Secret Identities Not The Catalyst Behind The Conflict In Captain America: Civil War?
A new report claims that one of the key plot points from Marvel’s ‘Civil War’ comic book series, which just about everyone had been assuming would carry over into ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ may not be a factor in the upcoming movie at all.
According to the generally well-informed Birth Movies Death, the new government legislation on superheroes which sparks a huge ideological split within the Avengers will not be about secret identities.
In the comic series, this was the key issue of the Superhero Registration Act, turning Captain America and Iron Man against one another and splitting almost all the key figures of the Marvel universe right down the middle.
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However, BMD claim that in the script for ‘Civil War’ the movie, “There is no Registration Act. There are Accords, a global move to govern the supeheroes.” This, it seems, will tie in closely with the incidents in South Africa and Sokovia in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ which have somewhat tarnished the once-good name of the super-team.
It of course makes perfect sense for the question of secret identities to be left out of ‘Captin America: Civil War,’ as the old superhero comic staple has barely carried over into the Marvel Cinematic Universe at all; everyone knows who the Avengers are (even if some of them have their secret lives, notably Hawkeye).
While some members of the MCU may still have secret identities, such as recent small screen hero Daredevil (not set to appear in the movies at present) and the soon to be (re-) introduced Spider-Man (who will make his debut in ‘Civil War’), these characters are such small fry within the MCU as it stands, it’s doubtful that they would be of much concern here.
It seems the crux of the conflict in the movie will be a bit less simple than that, as BMD elaborate: “It’s a larger question of responsibility, and to whom these heroes answer. It cuts both ways… It’s a conflict that grows out of the two characters: Tony Stark who has become increasingly aware of his responsibility to the world and Steve Rogers who has seen everything he believed in undermined when SHIELD was revealed to be a Hydra front.”
‘Captain America: Civil War’ opens in UK cinemas on 29 April 2016.
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