SPOILERS: Here's How Secret Identities Factor Into CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
What will be the driving force of the conflict between Captain America and Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War next year? Well, a new report claims to reveal what role the secret identities of the heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to play in the movie...
Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Civil War comic book revolved around secret identities and heroes being forced to share those with the government. The Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't feature a lot of characters whose identities are unknown to either them or the public, so it makes sense that that won't be the driving force of the Superhuman Registration Act in Captain America: Civil War next year. Well, according to Birth.Movies.Death, "There is no Registration Act. There are Accords, a global move to govern the supeheroes...many of the world's governments are concerned about a unilateral super-powered strike force that answers to no one now that SHIELD has been destroyed The divide between Captain America and Iron Man boils down to that famous Latin quote that gave us one of the best comic book stories ever: Who watches the watchmen?"
That makes sense, but I find it hard to believe that the topic of secret identities won't be addressed at all. After all, Hawkeye likely doesn't want to be registered because his family - kept hidden by S.H.I.E.L.D. - will become puclic knowledge if that happens, while Spider-Man has always been wary of letting others know who's beneath the mask because of the risk that poses to his family and friends. The main driving force of the conflict though will be, "Should superheroes be free to do as they please, ubermensch inflicting their will on the world? Should superheroes be bound by the whims and changing winds of politics, unable to help people simply because a dictator who has a place on the UN Security Council doesn't want anyone interfering in his human rights abuses? Tony Stark who has become increasingly aware of his responsibility to the world and Steve Rogers who has seen everything he believed in undermined when SHIELD was revealed to be a Hydra front." What do you guys think of these possible details? Let us know below...
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