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Ever wanted to see Captain America in a chorus line? No? You might want to avoid the upcoming movie then.

Remember that really awful part in Spiderman 3 in the jazz club - yes, I'm asking a specific awful part of Spiderman 3 - where Peter Parker does a little dance to make Mary Jane jealous? Remember how gut-wrenchingly cringe worthy it was? Well expect even worse when Captain America hits theatres in 2011.

Speaking to the LA Times, director Joe Johnston said that Cap's distinctive costume presented them with some problems, but with some very creative thinking, they managed to solve them:

"The costume is a flag, but the way we're getting around that is we have Steve Rogers forced into the USO circuit. After he's made into this super-soldier, they decide they can't send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He's the only one and they can't make more. So they say, 'You're going to be in this USO show' and they give him a flag suit. He can't wait to get out of it... So he's up on stage doing songs and dances with chorus girls and he can't wait to get out and really fight."

"When he does go AWOL, he covers up the suit but then, after a few things happen, he realizes that this uniform allows him to lead. By then, he's become a star in the public mind and a symbol. The guys get behind him because he embodies something special," he continued.

If you're wondering why this doesn't seem to make sense, don't worry, it's because it doesn't. The X-Men movies proved that you can successfully change costumes and still win fans over, and Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar's Ultimates not only updated the character for the 21st century, but presented a number of variants on the uniform that would look fine on film. Captain America's costume is jingoistic on purpose, and making him into an entertainer is fixing a problem that never existed in the first place.

Source: via io9

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They should've just gone with the whole Stasis thing with the red skull, there problem solved. Either way Captain America is always going to be a bit cheesy, "Come on team, lets make this world safe for democracy!" Springs to mind.

I can see the slogan before me!

"You've seen the life of a highschool student in musical numbers!

You've seen the life of a barber in musical numbers!

Now watch Americans fight communism in musical numbers!"

Maybe instead of a shield he could beat up enemy soldiers with a purse.

Wait, what the HELL.

They're making Cap, one of the best heroes of the Marvel Universe, into a song-and-dance USO guy?

Sigh...

OH NO!!!! disney is finally starting to take action!

....

Have I told you lately how much I hate Hollywood these days?

If done well, this could be ok, but I doubt it will be done well.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Is it going to be a big show number of the cap singing the star spangled banner while beating up red skull

Maybe if I wish hard enough it will turn out to be something like adam west's bat dance.

If you had just said that it was a musical I'd be interested, but having the opening sentance talking about that part of spiderman 3 has ruined all hope for this film (mind you I didn't really care about the film before).

Why do movies keep making Captain America into a weenie?

Question 1a: If we removed all the coke out of all the executives in all the film companies on the planet.
What percentage would:

i) Die as a result of withdrawal symptoms or toxic shock.

ii) Begin thinking about their decisions with due logic and care.

iii) Commit immediate suicide.
Answer must add up to 100%

Question 1b: What would the long term effect of such actions be on both the quality and profitability of mainstream western film industry output?

You have 45minutes to answer, all working and notes must be submitted at the end of the exam as supplementary evidence.

Sounds like a super UBER awfull idea!
ARGH!

BASTARDS!

How dare they ruin one of my favorite heroes?!

At least Iron Man was fucking awesome and Robert Downey Jr. is a perfect Stark...

Hollywood=FAIL

Korten12:
OH NO!!!! disney is finally starting to take action!

The sum of all fears, Captain Brothers-Jonas. Coming to theatres soon.

Dust off your bat for beating the tar out of Twilight fans, you might need to use it on High School Musical creatures if you go to see this movie. Depending on how the TV/online ads for it go.

I think who ever thought of this has a little grudge against the USA because this will provide so much ammunition for heckling.

...Show of hands, who thinks the director's Pro-Reg?

I do detest Captain America, maybe this will finally kill the character off. *hopes and wishes*

Captain Jonas reporting for duty.

Hahaha what.

Sure, Cap's super-patriotism is corny as hell when you get down to it, but that's the entire point of the character. I'm not even American and I think taking that part away would ruin the entire character. There's no need to make him an entertainer or whatever, just play it 100% straight and make him a badass who gives awesomely corny speeches and you've got your character right there.

But whatever, I'll just wait and see how it turns out. Who knows, maybe it won't be as bad as it sounds.

Captain Fail.

There was no problem with Cap's costume in the first place! He was created not only as a super-soldier, but also as a morale building symbol for use during the war. Why couldn't they stick to that story, rather than come up with some dance thing...

Oh my god. I just realised. It's gonna have the cast of High School Musical in it. Damn you Marvel/Disney merger!

oh god. Spiderman 3 flashbacks...

Wow, that sounds horrible on a scale I not thought possible. Though, as I think about it, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom started with an action/music number though it wasn't Indy singing. Maybe it could work if it's something like this. He's singing, shit starts up, Cap starts crackin' skulls while the band plays on. Hokey, sure, but could be fun (like "The Rocketeer" kinda fun.)

fix-the-spade:
Question 1a: If we removed all the coke out of all the executives in all the film companies on the planet.
What percentage would:

i) Die as a result of withdrawal symptoms or toxic shock.

ii) Begin thinking about their decisions with due logic and care.

iii) Commit immediate suicide.
Answer must add up to 100%

Question 1b: What would the long term effect of such actions be on both the quality and profitability of mainstream western film industry output?

You have 45minutes to answer, all working and notes must be submitted at the end of the exam as supplementary evidence.

1a: what is this, a trick question?
i) 15%
ii) 5%
iii) 5%
iiii) Continue shoveling the same old crap in our faces because that's their idea of good, profitable moviemaking. 75%

1b: Negligible

So they created a super soldier, but are afraid to send him into battle because they're afraid that he might die... I'm tempted to explain how stupid this logic is, but I'm pretty sure that it is self-evident.

*bangs head on keyboard*
No
Bad, bad...No to whoever suggested the idea
and just no to the person who gave it the go ahead

Makes me think back to that Horrible horrible hellboy 2. Not only was the movie random as hell, it seemed as if the person cutting the movie toghether just threw all the scenes in the air and glued them toghether as they fell, but the musical number, oh sweet tap dancing Jesus Harold Christ, the musical number!!! What makes them think that comic book movies need musical numbers, are they confusing us fans with avid viewers of the lifetime network?

PS. If the real life Captain America, Randy Couture, isin't Cpt. America in the movie, it has already failed miserably.

Yeah, because the first Captain America movie didn't suck enough.

Are the trying to break records here?

This can only be justified if Michael C. Hall is Captain America. (COUGHgamerCOUGH)

Is it a bad thing that I now don't want to go see it after reading this article?

The Spiderman Jazz scene was just awful, my Grandmother called him Lame for doing it.
Captain America doing musical numbers sound hilarious, but in a bad way.

I'm tempted to rent it just so that I can laugh at it.

TraumaHound:
Wow, that sounds horrible on a scale I not thought possible. Though, as I think about it, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom started with an action/music number though it wasn't Indy singing. Maybe it could work if it's something like this. He's singing, shit starts up, Cap starts crackin' skulls while the band plays on. Hokey, sure, but could be fun (like "The Rocketeer" kinda fun.)

Seeing Cap beat up Nazis to "Bill Bailey" sounds pretty damn awesome.

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