Well, it took longer than expected to recover from Kentucky's amazing run through the NCAA Tournament which ultimately ended in defeat to a Huskies program we are learning to loathe. Nevertheless, here we are!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
First, since we've made Marvel fare a bit of a hobby here on the blog, let me start by saying that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is an absolutely outstanding superhero movie. This latest Marvel flick is quite possibly their second best overall. Yes, above The Avengers, Iron Man 3, and The Dark World.
I don't want to give an exhaustive review right now, but let me say that Cap 2 had the best script by far outside Iron Man 1 & 3 (possibly better than 3). This was by far the best characterization of Cap himself thanks to the Russo brothers who directed. The sickeningly goody-goody aspect of Steve Rogers that we saw in the Avengers (hopelessly dreary and serious at all times) was nearly eliminated and replaced by a subtle edge. Kudos to Chris Evans who was able to pull that off as well; I had major doubts and he proved me wrong. The improvements weren't solely for Cap; the Winter Soldier also contained the best portrayals of Fury and Black Widow by far. Sam Jackson seemed to be engaged for the first time by his character and, again, you can credit that to a top-notch script.
The hand-to-hand fight scenes also might be the best ever in any super hero movie. Yes, the movie had its problems and weird moments that quite seem to fit, but they were minimal and I'm not going to nitpick. Bottom line: if you haven't seen it, you need to.
WSF Notes
We've been busy bees. That's the other reason I've been doing a horrible job with the updates here. I'll try to make a bullet list of what we have going on and maybe get into some details later.
- Space Cops editing continues. We're finishing off multiple episodes so we can string together several weeks of releases in a row.
- Rumors persist of a Space Cops t-shirt that would coincide with the release of new episodes.
- Some serious pondering happening at HQ. There are some major questions being asked about our goals and priorities.
- A meeting is scheduled for Wednesday to determine how ambitious we will be in producing a short film this year (the two options are very or not at all).
- Or will we focus all our efforts into turning Walk Softly into a full-fledged company and new careers for all?
Don't give up on the blog. It's just getting good. The next few months are going to be nothing if not interesting. See you back here on Wednesday? We might have an Agents of SHIELD update.