Episode 41: Captain America: Civil War
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2020
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
The LFTS team debates whether the MCU movies are products or films, if Bucky is a real character or a plot point, and if Civil War successfully shifted the Infinity Saga into engaging long-form storytelling.
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Show Notes
LFTS Video "Iron Man vs. Captain America — The Complete Character Arcs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_H2FxuOWs
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin, I want to quickly announce that our patron exclusive episode on the Pirates of the Caribbean is now live. |
| 0:07.3 | To listen to the episode, head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon, where you can also vote for what movie we should cover in our June patron exclusive episode. |
| 0:15.7 | Link in the show notes. |
| 0:19.6 | Hi, I'm Michael, and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay. |
| 0:23.1 | Today we are talking about Captain America, Civil War, the 2016 film Screen and Play by Christopher Marcus and Stephen McPhee, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. |
| 0:34.4 | I'm here with the lessons from the screenplay team, Trisha Arand. |
| 0:37.9 | Hello, Brian Bittner. Hello. |
| 0:40.1 | And Alex Cajos. Hello. So we're talking about Civil War to tie into the video that we just |
| 0:45.5 | released that tracks the character arcs of Iron Man and Captain America across the whole |
| 0:51.7 | MCU, the 11-year saga that happened. |
| 0:55.3 | And this idea came from you, Brian. |
| 0:58.1 | So do you want to talk about how this idea came to you and why you thought it'd be a good |
| 1:02.8 | video? |
| 1:03.7 | Yeah, definitely. |
| 1:04.7 | I've had this idea for a year. |
| 1:06.5 | It was like a note in my phone that I took while listening to Marcus and McPhile, |
| 1:10.6 | the screenwriters, |
| 1:11.5 | on a podcast, they were talking about the arcs of Steve and Tony and the two quotes that really |
| 1:17.6 | stuck with me. I'm very glad made it into the video, which are that their arcs clash in the |
| 1:23.1 | middle when Tony becomes more selfless and Steve becomes a little more self-interested, |
| 1:29.2 | and that at the end, their paths are complete when Tony sacrifices his life and Steve gets a life. |
| 1:35.8 | And I was just like, ooh, that's great. |
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