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She is defintely in my top three. Absolutely beautiful. She was a knock out in Pillars of the Earth also.
Captain America: The First Avenger Discussion Thread
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And quite well I might add!
Okay now I'm curious to see this!
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Snoops, rent it or Netflix it. just for the love of everything huge ****ies just watch it.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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Got the Blu Ray today and just watched it and... I fricken loved it.
Thought i was a great flick, i was wary that they'd push for Avengers too soon and leave the war-time cap with empty stories not to be told, but they wrapped up everything nicely.
All performances were good, and the potentially goofy things were handled great, his use of the shield fondness for the USA themed costume but hardened for battle.
I like how Bucky fell and was potentially frozen like Cap, liked the Howling Commandos particularly Dugan. Like that Captain America became a comic book within the film and how he progressed from sideshow to hero.
The Scientist was a compasionate, friendly guy, loved his character, i thought Steve (when skinny) was a little too CGI's but worked very well nevertheless.
As a Brit i loved how the film was more about braveness and courage and sacrifice, things that are universal and not limited to one nation
On the cons side i would of like them to have the name "Red Skull" in it, even as an insult to the chaacter to anger him.
it would of been cool to see one or two swastikas in the film, like on the Nazi blokes who came to ?arrest? Red Skull.
Overall i liked it better than Iron Man as it had a more human story.
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Couple of little niggles was the little loose ends like...
Peggy Carter "Date" was a little left open i'd have preffered they they simply declared their love instead of Cap's last line being "i had a date". This makes it look like he'll still have that date, when he won't ... Unless he meets Sharon Carter?
Howard Stark obtains the Cosmic Cube, this was annoying as we know that his Son becomes Iron Man and yet there is no trace in the modern world of tech made from the cosmic cube similar to the Hydra stuff, i did think that the element made in Iron Man 2 was derived from the cube but Tony's Repulsor knock people back it doesn!5 disintigrate them, so what's the deal. I know from Internt spoliers that..
Loki somehow get's his hands on the cube.
So i hope this is tied up. Though i hope he just found it instead of Howard. Not to mention that they had no idea where to look for the cube and found it pretty much straightaway, that was the most unbelivable things in the movie to me.
Thought i was a great flick, i was wary that they'd push for Avengers too soon and leave the war-time cap with empty stories not to be told, but they wrapped up everything nicely.
All performances were good, and the potentially goofy things were handled great, his use of the shield fondness for the USA themed costume but hardened for battle.
I like how Bucky fell and was potentially frozen like Cap, liked the Howling Commandos particularly Dugan. Like that Captain America became a comic book within the film and how he progressed from sideshow to hero.
The Scientist was a compasionate, friendly guy, loved his character, i thought Steve (when skinny) was a little too CGI's but worked very well nevertheless.
As a Brit i loved how the film was more about braveness and courage and sacrifice, things that are universal and not limited to one nation
On the cons side i would of like them to have the name "Red Skull" in it, even as an insult to the chaacter to anger him.
it would of been cool to see one or two swastikas in the film, like on the Nazi blokes who came to ?arrest? Red Skull.
Overall i liked it better than Iron Man as it had a more human story.
EDIT:
Couple of little niggles was the little loose ends like...
Peggy Carter "Date" was a little left open i'd have preffered they they simply declared their love instead of Cap's last line being "i had a date". This makes it look like he'll still have that date, when he won't ... Unless he meets Sharon Carter?
Howard Stark obtains the Cosmic Cube, this was annoying as we know that his Son becomes Iron Man and yet there is no trace in the modern world of tech made from the cosmic cube similar to the Hydra stuff, i did think that the element made in Iron Man 2 was derived from the cube but Tony's Repulsor knock people back it doesn!5 disintigrate them, so what's the deal. I know from Internt spoliers that..
Loki somehow get's his hands on the cube.
So i hope this is tied up. Though i hope he just found it instead of Howard. Not to mention that they had no idea where to look for the cube and found it pretty much straightaway, that was the most unbelivable things in the movie to me.
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Darth Caedus
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They did answer some of your questions in the movie. Been a while since I saw it, but I'm pretty sure they used the term "RED SKULL" in the film when referring to him.
As for the "date" that Peggy and Steve were going on, think it was assumed that they meant much MORE then a "date" when they were talking about it.
