You Guys See Cap's Movie Costume Yet?...

[Supreme Convoy]

For a World War II film, I kinda dig the look just as in The Ultimates #1. Though for Avengers proper, I love my wings.

Though I do like how the buckles make the red & white around the waist. Clever idea.

And I nerded out when the concept artist used some of my favorite Cap images...

Steve Epting
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/LaughingSombrero/capjimleev2copy.jpg

Jim Lee
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/LaughingSombrero/capjimleev1copy.jpg

[Kefky]

It looks okay, if they were going to change the suit because it's a WWII movie, they should've gone all the way with the soldier thing and given him the Hitch design more fully, IMO. This looks like a compromise between soldier and and superhero, which is a little eh.

I wonder if the eventual modern suit'll have all the shiny from Bucky Cap's suit, though? That'd be hilarious to see in live action.

[Caley Tibbittz]

It's bland. It almost looks like a football uniform. Too much brown, not enough red. I kinda wish they'd just adapted it straight from Ultimate Cap, since they made it a good ways toward that mark anyway. I hate the shoulder pads.

And honestly, the "A" remains a pretty crappy piece of design work (sorry, Kirby). I loved Liefeld's eagle-emblem redesign from the '90s (but without the wings).

The utility belt is nice.

[HoldyourfireAl]

It looks okay, if they were going to change the suit because it's a WWII movie, they should've gone all the way with the soldier thing and given him the Hitch design more fully, IMO. This looks like a compromise between soldier and and superhero, which is a little eh.

I wonder if the eventual modern suit'll have all the shiny from Bucky Cap's suit, though? That'd be hilarious to see in live action.

Again...I'd bet my bottom dollar that this IS the MODERN costume, not the war one!

[HoldyourfireAl]

And honestly, the "A" remains a pretty crappy piece of design work (sorry, Kirby). I loved Liefeld's eagle-emblem redesign from the '90s (but without the wings).



OMG!:scared::scared::scared:

[HoldyourfireAl]

You think the 1940s army would've designed a super soldier outfit in spandex, pirate boots and head wings? Simon and Kirby were not designing a functioning super soldier outfit, they were designing a superhero costume for a comic book. Function wasn't their priority. They wanted a striking costume that looked good on a page with an American flag painted on it. Costumes at that time were pulling inspiration from pulps and adventure novels and myths, etc., so they threw on some wings and pirate boots. They did a hell of a job with the design, no doubt, but its not disrespecting them to look at a super soldier uniform practically and favor function over flare. I've read Captain America since 1998. 12 years, and he's been my favorite character throughout. The design isn't perfect, but it's at least more plausible. That doesn't make the original costume design bad or goofy or whatever. It makes it impractical. I'm withholding judgment until I see the film, but so far, I think they're on the right track.

Simon & Kirby were both artists during WWII (the BIG one) and I believe that they both served in the military. They are the type of guys that that US war propaganda machine would have employed to design Cap's costume! I think Simon & Kirby knew just a lil' more about designing Captain America's costume than these producers.

[HoldyourfireAl]

my question, although unrelated is why do you always put the BIG one in brackets after saying WWII?

Because that's a term of endearment popularly used for our "greatest" war.

[Patch]

Looks about the way it would have to look to work in a modern superhero movie.

Super Soldier. I like it.

[stevapalooza]

I like it all except for the head. They should've gone with a helmet instead of that weird bald head. Looks kind silly

[Joe Henderson]

I really dig it

[The Hodag]

His suspenders are really bugging me, and yes, I'd like some stylized wings on the head. My gut reaction is I don't like it. The new Thor pics look okay to me, but for some reason the realism on this one irks. Maybe it's that I never liked Ultimate Cap.

We'll see. It's not a deal-killer, but it's definitely one I'm gonna need to see in action before it'll win me over.

[Phantom Eagle]

They really should take some inspiration from the Captain America with a Burrito down his Pants... (http://www.wftv.com/news/12926707/detail.html#)


"This is definitely an unusual situation. We don't usually arrest people in costume," Frederiksen said.

I always said the cops went easy on those vigilante types.

[Jonathan Callan]

His suspenders are really bugging me, and yes, I'd like some stylized wings on the head. My gut reaction is I don't like it. The new Thor pics look okay to me, but for some reason the realism on this one irks. Maybe it's that I never liked Ultimate Cap.

We'll see. It's not a deal-killer, but it's definitely one I'm gonna need to see in action before it'll win me over.

I would like to see it go farther toward Ultimate Cap. The helmet is genius! He needs to have it in at least the first scene.

[Greygor]

I'm saying it's obvious that folks who like this costume haven't read Cap prior to the Ultimates & probably have no idea that quite a lot of the elements that Ed Brubaker has used are derived from Roger Mackenzie & Sal Buscema's National Force storyline in the late 70s. Huh? What?

I like this costume.

It makes sense in a war setting.

And, I'm older than you and have been reading Cap longer so my Nerd Cock beats your Nerd Cock :)

[atxbomber]

I like it. I'd maybe change the "A" to the stenciled look from Captain America Reborn, but all in all, looks good to me.

