Marvel’s next tent pole movies, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, have started to pick up the pace of releasing information to all fans. With Comic-Con activities serving as means to deliver this type of information, we’ve been getting new bits and pieces to these films almost every day now. Here we get director Joe Johnston talking a little bit more about his Captain America version.
Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston told the Los Angeles Times the screen version of the hero will be true to his roots up to a certain point.
“We’re sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers,” said Joe Johnston, “He’s a guy that wants to serve his country but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re reinterpretating sort of what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.”
“He wants to serve his country, but he’s not this sort of jingoistic American flag-waver,” Johnston added. “He’s just a good person. We make a point of that in the script: Don’t change who you are once you go from Steve Rogers to this super-soldier, you have to stay who you are inside, that’s really what’s important more than your strength and everything. It’ll be interesting and fun to put a different spin on the character and one that the fans are really going to appreciate.”
I totally understand that when adapting a literary piece (book, comics, short story, biography etc.) to a film, you need to make changes. Why? Because it’s impossible to fit everything into a 2 hour film. Sometimes you also need to make changes regarding the origin of the characters, the setting of the story, the action pieces etc. Why? Well, because most often they don’t translate well into a film. I totally understand this. So I don’t mind when Johnston goes on to hint that his Steve Rogers will be a bit different. Of course this is going to happen, any director who takes on a movie now days, wants to add some of his style and vision. I got no problem with this. Stuff will vary (shield, costume, some of the backstory). I hope that hardcore fans won’t go nuts when they see this little changes. They need to be done, so that the characters and story are relevant to our modern times.
What do you guys think? Hardcore fans what do you think?
I prefer Tatum Channing as young Cap and Mark Valley as older Capt. America. Having dude from Fantasic Four….he doesn’t portray that wholesome goodie-two-shoeness of Steve Rogers plau he’s the freakin’ Human Torch!
What would set it up nicely is a story in Daredevil called “God and Country” which would be perfect for an intro to Captain America. Daredevil 2:God and Country featuring the three original Avengers. Look it up.
I just have one comment: “Wolfman”……..
This guy’s last film was unwatchable and at the end laughable(something unintended)
Why does this guy scare me?
I agree, sort of. I did like the Wolfman movie, I thought it was watchible at least, but not great in the least. And Jumanji, witch he also did, was just ok too I guess.
Then on the other hand, he also did Hidalgo and Jurassic Park III. Which I thought were both good films, especially Hidalgo.
But let’s also not forget that he did The Rocketeer. Which I think is one of the best classic super hero movies ever made. And that’s exactly why I think Marvel picked him for the job. He’s precisely the type of director they sould want to pull off a Capt. American origin movie.
Plus I’m thinking WolfMan simply wasn’t his nitch. He should instead stick with doing classic hero and adventure type stuff.
i hope this isnt about him doing the USO first and then fighting, because that was totally stupid.
Personally, I thought the USO story line made perfect since. Captain America was the only success of the super solder program. The military had no way to recreate the process. It makes since that they would not want to risk that asset in battle. He would be much more valuable as a symbol and morale booster. The military did the exact same thing with many of their top fighter pilots. Richard Bong, the top fighter pilot of WW2 was grounded prior to the end of the war. Not because he was losing his skill or couldn’t fly anymore, but because he was consider too valuable of an asset to continue risking in battle. It’s believable that the military would do the same thing with Cap.
It’s true there are dark spots in US history, but nobody would doubt the values which are represented in the statue of liberty or facilitated in the constitution. Captain America is fighting for these values and not just for superficial stuff, so that’s what makes him more than just a flagwaver.
Is it me or is anyone else nervous about Chris Evans as Captain America? Hemmsworth looks great as thor and looks like he will give his own depicition of the super god. But chris Evans looks like he will either Surprise or dissapoint, i still dont know about him.
Yes i do agree i am nervous about chris evans but i am sure he knows whats at stake, hemmsworth looks awesome as thor as well, good absorvation, Evans looks like it will be amazing, or dissapoint. Who knows? It might turn out like how Robert Downey Jr. played Iron Man, nobody thought how that would have turned out, and now its a huge success.
Chris Evans is totally wrong. Steve/Cap is a mature, assertive, take control guy, and not an immature, goofball. My suggestion was how about Keiffer Sutherland for the role?
In the civil war story line, he stated he stood behind the country, not the gov’t. So I’m ok with this, as long as it doesn’t turn into a long jump from the character.
My personal opinion is this is stupid. You ask why? The reason is that this character is decades old and has a huge fanbase that love the lore and the character….One of the main attributes of capt. is the fact that he is a boy scout for the US military and to the country. You take that away you might as well just strap a Jamba Juice jersey on him with an Ipod nano hanging from his hip. I mean would Bruce Wayne be Batman if he didn’t want revenge against criminals? No he would be an average douche wearing tights. Either way Marvel has there shit together and knows how to get there movies made these days. I see no matter what they do this movie kicking ass.
The question is are they changing Capt. A to make him more PC? They have to sell this guy to the world now. In a way I’m glad he’s not going to be a Amercia’s right about everything guy. The USA has had many dark moments.
Every culture has “many a dark moment”
yeah but america was built on darkness