1) Captain America’s Assassination
Ultimately the most affecting moment at the end of the story was the apparent death of Cap’ himself. After standing down for the greater good in his final conflict with Iron Man, Captain America denounces his role and agrees to stand trial for his opposition of the registration as Steve Rogers. On the day of his trial for these crimes, Rogers is shot by a sniper and seemingly killed by the bullet.
This results in Rogers being absent from the Marvel comics universe for quite some time, although it is later revealed that he was actually hit by a bullet that merely phased him out of space and time instead. Rogers does manage to find a way back to his earth again, but his role as Captain America over the following years has been on and off, with Bucky taking up the reigns on numerous occasions.
While this could certainly happen in the movie, given the existence of the requisite characters around him, it’s hard to see Marvel dropping one of their trump cards when you consider the immense importance they’ve been putting on the likes of Cap and Iron Man.
[zergpaid]Comic stories have been re-written to accommodate these guys before – consider the way Stark was used as the creator of Ultron – and Captain America is also likely to be crucial to the Infinite War story that will be worked into the next stage of Avengers movies. Although it would be a huge and touching dramatic moment to include, there’s simply too much for the MCU to lose by killing Cap’ off at this stage in their movie timeline.
So, that was depressing, wasn’t it? It seems that many of the conflict’s gritty or dramatic events aren’t likely to appear in Captain America: Civil War, but there’s still more than enough to be excited about seeing on the big screen. Let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments below!
