ANDREWHALL28 wrote:I'll probably end up seeing captain America for sure, the trailer for the new X men film looks great and not what i was expecting the film to be at all, somaybe this will be the same, i was talking more about the traditions behind the Captain America character, rather than the current movie ( which i admit i know nothing about )
Well, as had been stated, I think you're basing your idea about `the traditions behind Captain America` from nothing but the name and costume. Sure, 70 years ago he was written as a chest beatingly patriotic character but considering it was in the middle of the 2nd World War I think Americans were allowed to be patriotic.
The Marvel comic character stands for what he thinks America should be...and is very often disappointed at what it is. He's certainly not a tool to promote how much better America is to everywhere else, the character is just a man of very high morals. The film will, IIRC, feature the character Union Jack who Cap has often fought besides so we can do a bit of flag waving of our own!
If you're a comic fan Andy I'd urge you to put your preconceptions behind you and pick up Ed Brubacker's recent story lines...it's probably the best superhero run of the last half dozen years.
