Comments on: Studio coffee run: DAREDEVIL, Goyer, COWBOYS, Cap, etc.

By: Synsidar

Synsidar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:09:51 +0000

I wonder how many directors have, like Johnston, come right out and said about a comic book character, “In real life, that costume would look stupid.” Among the various reasons why the general public has trouble getting into superhero comics, the costumes might be one of them.

When people feel the need to construct an elaborate rationale for why a hero wears a costume, there’s obviously a problem — but without the costume, Cap’s just another soldier. There was nothing said in the article about the shield. . . Another reason why Cap and heroes in general shouldn’t carry guns is that the gun detracts from whatever powers the hero has. No one needs a power to kill someone, using a gun. It remains to be seen how much hand-to-hand combat there is in the film.

SRS

By: rich

rich — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:04:08 +0000

“…this approach, it’s the only way we could justify ever seeing him on a screen in tights, with the funny boots and everything. ”

Ok, then, it’s official … Joe Johnston probably shouldn’t be directing Captain America.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:10:53 +0000

Yeah, I know about this when I frist read about it and the whole merger. While it’s nice to see things set in motion, I am cautious about bad, fast cranked out movies due to this and, well, comic book movies suffering, in general.

By: demoncat

demoncat — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000

as long as they even have some sort of production for a film. fox keeps the rights for they have to at least be in pre production otherwise they do not make a film with the character the rights go back to Disney and given that fox has most of Marvels big guns. they would lose big money if Disney got the rights back. as for David Goyer leaving flash forward no doubt the old creative differances and execs interfering again.

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:16:17 +0000

“This is pretty much true of all of Marvel’s already-made movie stars: Hulk at Uni…”

Actually, the Hulk isn’t “at Uni”; Marvel Studios, not Universal, made the Edward Norton INCREDIBLE HULK film, which *was* distributed by Universal. Saying “Hulk at Uni” would be like saying “Iron Man at Paramount.”

By: bad wolf

bad wolf — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:27:38 +0000

Sometimes writers take the “write what you know” concept way too far. Can’t relate to a super soldier? Make him a Hollywood phoney instead. As long as he has a costume people will know who he is.

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:24:09 +0000

David Scarpa was also the sceenwriter for the “The Last Castle” not exactly Academy Award material but not a bad movie. At least it was trying to at least be about something instead of the usual summer movie fair.

By: Synsidar

Synsidar — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:55:39 +0000

I’m wondering how Fox benefits by keeping the rights, even if they don’t intend to actually make a DAREDEVIL movie. Making movies isn’t a zero sum game. Would losing the rights hurt Fox’s balance sheet?

SRS

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:14 +0000

From what I had read neither Goyer nor Guggenheim left of their own accord.

By: Kurt Busiek

Kurt Busiek — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:53:16 +0000

Not to be the Phantom Proofreader, but –

Marc Guggenheim. Not David Guggenheim.

kdb

By: Joe S. Walker

Joe S. Walker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:07:43 +0000

“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.”

Falls squarely into the “pissing on it to make it mine” school of adaptation.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:28:13 +0000

Stretch Armstrong? What next, Slime? Don’t Break The Ice? Rockem Sockem Robots? (ooohhh…)

“A Captain American in Paris”?
As for Capt. America, maybe we’ll see some singing and dancing along with the action. Kinda what Bollywood does… something for everyone. Even a mushy love story. But… what about Bucky? Will the whisper campaign about a guy who sings and dances while “real men” shed blood on the battlefields affect Steve and Bucky?