[James W]

Super-duper hot. I only hope it's the modern-day costume, and we get a proper tin-hat version for the WWII stuff, because I imagine the "helmet" in the mock-ups will be made of the same "metal" as Thor's sleeves. (Y'know: rubber.)

[Greygor]

The main problem with this and the Thor pictures is that they are renderings taken completely out of context.

They look too clean, almost sterile.

We need to see them in action on film under proper lighting to really judge.

[Greygor]

I was looking at the comments on the Thor costume pictures, this one caught my eye


Drew McWeeny of HitFix, who’s been to the Thor set and viewed Hemsworth’s final costume tests, confirms that what we’re seeing is the actual design, but cautions that “there are several details about it that are ill-served by those images.”

“For one thing, it does not appear to be made of vinyl or plastic when you see the costume in context and in motion,” he writes. “I’m surprised by how disco-shiny those photos make him look, because that’s not at all what it looks like in the film. There’s a real cloth and metal feel to all of the costuming, especially the Asgardian stuff.”

“Look, these images weren’t meant for public consumption,” McWeeny continues. “If you’re looking at these and thinking, ‘Oh, man, they got him totally wrong,’ relax. The world of Thor is big and rich and surprising, and I think once people actually see moving footage, they’re going to let go of any minor issues they have with button sizes or color palettes.”

Probably applies to the Cap pictures as well, it's not a good picture to judge from

[Cth]

For the wing crowd:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg117/Timstuff_photos/cap_wings_red_bull.jpg

[Cth]

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9807/thorcapsmall.jpg

[danlomb]

Nice one Cth. Also, who is that in your sig, and how do I go about marrying her?

[Black Roman]

Looks fine to me.

[James H]

http://606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=188394

Try not to let a massive embolism pop in your brain.

[cPol]

IMO, it’s about as middle-of-the-road as you can get. Do I think they could’ve done better? Yes. Could it have been a lot worse? Yes.

I’d like to see the wings added to the helmet somehow, either by stenciling or some kind of raised motif. I think the gloves (and perhaps the boots) should be more red than brown. About the only think I flat out don’t like is the hexagons on the thighs. Otherwise, it looks like a near-futuristic soldier’s uniform, which is kinda what it should look like.

[Jef UK]

The main problem with this and the Thor pictures is that they are renderings taken completely out of context.

They look too clean, almost sterile.

We need to see them in action on film under proper lighting to really judge.

They're concept art. Nobody seems to get that. You can't be able to see the textures and weights at play, and they're not for public consumption.

[stevapalooza]

wait..that's the Thor costume? He looks like a Las Vegas magician

[Fizz]

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9807/thorcapsmall.jpg


This inspired me to put this together.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/Mfizz/avengersposter-1.jpg

[alexlannin]

It's all going to depend on how good the movie is.

[PopeOfChiliTown]

I hope the image is from the end of the movie. I'd like to see them go more with something that fits the period.

By the way, am I the only one that wants to see some period SuperHero Movies? An FF movie set in the 60's? A Punisher movie set in the 70's?

[Whip]

Looks like his Ultimates outfit. Me likey. :)

[HoldyourfireAl]

http://holdyourfireal.smugmug.com/GALLERIES-of-COMIC-BOOK/Steve-Epting/Captain-America-Steve-Epting/889265512_KefZM-XL.jpg

Now THIS is how Cap SHOULD look like in WWII (the BIG one)! Steve Epting kicks A$$!!!

[SteveFlack]

I hope the image is from the end of the movie. I'd like to see them go more with something that fits the period.

By the way, am I the only one that wants to see some period SuperHero Movies? An FF movie set in the 60's? A Punisher movie set in the 70's?

They already made a Punisher movie in the 1970's, it was called Death Wish.

Though, I'd fucking kill form a 1960's F4 movie.

[The Human Target]

http://holdyourfireal.smugmug.com/GALLERIES-of-COMIC-BOOK/Steve-Epting/Captain-America-Steve-Epting/889265512_KefZM-XL.jpg

Now THIS is how Cap SHOULD look like in WWII (the BIG one)! Steve Epting kicks A$$!!!

Love his art, would not want to see a real person wearing that costume.

Hell, I don't even want to read a comic with that costume really.

[danlomb]

They already made a Punisher movie in the 1970's, it was called Death Wish.


And it was glorious.

[joefixit2]

I have been reading Marvel comics for the past 35 years and am a fan of the comic book Cap look but this is a movie about Cap in WW II. He is a soldier and his outfit should look like a soldiers, it needs to be practical. If they made him look exactly like he does in the comic book, everyone would think the movie was a complete joke. Well, everyone except for one person.

[Flonk]

I hope the image is from the end of the movie. I'd like to see them go more with something that fits the period.

By the way, am I the only one that wants to see some period SuperHero Movies? An FF movie set in the 60's? A Punisher movie set in the 70's?

DUDE!!! You have the best screen name ever!

[Flonk]

Now THIS is how Cap SHOULD look like in WWII (the BIG one)! Steve Epting kicks A$$!!!

