Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The KWMdB.

Moderators: sgt.null, dANdeLION

User avatar
Hashi Lebwohl
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 19576
Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:38 pm

Post by Hashi Lebwohl »

finn wrote:Hashi, Hawkeye was given a subtle nod courtesy of Natasha's choker which is a small silver arrow.
I missed that despite trying to keep an eye on things like TV screens or newspaper headlines for similar Easter eggs. That is an excellent gift for him to have given--it is thoughtful and personal without having the extra baggage a ring would have caused.

Captain America 3 has already been given the green light by the studio and there is already a release date in early May 2016; that is a fast turn-around for a big-budget movie but they don't need quite as much CG as they would for an Iron Man or a Hulk. A $96M opening weekend is the kind of numbers studios like to see.
The Tank is gone and now so am I.
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:

Post by I'm Murrin »

Plus they've already got the start of the story for a sequel set up: Cap and Falcon tracking down Bucky. I figure they intended to do a sequel but waited for box office to greenlight it.
User avatar
Fist and Faith
Magister Vitae
Posts: 25439
Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:14 pm
Has thanked: 9 times
Been thanked: 57 times

Post by Fist and Faith »

Hey, anybody else ever see the Cap issue where he and Batroc take out Hyde? Great stuff. John Byrne art explains a lot.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
-Paul Simon

Image
User avatar
High Lord Tolkien
Excommunicated Member of THOOLAH
Posts: 7393
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:40 am
Location: Cape Cod, Mass
Been thanked: 3 times
Contact:

Post by High Lord Tolkien »

Fist and Faith wrote:Hey, anybody else ever see the Cap issue where he and Batroc take out Hyde? Great stuff. John Byrne art explains a lot.
That's one of my favorites!
https://thoolah.blogspot.com/

[Defeated by a gizmo from Batman's utility belt]
Joker: I swear by all that's funny never to be taken in by that unconstitutional device again!


Image Image Image Image
User avatar
sgt.null
Jack of Odd Trades, Master of Fun
Posts: 48332
Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:53 am
Location: Brazoria, Texas
Has thanked: 7 times
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by sgt.null »

I was overjoyed to find Batroc in the film. (check out my Pinterest)

my second favorite Marvel film after the first Captain America film.

I am a comic geek and have been for the past 40 years. Julie likes a few comics, but mostly knows TV shows and movie comic book stuff.

we both enjoyed the two Caps tremendously. they tell a good story without bogging down. and the include many Easter Eggs to keep me happy.

and Julie actually enjoys seeing me get excited when I realize Batroc or Arnim Zola are about to make an entrance. and I also caught that the Widow was wearing an arrow around her neck. and Julie likes having someone who can point out those small details. (like the Human Torch and Union Jack making cameos in the first movie.)

Mockingbird would be great for the Shield tv show btw.
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
User avatar
aTOMiC
Lord
Posts: 24962
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:48 am
Location: Tampa, Florida
Has thanked: 19 times
Been thanked: 13 times
Contact:

Post by aTOMiC »

Finally got out to see CAWS today and was very pleased. Very entertaining film even if it weren't a superhero movie.
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
Image

"There is tic and toc in atomic" - Neil Peart
User avatar
Menolly
A Lowly Harper
Posts: 24184
Joined: Thu May 19, 2005 12:29 am
Location: Harper Hall, Fort Hold, Northern Continent, Pern...
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 15 times
Contact:

Post by Menolly »

Saw this on Sunday, with SD and Dam-sel. None of us have seen CA:TFA yet, but found CA:TWS enjoyable. It definitely has helped with our understanding of what is happening on AoS since the mid-season episodes started.

Now, who wants to tell me about Falcon? That's a character which has piqued my interest...
Image
User avatar
Hashi Lebwohl
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 19576
Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:38 pm

Post by Hashi Lebwohl »

Here is the Marvel Wiki page for Falcon. The movie version is a little different but not by much.

