And that was literary a category on the episode: "It's not rocket science." No lie. And still they couldn't manage it.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it, Eliza? Sigh.

Yeah. I discovered that when I read the earlier posts. Sorry! ;-)

Ah! I didn't see the earlier headline. Glad they fixed it. (Because, as they mention below, her school definitely is in Harrisburg.)

If he did, he (or she) should have checked his (or her) facts. The article is correct: her school is in Harrisburg, just like the article says. (A quick Googling will bear my claim out.)

Her school is in Harrisburg, not in Philadelphia. I'm sure the writer assumed everyone knows this and so let "Pennsylvania’s capital city" suffice:

Yes. And her school is in Harrisburg. Just like the article says:

I thought the same thing.

Hard to believe they could talk about the SNL opening without a nod to Tim & Eric's spoof of it. Finally, everyone can laugh.

Yes. Like so much on the AVClub these days. Unfortunate. Did you see the Consequence of Sound essay I linked to below? It does a much better job describing the mythos this AVClub essay only barely gestures towards.

The essay does a pretty horrible job doing any kind of set up. I was confused too. This old essay from 2013 does a much better job of explaining the "legend" and how it manifested itself.

Is there a stuntman in the Cap suit? If not, then it might be the actor. Unless they wanted to use the face-obscuring mask as an excuse to get some groovy practical athletics in the scene. Which raises an interesting question: why not always use a stunt person and just have the actor overdub his lines? (Or maybe…

You could just say, "Wow. If that's Chadwick Boseman and not a stunt person, then Boseman's jumps are the most impressive of the bunch."

Yes. I wish these "discussions" would strive for some rigor. The scene in South Africa (Johannesburg - why not give it a name, AVClub writers?) is well into the film, long after the first battle scene, their return home, and the waking of Ultron (and their second fight). I shouldn't be bothered by these details, I…

Yes.

There is, but it's awkwardly buried in a sea of text. Typically bad writing on the part of the new AVClub. Sigh. I miss the good old days.

But the video makes the weird opposition of "family film" and "kid friendly," which, frankly, isn't an opposition. Your opposition (@heatherdumdei:disqus) is much better - "kid movie" v "family movie." The one (as you suggest, Heather) is a movie targeted at kids exclusively, the latter a film that can be appreciated…

One hundred year old novels? Come on, man. Understand genre. Fairy tales aren't "novels."

They wanna murder this movie in a well, which seems a bit harsh, but that's what it says here on this cue card.

Yes. Some research would be appreciated, even if the author wasn't reading comics when Civil War came out. This kind of ahistorical reading - and, frankly, bad criticism - has become more and more common on the AVClub of late. It's a sad departure from the quality I've come to expect over the years. I hate to seem…