The Friday Link for 11/15/24

This week, I'm going to start off with a nice distraction.  Marvel Movies might be coming back to form!

In a previous Friday Link, I posted how excited I was about The Thunderbolts movie, but we can't overlook the next major Marvel Movie coming out, Captain America: Brave New World.

The Captain America franchise works best when they treat it like a spy film.  Captain America: The Winter Soldier is not only one of the best Marvel films, but it's also a tight spy adventure (which also has the best fight scenes in all of Marvel movies [Cap v. Bucky]).

Since they retired Chris Evan's Cap, Anthony Mackie has taken over the role.  This happened in the comic book, and I'm glad they are also following that line with Brave New World. 

Plus they further explore the great Isaiah Bradley storyline from the comics and TV series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it looks like they are trying to clean up a major open-ended problem with The Eternals, and Red Hulk makes his first appearance.  I'm looking forward to this on Valentine's Day. 

Back to the Thunderbolts.  At D23, which is kind of a Brazilian Comic Con, they released an extended scene and new footage. Even more geeked now! 

Finally tonight is what is considered a top ten all-time NFL playoff upset, 1987's Minnesota Vikings upsetting the San Francisco 49ers in a divisional playoff game.  

Not sure why this showed up in my YouTube Algorithm but this was a pretty big upset.  They stymied Joe Montana, and a young off-the-bench Steve Young, and dramatically limited Jerry Rice. Anthony Carter had a career game and the Vikings made history.

I think one of the reasons we don't talk about this game more is the reality of the NFL at that time.  It was not a good product.  There were two good NFC teams, and the eventual winner usually destroyed the AFC.  The modern version of the game is a lot more entertaining, but watching these highlights reminds me of how HUGE that win was.  This city was abuzz after that win.

With it being the NFL, you have to watch that one on YouTube!

Have a good weekend everyone! 

Make sure to stay up to date on your vaccines, before you know who creates chaos!