America: Land of the Free, Home of the Shield in the Face
This new Captain America clip gives Cap a chance to strut his stuff, and when I say “strut his stuff” I mean kick the living shit out of Hydra goons and knock their stupid Nazi teeth in with his shield. It’s pretty great. I’m a little concerned about how Hydra appears to be staffed by grown men who weigh no more than 40 lbs. each, but that’s easily negated by the awesomeness of Cap bouncing his shield off that tank into into the back of that dude’s skull. Seriously, if bad guys flying a bit too far is the only problem with Captain America, it still stands a pretty solid chance of being my favorite Marvel movie so far. Thanks to the Yellow Dart for the tip.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.