The Big Picture: Who's Afraid of Captain America?
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Surely it should just be as simple as Captain AMERICA (clue in the name) is a proud American hero who makes a stand for all that is good and just in America.
He can be patriotic without being right wing nut or left wing menace or whatever polar extreme people seem to believe it will be. One can be proud and flag waving without being a douche?
I'm trying to think of an Irish superhero that's not from legend... Anyone got any ideas? Pint Man is not cutting it, Come whiskey boy, the evil Doctor Topo De Mornin is at loose.
He can be patriotic without being right wing nut or left wing menace or whatever polar extreme people seem to believe it will be. One can be proud and flag waving without being a douche?
I'm trying to think of an Irish superhero that's not from legend... Anyone got any ideas? Pint Man is not cutting it, Come whiskey boy, the evil Doctor Topo De Mornin is at loose.
Who the hell said we should cast Jason Statham as Union Jack? WTF?
Don't get me wrong, I'm as quintessentially British as the next tea swilling, crumpet cruncher. As such I love me a bit of Statham, he's our coolest export - bond doesn't really count.
But he's not an ACTOR! He's just a hunk of awesome rolled into even more awesome. Granted, it'd be nice to see him leave that appalling American accent behind for the rest of time, but you can't cast him as any kind of character. He's got all the range and drama of a cabbage.
If we were gonna fund a Union Jack movie we should set it in the 30's and follow Jack's crippling incident and his quest for his son - use Hugh Laurie as the old, bent up James Montgomery Falsworth and Tom Hardy (THE LEGEND THAT IS) as his distant son. It end's with Brian throwing away his Destroyer costume and putting on the Jack. Oooh, and Lisa Faulkner as Spitfire!
Because it's British it'd have to have an underlying dark humour that all 3 could carry very well - especially Laurie. Plus there's plenty of opportunity for action with the lead up to WWII, 3 Hero's and vampiric bad guys...I'm all over the script for this. Gimme 2 weeks!
Don't get me wrong, I'm as quintessentially British as the next tea swilling, crumpet cruncher. As such I love me a bit of Statham, he's our coolest export - bond doesn't really count.
But he's not an ACTOR! He's just a hunk of awesome rolled into even more awesome. Granted, it'd be nice to see him leave that appalling American accent behind for the rest of time, but you can't cast him as any kind of character. He's got all the range and drama of a cabbage.
If we were gonna fund a Union Jack movie we should set it in the 30's and follow Jack's crippling incident and his quest for his son - use Hugh Laurie as the old, bent up James Montgomery Falsworth and Tom Hardy (THE LEGEND THAT IS) as his distant son. It end's with Brian throwing away his Destroyer costume and putting on the Jack. Oooh, and Lisa Faulkner as Spitfire!
Because it's British it'd have to have an underlying dark humour that all 3 could carry very well - especially Laurie. Plus there's plenty of opportunity for action with the lead up to WWII, 3 Hero's and vampiric bad guys...I'm all over the script for this. Gimme 2 weeks!
re: returning Beckham,
No way suckas you can keep the overrated dunce and his golem of a wife to.
I mean we've got Madonna so it balances out.
Jamie Oliver has made school dinners better over here and seems to have come back. I would get all high and mighty about the American parents telling him to fuck off so they could keep feeding their kids pizza for breakfast but:
a) That was obviously a small subset of parents/schools that they used to make the story more sensational
b) In the UK we had parents feeding their kids chips (fries) through fences so they didn't have to eat anything with vitamins in.
c) If an American came over here and told us we were feeding out kids wrong we'd bear out bad teeth at them and chase them into the sea.
P.S Please try and hold onto Ricky Gervais next time he comes over, he's clown shoes.
P.P.S Can we have John Stewart?
No way suckas you can keep the overrated dunce and his golem of a wife to.
I mean we've got Madonna so it balances out.
Jamie Oliver has made school dinners better over here and seems to have come back. I would get all high and mighty about the American parents telling him to fuck off so they could keep feeding their kids pizza for breakfast but:
a) That was obviously a small subset of parents/schools that they used to make the story more sensational
b) In the UK we had parents feeding their kids chips (fries) through fences so they didn't have to eat anything with vitamins in.
c) If an American came over here and told us we were feeding out kids wrong we'd bear out bad teeth at them and chase them into the sea.
P.S Please try and hold onto Ricky Gervais next time he comes over, he's clown shoes.
P.P.S Can we have John Stewart?
Psylocke for Mistress Britain, please discuss casting choices whilst I stare into the middle distance........................
Iconic Country based heroes reeks of self obsession, twee and unimaginativeness. It's like coming up with a naff mascot that everyone else wants to punch.
As you pointed out Iron Man is the everything that a 'captain American' should be running around saving the place. But it's buy-able as it's not Mascot boy.
better than your début eps, but still it's not really hitting on anything that makes me actually care for it. And the faces are annoying, repetitive and lazy.
As you pointed out Iron Man is the everything that a 'captain American' should be running around saving the place. But it's buy-able as it's not Mascot boy.
better than your début eps, but still it's not really hitting on anything that makes me actually care for it. And the faces are annoying, repetitive and lazy.
Irish is included in British, as long as he's not one from Eire. I don't think his birthplace is ever mentioned.Zeromaeus said:
Psh it was a great show.Dody16 said:
There is not one Gundam show manlier than it.
Though my personal favorite is 08 or Turn-A.
it's also the theme of leagues of legend and many others including to a lesser extent RockieLockandKey said:
I dunno I think you should just have learned to like it for what it is. Sure it broke the formula but at least it was awesome.empirialtank said:
I mean sometimes Gundam can get too overly dramatic.
Like Wing sometimes got ugh. Or like Gundam SEED which is so shitty on so many damn levels you could probably use it as a poster child (okay not really there are worse shows, but it is by far the worse Gundam EVER) for everything that's wrong with current anime. (clearly not all current anime is wrong)
Well, I dunno...there isn´t so much a Hauptmann Deutschland superhero as far as I know<.<
The Superhero thing has always been an american thing, what with Marvel and DC putting them out around the clock.
But it would be fun to see superheros like Capitano Espania or Kommisar Russia or whatever, to pop up and fight evil...
The Superhero thing has always been an american thing, what with Marvel and DC putting them out around the clock.
But it would be fun to see superheros like Capitano Espania or Kommisar Russia or whatever, to pop up and fight evil...
@ Moviebob
re: your comment concerning David Beckham
Oh no, don't let us impose, you keep him, we insist
Also, your idea concerning wars sounds a lot like the solution they came up with in Judge Dredd, only in that it was a four person (I think, its been a while since I read the issue) team deathmatch with laers and body suits with helmets (think the movie Gamer only with a futuristic aesthetic)
And, hey, its not out fault you guys are bad at real football. Why don't you try Rugby instead? Its basically American Football but without forward passing, or body armour.
re: your comment concerning David Beckham
Oh no, don't let us impose, you keep him, we insist
Also, your idea concerning wars sounds a lot like the solution they came up with in Judge Dredd, only in that it was a four person (I think, its been a while since I read the issue) team deathmatch with laers and body suits with helmets (think the movie Gamer only with a futuristic aesthetic)
And, hey, its not out fault you guys are bad at real football. Why don't you try Rugby instead? Its basically American Football but without forward passing, or body armour.
