Underplayed Gems

Captain America in film

Captain America in film poster
Genre
superhero film
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is about the various film adaptations of the Marvel Comics superhero Captain America. It covers a 1940s serial, two TV movies from the 1970s, a direct-to-video film from 1990, and the 2010s trilogy that is part of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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What happens

Captain America, a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in comic books produced by Marvel Comics, has appeared in multiple films since the character's inception in 1940. Republic Pictures released a fifteen-part Captain America serial film in 1944 that was the first film to feature a Marvel Comics character, though it deviated significantly from the comic book source material. Two made-for-TV films, Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon, aired on the American broadcast television station CBS in 1979. A feature-length film directed by Albert Pyun was originally planned for a wide theatrical release in 1990, but received only a brief theatrical release in the United Kingdom before being released in the United States as a direct-to-video film. Marvel began to produce films independently in 2005, launching a shared universe of superhero films referred to as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). A trilogy of Captain America films written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and starring Chris Evans as the title character were produced as part of the MCU in the 2010s: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). A fourth MCU film starring Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Captain America: Brave New World, was released in 2025. The character has also appeared in the Avengers series of crossover films, beginning with The Avengers (2012). While many Captain America films have faced troubled productions or limited audiences, the initial trilogy of MCU Captain America films were critical and commercial success, collectively grossing over $2.2 billion worldwide. The Winter Soldier was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards in 2014, while Civil War was the highest-grossing film of 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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