For those worried about poor Steve Rogers, a poster at the Comic Book Resources forums has some good news for you:
So, today my friends and I went to Universal Studios Hollywood and lo and behold, we see Captain Amercia drive by on an ATV. We just had to follow him and ask the obvious question – “Aren’t you dead?” He literally lept off his bike, landing in a perfect Cap pose and unstrapped his shield. The dude was at least 6’5 and dwarfed us completely. He addressed us sternly without hesitation or anger. “Don’t believe everything you read, especially in the Daily Bugle.” he said. Following up with “The Civil War. That was a good story. I’m sure there’s more to come. I’ll certainly be reading. Perhaps it really did happen in some alternate universe.” I was totally impressed cause you know he’s been getting that question a lot. Then my friend asked him how many Avengers he could name. First he asked “Classic, new or mighty or underground?” My friend said to just name as many as he could. He started rattleing off names left and right, and he pretty much did it in the order they became Avengers. It was a blur but I remember him saying the likes of Silverclaw, Dr. Druid, Dr. Strange and even Ultra Girl. I wouldn’t be surprised if he named them all. We were totally impressed, which is hard to do with my friends. Then the Green Goblin interruped us. Cap easily got him in a headlock and continued our conversation, asking us if the Goblin has a purse or a man-bag, eventually throwing him towards a trashcan, which the Goblin fell over. So, rest assured, Cap is alive at a theme park near you.
Not everyone has been so lucky, however:
See the time I went, the Cap at Universal Studios didn’t know who the Red SKull was.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:38 am
“purse or a man-bag”???
So Captain America is alive and well, but he gets you in a headlock and calls you gay?
Sounds about right.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:05 am
awesome.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
That rules.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
A Navy friend of mine who took his kids to Universal Studios a few years ago had a similar experience. He was impressed as all hell, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but speculate that Marvel might be making more money if they weren’t hiring method actors to work at their theme parks.
To give you some idea of how long ago this was, my friend asked Spider-Man, “Hey, where’s Mary Jane?” Spidey replied, “I don’t know, I haven’t seen her lately, but I sure hope she’s doing okay!” Another fan said, “Hey, Peter Parker!” Spidey’s response? “Shhh! Do you want to give away my secret identity? I can’t risk any of my enemies knowing that!”
My friend also met an apparently very attractive woman playing Storm, and as much as he was tempted, she was so nice that he couldn’t bring himself to ask her, “So, is that story about you and Chris Claremont true?”
March 30th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
sounds like you ran into the actual living breathing Captain America
dammit I haven’t been to Universal since the very early 90s, never seen the Marvel stuff