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Manga Shoggoth

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HH

Subj: Do Opppoosites Attract?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 at 05:21:50 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times)
Reply Subj: Captain America: Civil War Review (no spoilers at the top, spoilers below the break)
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 at 02:06:16 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times)



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    I was less than enthused when Marvel Studios announced that the content of Captain America 3 would be Civil War. I’d genuinely have preferred the Serpent Society. It appears that the decision to go with heroes fighting was made in response to Warner Brothers announcing Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice and Kevin Feige’s opinion that Marvel therefore needed to “up our game”
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    Cap 3 has an insanely huge cast. It’s a tribute to the production team from writers to camera operators to the actors that each character has his or her own moment to shine and most have good two-hander scenes; and yet the focus remains on the guy whose name appears in the title.


I find this interesting, because the major complaint I have heard with Batman vs Superman is that it tries to stuff too many storylines into one film.


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    The film isn’t perfect. The main villain is a generic revenge-driven baddie with a famous name pasted over him. He might as well have been called Colonel Schemey McVengeful rather than waste a well-established and distinctive Avengers villain identity. The ending felt downbeat, with quite a lot still to resolve that won’t be addressed for several movie instalments to come. Still nobody has shouted “Avengers Assemble!”


The - admittedly little - I have seen of the MCU seems to have this as a common failing. The villains don't seem to be quite there (Loki in Avengers was an exception).

On the other hand, I have enjoyed the films I have seen.






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