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Captain America: Civil War
10 years ago
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I saw the trailer earlier today for this film. I've got a lot on my mind about it that I wouldn't mind chatting about it in the comments. Anyway, thought I'd shoot some thoughts off the cuff about it based on what little has been shown.
-Won't lie, I'm highly worried by this film. First Avenger and Winter Soldier I was totally on board with. This one not so much.
-Though its significance and impact is undeniable, I hated the Civil War event so much. For many reasons as well. This film being even loosely based on it is cause for concern to me.
-I hope Cap is still the central focus. I go to a Cap film to see Cap, not Avengers 2.5
-The number of heroes in this film terrifies me. It sounds so bloated it could be a possible train wreck. I especially don't want Evan's to have to fight Downey Jr. for screen presence in his own damn movie.
-Profoundly disappointed that this film is going to be the cinematic debut of Black Panther. It should have been his own damn movie. He's not established in the cinematic universe yet. If he's similar to his comic self he should give next to no shits about Civil War. If he's not like the comics then he's really Not Black Panther anymore.
-I feel like the hero film market is getting saturated. Starting to wonder when this bubble will burst and these films stop being profitable.
-General Ross' talking about Cap's lack of oversight as if it's a problem is laughable. It's worked pretty well so far. He's helped save the day at least three times, at least once from your own fucking government. He's even helped reign in the big green guy that gave Ross headaches. Near as I can tell there's no catastrophic event like the Stamford incident so please enlighten me,
-I read afterward the villain is Zemo, except he's going to have little in common with his comic counterpart. Lame. I like Zemo in the comics.
-"The Captain" would have made a better basis for a movie plot but obviously Civil War has more marketing oomph. This is why I've become cynical of the Disney/Marvel approach to these films after the first Avengers. Starting to feel more like exploiting a license rather than taking advantage of one, if that makes any sense.
-Won't lie, I'm highly worried by this film. First Avenger and Winter Soldier I was totally on board with. This one not so much.
-Though its significance and impact is undeniable, I hated the Civil War event so much. For many reasons as well. This film being even loosely based on it is cause for concern to me.
-I hope Cap is still the central focus. I go to a Cap film to see Cap, not Avengers 2.5
-The number of heroes in this film terrifies me. It sounds so bloated it could be a possible train wreck. I especially don't want Evan's to have to fight Downey Jr. for screen presence in his own damn movie.
-Profoundly disappointed that this film is going to be the cinematic debut of Black Panther. It should have been his own damn movie. He's not established in the cinematic universe yet. If he's similar to his comic self he should give next to no shits about Civil War. If he's not like the comics then he's really Not Black Panther anymore.
-I feel like the hero film market is getting saturated. Starting to wonder when this bubble will burst and these films stop being profitable.
-General Ross' talking about Cap's lack of oversight as if it's a problem is laughable. It's worked pretty well so far. He's helped save the day at least three times, at least once from your own fucking government. He's even helped reign in the big green guy that gave Ross headaches. Near as I can tell there's no catastrophic event like the Stamford incident so please enlighten me,
-I read afterward the villain is Zemo, except he's going to have little in common with his comic counterpart. Lame. I like Zemo in the comics.
-"The Captain" would have made a better basis for a movie plot but obviously Civil War has more marketing oomph. This is why I've become cynical of the Disney/Marvel approach to these films after the first Avengers. Starting to feel more like exploiting a license rather than taking advantage of one, if that makes any sense.
It makes perfect sense. It's no surprise Disney is clearly using the popularity and appeal Marvel superheroes have in order to market more films, which in turn causes them to release related merchandise in stupid amounts. Yeah, the whole scheme is a cash grab based on popularity, but in today's world, that really isn't surprising. You have every right to by cynical; this is Disney we're talking about here. Especially considering that younger audiences find the Avengers just as appealing as Mickey and the gang, they're just trying to branch out. It's about the same thing they're doing with Star Wars too. To be honest, I thought these movie releases were a good idea at first, since it would allow for more folks to get into the comic scene through an exciting outlet, but the movies often tend to deviate from their source material that would turn away most comic buffs such as yourself.
Man, I felt this when, one week in 2014, one theater in my city was showing Captain America 2, X-men: Days of the Past Future AND Amazing Spider-man 2. All this three movies at same time.
Here, have some character model swaps for intros from Mortal Kombat X - hilariously doozy although often at times hilariously uncanny valley with some nightmare fuel to it, if you ask from me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdHqcCe43p0