What are the prospects of a Captain America movie, if at all?
Published by Avi Green on Monday, October 22, 2007 at 1:59 AM.
For those who take interest in comic book movie adaptations, that's surely got to be something to wonder. Quality of scriptwriting surely has to be the most important part of all, but I guess marketing plays a part in this too! As far as I know, Paramount is said to have a Cap film project in the works for 2009, but, here's where the problem comes in: thinking back on the same studio's decision to market a GI Joe movie to a global audience by taking out anything seriously American about the Joes, that's how one has to wonder if they'll even make a Captain America movie in the end?
And now that I think of it, there's every chance that no, they won't make a Captain America movie, because of the exaggerated notion that an unnamed global audience wouldn't accept a movie that's proud to be American. But if they do make a movie of Cap, that's where concern B comes in: just what kind of movie would they make? At the moment, the chances that they'd be willing to make a movie where Cap seriously battles modern-day terrorism are - you guessed it - nil at best. But even if he battles costumed thugs or villains close to that range like the Red Skull, even there it's possible to expect any impact to be tremendously muted and watered down. Part of this relates to how not only has Marvel's book publishing outfit been taken over by anti-war-type inmates, even the outfits producing their movies have too. A most recent example that tips off to this is Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which, as indicated in this review, seems to be a subtle attack on Guantanamo Bay and the US army. If the people involved in that production end up being on a Captain America movie, one has to wonder what they'll have in store for it too?
That's exactly why hopes for a worthy Cap movie ultimately have to be kept to a minimum, because there's every chance that it will undergo some kind of tinkering, if it's made. Some people have probably figured this out already following the GI Joe fallout of recent, and there's every chance that a movie based on the famous toy franchise could tank. No wonder many movie adaptations are starting to become worse and worse.
And now that I think of it, there's every chance that no, they won't make a Captain America movie, because of the exaggerated notion that an unnamed global audience wouldn't accept a movie that's proud to be American. But if they do make a movie of Cap, that's where concern B comes in: just what kind of movie would they make? At the moment, the chances that they'd be willing to make a movie where Cap seriously battles modern-day terrorism are - you guessed it - nil at best. But even if he battles costumed thugs or villains close to that range like the Red Skull, even there it's possible to expect any impact to be tremendously muted and watered down. Part of this relates to how not only has Marvel's book publishing outfit been taken over by anti-war-type inmates, even the outfits producing their movies have too. A most recent example that tips off to this is Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which, as indicated in this review, seems to be a subtle attack on Guantanamo Bay and the US army. If the people involved in that production end up being on a Captain America movie, one has to wonder what they'll have in store for it too?
That's exactly why hopes for a worthy Cap movie ultimately have to be kept to a minimum, because there's every chance that it will undergo some kind of tinkering, if it's made. Some people have probably figured this out already following the GI Joe fallout of recent, and there's every chance that a movie based on the famous toy franchise could tank. No wonder many movie adaptations are starting to become worse and worse.
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