Anyone outside the US that bothered about Captain America?

[Hellshifter]

Im actually looking forward to the movie and I am from canada. Steve Rogers is a character I originally disliked but after Civil war and his actions in it I actually researched the character and I actually found myself actually liking him. Tho I really do wish they didnt go the temporal bullet thing...

 

[Joshica Huracane]

It's not offensive to love your country. If they made a British, Russian or other version it wouldn't be bothersome.

Also, They do have a captin russia. His name is The red guardian

There is also a Captain Britain as well.

Then theres also Union Jack (who, I think, is more like Captain America than Captain Britain.. But don't quote me on that)
Put it in spoilers coz its a big friggin picture. Cool though. =P.

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OT: I'm a New Zealander, and I'm pretty excited about Captain America. I mean, Chris Evans was the highlight of the fantastic four movies for me, and I can see him doing well in Cap America. Also, Hugo Weaving playing Red Skull? And looking not only awesome, but rather intimidating too? Yes, I'm SO in for that.

I now want to see a movie featuring Union Jack.

Never been a huge fan of captain America, but I am looking forward to the movie pretty much because of Hugo Weaving. I have yet to be dissapointed by any of his performances and look forward to Red Skull kicking ass. Plus this should be the last flic befre the avengers so that should be fun. Canadian by the way.

As a side note why do all the Canadian superheroes blow goats?

Well apparently, Union Jack makes an appearance in Cap America. No idea how much of the movie he'll be in, or even if he'll be wearing the badass costume, but the character is in there. According to wikipedia.

And come on, you guys have Wolverine. New Zealand, on the other hand, has... hmmmm..... yea, that's about it.

 

[captaincabbage]

It's not offensive to love your country. If they made a British, Russian or other version it wouldn't be bothersome.

Onserve Captain Britian.

I know someone has almost undoubtedly send you a pic of him already, but what the hell, here's another.

Admittedly his costume is pretty pimp, but I still don't care for him, just like I don't care for Captain America.

Cap B sucks. Union Jack is where it's at.

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Edit for clarity:

I'm being sarcastic. They all pretty much suck. But atleast Jack looks cool doing it.

lol THAT'S his name! I couldn't remember what Union Jack's name was, so I just went with the safe bet of CB.

And yes, they all are kinda lame. What can Cap America do? Throw a frisbee real good?

 

[Nemesis729]

maybe the whole reason alot of people like him is because of the whole America thing.

No

I'm a huge Cap fan and it has nothing to do with the America part, He's my favorite comic character because his books are really well written and interesting, plus from the looks of it the movies is going to be amazing

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

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I can see why you wouldn't care at all. I wouldn't expect you to, with him being a symbol of America and not the UK. However, I would kind of expect you to be at least a little excited at the prospect of a Union Jack movie, or at least an appearance made by Union Jack.
And well, that covers all the important countries, so I don't see what anyone really has to be upset about...

 

[Kair]

It's not offensive to love your country. If they made a British, Russian or other version it wouldn't be bothersome.

It offends me to see nationalism.

Once a tool to end imperialism, now a lingering dangerous stupidity.

nationalism and patriotism are easily confused. nationalism is the unfaltering belief that your clans ideology is true, and moreover superior to all others. (frankly i think most people believe their ideology is true without willingness to consider others making them something of a nationalist to the nation of themselves, but that's tangential) patriotism is taking pride in ones nation's ideology and a consequent willingness to defend it.

Seeing as Capt 'Merica is fighting nazi's (the Nationalist Socialist party of Germany- he's literally fighting nationalists.), and the nazi's are in all probability the aggressors, the Captain is merely exhibiting patriotism, the desire to defend one's beliefs (assuming those are in line with those of his nation)

you cannot bash patriotism, certainly not in the same way you would nationalism, because assuming you aren't a nihilist, you do believe in something and i would hope be willing to stand up for it. that isn't to preclude the consideration or merit of other ideologies, it is only to admit you do in fact value what you believe.

edited to be on topic: i am American, have never read the comics, but am excited by the trailers.

Nationalism is often confused with patriotism because nationalists disguise themselves as patriots.

This happens because ideologies are often connected to a nation. When the ideology fades, the connection to the nation remains. Today a patriot is a nationalist, especially in the United States where there is no trace of the American Revolution left.

 

[theultimateend]

It's not offensive to love your country. If they made a British, Russian or other version it wouldn't be bothersome.

Best part about that is that those actually exist.

I am Australian and I am psyched for this movie. The trailers look awesome. only recently got into comic books, but hell yeh this looks sweet. Who cares what his name is.

He's a wonderful character that is deeper than most of his buddies.

Spoiler: So naturally we did the right thing.

and killed him off.

