Let the games begin

Eikichi has finally seen Civil War, which means we can now talk about it AND just like most people who left the theater, his face showed just how much the MCU is now changed. This was a war for the hearts and minds of the Marvel Cinematic fandom, and honestly nobody won. You watched it, you felt it, and you walked out scarred. There was no victory won in this movie, this was kind of like that "set up comic" you know where the hero is left licking his wounds trying to figure out exactly how bad he underestimated the villain.

I'm not going to say it's goblin throwing Gwen Stacy off the bridge diabolical, especially since this was more fortuitous and opportune but it was still the perfect set up. The dust settles and then the tornado comes in, and not just a dust devil, no an F5. To hell with the house, the foundation, the block, the whole city may be gone when it's all done. And the why, the why is even sympathetic. Nobody has clean hands on this one, not because people didn't try but because nobody is truly perfect and sorrow and suffering can take many forms. One man's grief resolution can be another man's vengeance, spite, or execution. Revenge is a dish best served cold and fire, microwaves, gas or electric ovens have ALL disappeared inn this one. It was hard not spoiling this for Eikichi, you wanted to tell him about it and yet you didn't want to prep him too much. Because you needed to take all these body shots, yes the chin shot was coming but those body shots were meant to build character maybe you were knocked out maybe you weren't but you learn something about yourself after all those body shots. Even that slight twist of fate, the person who wanted to drive in the knife and twist it changed NOT because two peoples mother's had the same name, no because as disrespectful as it sounds the original knife holder was a NOBODY, it wouldn't have mattered at all. No it would have been okay, but it would have been a cheap trick, unsatisfying, unredeemable, but no when that knife is grabbed from the table you completely understand it and you might even cheer for him, forgiveness at the ready.



I understand that we complain when things are too dramatic, but when the drama is properly simmered you don't just have a tasty dish you have a master piece. So now that Eikichi has ammunition to bring to the fight let's see how he feels about it, let's see how he responds to the various topics that have been floating through the interwebs since 3 am Friday morning because if you ain a midnighter(which technically no longer exist in Memphis because we obviously SUCK) you got to stay as far away from social media as possible after a new movie drops. I remember somebody on twitch dropped everything about Star Wars that night it wasn't the player I was watching but one of the viewers in his stream. But even spoiled I think Civil War would have held up, because the journey to how everyone winds up where they are, who is still being trusted, who is allowed to ASSEMBLE, and who has to now operate in the shadows is still one hell of a ride even if you know exactly why we are all gathered here.

Just like with Deadpool and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in a months time I may come back and do a Spoilerific review of Civil War, because I really do what to get to a lot of the important details and plot points. The things that they found a way to parallel from the comics, as well as the things that they couldn't do and yet found a way to make you feel anyway. Even that piece from the trailer, that thing that happens that was unintended and yet if you think about it exactly mirrors one of the shocking moments from the Comic Book run of Civil War. You would think when you only have a dozen you will have to stretch things to make them work and yet you didn't have to stretch you had plenty. So yeah you can kick up civil war talk here or on Wordpress and if you need me to make a "spoilers" post I will, no problem because I know sometimes when you have just be a part of a cinematic experience you are bursting with details that you just can't wait to talk about, and yet you don't want to ruin the experience of someone on the fence by telling them everything.