Marvel Movie Minute • Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Minute Twenty Three: From Steve’s Inquiry to Nick’s InquiryJoining us today, we have Ryan Dalton, author of the Time Shift trilogy and This Last Adventure.
In the twenty-third minute of The Avengers...Steve Rogers – a man out of time. What has he been doing since we last saw him? It’s been about six months. We talk about that time that leads to this. Does it make sense for Nick to have had other conversations with him between then and now? We chat a bit about the Tesseract and what Steve knows about it. This leads to a bit of a puzzle we have about why Fury only approaches it from the angle of sustainable energy, when Steve’s the only person alive who knows it’s been used in weaponry. Shouldn’t that have been discussed? We talk a bit about the Tesseract paperwork and how the props department cribbed info from NASA’s website. We also love the gag with the punching bags. Tune in!
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Minute Twenty-Two: From Furiously Beating to Fury ConcedingMatthew Costello, author of Secret Identity Crisis: Comic books and the Unmasking of Cold War America, joins us in this episode!
In the twenty-second minute of The Avengers...We really dig in on Steve Rogers and his place in 2012. Why is he so angry? What’s it say about his character? And is he just mad that he lost Peggy? Is there more? We explore his character here and in the comics, as well as his relationship with Nick Fury. This scene sets up an interesting dynamic between these characters that we begin exploring. But what has Steve been doing since he was thawed out? Tune in!
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Minute Twenty-One: From The Avengers Initiative’s Status to Angry SteveJonathan Carlisle from UHF 62nd and The Princess Bride Minute joins us in this episode!
In the twenty-first minute of The Avengers...We wrap up our conversation about this scene featuring Nick talking to the World Security Council. Why are they designed like some shadow organization? Is it just to give us a sense that Fury also has to answer to someone? And why doesn’t the conversation feel like it resolves? The end of it does provide a great transition to the next scene, but it feels like we’re not getting any answers here.
The next scene, though, does give us some great stuff. This is Steve Rogers in a boxing ring. We talk about how we’ve seen this as our cut scene at the end of the last film. Why is Steve angry? And why those particular images in his flashbacks? Does it simply boil down to who they didn’t have to pay for footage use?
We also talk about the first of our big deleted scenes featuring more of Steve’s back story. Would it have helped to have this included? We think so. Tune in!
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Minute Twenty: From Bruce Talking Natasha Down to Fury Needing a Response TeamJoining us, it’s Justin Jaeger from TruStory FM’s entertainment network.
In the twentieth minute of The Avengers...JJ gives us his take on Ruffalo as Bruce/Hulk. We talk a bit about the start of the relationship between Bruce and Natasha and how this scene is our first window into that. But why does Scarlett play this with her eyes seemingly welling with tears? Was that her decision? Or did the director have her do that? What does it say about Natasha and her feelings about Hulk? We do like that there’s a chicken outside that doesn’t seem to care about what’s going on. What the hell sorts of weapons are the troops wielding though?
We shift to Fury talking to the World Security Council, and we play some IMDb game with them. We also look at an alternate version of this conversation, debating if either of them really work for us. Perhaps our issue is the WSC itself. We’re not sure we like this shadowy vibe given to SHIELD at this point.
But it gives us plenty to discuss. Tune in!
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Minute Nineteen: From What Bruce Tries to Avoid to a Gun in Our FaceJoining us today is Robin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute, Fright Night Minute, and Superman & Lois TV Talk.
In the nineteenth minute of The Avengers...Natasha pitches Bruce on helping Fury with this global catastrophe. What we love so much about Ruffalo’s hulk is he really feels dangerous. When he talks about trying to avoid that type of thing, we feel he’s probably smart to do so. We have a great time talking about both Ruffalo and Johansson. But whose place is this? Is it a SHIELD safe house? Or did they rent it from some locals? We’re a bit unsure, but it sure seems like someone lives here. 
