29: Captain America (1990)

We've seen the high water mark for pre-MCU Marvel filmmaking, so now it's time to jump into the low tide waters with the 1990 adaptation of Captain America. Finally, a movie worse than Predator 2! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:16) - Intro. (00:02:17) - Kicking things off with a deep sigh for Captain America and the low-budget works of Albert Pyun. (00:07:16) - The convoluted history of this movie's production, and some bonus Cannon Group history. (00:16:11) - Our star studded cast. (00:19:08) - The movie's weird delayed release. (00:20:49) - Where do we even begin? How about with how close this movie hews (or doesn't) to the source material? (00:27:48) - What kind of bad is this movie? The fun kind? The interminable kind? (00:29:20) - Our intro to Steve Rogers and Italian Red Skull. (00:33:26) - The creation of Captain America. (00:37:44) - It's (not) time for a training montage! No time! Gotta go punch Red Skull! (00:41:20) - Punching Red Skull did not go according to plan. (00:49:23) - Break! (00:49:42) - We're back, and it's time to unfreeze Captain America. But first, some evil guys at a nice table. (00:58:32) - One of Cap's lesser known powers: faking car sickness. (01:02:48) - Cap's home. Sort of. (01:05:36) - The president has been kidnapped! Is Cap a bad enough dude to rescue him? (01:07:19) - Cap finds the old lab, and has a TERRIBLE fight. (01:09:53) - Ah, Italia (Yugoslavia). (01:15:13) - You will not believe how they discover Red Skull's identity. (01:17:47) - Everyone's kidnapped. Time for Cap to (finally) do something heroic. (01:23:15) - This final action sequence. Gee whiz. (01:33:56) - Our final thoughts on the film, and where this one ranks. See if you can guess! (01:41:00) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.