Aletheia's

Iz happy! Better late than never. Everyone is writing about CW now, much to catch up on our f-lists. :D

I guess there's the "ooh shiny new thing!" aspect lacking for me, and more like "oh a new marvel, let's see how much you are gonna follow in your precessors' steps."
Yep, definitely. I've come from the opposite direction. I've come attracted by the Winter Soldier and got the rest of MCU in the package. And this was still my main (only?) reason to watch CW.

hah, that's a very big compliment to pay in my books!
As in mine! I highly appreciate plots that try to go beyond simple black & white narration. And yeah, I thought I was overreaching a bit with this ancient Greek, but still - not bad for a flick made mostly of explosions. :) Besides, I see the whole superhero genre as the modern American mythology, and I'm deadly serious now.

it was a nice buildup to actual violation of this imprisonment by the villain, bc you're filled with dread already
This, and it shows again that Bad Things Happen When Bucky's (Anyone's) Free Will Is Violated. Even if his last act of free will is surrendering to it.

Cap had a reason to refuse to sign anything in three days
Yeah, it all was terribly rushed. Sure, it's a movie, it needs to be fast, but... they didn't even get time to read it properly.

Was a very cool establishing moment, imo!
Effectively emotional and speaking, for certain. Shows how far they went - and how far Steve did not go, in spite of all.

Stan's ridiculous lube jokes on the interviews on this subject :'D
So far I haven't really focused on him that much (I'm more Bucky's fan than Stan's for now), but indeed, I'm getting vibes that he seems going Misha Collins on fandom. Man, tread carefully, you don't want this path! :) Next thing you know you'll be getting gilded invitations with cute little dumpsters on them, asked for opinions on NC-17 rated fanarts in front of the audience, and groped like a chicken checken for fatness.