Captain America and Borders

[kybearfuzz]

Tonight I went to see Captain America: First Avenger with Brian (cincycub). We caught the 2D version, which was fine. The movie is really great. It seems to capture the 1940's pretty well and Chris Evans does a grand (and buff) job as Steve Rogers. How they got him to look so puny in the beginning was amazing! Great action and special effects. There is an extra scene at the end. I highly recommend it.

On the way home I stopped in Crestview Hills for ice cream and walked down to Borders. I missed the store closing by seven minutes.

The news that the bookstore chain was closing all locations was depressing. I have always loved bookstores, even as a kid I used to go in them and dream of buying whatever I wanted. As an adult, I still love going into bookstores, rarely passing up a chance to go into one. I remember how thrilled I was that a Borders was opening a location so close to my house a few years ago.

Borders really is a cornerstone of the shopping area and I think a lot of folks enjoy hanging out there. I myself remember sitting in the coffee shop there last October working on Bear Patrol #3. Besides buying books, magazines and sketchbooks there, I often spent time scoping out the local bear population, which often was pretty plentiful.

So the idea of it closing is just sad. When I stopped in there yesterday, the sales clerk at the register even said that she's seen more customers crying about the closing than the employees. There still is a month or so left I hear. My only curiosity is going to be whatever they put in its place.

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[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

I saw Capt. America this afternoon as well. I thought is was rather clever how they managed to meld two Marvel titles (Capt.A and the Howling Commandos) into the story line. I was equally pleased at how they got a Hollywood glamor boy (Neal McDonough) to pass as the massive Dum Dum Dugan; but hey, if they can make Chris Evans look scrawny, they can make a slender man look muscular.

You're not the only one to miss Borders. They closed one on the west side this spring, and now the one on the east side will close, as well.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I noticed that they never referred to Dugan and boys as "The Howling Commandos," but I knew exactly who they were when Dugan showed his mug and that bowler hat. I loved the movie because I could pick things like that out, things that the non-comic book person at the movie would miss.

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

This is why I could not nudge my partner in the ribs and whisper, "Oh, my God...that's Dum Dum Dugan!" He'd think I was insane....er.