When Marvel Comics brought Captain America back in the sixties, Steve Rogers went from self-assured hero to a man out of time, having spent twenty years encased in ice. He saw a changed America, one that went from a united, patriotic people to one in turmoil, struggling with social change, war and distrust in our government. Cap soon realized that his black and white view of right and wrong was outdated, and he himself struggled with his role fighting for a country that didn't share his ideals anymore. In both the final scene of Captain America: The First Avenger and throughout The Avengers, this theme is explored in depth, and we see Rogers still trying to apply decades old morals to issues that are usually morally ambiguous.
It would appear that Cap is still struggling with this, as is evidenced in the first official trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier,...
It would appear that Cap is still struggling with this, as is evidenced in the first official trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier,...
- 10/26/2013
- Shadowlocked
Actor Robert Redford plays the Marvel Comics' character 'Alexander Pierce' in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier":
"...Alexander Goodwin Pierce'. majored at the 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' Academy in civilian surveillance and served in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Accounting Department before becoming a 'sleeper Agent' and expert in decoding Class A dispatches from the subversive organization 'Hydra'.
"Pierce eventually functioned as a contact between 'Nick Fury' and industrialist 'Tony Stark' aka 'Iron Man', before becoming the head of S.H.I.E.L.D...."
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"...Alexander Goodwin Pierce'. majored at the 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' Academy in civilian surveillance and served in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Accounting Department before becoming a 'sleeper Agent' and expert in decoding Class A dispatches from the subversive organization 'Hydra'.
"Pierce eventually functioned as a contact between 'Nick Fury' and industrialist 'Tony Stark' aka 'Iron Man', before becoming the head of S.H.I.E.L.D...."
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- 10/18/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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