I’m trying to slot a copy of Deadpool before I go see Civil War in a few days. I just can’t stomach how pure the Captain is without some serious Opiods. I mean the dude almost picked up Thor’s hammer (which, when did that become about purity? Thor’s an angry whore most of the time). That being said, I am looking forward to a little Marvel viewing. I remain surprised that there is no definable linkage (on the front end at least) between Agents of Shield and the movie. The Agents are busy busting down Hive and putting the last remnants of Hydra out of commission. They don’t appear to have anything to do with the Marvel movie universe at this point.
By the way, where is Nick Fury?
I’ll let that question rest because I know he isn’t in this new film. He isn’t scheduled to appear in any film during this phase. That disappoints me greatly. I felt there was a real connection between Fury and Cap and the tie back to the super serum. However, they seem to have done away with that entirely.
It is going to be very hard to escape the suppositions of metaphor. People are going to fight to compare this situation to our upcoming election, especially with Trump being one of two candidates (possibly the Iron Man). I can already see the connections, though I haven’t seen the script. I am assuming a lot comes from the groundbreaking comic book of the same name. In the comic a mutant named Speedball accidentally destroys the town of Stamford, Connecticut. This ramps up the already high talk of registering mutants (read: Muslims), and leads to Iron Man and Cap coming down on different sides of the issue.
You can see where people are going to take this. You’ll see where I take it saturday night.