Oh my heavens, yes, you NEED to see Winter Soldier!! I thought you had! Have you seen the first Captain America movie? If so, watch it, too, because then you'll see the origins of Captain America (and skinny little weak Steve is *so* adorable, as is Big Steve Getting Used To His New Body. And Peggy Carter! Oh you will adore Peg as much as Steve Rogers does. Bucky's got some key scenes in that one, too, so you'll see their friendship in those days). Then watch the first Avengers movie to pick up more on Steve & Tony's somewhat problematic relationship--frenemies? friends? two good guys always at loggerheads? two very strong personalities that clash terribly at times?--then watch Winter Soldier and you'll have yourself caught up on Steve Rogers and Bucky's story arc leading into this third Cap movie. But if you can only see one... make it Winter Soldier. If nothing else, you will then understand my Bucky obsession. :DDD
I don't know how much to possibly spoil you about plotlines, though, so I'll just say for the moment that a) Bucky is at the heart of the upcoming Captain America film; b) there'll be a lot of his backstory; c) I've heard that depending on the final edit, it's possible that the film will have more screen time for Bucky than Steve; d) which Bucky will need if it goes where the comic book Civil War plot goes. Bucky will have to go from perceived villain (not that he *is* a villain, because he's not; more an anti-hero if you have to put a label on him) to the hero he once was in just one movie (in the comics, it was a lot of comic books and time) because Steve will... not be Captain America by its end and Bucky will become Captain--not because he wants to but because Steve asks Tony to make sure he takes up the shield because otherwise Bucky will be lost. So there's SO much heart rending that will go on, on so many levels.
One comfort: in the comics, Steve does return. So no matter what happens in Cap: Civil War, Steve will be back in the next Avengers 2 films in some fashion (I'm guessing to resume his place as Captain, but who knows; in the comics, he was so disillusioned by everything that he actually takes on another persona called Nomad and does Good Things but more under the radar; he does eventually return to head up the Avengers again). Also comforting: Chris Evans still has 2 movies to go on his contract, plus he doesn't want to give up the role, plus Marvel has said they struck gold with Chris Evans, plus he's become the most beloved Marvel character onscreen. Sooooo... let's just say that all of that comforts me somewhat when I hear rumors like the one yesterday where an insider said that Seb Stan has already been fitted for "his Captain America uniform". *flails with so many conflicting emotions* It makes sense because yeah, in the comics, he takes up the shield for a time. BUT I AM NOT READY YET FOR THAT. no, nope, nada, huh uh, nyet, NO.
Marvel's superpower is making such good characters and good stories that it rips our hearts out. *sigh*
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Date: 2016-02-09 02:13 pm (UTC)I don't know how much to possibly spoil you about plotlines, though, so I'll just say for the moment that a) Bucky is at the heart of the upcoming Captain America film; b) there'll be a lot of his backstory; c) I've heard that depending on the final edit, it's possible that the film will have more screen time for Bucky than Steve; d) which Bucky will need if it goes where the comic book Civil War plot goes. Bucky will have to go from perceived villain (not that he *is* a villain, because he's not; more an anti-hero if you have to put a label on him) to the hero he once was in just one movie (in the comics, it was a lot of comic books and time) because Steve will... not be Captain America by its end and Bucky will become Captain--not because he wants to but because Steve asks Tony to make sure he takes up the shield because otherwise Bucky will be lost. So there's SO much heart rending that will go on, on so many levels.
One comfort: in the comics, Steve does return. So no matter what happens in Cap: Civil War, Steve will be back in the next Avengers 2 films in some fashion (I'm guessing to resume his place as Captain, but who knows; in the comics, he was so disillusioned by everything that he actually takes on another persona called Nomad and does Good Things but more under the radar; he does eventually return to head up the Avengers again). Also comforting: Chris Evans still has 2 movies to go on his contract, plus he doesn't want to give up the role, plus Marvel has said they struck gold with Chris Evans, plus he's become the most beloved Marvel character onscreen. Sooooo... let's just say that all of that comforts me somewhat when I hear rumors like the one yesterday where an insider said that Seb Stan has already been fitted for "his Captain America uniform". *flails with so many conflicting emotions* It makes sense because yeah, in the comics, he takes up the shield for a time. BUT I AM NOT READY YET FOR THAT. no, nope, nada, huh uh, nyet, NO.
Marvel's superpower is making such good characters and good stories that it rips our hearts out. *sigh*