see it again now.
I kept wondering when I was watching it who the heck the actor playing the English Howling Commando (memefault on name) was, because WOW, he looked familiar. Which would be because it's JJ Feild, and I saw him in the last movie I saw in theatres, Third Star. He impressed me enough in that that I kept meaning to find something else he'd been in and watch it.
Steph L. - Jul 25, 2011 12:11:47 pm PDT #15675 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I haven't seen Captain America yet, but Chatty!co-worker did, and he mentioned a musical number. Is that bullshit? Are talking, like, music playing over a montage? Or more like Dr. Horrible? I'm assuming the first, because something like Dr. Horrible would be spoiled faster than potato salad at a picnic in Hell.
P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2011 12:13:14 pm PDT #15676 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Tep, neither. Also, it's STUCK IN MY HEAD.
sumi - Jul 25, 2011 12:16:13 pm PDT #15677 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Christopher Judge cast in The Dark Knight Rising.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 12:32:14 pm PDT #15678 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They did have a nod to the incongruity of an Asian man on the troop, which was something.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 12:33:24 pm PDT #15679 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a perfectly honourable musical number. Bear in mind, Cap punches a submarine. Which totally makes up for it.