Yes, but Cap’s story has been rewritten…otherwise he would be over 90 years old at least by now. The story line now involves him defeating Nazi’s, being frozen in ice for half a century, then thawed out by S.H.I.E.L.D. where he joins the Avengers.
Seeing as they are using the Sam J version of Nick Fury, it looks like we are getting the Ultimate version of the Avengers…which may be why they are now pushing a different draft of a Luke Cage movie through and rewriting Spiderman…both are in the Avengers now.
I don’t see the need to alter Cap’s costume that much for the sake of realism, when there is a profound reason for dressing him in the American flag in the first place…
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All they did was make it look like his suit actually has some protective function now…which makes perfect sense. Like I said, otherwise you just get spandex and no matter how you do it, it looks like crap.
Even Superman’s last costume (though I hate what they did with that character and guy who played him) had much more detail and that “honeycomb” pattern woven into it.
All they did was make it look like his suit actually has some protective function now…which makes perfect sense. Like I said, otherwise you just get spandex and no matter how you do it, it looks like crap. [/quote]
I don’t object to adding functional elements to the costume, I was talking mainly about why the traditional red white and blue should be preserved. I’ve seen posts on other forums made by people wanting to completely do away with Cap’s signature colors and replace them with ones more appropriate to a field operative for the sake of “realism”.
They tend to see the basic “stars and stripes” motif as cloying, jingoistic flag-waving and nothing more. It is flag-waving, but it’s the kind that has been seen on the battlefield for centuries.
One thing I’d add is that Cap’s WW2 attire has to appear dated for it to be authentic - even state-of-the-art military tech in the 1940’s is going to look obsolete now.
It just adds to the culture-clash he’ll experience when he’s revived (think Demolition Man)…
Director Joe Johnston nailed the costume design of The Rocketeer - it felt right for the period, without being laughable, so I think the signs are mostly positive.
I agree that spandex is a stretch - it wasn’t invented until 1959.
Vibranium is found in one large rock that fell to Earth but landed in an area of Africa very hard to get to…because that is where the Black Panther’s kingdom is and they do not allow trespassers…which is why their technology far surpasses anything most of the world currently knows. [/quote]
This is why I’m dying to see a Black Panther movie: an isolated African community fighting for control of a priceless natural resource? It could be Blood Diamond with added Vibranium and superheroes…
