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I'm not sure how I feel about the rumor that Robert Downey Jr is going to be in Captain America 3 . I'm especially not sure about the additional rumor that they're doing the Civil War storyline. (How do they even do that in a world without mutants? Especially since a fight over registration seems ridiculous in the movieverse where everyone's identity is already known). But mainly I want more Steve-Bucky stuff in Cap 3, which a whole Civil War storyline is likely to sideline. :-(

"The reason why Batman and Superman have remained popular for decades is because they don’t overlap. As complete opposites in theme and tone, they aren’t really competing. But Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan wanted to make Superman a more mature and respectable hero, and they did it in the only way they knew how: by making him into a darker and more serious character, and therefore edging him dangerously close to territory that was already covered by the consistently violent and angst-ridden Batman.

Of course, the success of Captain America: The Winter Soldier has just proven that this strategy wasn’t really necessary. While Superman is often described as being an old-fashioned hero, Captain America was literally born during the Great Depression. Instead of rebooting him to be a more morally ambiguous character, Marvel kept him as wholesome, loyal, and old-school heroic as ever, and dropped him into a situation where he could lead a cast of 21st century characters who had spent too long in the shadows." Full essay here .

This really captures both why I am really loving all the recent Marvel universe movies and why I really hated the most recent Superman reboot.

Because when we don't like specific plotlines in movies, we fix them . (Serious Captain America: Winter Soldier spoilers)

I should really be in bed, because tomorrow morning is going to suck, but a few thoughts on the film, which I really enjoyed, and probably also spoilers for this week's Agents of SHIELD (as well as obvious spoilers for CA!) ( Read more... )

It sounds like they're actually going to make a Peggy Carter TV Show starring Hayley Atwell!!!!

*Makes squeeing noise that can probably be heard in space*

And yes, I haven't been that impressed with AOS, but I don't even care. Hayley Atwell! Peggy Carter! Flaily hands!!!!!

Something incorporating Steve Rogers and some of these historical VD awareness posters . I can't figure out how to link directly to specific posters, but there are a couple where men are sad that they can't enlist/fight in the war because they have VD--which would be a very interesting AU! (Though really my first thought is Captain America's ad campaign: Fool the Axis! Use prophylaxis!)