Suited up
The main challenge in making a good movie about Captain America has to be suit.
Case in point, from the 1970’s TV movie that so agitated me as a kid:
Think you hate looking at it? Imagine how that guy feels wearing it. I doubt it struck fear into the heart of the Red Skull, unless he was terrified of rejects from auditions for the Village People.
Here’s the archetypal costume, courtesy of Jack Kirby:
No matter whom you cast or how you sew it, that’s not a costume that will translate well into a live-action movie.
So how does the director plan to get around it?
That’s right: It’s a costume fit for show tunes.
February 12th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Cap was at his best(?) in the old serial that featured Lionel Atwill and his atomic vibrator.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:27 am
They’d get bigger laughs “over there” if the just sent Scott Shaw! Along with just ONE carousel of slides… “Now here’s a gorilla…”.