Captain Amercia: The First Avenger trailer now online

[Yoc]

Just watched the new trailer for Marvel's Captain America movie.
Heavy on CGI but that's to be expected.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/03/23/captain-america-the-first-avenger-first-trailer-is-here/

Enjoy,
-Yoc

[Astaldo711]

I'm sorry but it's not thrilling me. I'm very leery about comics being turned into movies. Besides, he wasn't the first Avenger anyway. He was still on ice when they were formed!

[Yoc]

There might be a tiny bit of logic being he was an Avenger from #4 and born before the others but it's splitting hairs.  It's pretty clear the title is a commercial tie-in with the future Avengers movie.

[John C]

Presumably, he's the "First Avenger," rather than the "first Avenger."  Think analogous to Namor being the "First Mutant."  As in, they were This before everybody was This.

(Not that movies should be at all beholden to what has happened in the comics.  They're not courting us as customers, because, with modern sales numbers, every existing Captain America fan buying a 3D ticket to watch it would net them the princely sum of...about three million bucks.  That probably doesn't even cover craft services.)

[Astaldo711]

I realizing I'm nitpicking. I know the movie makers have to appeal to the masses and I'm actually okay with it. I mean, the new X-Men movie - didn't see it but it looked like the beast had blue fur and this took place in the 60's? If I do happen to watch the movie in question I put aside all preconceived notions and usually enjoy it. I'm my own worst enemy. I drive my wife crazy with it. She does the same with Harry Potter movie. We listened to the books (we had to do something during our hour long commute) and really enjoyed them and the first couple of movies were okay but then they went downhill and she gets so frustrated with them.
I may give Captain America a chance being that he's one of my favorites (other being Iron Man).

[Yoc]

And did you like the Iron Man movies?

[Astaldo711]

Didn't see them! With the price of tickets we basically have to see movies the whole family wants to see (Kung Fu Panda 2 was funny!). Father's day is coming up so maybe I can hint around for Iron Man 1 & 2 combo? Heard they weren't bad.

[Yoc]

I liked #1 a lot more than 2 though the action was better in two.

[Roygbiv666]

I liked #1 a lot more than 2 though the action was better in two.

I second that. Iron Man was awesome though. It's much cheaper to buy the DVD or BD than to take the family out, plus you can watch it again.

Now, when is that Pyroman movie coming out?

[Astaldo711]

That's usually my take. If I can't see it theaters I don't lose any sleep over it. I wait for the DVD, I can watch it any time I want and don't have to worry that my wife or daughter will get bored and start asking me questions "What's the Matrix?" "So they're asleep in a dream, asleep in a dream in a dream asleep, what?"...."Bruce Willis was a ghost the WHOLE TIME?"