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I'm nostalgia thread mining.
From Matt, on the possibility of Evans as Cap:
It'll make me a little sad if his doing so means no chance of Fantastic Four cameos in any of the upcoming movies. However good a Cap he might make, I haven't seen anyone so born to play a particular comic book character since Shelley Duvall was cast as Olive Oyl.
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IO9 really like Captain America. They did describe it as a war film with superpowers, which gives me teensy pause, since I don't like war films. But I like superpowers, so I'm in.
me
I thought it was amazeballs.
and then later, me again
Anyone else seen Captain America yet?
And if you have, do you also want The Howling Commandos to get their own spin-off movie?
Seriously, it's made of pink sparkle hearts and I totally blame Chris Evans.
Also, holy crap, I hadn't realized I'd seen it so soon after seeing Third Star, so I was well into Sherlock Fandom when it came out, but it feels like MCU Cap has been part of my life forever and Sherlock was just a fandom ago.
Matt again
Just got back from Captain America. I think it may be the best comics-based movie I've ever seen.
I listed my cry points as (note: I actually reliably start tearing up at "I gotta put her in the water" these days, not sure how I missed it):
I got sniffly when the rescued guys come back, and again when he couldn't get drunk and was just so SAD about Bucky.
Man, I've been having this sort of melancholy-but-not-distraught missingness of people this week, with the first May the Fourth since SW:TFA and with the last Cap movie, and man, so many people who should have been seeing Civil War last night. I raise my glass to them.
do you also want The Howling Commandos to get their own spin-off movie?
Neal McDonough is the Big Bad in this season of Arrow, and I refused to believe that was Dum Dum Dugan. And then I was watching CA:TFA in January for the first time since McDonough took that Big Bad role, and I shrieked at Dum Dum Dugan, "Evil! He's EVIL!!!"
What I'm saying is, he's a damn good actor.
HEE!
Well, he also looks way different without the 'stache. I didn't recognize him without it whenever it was Evans was affectionately mauling him last year.
Okay, on Civil War, just in general: WHY did the
location titles need to be SO HUGE MY GOD IT'S BERLIN NOW I SEE IT BERLIN???
(That's not even really spoilery, but whatever.) (But my question still stands.)
At a Q&A, someone should ask the Russos that.
Seriously, it made our audience laugh. Every time.
I thought the same thing! We can't see Berlin for BERLIN
Someone needs to talk to me about Tony's
questionable choice re bringing a 16 year old into a possilbly fatal battle. How many people will kick his butt when they find out just how young he is?
Is this as bad as I think it is?
An excellent and fair question.
I have to say I'm not opposed to the new guys (I mean,
T'challa is clearly the best, and Spider Boy was cute and funny
), but could we please get some more women in this thing?
I also wouldn't mind further acknowledgement that not everyone in the world is either black or white.
ION, Bucky makes me so sad.
Apparently having Asian characters is a big no-no for the MCU based on what the screenwriter for Dr. Strange was spewing. Well, unless they're someone's houseboy, I guess.
