The Big Picture: Who's Afraid of Captain America?

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xchurchx

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Come on Bob
U forgot the uk already has its superhero movie
V for vendetta
although he realy dosn't fight for england he's more of an anti-hero
 

el.astrologo

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That's funny, MovieBob...

The rest of the world already loves "soccer" and enjoys playing it and goes crazy every time a World Cup is around, and yet because "americans" don't like it you propose selecting a new activity that "we can all enjoy"?

Imagine that.

It's like going to a rave where everyone's dancing it up and expect they change the tune so that you don't feel left out.
 

zombie711

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Jesus Phish said:
I can't think of any Irish superheros.

Perhaps though, the reason superheros are so popular in America, is because America is a young nation. We might not have Irish superheros, but we have legends and tales, such as Cuchulain from our Celtic routes.
Meet Shamrock, an Irish Marvel character who has the ablitiy to control Luck

 

Jesus Phish

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zombie711 said:
Jesus Phish said:
I can't think of any Irish superheros.

Perhaps though, the reason superheros are so popular in America, is because America is a young nation. We might not have Irish superheros, but we have legends and tales, such as Cuchulain from our Celtic routes.
Meet Shamrock, an Irish Marvel character who has the ablitiy to control Luck

"Molly Fitzgerald was born in Dunshaughlin, Ireland, and was the daughter of a militant member of the IRA." Well I'll be damned...

Someone else said earlier, and this is a prime example, that although there may be super heros for other countries past america, it's usually american comics they come from.
 

Manoose47

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van damme doesn't count????

Screw that! he's europes answer to chuck Norris!!!

Hard Target! your arguement is invalid!
 

Hazard12

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I haven't read all the comments. I'm sure many other Brits have made the same point. But I want to state again that we don't really want Beckham back. And Jamie Oliver? He's from a place called Essex that most of the rest of the country just pretends doesn't exist because...well, look at him. Please take one for the team and keep him. And thanks for at least sharing Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell with us.

p.s. having heard of neither of those characters, 'Captain Britain' makes me want to hurl, but that Union Jack film would be sick.
 

brazuca

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A fighter for country, well... That's naive. UFC has been around for more than 15 years and still didn't manage to do that. Fighting is less popular than soccer, baseball or basktball. Let's just leave that be, 'cos lot of what makes the world great is diversity. I would be dammed if I saw a universal human sport, no I know soccer is not as popular as it could, being used for an ad of some company or whatever.

As for Cap. America, he made a very interisting question in my university admission tetst. Well that should a strip of him questioning the necessity of fighting and then a George W. Bush statement post 9/11. Then we should answer about the -ism that inflicted the world history specially the -ism talked about the strip and Bush statement (by the away that -ism is nationalism)
 

Baresark

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Captain America represents American idyll, not American government, and not American Imperialism. This can easily be seen to his reaction of the Superhuman Registration Act. The government and the majority of scared little sheep were all for it, as well as half the superhero community, but he was oppose to it. He was, in my opinion, the good guy in the Civil War. He didn't agree that the best thing for everyone was to take away someones rights to life, liberty and to pursue happiness. Haha, perhaps I took this one too seriously.... but still, he's the man and no one should get confused that since he wears a flag, he is a dog of the state.
 

JazzJack

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I always viewed Captain America as a guy who defended what the United States is supposed to be, not the country as it is
 

Maur DL

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You know, countries settling their disputes through a fighting tournament is actually the premise to the anime "G Gundam". (It's kind of retarded though)
 

Maur DL

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el.astrologo said:
That's funny, MovieBob...

The rest of the world already loves "soccer" and enjoys playing it and goes crazy every time a World Cup is around, and yet because "americans" don't like it you propose selecting a new activity that "we can all enjoy"?

Imagine that.

It's like going to a rave where everyone's dancing it up and expect they change the tune so that you don't feel left out.
I think what he was suggesting was more that not every team can be good but every country can produce one guy who would embody the very best the country had to offer.
 

Space Lion

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Wait, dude, what? Is that a joke? I'm assuming it is. Conflicts of interest couldn't be resolved through fighting a simple fight. That's an ancient barbaric idea. Negotiation is the arena all conflict should be fought in. America just doesn't like that idea because it has to swap the sacrificing of peoples lives with the sacrificing of self interest.
 

flosy

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England has a super hero, he is called Stephen Fry and is an embodiment of all things English, down to the bi-polar depression! Though is Twitter page is dulllllllllllllll......
 

IndianaJonny

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Beckham and Oliver? Only if you give us back Hugh Laurie as well.

Cap is iconic, if you want to see what kind of a heart this guy has just read the Civil War story arc. As to Superhero films avoiding contoversy on the whole, well the portrayal of Heimdall by a black actor in the upcoming Thor movie seems to have ruffled a few feathers.