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My Eaglemoss Winter Soldier figurine found on my FCBD day travels. The magazine covers Bucky’s history with artwork from the comics, stopping at about the point he becomes Cap. (They also picked the most ridiculous photo for Natasha with her costume zipped down for no apparent reason. *sighs*)

forrome:

Stephanie Hans

Winter Soldier concept art

thepierglass:

joereid:

tylercoates:

5 Sports Movies That Should Get the Broadway Musical Treatment

I’m rolling my eyes over Rocky: The Musical as much as the next guy, but A League of Their Own should definitely be a musical. “There’s No Crying (In Baseball)” would be a killer act-one closing number. (Also, here’s my first feature piece for Flavorwire.)

Tyler put a great thing out in the universe with a call for a “League of Their Own” musical. Of course, I just spent the last 20 minutes coming up with the songbook. MOVE OVER, JULIA HOUSTON.

ACT ONE
“Lay Off the High Ones”
“When You’re Dottie’s Kid Sister”
“Is That General Omar Bradley? (Marla’s Song)”
“You’re a Peach!”
“Gracefully and Grandly”
“(I Don’t Got Players) I Got Girls”
“I Singin’ to Nelson (Ain’t I Baby?)”
“When the Boys Come Home”
“He Ain’t Closin’ Me Down (Hey Mr. Chocolate Man)”
“There’s No Crying in Baseball”

ACT TWO
“Dirt in the Skirt”
“Members of the All-American League”
“Who Do You Gotta Be So Good?”
“The Ballad of Betty Spaghetti”
“The Hard Is What Makes It Great”
“Dirt in the Skirt (reprise)”
“You’re Gonna Lose (A Stillwell Angel Tap Dance)”
“A Play at the Plate”
“Lay Off the High Ones (reprise)”
“Members of the All-American League (reprise)”/”Finale (A League of Our Own)”

My life will be incomplete until this is a real thing. 

Why does this not exist? Why can’t I have tickets NOW? (I’ll settle for a nice out of town tryout at the Kennedy Center if I can’t have Broadway… for traveling purposes…)

phoning-it-in:

Watched The Rape of Europa last night on Netflix and, while it was certainly good, it was a victim of stuffing way too much story into too small a run time. The film details the industrial-scale art theft that Nazi Germany engaged in in the run up to, and during World War II. First stealing art from Jewish families and art collectors and then moving on to the great museums of Europe as their war machine spread across the continent. The film also deals with the “Monuments Men” of the Allied forces who were charged with preserving as much of Europe’s architectural history they could, while still bombing the bejeesus out of the German and Italian armies. 

The unfortunate part is that, while all of this is fascinating, a two hour runtime only allows for a hit and run approach to six or seven fascinating stories that probably could easily fill their own movie. Particularly interesting is the story of The Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. Half of the museum’s collection was successfully evacuated to Siberia but the remainder was left in the hands of museum employees who stayed in the building during the grueling winter siege, doing all they could to protect the art and the building itself from the elements. It’s an amazing story that gets about ten minutes in the film. 

The same can be said for the Monuments Men themselves, who are charged with protecting Europe’s cultural history but given little in the way of support so they have to beg, borrow, or steal what they need to protect ancient works of architecture while participating in a massive war effort. Fortunately, they’re getting a movie of their own soon. 

If you’re interested in the subject, I’d definitely recommend checking it out, but be prepared to do some digging afterwards. 

gailsimone:

ilovecharts:

Percent of female membership in superhero teams by decade

Wow, what a cool chart. Huh. Very interesting!

(Source: zaksmith)

yuanzeng:

National Geographic Photographer of the Year: Mr. Tall Fox

“Could you two stand a little closer? I’m trying you both in the shot… how do you expect to me to work in these conditions?”