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I bet he's wearing one of these. https://www.amazon.com/2-Blessed-White-Silicone-Wristbands/dp/B005FAS2LY

But at the end of Cap2, all Steve & Natasha had were suspicions that HYDRA was involved in the Starks' deaths. They did not know for certain. And why is the onus on Steve to tell him? Natasha had the same information. Now I'm guessing that Steve only learned that the Winter Soldier assassinated the Starks' after Zemo triggered him and Steve and Sam had him in trapped in the hydraulic press. That was when Steve asked Bucky what Zemo wanted. Apparently there had been enough information in the SHIELD/HYDRA files Natasha dumped in Cap2 for Zemo to clue in that the Winter Soldier was involved in the Starks' deaths and that Howard had been transporting super-soldier serum at that time. Why didn't Tony find that info too? After all this is the man whose first action upon boarding the helicarrier in The Avengers is to hack into SHIELD's computer to find out what they're hiding. Tony Stark would have been all over that file dump. I can tell you why not: piss poor writing. As for Steve telling Tony about Bucky's involvement, if Steve found out for sure during the scene mentioned above, exactly when could he have told Tony? The action seems to take place over a relatively short time span, just a few days. By that point Steve was trying to stop Zemo from activating the other super soldiers. Steve tried to tell Tony about Zemo's plans at the airport and Tony wouldn't listen. Was Steve than suppose to tell him hey by the way, the Winter Soldier killed your parents? Tony realized he was wrong, went to Ross with proof and got laughed at. Then Tony broke the Accords he just signed, without suffering any repercussions, proving Steve's point about them. Tony knew Bucky had been brainwashed/tortured and used as a weapon with no agency of his own. He knew that and still decided murder was the best course of action. Like I said, I understand the initial reaction of violence. It's that Tony persisted in trying to murder a man he knew had not been acting of his own free will over the course of several minutes. Of course Steve defended Bucky. What else was Steve supposed to do? Simply step aside and let Tony kill Bucky. That's not who Steve is. Take Bucky out of the equation and replace him with John Doe and Steve still would've defended him.

I'm disappointed this is getting bad reviews. When I saw the trailer I thought it would be a decent popcorn movie. One of the reviews I read laid the blame at Snyder's feet for his vision of the DCEU. Maybe it would've been smarter to go the Deadpool route with Suicide Squad. It's a property that would probably benefit from a R rating.

That's pretty much my take on it too. When Zola flashes the newspaper article on the computer screen in CAP2, Steve (& Natasha) had reason to suspect that HYDRA was responsible for the Starks' deaths. I think Steve may have learned that it was Bucky during the scene in the warehouse in Cap3 when Steve is asking Bucky what Zemo wanted from him. (Let's not even talk about how stupid it was that that video even existed. Master assassin/ghost Winter Soldier murders two people, sees the camera and shoots it but doesn't destroy the tape? Really?) As far as Steve keeping the truth from Tony, prior to Cap3, all he (& Natasha) knew was Zola implied HYDRA was responsible. When Steve learned the truth, they were not really on speaking terms and I just can't blame Steve for not calling Tony and telling him under those circumstances. Tony also knew what had been done to Bucky. He acknowledges it by calling him The Manchurian Candidate. I understand Tony flipping out initially but that he continued to be so irrationally bent on murder just doesn't seem right to me. I would like to believe that after a minute or two he would've come to his senses.

Given raging hormones and the fact that those boys aren't allowed any outlet because masturbation is sinful, it must be commonplace in that house for the teenage boys to being showing signs of excitement.

Sounds like the gall bladder to me too. Mine would flare up like that after eating stuff like fried food or desserts. Don't let them tell you it's reflux and have them prescribe an antacid. I suffered needlessly for months until the point I was up all night in agony. It wasn't until I saw a female NP that she knew it wasn't reflux or an ulcer and sent me for an ultrasound to get a correct diagnosis.

All I'm really hoping for is a mid-credit scene showing Bucky is now free of the Hydra programming, whether that happens in Black Panther, Dr. Strange, or even Thor3, I don't really care.

In my high school, the VP was nicknamed "the warden."

Me too but I don't see it happening. I think we'd more likely get an IM4 as another standalone before we'd ever get another Cap movie or a Black Widow movie or [insert Avenger's name] movie.

I loved Cap2. But for what was supposed to be a standalone movie for the eponymous character, Cap3 was way overcrowded with other characters. Steve was on screen for about 1/4 of the film (36 mins according to IMDB). Meanwhile Tony was on screen for almost 34 minutes. Compared to their other standalones films where Steve & Tony each had about an hour of screentime. That's what I'm upset about. For his final stand alone film, Cap deserved to be the focus. TPTB at Marvel decided they had to do Civil War to counter DC's Batman v Superman and they shoehorned it into Cap's final movie. Civil War should've been an Avengers movie. Cap3 should've been in the vein of Cap2, continuing where that movie left off. Steve & Sam with help from Natasha and Sharon looking for Bucky and all coming together to defeat the big bad, Zemo.

I don't know. I'm still kinda ticked that we got Civil War instead of a true Cap3.

Well, since Cap3 was really more IM4/Avengers2.5 than a Cap movie, maybe they should give us a true Cap movie with that slot. Though it'll probably turn into IM5 to more properly explore all Tony's pain. ;)

Chris Evans' video to a little boy suffering from leukemia.

Maybe they should put that logo over Hemsworth's bare torso. At least then we'd have something pretty to gaze upon.

Maybe Jana finally grew a backbone and told them she didn't want to be part of the show. Who am I kidding? She'll be trotted out just like the rest of them and they'll tease "is she or isn't she courting."

One of the bullet points from the Daily Mail article: "Jinger posted a photo of herself and her new beau over the weekend, saying how much she loves getting to know her fiance." I mean, really, shouldn't she have gotten to know him before they got engaged? That's how I'd do it. But what do I, a very lapsed catholic/atheist, know?

Neither of them looks happy to me. Those are two very forced "smiles." More like grin and bear it.

Black Panther 2018

I thought it was pickles.

Ugh! It's spreading! Like a virus or something.

Izzy is going to be TALL. I bet he's close to 3' if not taller already.

In addition to being curly, my hair is thick. Every hairdresser I've ever gone to remarks on how thick it is. When I was young my hair was medium/dark brown with red/gold highlights. Now it's very dark brown/almost black. At least that's the color of the hair that's not gray. I started going gray very young just like my mother. I usually go for a light or medium golden brown. This is my hair.

I have a love/hate relationship with my curly hair. Most of the time I love it because I don't have to do anything to it-no mousse, no gel, just finger comb and let it air dry. But when it's really humid, major frizzies.

I loved Kung Fu Monkey. I still go back and read it from time to time. I know JR is on twitter. Yeah, Wyle just sucks all the air out of any ep he's in with all the scenery chewing. I'm really fearing what will happen in S3 as Wyle's no longer has Falling Skies and instead will be in more eps.

I just finished rewatching the entire series with the commentaries. I have to say the Leverage commentaries have spoiled me for all others.