 

[WolfThomas]

Captain America is one of my favourite mainstream-ish superheroes. Much like Superman, sometimes it's good to read about a nice guy who is not dark, gritty and sociopathic.

 

[Lim3]

I'm from Aus, and i am keen to see it for the very simple reason that it is part of the lead up to the AVENGERS!

 

[linkblade91]

The character of Captain America was created to inspire American youth and young adults during WW2; it's not about jingoism, but using an identifiable icon to promote unity against an unambiguous evil. Nowadays the need for such a symbol is obviously not as necessary.

He is still a hero however, and fights to protect the whole world, not just the United States. His patriotism is evident, sure, but it's not so thick that you suffocate (like certain, rather-vocal citizens of ours). I think people need to chill out and lay off the notion that Cap's anything more than what he truly is: a superhero, just like the others. They could've named him "Captain Banana-Man" for all it would have mattered; he'd still be the same hero (except, you know, for the color scheme. And our ability to take him seriously lol).

OT: On the subject of the movie, I will of course see it. So far I have been quite impressed with the superhero movies of late (especially Iron Man and Batman, who coincidentally are my favorite heroes, so hurray for me!), and I expect this film to be no exception.

Next stop: The Avengers! Hopefully it'll kick as much ass as the "smaller" films that come before it.

 

[captaincabbage]

It's not offensive to love your country. If they made a British, Russian or other version it wouldn't be bothersome.

Onserve Captain Britian.

I know someone has almost undoubtedly send you a pic of him already, but what the hell, here's another.

Admittedly his costume is pretty pimp, but I still don't care for him, just like I don't care for Captain America.

Cap B sucks. Union Jack is where it's at.

Spoiler

Edit for clarity:

I'm being sarcastic. They all pretty much suck. But atleast Jack looks cool doing it.

lol THAT'S his name! I couldn't remember what Union Jack's name was, so I just went with the safe bet of CB.

And yes, they all are kinda lame. What can Cap America do? Throw a frisbee real good?

LOL

Pretty much. He's taken a serum that makes him sort of just above the pique of human fitness.

Yeah, because just slightly above peak human fitness is a perfect match for the fucking hulk or something.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

So I am from the UK (England if you want to be picky) and have seen a few of the Captain America trailers now and I find myself not really giving a crap.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm American, and I don't (nor have ever) given a crap about Captain America.

Just not a character I ever got to know, nor have ever really cared for.

Then again, I gave no craps for Iron Man either, until I saw the movie and said "oh, that was pretty good" - I still don't CARE, but I enjoyed it. Don't need to own it or anything.

Really liked Thor. Actually saw that one in the theater. I might pick that one up on DVD at some point.

But yeah... I grew up watching Spider Man and X-Men cartoons. So I care about Spider Man and X-Men movies (loved First Class). Other super heroes I am more "shrug" about. Well, other than Wonder Woman, but that's because she's one of the few good female super hero leads. But I digress.

I don't think it has anything to do with being American or not. I just don't find Captain America very interesting.

 

[bob-2000]

Don't worry, I'm in America and I'm bothered by Captain America too.

 

[Aisaku]

An opinion from a non american comics fan: Cap has been on and off at times. He was big when he was portrayed as the big anti nazi fighter close to his introduction, he became a staple in the Avengers, even if he wasn't a founding member. And then he fell into obscurity, with several lukewarm attempts to make him relevant or interesting(Nomad, US Agent, Heroes Reborn...). Still there are a number of good Captain America stories to be read:

- Earth X by Jim Krueger, shows an aging Cap trying to keep fighting the good fight in a world in shambles. This actually made me care about the character.
- Captain America vol. 5, Ed Brubaker's run who took the character seriously, taking his whole history into account.
- Civil War: A bit bland at times, but one of the better attempts at making the character relevant. Even if just for this gem of a quote:

http://captain-america.us/articles/images/civilwar/page2captainamerica.jpg

Captain America is the old soldier, a veteran who has seen war, death and the evil men can commit and still stands for what's right, even if the country he knew doesn't exist any more. Of course to cater to the movie audience the movie will be nothing like that. I expect a fart joke or two, sadly.

 

[mikespoff]

Don't care about the American bit, but I also don't know much about the character so I'm intrigued to learn his story. I didn't know much about Iron Man before the movie, either.

Superheroes, if they're well written, can be fascinating characters. Here we have a superhero whose ultimate power is not an offensive weapon, but rather a shield. I think that suggests a very interesting protagonist, so I'm curious to learn more about him.

 

[zehydra]

I'm pretty sure, that even in America, Captain America is up there on the list of least-favorite superheroes.

 

[WanderingBiscuits]

Yeh never been a fan of Captain America. He is a pretty bland superhero.