The Avengers: The Motion Picture Discussion Thread- Open SPOILERS -enter at own risk!

[jye4ever]

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Scarlett has every right to be embarrassed by Captain Longjohns.

It does kind of look like a still from "Adventures in Babysitting 2" but with Cap instead of Thor.

 

[The Mike]

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My guess is that we'll see that cowl ripped off within minutes of his fight and it'll be Evans' face for the duration of the fight. I'm not really worried about it. For me the cowl is the worst part, I can live with the rest.

 

[sifu74]

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Yeah, but Cap's mask is part of his costume, same as Batman. I wouldn't want Batman ripping off his mask for the whole movie because the cowl design sucks.

 

[thenammagazine]

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Yeah, but Cap's mask is part of his costume, same as Batman. I wouldn't want Batman ripping off his mask for the whole movie because the cowl design sucks.

If Noan did that though, you'd have every single one of the dozens of Nolancompoops here defending it.

 

[The Mike]

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Not to mention this is a Marvel movie, if history is any indication, that's how it'll go, now matter the studio or the project, if the main actor is there, they pull off the mask every chance they get. RDJ does it, Thor couldn't keep even the helmet on, even Cap whipped it off in his film more times than he should have.

 

[jye4ever]

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Nolan knows exactly when his Superheros need their masks or not, never one second too little or too much

 

[Khev]

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, even Cap whipped it off in his film more times than he should have.

Nah, Cap was the exception. He only took it off when he tried to save Bucky and after the main villain had been defeated. He never engaged in combat once without it, which was a more than pleasant surprise considering all the posters featured his uncovered face.

 

[sifu74]

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Now that I think about it, I am surprise that in IM2, all three of the characters in the end fighting scene kept their helmets on.

 

[Khev]

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Now that I think about it, I am surprise that in IM2, all three of the characters in the end fighting scene kept their helmets on.

So in other words they kept their helmets on for about 10 seconds.

 

[jye4ever]

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So in other words they kept their helmets on for about 10 seconds.

 

[Biojex]

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Now that I think about it, I am surprise that in IM2, all three of the characters in the end fighting scene kept their helmets on.

Probably due to the " inside the helmet" shots they used. Allowed for ample usage of the actors face. A nice work around.

 

[FQRizzo]

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Cap never really had a secret identity to defend...at least in the movie.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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at people thinking that Marvel is going to go frame by frame with post-production CGI to make Cap's suit cooler when they could have just designed it better in the first place. Keep dreaming guys. It is what it is.

That pic just says it all doesn't it!

 

[Bo Shrek]

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If Thor came out back in the 80’s it would have been played by Arnold Schwarzenegger or a actor with the same body type. Big and huge was the flavour back then. In today’s world leaner and toned (maybe more realistic) is the go to bodies for our Super Hero’s. Do you think twenty, thirty years from now people will look at our CA, Thor movies and say “What the hell were they thinking...they are so skinny and small!!!”

 

[Khev]

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If Thor came out back in the 80’s it would have been played by Arnold Schwarzenegger or a actor with the same body type. Big and huge was the flavour back then. In today’s world leaner and toned (maybe more realistic) is the go to bodies for our Super Hero’s. Do you think twenty, thirty years from now people will look at our CA, Thor movies and say “What the hell were they thinking...they are so skinny and small!!!”

I think it depends on the execution of the individual movie. Arnold's Conan wasn't as agile as the Conan from the books but for the 1982 film he was perfect and it still works 30 years later.

 

[jye4ever]

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I think it depends on the execution of the individual movie. Arnold's Conan wasn't as agile as the Conan from the books but for the 1982 film he was perfect and it still works 30 years later.

The stuff I leave behind in my toilet is better made than that made for TV Conan reboot movie that was passed off as a real movie.

 

[Khev]

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I completely forgot that there was a Conan reboot last year.

So that answers the question perfectly. Awesome movie with incorrect body type > Crappy movie with correct body type, regardless of the year or era.

 

[thenammagazine]

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If Thor came out back in the 80’s it would have been played by Arnold Schwarzenegger or a actor with the same body type. Big and huge was the flavour back then. In today’s world leaner and toned (maybe more realistic) is the go to bodies for our Super Hero’s. Do you think twenty, thirty years from now people will look at our CA, Thor movies and say “What the hell were they thinking...they are so skinny and small!!!”

Thor isn't small, Hemsworth got yolked for the role. And the whole foundation for Cap is essentially steroids. A serum they injected into him to make him the "ultimate" soldier. In 20-30 years they'll be pointing at Whedon's Emo Cap and laughing harder than they are now.

 

[The Mike]

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Probably due to the " inside the helmet" shots they used. Allowed for ample usage of the actors face. A nice work around.

Definitely but also before the major fight, they flip the top, after and then during it was all in the inner shots. The main villain removed his helmet in the middle of battle, if that isn't to appease Mickey Rourke in the suit I don't know what is. Marvel films definitely have this trend.

With Cap, as was posted above there isn't a secret identity so removing it isn't that big of a deal but it's part of the costume and that is the knitpick. If they took the CA:TFA helmet, put blue dyed leather on the leather portions and attached it to the Avengers suit I don't think it'd look that bad.

Since both the TFA suit the Avengers suit was heavily influenced by the Ultimates storyline, they least they could have done was to take off the chin portion all together like in the books.

 

[jye4ever]

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Mickey Rourke is now going around bashing Marvel, he said he devoted a ____ load of time in real russian jails just so Marvel could cut it all out, he said they suck