When Howard found the cube, it can't be coincidence that the ARC Reactor looks similar to the Cosmic Cube. The ARC Reactor that Stark made was probably designed off of the Cosmic Cube. IM's repulsors doesn't disintegrate people because it wasn't designed the same way the Hydra weapons were. They probably could, but IM wouldn't kill people that way.
I will agree that I thought there should have been more Nazi Stuff (can't believe I just typed that
).It also couldn't have been a coincidence that when the Red Skull touched the Cosmic Cube, it showed him "Thor"-like Space and then he disappeared in a "Thor"-like wormhole travel. So I'm assuming Loki somehow has the cube.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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^ i know what they meant by "date" but to just leave it without a decisive ending felt odd, we know they not gonna get together so to have that not end in the way it did was well odd.
I think Red Skull is alive, either transported to Asgard or similar or embedded in the cube.
They always referred to him as Schmidt or Johann Schmidt, not once the red skull
While the arc reactor might have been derived from the cube, i dont think it looks like it other than the blue glow, like in shape, but it would explain why Howard Stark never did anything more with Arc tech, he didn't want the world to have too much of it, or too much info about it for evil use.
I think Red Skull is alive, either transported to Asgard or similar or embedded in the cube.
They always referred to him as Schmidt or Johann Schmidt, not once the red skull
While the arc reactor might have been derived from the cube, i dont think it looks like it other than the blue glow, like in shape, but it would explain why Howard Stark never did anything more with Arc tech, he didn't want the world to have too much of it, or too much info about it for evil use.
Revisited TFA, and I think it holds up well and is a solid origin story for Captain America.
Plus, in my opinion, it has one of the most fitting themes ever for a superhero movie.
Plus, in my opinion, it has one of the most fitting themes ever for a superhero movie.
greygoose
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Need to give it a revisit it myself. Must be a good few years since I last watched it.
Today a number of people woke up to likes and lol reactions to posts they made over a decade ago
Agreed on this film, it's a good one. Cap really got a fine trilogy.
Agreed on this film, it's a good one. Cap really got a fine trilogy.
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Today a number of people woke up to likes and lol reactions to posts they made over a decade ago
Like the good Captain, this thread just arose frozen out of the depths of time
I wasn't a freak member back when this thread ran it's course, but yeah, this one holds up as my favorite MCU film.
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Definitely one of my favorites. I actually just rewatched Cap's arc of the MCU (Cap1-3+all Avengers movies) and it got me to go back and pic up some old figures which turned out to be pricier than I had originally thought
Prime Clone
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Today a number of people woke up to likes and lol reactions to posts they made over a decade ago
A simpler time, before the full force of the MCU.
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Like the good Captain, this thread just arose frozen out of the depths of time
I wasn't a freak member back when this thread ran it's course, but yeah, this one holds up as my favorite MCU film.
I apologize for thread necromancy
Yes, CA:TFA is a solid movie and it still holds up today!
Much agreed!!
Today a number of people woke up to likes and lol reactions to posts they made over a decade ago
Indeed! The CA trilogy is a great one.
Definitely one of my favorites. I actually just rewatched Cap's arc of the MCU (Cap1-3+all Avengers movies) and it got me to go back and pic up some old figures which turned out to be pricier than I had originally thought
Yeah TFA is my favorite of the CA films. Yup, I also felt like picking up some of the older figures lol They're pricey as you mention, but I did get lucky and manage to pick up a new AoU Cap for $220 shipped a few months ago.
I love this one.
ObiGlennKenobi
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OMG!!
I apologize for thread necromancy
Much agreed!!
A magic the Gathering card.
I have THAT!
lol
It's mine as well. Love the WW2 setting and think the origin is very well told. It still surprises me that neither Natasha nor Clint recognized The Red Skull on Vormir. Pretty sure they would've heard of him at some point while at Shield. Would've been the prefect opportunity to have them tell Cap and leave the door open for him and Red Skull to return in a later, present times movie if Marvel decided to bring Evans back.
I'm finding that AoU Cap seems to be the one of the more affordable older figures. If I manage to get the body how I want them on one of the of the other Caps I have, I may pic up that one to mod as well. It's a great looking figure and the and the shield looks to be more fun to use with the magnet feature.
One of my exes who managed the comic shop I used to frequent used to have stacks of MTG cards. Super rare ones too that she just happened to get since the shop always hosted MTG midnight releases and such. She made a ton of money selling them though. I had no idea those little cards went for so much.
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