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This week, we take a detailed look at X-Men: First Class and Captain America: The First Avenger. Alex explains why the first two X-Men movies were interesting, we discuss the Red Skull and HYDRA as a stand-in for Hitler, talk about the perception of comic book movies growing up, and compare the use of history in each of the 2011 blockbusters.<\/p>\n

Episode 31: Captain X-Menica – The FIrst Avengerclass<\/a><\/p>\n

And you can, of course, find the mp3 version of this week’s podcast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CORRECTION<\/strong>: Alex incorrectly states that ‘That Guy’ actors Whip Hubley and James Rebhorn are in X-Men: First Class. However, pretty much every other ‘That Guy’ actor is, including Oliver Platt<\/a>, Michael Ironside<\/a>, Glenn Morshower<\/a>, James Remar<\/a>, Corey Johnson<\/a>, Ray Wise<\/a>, Rade Serbedzija<\/a>, Olek Krupa<\/a>, and the actor Alex refers to as the older, bootleg version of Sean Penn, Matt Craven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, Alex mentions an interesting New York Times piece on Marvel producer Kevin Feige, and that piece can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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