Comments on: Nick Cassavetes To Direct Captain America? Bad Idea.

By: authorNYSE

authorNYSE — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:01:08 +0000

Both costumes look stupid for the purpose of a guy who is simply a soldier. Somebody made a vid on YouTube with the World Police “America, F Yeah” song placed with clips from the 1990 Cap movie. It was perfectly cornball. To my knowledge the uniform does nothing to aid Cap unlike his shield so why have it?

They’d be better off make small films from unknown characters so that general audiences won’t expect a over-hyped spandex affair. For example, Brother Voodoo could be a kool and scary southern gothic/spiritual rated-R tale in the vein of The Skeleton Key, Prince of Darkness, and Angel Heart. Then again Marvel would have to be very brave to make such a film that screams “not for the prime demographic”. At the very least a Brother Voodoo film could intro duce a bigger budget Black Panther film or vice versa.

So how about adapting their GREAT recently released animated film from the book of Doctor Strange, which is basically a movie version of the popular TV series House with supernatural elements.

By: Hohoho!

Hohoho! — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:15:12 +0000

I just read this and couldn’t help but think that a lot of people missed out a lot of crucial points.
First off… ok i’m a cap fan, well that is I’m a Steve Rogers fan and maybe one day a James ‘Bucky’ Barnes fan, so I guess it’s easier for me to see how this could be done right.

issue one: the costume! I agree, spandex looks stupid, no matter who’s wearing it… but that’s not a problem with Cap, since he doesn’t wear spandex anyway. It’s more of a scalemailesque kelvar vest. As for the wings… since the modern comics have them very small and very tight to his face, so that’s not a problem either.

issue two: the story itself, and Captain America’s American patriotism… I don’t really see a problem here either, since they will likely want sequels, thus the first film will probably be completely in WW2. supposed CA Jingoism and flagwaving is also unlikely, because even though obviously Steve has a love for America, he never really comes across as obnoxiously’ patriotic or arrogant. Which anyone who has read captain america, especially the version 5 ones by Ed Brubaker, will know. He was really Marvel’s stalwart honour guy, Steve stood up for his personal beliefs and even on atleast three occassions broke with the american government because he didn’t agree with them (The Captain, Nomad, Civil War). So He’s more of a figurehead for freedom of speech and idealism… Ok he does a lot of fighting, but that’s the kind of action we expect from superheroes, the go out and kick supervillian butt, and the Red skull is one evil villain :) ohh and when charging into a fight with only a shield, yes he is badass! so there we have it… that’s my five eurocents for the moment :) If you want anymore info about cap, or if you come up with any other stuff do ask… as for the costume I mentioned, look up captain america work by Steve Epting (One hell of a comic artist)

http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/~editor/brant/Marvel/CAPA025016_col.jpg

anyway I love steve rogers, and I’m european :) so good luck!

By: Jarred

Jarred — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:29:21 +0000

This movie has “giant sack of shit” written all over it. You can’t do this.

First of all, for those of you tring to compare this to Spider-Man or Superman, the essence of who they are as characters are totally different, and they didn’t have a bloody usa flag design for a costume. It looks, bloody stupid.

But the american flag wearing isn’t the biggest problem. It’s the whole essence of who CA is. He’s a hero from a long gone era whose way of looking at life, his country and the world is long outdated.

Sure, you could MAKE him cool, but only after radically changing who he is for the screen. Then he’s not CA anymore, so what’s the point?

By: bassturd

bassturd — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:17:41 +0000

Ya, he’s definitely do-able. I mean…I think I know a little bit about his backstory…and it seems a lot more realistic than Superman or Spiderman or even Batman probably. A supersoldier made by the army doesn’t sound completely farfetched.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:10:03 +0000

I agree with Darren.
Superman and Spider-Man were both done. They wore spandex (even though Cap wears bullet proof mesh and jeans). Also if you think someone with the name Captain America is base and simply comical then think-Super man…Spider man.

Look at Batman, they made him look like the toughest badass ever to grace the silver screen,even though he has looked pretty dumb sometimes (especially with his little sidekick). Captain America has looked dumb too its pointless denying but he can ALSO look cool. Dull the colors a bit and BAM, they could do more than that but I just hope my point is across.

By: SML

SML — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:32:07 +0000

Capt. America = jingoism… there goes foreign box office…

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:18:23 +0000

I couldn’t disagree more. I think the way he is done in the Ultimates would work fine on screen. You have to show him as the guy that is sort of ridiculed, or scorned, by his comrades, who have heard things but don’t buy it. He sacrifices his life without thought, and the rest is history.

I agree with the part about the outfits, but they haven’t let me down yet (Marvel) with their costume approaches.

By: rafa1215

rafa1215 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:21:08 +0000

Yeah the costume does need to be redesigned. Look at xmen – they redesigned those. The story is a pretty easy to pan out – WW2 kicking the nazi’s ass – pretty simple. I’ll stand in line to watch this when it comes out.

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:42:05 +0000

I honestly think it can work. The rubber ears on the costume are a problem (as the Captain America movie from 1990 proved – if you saw it) but they changed the X-Men costumes and everybody went to see it.

Fans who say they will boycott a movie or some such because the look has been changed are blowing smoke up their ass. It’s capturing the spirit of the character and his story that are important and i think it can be great.

Either they make the first movie set entirely during WW2, in which case it will look and feel like no other superhero movie. Or it’s a film about a guy who stood for the American way in the 40’s, gets frozen, and then finds himself in our time where those values don’t mean the same.

Either way, Captain America is the one Marvel movie that i’ve really been looking forward to for a long way.

By: calviin

calviin — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:54:06 +0000

I’m gonna second Darren J Seeley here and say that I think you are wrong, John. In my mind’s eye, I can definately see Captain American not only working, but looking totally badass awesome. I’ve never been a fan of the C.A. series and haven’t even read any of his stories, but I know what he looks like and I can see him being done right if the people behind it aren’t screw ups.