Captain America: The First Avenger

I just don't see him translating to the screen very well (outside of a non-superhero/costumeless role). He doesn't look as outright silly as the Vulture, but he's pretty close. Plus he's somewhat redundant/repetitive to Rhodey- I don't think they want to give the impression, with the mere handful of total marvel films they'll appear in, both Iron Man AND Captain America having "black sidekicks" (let alone "another" technologically-based FLYING black sidekick), as opposed to stand-alone heroes like Black Panther, Luke Cage or Blade (although, granted, War Machine stands on his own much easier than the Falcon).

I could easily see them working the community-activist-team-up angle into a sequel, but not the flying hero side-kick aspect. He could be the equivalent of the SHIELD Agent in Iron Man- a non-main-character supporting ally.

Between Rogers, Bucky/Winter Solider, Red Skull, Fury, Stark, Sharon Carter, Black Widow, US Agent and whatever other military characters they'll have to utilize- I just don't see there being room for a D-List character like the Falcon, unless it's like, Captain America 4 or something (and by that point, I'd be surprised if they weren't considering a Bucky-takes-over recasting to continue the series on).

 

As I said in the earlier Cap thread, a couple of villains & their plotines that I'd love to see explored are The Super-Patriot and Scourge. The Super-Patriot is everything that Cap stands for....taken too far. It could be a very compelling story about the dangers of extremism. Likewise, a Scourge story could speak out against vigillantism.

 

1) We'll have to disagree- I just don't think Falcon has ever looked cool, and it'd take an extreme re-design to overcome that.

2) Whether or not Falcon came first in the comics is irrelevent- Rhodey came first in the Marvel movieverse. And while I'm not particularly agreeing with the notion, people will see him as a copy or retread of War Machine- not just because of his skin, but because both wear a technological suit that gives them flight and function as the partner/sidekick to the main hero. They have different backgrounds, but the result is almost the same- it's no different than, say, Batman/Night Owl- totally different backgrounds, but they end up being pretty much the same type of hero, just with different attitudes.

And the Potts/Jane comparison isn't valid, since they are operating within separate film universes. There's room for similar characters or archetypes in the limitless world of comics, not so much for a finite series of films that will want to do their best to keep each installment as fresh as possible by devoting time to more distinct characters. And if you have War Machine and Luke Cage, you really don't need the Falcon, since the only thing else he can do is talk to birds, which only invites mocking Aqua Man-like comments.

3) He's certainly notable in the history of comics publications, but being first doesn't translate to being popular or necessary. Reading up on the character- he's never been able to support his own ongoing title (he had one 4 isssue miniseries which is seemingly discarded as part of his history anyways) and, for the most part, hasn't appeared in the cover title of a series for 25+ years. The closest was the modern "Captain America and the Falcon" from 2004 which only lasted 14 issues. And, though it's a nitpick, those near-100 issues weren't officially called "Captain America and the Falcon", it was just a cover thing

And I don't want fans of any character to be deprived of seeing them on the big screen- but I think one has to have realistic expectations- there are literally dozens of other non-Fox/Sony Marvel characters more capable of carrying their own series and have played more significant roles with Cap and othe rheroes than the Falcon, and, thus, more likely to have ever-precious screentime devoted to them.

And that's pretty much what I mean- I have nothing against the Falcon showing up, but there are a lot of other characters that are a higher priority.

 

Bump! First TV Spot will hit during the Super Bowl, and the teaser poster is out now:

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Captain America Superbowl TV Spot

 

I know other places are raving over that TV Spot, but while it doesn't look bad, it didn't deliver the feeling of kick-assedness I was hoping for. The german scientist's dialogue was hard to make out, and they tried to squeeze an origin story into 20 seconds which only left 10 seconds for conveying the actual movie.

On the plus side, nothing looked bad- shots like him and the Howling Commandoes crouched together entering that warehouse, or him charging into battle, or the motorcycle bit, or the shield test gag at the end, looked great. It's just not a very effective TV spot (one reason I'm 50/50 on the swinging shot is it's completely out of place with the lead-in shot, so the context is very confusing and ends up making it look poorer than it probably is).

I'm gonna wait for the real teaser trailer before i render judgement, as I imagine the origin portion csn be paced and conveyed more effectively, and we can see more of the actual action sequences in context.

 

Captain America TVS pot: The Team America Version (WARNING: Language)

 

...yeah, that's awesome.

 

Full Trailer!