Stop doing that. Just...just stop.

[McGill]

ya thats seriously fucking annoying.

[ernster]

there is a pizza place here in texas called gumby's. their largest pizza is referred to as THE BIG ONE, and the commercial used to show it with the gumby's delivery boy from his neck to his crotch.

everytime someone says or writes THE BIG ONE i think of cheesy college pizza that folds like a blanket.

[Bedlam66]

I like the movie Costume alot actually. I HATE the little gay helmet wings. The cap costume works in a comic but not in live action. I mean just look at how faithful they were in the 70's and how fucking stupid it looked.

[frzamonkey]

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[frzamonkey]

there is a pizza place here in texas called gumby's. their largest pizza is referred to as THE BIG ONE, and the commercial used to show it with the gumby's delivery boy from his neck to his crotch.

everytime someone says or writes THE BIG ONE i think of cheesy college pizza that folds like a blanket.

when hear "the big one", i think of larry's giant subs. (a sub sandwitch eatery)

they had a jingle and everything.

holdyourfireal, are you over the age of 50, perchance?

[TheKraken]

I like the movie Costume alot actually. I HATE the little gay helmet wings. The cap costume works in a comic but not in live action. I mean just look at how faithful they were in the 70's and how fucking stupid it looked.

In the 70s, he wore a motorcycle helmet and his shield was transparent and snapped onto his motorcycle as the windshield and he looked like Evel Knievel. If you call that faithful...

http://cdn3.ioffer.com/img/item/145/492/829/0MyZ0qfGVi1cXKt.jpg

[capntightpants]

Why are people talking about my genitals in this thread?!?!!

[Shane McCarthy]

I think folks forget that the artists who designed Cap did so in the 1940s, so it's not that odd that he had pirate books & was colorful.

Exactly. Being the 40s buff that I am I always dress in pirate boots, it was the style at the time...

Hang on.

[McGill]

I can say this truthfully. My generation(15-25 year olds) are the ones that are going to make or break this movie. We are the ones that see it 10 times if we like it. and if someone throws me a gay colorful pirate on screen im going to think its fucking stupid as will all of my friends. And i assume thats how almost every other person in that generation will think. We didn't grow up with cap having wings and pirate boots. We grew up with the Ultimates, so thats what we want to see.

[Rod Nunley]

I can say this truthfully. My generation(15-25 year olds) are the ones that are going to make or break this movie. We are the ones that see it 10 times if we like it. and if someone throws me a gay colorful pirate on screen im going to think its fucking stupid as will all of my friends. And i assume thats how almost every other person in that generation will think. We didn't grow up with cap having wings and pirate boots. We grew up with the Ultimates, so thats what we want to see.

Um ... there are wings on the Cap in your sig.

[McGill]

I was talking about on screen. I like the current costume in the books, but everyone of my friends i've talked to doesn't like the wings nor the boots. None of them read comics, i actually do.

[modungo]

I'm jumpin on 30 pages in so I'm sure it's already been said, but that's great modern look for Cap. But this movie isn't set now so having it look modern is kinda stupid. I'm not saying it has to look exactly like it does on the page but it should look like something someone in 1940 woulda thought of.

[The Hodag]

I like the movie Costume alot actually. I HATE the little gay helmet wings. The cap costume works in a comic but not in live action. I mean just look at how faithful they were in the 70's and how fucking stupid it looked.

Those were mostly low-budget affairs without a great deal of design work. The good news for you is that Hollywood's got too much hubris to not overhaul the designs from the comics, but let me tell ya, if they tried they could work up something a helluva lot better than the 70s TV movies people keep referencing.

[McGill]

I'm jumpin on 30 pages in so I'm sure it's already been said, but that's great modern look for Cap. But this movie isn't set now so having it look modern is kinda stupid. I'm not saying it has to look exactly like it does on the page but it should look like something someone in 1940 woulda thought of.

pretty sure this is the modern suit from avengers not the older suit.

[KSChris]

pretty sure this is the modern suit from avengers not the older suit.

from what we've heard, the movie will be set almost all in WW2, with just the ending being in modern times..

which begs the question, why would they release this as "the costume from the movie" if it only appears at the end?

I think the logical explanation is that this is the modern suit, yeah.. but I can easily see it being the WW2 USO suit or something. Especially if Howard Stark is involved as has been rumored.

[Jef UK]

which begs the question, why would they release this as "the costume from the movie" if it only appears at the end?

I don't think these images get officially released. They are concept art not made for public consumption.

[Foolish Mortal]

I don't think these images get officially released. They are concept art not made for public consumption.
Well you're right this is concept art. But I would bet a lot of money that Marvel let the art leak.

But yes, it is concept art so the final costume seen in the movie may not look exactly like the concept art.

[Ryudo]

I like the concept.

[Jef UK]

Well you're right this is concept art. But I would bet a lot of money that Marvel let the art leak.

Oh for sure! But that's still not why the images were created. So to answer that other guy's "why would they release..." question: to generate buzz.

[McGill]

exactly.
so i extremely doubt this will be the suit for ww2. theyre not that dumb