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The Nextlander Watchcast 029: Captain America (1990)
🕑 Added 2023-01-23 18:00:06 +0000 UTCWe'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.
Comments
Kp
Thanks for that! Just watched it myself!
Stephen Kielback
Alex's clear affection for low budget films makes me wonder if he's ever checked out Motern Media. They're basically just two guys who made dumb student movies together in college and have kept it going regularly into their 40s. Don't Let The Riverbeast Get You is probably the best starting point with them and there's a fascinating mix of amateurism and quality to them. There's no professional actors but they've got a regular troupe of friends and family going that's decently experience at what they're doing now.
Snek
Watched a 10 minute "Best of Captain America" video on Youtube instead of the movie since I wanted to listen to this asap and didn't have time for the whole thing and I'd say that was enough for me to sit through. Great bad movie and great Watchcast episode! I also vote for more bad movies that are not completely insufferable, but still make your eyes roll.
