Captain America: The First Avenger

[Morgbug]

I'm still waiting for a comic book movie that's 100% faithful to the source material.

I'd be up for something faithful as well but we have to realize that most of the origins of the characters we were/are into happened back in the 1960s, a comparitively innocent time.  Many of the ideas that were interesting and exciting to readers in that era would be downright ho-hum to this generation of instant gratification/don't-make-me-think generation it just won't fly and Hollywood recognizes and encourages that. 

I think the Cap art Scott posted looks great and pretty close to the original wings notwithstanding.  The question that comes to my mind is whether that's a mask or a helmet?  I assume the latter given the chin strap but I'd always thought of it as a form fitting mask.  Perhaps I'm forgetting my origins for Cap. 

[BillCable]

In the movie it's a helmet... supposed to be functional for battle.

[JediJman]

It was a face mask/cowl in the comics, but the movie version appears to be a helmet.  That's anupgrade I'm fine with - makes more sense to make it functional.

[name]

Heck, it's been a while since I saw the first Spider-Man, but even that was pretty close to his origin wasn't it?

Except for the organic web spinners (which sucked, IMO), a life-long crush on Mary Jane, tiny hooks on his fingers... probably some other things, too.

Organic spinners were ok with me.  Accepting a radioactive spider mutation is one thing, but even as a kid i had a hard time accepting that parker could enginer and build highly complex machinery and invent a precise chemical textile process in his bedroom.

[BillCable]

In a universe where Reed Richards and Tony Stark can create all sorts of unreal equipment, I think it's entirely plausible that science genius Peter Parker can create some web spinners.

[JediJman]

Didn't he make them after hours in a chemsitry class?  I didn't read a lot of the early spidey comics, but seems like they portrayed him in the lab quite a bit.  I think he even helped Doc Connor with his research going after class to be his lab assistant.  He's often utilized as a science/tech guru in the comics, so I do like the artifical web shooter concept for the fit with the books.  That said, if he has all the other powers of a spider, it would make sense that he can shoot webs too.

[BillCable]

That said, if he has all the other powers of a spider, it would make sense that he can shoot webs too.

Yeah... out of his ass.

[JediJman]

That said, if he has all the other powers of a spider, it would make sense that he can shoot webs too.

Yeah... out of his ass.

Well, he didn't grow extra sets of limbs either - it doesn't have to match perfectly.   

[name]

In a universe where Reed Richards (a genius scientist with unlimited technology at his disposal) and Tony Stark (a multi-millionaire with unlimited technology at his disposal) can create all sorts of unreal equipment, I think it's entirely plausible that science genius Peter Parker  (a teenager living with his elderly aunt and uncle and scheming for ways to make a few bucks to buy a used car) can create some web spinners.

not saying I didn't accept it....just in the scheme of things, spinners make a little more sense.  Although I used to love it in Web of Spiderman books when Peter would conceal his shooters in his camera gear when traveling.  That was brilliant.

[speedermike]

In a way, it makes more sense that the spinners are biological...Let's say Peter Parker comes up with web technology in a lab...why doesn't he just patent the stuff and become rich like Tony Stark, and then fight crime...instead he is broke and lives in Queens.  And Queens sucks.  I lived there for 13 months....

[JediJman]

I gotta think the web fluid wouldn't pass security as well.  If I can't get through with 8oz of water, I don't see how he's going to get catridges of web fluid through security.  The disguising his shooters as camera parts seems a little goofy to me as well.  If you have a complicated piece of non standard tech going onto a plan, I think it's going to get checked out.

[Brian]

A few set pics from the Cap movie, including Evans' stunt double in costume (and on motorcycle).  A few other things that are minor spoilery I guess, so I won't post them here.  Pics (and article) at the link.

[Mikey D]

That costume looks like ****.  The Hydra bikers look pretty cool, though.

I'm more excited for Thor.

[BillCable]

That costume looks like ****.

But there are wings on the helmet...

[Brian]

That costume looks like ****.  The Hydra bikers look pretty cool, though.

I'm more excited for Thor.

You know, when we first saw the concept art/photoshop pics of Cap in costume, I liked how it looked.  Then when we saw the poster and action figure at SDCC, I liked it as well.  But, seeing these pics, it just doesn't look too good to me for some reason.  It may just be the pictures, or the stunt double, but it just looks a bit off to me.