Unfortunately, we missed the entire scene where they break in to obtain the suit but maybe that was not needed for the main plot.
The Tank is gone and now so am I.
User avatar
Menolly
A Lowly Harper
Posts: 24184
Joined: Thu May 19, 2005 12:29 am
Location: Harper Hall, Fort Hold, Northern Continent, Pern...
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 15 times
Contact:

Post by Menolly »

Thanks!
Image
User avatar
Obi-Wan Nihilo
Pathetic
Posts: 6497
Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:37 pm
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 4 times

Post by Obi-Wan Nihilo »

This movie was flat out awesome. I'm amazed at the quality of modern superhero movies.
Image

The catholic church is the largest pro-pedophillia group in the world, and every member of it is guilty of supporting the rape of children, the ensuing protection of the rapists, and the continuing suffering of the victims.
User avatar
sgt.null
Jack of Odd Trades, Master of Fun
Posts: 48332
Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:53 am
Location: Brazoria, Texas
Has thanked: 7 times
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by sgt.null »

they need to release that on a dvd...
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:

Post by I'm Murrin »

They never filmed it, alas. Schedule conflict is what's speculated there.
User avatar
peter
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 12204
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 am
Location: Another time. Another place.
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by peter »

Saw this pretty back to back with The Amazing Spiderman 2 and thought this was the way superior of the two. Spiderman seemed old and re-used, this had a good feel and the potential to go further IMO.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!

....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'

We are the Bloodguard
User avatar
sgt.null
Jack of Odd Trades, Master of Fun
Posts: 48332
Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:53 am
Location: Brazoria, Texas
Has thanked: 7 times
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by sgt.null »

Spider-Man seems to want to do an origin story every few movies.
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
User avatar
peter
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 12204
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 am
Location: Another time. Another place.
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by peter »

Seems a shame because I understand that there are some really strong story lines in the later comics that we never get to see. The last two 'Spidey' series have essentially been re-hashes of the same story. {The upside-down kiss with KD in a wet T-shirt will ever be my feavorite scene - ever!}.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!

....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'

We are the Bloodguard
User avatar
sgt.null
Jack of Odd Trades, Master of Fun
Posts: 48332
Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:53 am
Location: Brazoria, Texas
Has thanked: 7 times
Been thanked: 10 times

Post by sgt.null »

it ties into the movie studios believing that most film goers are idiots and need to be reminded every few movies of who they are watching. I can't recall ever having a James Bond origin, and he has how many movies and how many actors playing Bond?

hated the first Spider Man film because of the awful Green Goblin costume. why go metallic when the original Goblin costume was such a thing of beauty?

Image
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
User avatar
Hashi Lebwohl
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 19576
Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:38 pm

Post by Hashi Lebwohl »

sgt.null wrote:I can't recall ever having a James Bond origin, and he has how many movies and how many actors playing Bond?
This is because Bond was introduced in Fleming's first novel after having already been in the military then British Intelligence and receiving his double-0 status (two confirmed kills). The current actor, Daniel Craig, has done a good job with the reboot so far and despite many people disliking Quantum (a rebooted Spectre based loosely on the Bilderbergers) the stories have been pretty good.

There have been six actors to portray Bond on film over the decades: Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig.

I will disagree with you about the Goblin's get-up from the first Raimi Spiderman movie. The Goblin's traditional costume would have looked like a cheesy and poorly-done Halloween costume on film. Things look differently on paper than they do on film, as you know. It wasn't the costume that sold that version of the Goblin, though, but Mr. Dafoe's performance--he nailed it.

Finally got Winter Soldier on DVD and watched it again over the weekend. I had to laugh--in the rooftop scene where Falcon, Cap, and Widow are interrogating Sitwell he mentions specific targets for Insight and one of the names is Stephen Strange. Yeah, right--good luck killing him with a gun. Unenchanted weapons won't stand a chance getting through all the shields he has placed on his house on Bleecker Street (or whatever street it is; I used to know).
The Tank is gone and now so am I.
User avatar
Obi-Wan Nihilo
Pathetic
Posts: 6497
Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:37 pm
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 4 times

Post by Obi-Wan Nihilo »

Put me down as a fan of Craig as Bond. The guy is flat out owning the role. I think you even have to consider whether his portrayal is the best yet, Connery included.
Image

The catholic church is the largest pro-pedophillia group in the world, and every member of it is guilty of supporting the rape of children, the ensuing protection of the rapists, and the continuing suffering of the victims.
User avatar
Hashi Lebwohl
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 19576
Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:38 pm

Post by Hashi Lebwohl »

Craig is owning the role so well because he is portraying Bond as Bond was in the novels. It wasn't Connery's fault the screenplay forced Bond to be what was considered a male sex symbol for 1964--smooth, sophisticated, a lady-killer, and a British accent. All the other guys tried to follow the same pattern. The real Bond didn't bother with women except as disposable objects, except for the gangster's daughter he married (an element they kept for Lazenby's On Her Majesty's Secret Service), and was a bit of a cocky smart-ass.
The Tank is gone and now so am I.
Post Reply

Return to “Flicks”