There’s Tesseract and gamma radiation conversation to be had, but the big discussion revolves around the jump scare with Bruce suddenly snapping at Natasha. It’s a great moment that is handled well by the actors, and it’s shot in a visceral way that works exceptionally well. It allows for a wide-ranging conversation covering his anger, Hulk’s tone throughout the MCU, why Natasha is here instead of, say, Coulson, and more.
It’s a great conversation and we get to really dig into angry Bruce. Tune in!
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Minute Eighteen: From Young Spy to Global CatastropheJoining us today, we have Ryan Dalton, author of the Time Shift trilogy and This Last Adventure.
In the eighteenth minute of The Avengers...The small bit at the start of this minute about Natasha starting so young is great script economy – we get just a line but it says so much. How does Bruce know what SHIELD is though? It never came up in The Incredible Hulk. And why does Nick Fury ‘trust him’? What has he done that warrants that trust? We deduce that there are likely a lot of small reasons Natasha says that. We talk about the nature of Hulk and how much say he really has in decisions like this that Bruce makes. And we talk about the small touch of Bruce rocking the baby swing. Too on the nose? Maybe, but we still like it. We look at the timeline that got Bruce from Harlem to here as well. Tune in!
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Minute Seventeen: From A Coughing Child to Bruce Asking Natasha About Her Actress BuddyJoining us today, we have Ryan Dalton, author of the Time Shift trilogy and This Last Adventure.
In the seventeenth minute of The Avengers...We dig more into Mark Ruffalo and how we feel about him as Bruce and how the Hulk works for us in this film. We also talk about Natasha and what Scarlett brings to the role. What’s going on in Kolkata though that requires some strange military presence? And why does Bruce think his strange method of ducking will help him not be noticed? Again, the nod to the TV show with him helping the sick is appreciated. What’s up with the three people watching TV outside? Are they SHIELD agents too? And how did Natasha get everything set up so quickly? Tune in!
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Minute Sixteen: From Strike Team Delta’s Abidjan Operation to a Sick Man in BedJoining us today is Phillip Mottaz, author of the Psychic Barber Mystery series.
In the sixteenth minute of The Avengers...Natasha finds out Barton’s not really in danger. Does that change our sense of Coulson’s call and how he pitched it to her? Regardless, her reaction when she realizes she has to get the ‘big guy’ is great. This film really is the only time Hulk felt dangerous, and we like that. And speaking of, we head to Kolkata to find a young girl running through the streets. It’s a great location setup, but why is she so worried? Isn’t she just a wee actress hired by Natasha? She does bring us to Bruce Banner, and we get to chat about Mark Ruffalo taking over the part. There’s a nice sense of the Bill Bixby character to him here as he’s helping sick people. We love finally getting to talk about him in this franchise! Tune in!
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Minute Fifteen: From the Moron Giving Her Everything to an Inquiry About BartonJoining us today is Phillip Mottaz, author of the Psychic Barber Mystery series.
In the fifteenth minute of The Avengers...We’re getting into the good stuff with the interrogation, particularly as we now learn that Natasha’s the one in charge. Georgi’s comments to her and her look at him says so much. It’s one of the best bits in the film. We also get a thrilling action sequence full of amazing stunts. Hats off to Heidi Moneymaker once again returning to do the stuntwork as Black Widow. That flip in the chair as well as the leaping onto the thug to flip him over – they’re stunning and pulled off perfectly. It helps that we get that 90 degree camera shot of the thug flip. Talk about an effective way to play that! It’s a fantastic scene and gives us plenty to discuss. Tune in!
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Minute Fourteen: From Natasha’s Question to the Middle of an InterrogationJoining us today is Phillip Mottaz, author of the Psychic Barber Mystery series.
In the fourteenth minute of The Avengers...We continue our conversation about Georgi Luchkov’s interrogation of Natasha Romanoff... or is it the other way around? This is a great tool the director employs well – shifting gender expectations in scenes like this. Again, though – should we read more into this about the director’s treatment of women? The scene does play well, though, and the shift from serious thriller to comedy with the punctuating phone call works exceptionally well. Plus, Scarlett acts well with a phone to her ear. Tune in!
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