Captain America Movie

[Jobydrone]

Where's the wings!?!  Nobody's gonna call him winghead?

[Rico]

Where's the wings!?!  Nobody's gonna call him winghead?

Yeah - that's the first thing I noticed too.  I also always liked the sort of "scale-look" to his uniform and it's hard to tell if they will keep that or not.

[X]

Where's the wings!?!  Nobody's gonna call him winghead?

It starts of in wwII. In some versions of that uniform, he has the standard helmet, but it gets upgraded later to the wings and scalemail.

[Jobydrone]

I think the uniform seems to be modeled on the version of Captian America seen in the Ultimates universe.

[Rico]

Here's an on set pic of the Cap costume on a stunt double.  Looks pretty good to me.  Keep in mind this is the WWII era of the film I think.

[Meds]

Looks pretty good to me :D

[wraith1701]

Looks pretty cool. Faithful to the comic look without being overstated.

[Rico]

As I mentioned on the podcast yesterday, here are some of the pics from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly with the article on the Cap movie.  Looking good!

[Dangelus]

This is looking good!

I was going to mention that Cap didn't get the round adamantium shield until after he was 'thawed' so he didn't have it in WWII and his original shield is seen in these recent pictures but it is a minor detail.

Can't wait for this!

[Rico]

I think they are "tweaking" the shield origins a bit.  You will see both shields in the movie.

[X]

This is looking good!

I was going to mention that Cap didn't get the round adamantium shield until after he was 'thawed' so he didn't have it in WWII and his original shield is seen in these recent pictures but it is a minor detail.

Can't wait for this!

Actually, Cap was given the Adamantium/vibranium shield by FDR and was frozen with it. It first showed up in about 1941.

[Rico]

This is looking good!

I was going to mention that Cap didn't get the round adamantium shield until after he was 'thawed' so he didn't have it in WWII and his original shield is seen in these recent pictures but it is a minor detail.

Can't wait for this!

Actually, Cap was given the Adamantium/vibranium shield by FDR and was frozen with it. It first showed up in about 1941.

Are you sure about that?  I thought I had read differently at one time.  Didn't think they had adamantium back then.

[X]

This is looking good!

I was going to mention that Cap didn't get the round adamantium shield until after he was 'thawed' so he didn't have it in WWII and his original shield is seen in these recent pictures but it is a minor detail.

Can't wait for this!

Actually, Cap was given the Adamantium/vibranium shield by FDR and was frozen with it. It first showed up in about 1941.

Are you sure about that?  I thought I had read differently at one time.  Didn't think they had adamantium back then.

I'm absolutely positive. Cap was frozen with the round shield on his back and it was made of the alloy then. It's been around since he got rid of the other shield.

[Rico]

Here's my confusion from Wikipedia:

Rogers' indestructible shield was long referred to, even in continuity, as being composed of an adamantium steel-vibranium alloy. This contradicted earlier established continuity, as adamantium steel is only developed after Rogers is revived from suspended animation, during MacLain's later, unsuccessful experiments to try and duplicate the material of the shield. Adamantium steel makes its first appearance in Marvel Comics in Avengers Vol. 1 #66, July 1969.

I had always thought he was given a new shield later on with the adamantium alloy.  And since this doesn't show up until 1969, that was my confusion.  In any case, it doesn't matter a whole lot.

[X]

Here's my confusion from Wikipedia:

Rogers' indestructible shield was long referred to, even in continuity, as being composed of an adamantium steel-vibranium alloy. This contradicted earlier established continuity, as adamantium steel is only developed after Rogers is revived from suspended animation, during MacLain's later, unsuccessful experiments to try and duplicate the material of the shield. Adamantium steel makes its first appearance in Marvel Comics in Avengers Vol. 1 #66, July 1969.

I had always thought he was given a new shield later on with the adamantium alloy.  And since this doesn't show up until 1969, that was my confusion.  In any case, it doesn't matter a whole lot.

Yeah, I remember that part and from my reading I always took it that adamantium to being secondary adamantium. Which is silly on it's own. You have Cap's unbreakable shield being made of an alloy of adamantium and vibranium, but adamantium was already unbreakable so it wasn't anything special to have something else unbreakable.

There are a bunch of adamantiums out there some are stronger than others.

After I did some research on the shield, I realized that the vibranium in the mix sort of absorbs the mighty blows he gets hit with. He doesn't have Wolvie's unbreakable bones and when the heavy hitters like Thor and hulk are nailing the shield, arms should have been broken or something. That key little bit is what makes the shield really special. Kind of like when thor dented the shield and didn't turn Cap into a soft pink paste.