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Apparently there's a clause in the CBA that says if there is one proven case of collusion then the CBA is void. I do believe there's been collusion but I don't think Kap will be able to prove it in the legal sense.

Ruffalo was livestreaming before the Thor3 premiere and forgot to shut off his phone, thus livestreaming the audio of the first 10 minutes of the movie. He also posted an instagram story of the photoshoot of the entire MCU cast that was done a week or so ago. Brie Larson had to tell him he wasn't supposed to do that. I haven't heard/seen anything about him leaking stuff about IW.

Two additional links relating to the "other things" @Vera posted:

Why would Marvel who keeps such a tight lid on things to the point that actors only get the page of script that they're shooting let a spoiler like that be released?

Honestly, the Bills game isn't that good either.

I don't know how much editorial control he has but he is overall in charge of the comics division. Secret Empire absolutely tanked their sales. I've read that Disney has pulled the Star Wars comics from Marvel and outsourced them and that was one series that actually sells. The writing may be on the wall. He is getting on in years so maybe he'll retire.

After the Secret Empire shitshow over in Marvel Comics, the end may be getting closer for Perlmutter.

You all realize you're jinxing Deshaun Watson, right? ?

They're practicing for the inevitable pregnancy announcement a month or so after the wedding.

Leavings this typo/error in the US article here without comment. "Anna, 19, and Josh, 29, tied the knot in 2008 and are already parents of Mackynzie, 7, Michael, 6, Marcus, 4, and Meredith, 2."

Chirrut vs. Everything - LEGO Star Wars Parody

These color rush uniforms are awful. The 49ers' are just blah and lacking. The Rams' are so bright they probably glow in the dark. It's like the NFL has purposely made them ugly to see how many suckers they can get to buy them.

It aired on WGBX over the weekend. ETA: For fellow NE people, TVGuide online is also showing listings for WGBH, WENH, & WSEB.

Could be worse. Imagine if the tattoo said "you're welcome."

JoKen got a picture and blurb, "Another Duggar Weds" in People. About a third of a page in size.

I think you're more likely to get the pony than a standalone Bucky movie. I wouldn't mind a one-shot Black Widow & Hawkeye movie. I want to know what happened in Budapest.

Color me less than thrilled. The Russos have also said that another relationship would be central to IW. Then there's this: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’: The Russo Brothers Reveal Three Relationships They Want to Explore I will not be holding my breath waiting for anything related to the above to happen. I fully expect IW to be the Tony/Quill/Strange show.

Originally Cap3 was supposed to be a direct sequel to Cap2. How ‘Captain America 3’ got turned on its head And the bolded section is why I am still pissed that Feige decided to shoehorn the Civil War storyline into the final movie of the Cap trilogy. Steve deserved his last solo movie to be just that: a solo movie. One that completed the story arc set up in the previous 2 movies. I look at it this way. Each of the original big 3 franchises had its own supporting cast that was consistent through the series. IM1 established its core cast: Pepper, Rhodey, JARVIS, and Happy. It also introduced Coulson. IM2 had its core cast and introduced Natasha and Fury. IM3 had its core cast. Thor1 established its core cast: Loki, Jane, Selvig, and the other Asgardians plus Coulson. Also introduced Clint. Thor2 had its core cast. Thor3 has its core cast plus Banner. Cap's movies are tricky because of the time jump. Cap1 established its core cast: Peggy, Bucky, and the Howling Commandos plus a cameo by Fury. Cap2 established its core cast Bucky, Natasha, Sam, and Sharon plus Fury and Hill. Cap3 had its core cast plus Tony, Clint, Vision, Scott, Wanda, Rhodey, & Thunderbolt Ross plus introducing T'Challa, Peter, & Everett Ross. (Look at this character list. It's an Avengers movie.) Neither Tony nor Thor had to share the lead in their final film with another of the original big 3. Steve not only had to share the lead (of his last eponymous film) with Tony, Cap3 also introduced two major characters with upcoming films. So, still bitter.

You did. I quoted your post: It was framed as it being all on Steve. That Steve wouldn't take no for an answer. I'm simply pointing out the onus isn't solely on Steve. It's on the Avengers as a group. And that includes Tony even if he is no longer actively avengering. He destroyed all the suits in IM3 as a way to prove himself to Pepper and yet he's suited up in AoU. He didn't go for too long before he was making suits again. Tony admits part of his motivation for signing the Accords is to get Pepper back. It's not a vague comment. Feige was so hot on doing the CW storyline as a way to one up BvS, he didn't really consider the fact that they hadn't done the work up front to make us believe Tony and Steve were any thing more than work friends who annoyed the hell out of each other and thereby Feige screwed up the final movie in the Cap trilogy.

He was supposed to be studying the scepter not trying to use to create an AI. How do we know this was unilaterally Steve's decision? They were there as Avengers. To me that means the it was a mission that was agreed upon by the team. There's no evidence whatsoever that Steve decided to do the op and wouldn't listen to input from others or take no for an answer. If that was the case, the others didn't have to go to Nigeria if they disagreed. Tony explicitly states it: "I never stopped. Cause the truth is I don’t wanna stop. I don’t want to lose her. I thought maybe the Accords can split the difference." That's a cop-out. Saying since it's written badly (which it is) then what happens is excusable. We as fans have to work with what were given on screen. And what we're given on screen are a Steve and Tony who are not close friends. They're BFFs in the comics but the comics are not MCU canon.

IANL but I think that wording may be some sort of legalese. Like they don't know exact date(s) but they know it was ongoing during that period of time.

We should start a club. The "Stilled Pissed Cap3 Was an Avengers Movie" club.

Without going back and rewatching all the movies, I can think of only one instance where someone other than Peggy or Bucky call Steve by his name. There may be others that I'm forgetting but I'd bet we could count them on one hand. Bruce does it in The Avengers when he, Tony, and Steve are talking about Fury and he says something like "Steve, you can't tell me this doesn't smell fishy to you." The others seem to always call him "Cap" even Sam. Everyone seems to have trouble distinguishing the man from the legend/icon.

I haven't seen Ant-Man so I didn't know about that. Maybe Howard completely compartmentalized his life, SHIELD business never touching his personal life? Wasn't Tony sent to boarding school? Maybe that's why he doesn't know Peggy? But really I can't imagine Peggy would give Howard a pass on being such a shitty father unless the MCU is trying to tell us he wasn't a shitty father. I'm confused. Marvel & their utter lack of continuity. (eg in the Smithsonian exhibit Bucky has birth years of 1916 & 1917)

They haven't in the MCU. It's fanon not canon. Agent Carter takes place in the late 40s/early 50s. According to the MCU Tony was 21 when his parents died in 1991 so he was born in 1970. It seems that sometime in those 15-20 years after the founding of SHIELD and before Tony's birth, Peggy and Howard stopped being close to each other. IIRC Tony didn't know that Howard had been involved with the founding of SHIELD. I'd guess that while Tony may have known of Peggy, he didn't know Peggy.