I would like to say that review was pretty much how I felt when I first read it.
@Buccaneer:
I like how that person knows it was out of character for Steve to threaten Tony's life, but mentions another out of character scene, which I'm assuming was from Earth X, as a comparision.
I've said this times before, but taking the story in all at once and knowing Captain America has really helped. On one board, when Civil War started, there was a gay Canadian guy who was suprised Cap wasn't the bad guy. This kid probably thought Rogers' goal in life was to hunt him down to his little coffee shop and beat the shit out of him with the star part of the shield. A lot of people don't understand that just because he dresses like a flag doesn't mean he's an asshole. He's given up more than a few times in the last decade, even. He does what's right, not whatever he's in the process of doing. If he ever realized he'd crossed the line, he wouldn't just shout "FOR AMERRRRRCA!" and kick the line back in front of his feet.
The Civil War was too long, no doubt. All of the liquids had gathered and boiled over in the brains of fanboys, and when it exploded they were absolutely furious that they didn't get their ending. Whatever it was. What could really happen? Best case, Cap shoves off all the faggy citizens and the rest of the rebels down their opponents. Maybe he kills Stark, maybe he just leaves him unconscious. Then what? They'd have to go back on the run, as criminals or kill every superhero and human associated with the registration in the next fight. Because when something's a law, it doesn't really matter how hard you kick a cop's ass.
Not that the ending was the greatest thing ever (yeah, the shooting and letter were pretty dumb), but it's one thing to be poorly done and another to have an ending you don't like.
Yeah, I pretty much agree with Bucc here. If Cap had won, what next? It wasn't like the law's power was dependent on who would win; aside from this, or Cap dying, the only scenario I could think of was a lot of people get their asses kicked, and then they go back into hiding. Whoopee. I know that couldn't be it; nothing would be accomplished, so I kept wondering how the hell they'd do it. I'm kind of satisfied.
And, honestly, I have to agree with him on the part with the rescue workers tackling him. I pretty much thought the same thing ("THE HEROES OF 9/11!") when that scene rolled around. And that shooting scene confused me too. And that letter was lame.
But yeah, in retrospect I feel kind of dumb for complaining. So I guess with CW done, Falcon and Hercules can go back down into the hole and/or box they lived in before the event started.