I think his mind is no longer in Mint condition - Page 2

I also like Colin Salmon (Charles Robinson from Die Another Day, etc.) for the role, but he's almost as old as Fishburne (45). Still, he can do a commanding American accent, and is no stranger to action roles (Resident Evil).

Remove Ridley Scott from Crowe's post-Insider bibliography, and his resume doesn't look too hot either.

Smith would do a terrific job.

Or: Captain America (dir. Wes Anderson) starring Owen Wilson (Steve Rogers) and Jason Schwartzman (Bucky Barnes).

Crowe isn't the biggest star in the world and can't cherry-pick his collaborators like Smith can. And even then, he's made better choices.

Andy Tennant? That dude should be in television.

Bravo. This is something that becomes apparent with fans in general, not just in comics, but in cartoons and even novels; it's as if no story, character or idea is legitimate or validated until it's been made a movie. It's no longer enough for something to work brilliantly in its chosen form. If it does, the refrain is "This would make a great movie". (Don't even get me started on the people who think that House of Leaves should be a movie.)

I liked your views on Captain America as a character as well. Believe it or not, I'm going to reference Austin Powers for a moment: there's actually a sequence in the first movie that demonstrated a nice touch on the "man from the past" angle. It's a montage in which he watches a tape of the moon landing and crosses names off a list of people he knew who are now dead. It was an odd touch for a comedy, but I thought it was a nice illustration of a man realizing that the world has passed him by. It's the sort of thing I could see really working for a Captain America movie.

If they just launch him in the modern era, then I hold out little hope for anything interesting.

Quick question: I thought it was more or less confirmed that the Captain America movie was going to take place entirely in WWII. Am I crazy in thinking this?

You're not crazy (unless I am, too)--I'm pretty sure Marvel said as much during their Iron Man afterglow a few months ago.

It's supposed to. Who knows if that's what's happening though.

I'll believe it when I'm sitting there with my popcorn. Until then, it's all a bunch of words.

To derail for a moment, my feeble mind cannot fathom how that would even be possible with any degree of success.

Wha!?>>?! Have you seen 21?

Larry Fish is already cock diesel in that and given the role and a trainer could easily be Cap.

Unless you wanna make him a skinny bitch ala Topher GRace as Venom.

If you want to deal with societal issues then I don't think Will Smith can accurately capture it. I didn't have much for Ali myself.

When I think of being able to accurately capture the period angst and feelings of a black man the only name that leaps to mind is Denzel Washington. Glory, Malcolm X and The Hurricane?

I mean, come on, slipping Denzel into the role of Captain America does nothing but fill in a missing era in his filmography. And he has the physique as mentioned earlier. Plus the boy can flat-out act.

Well, I think that could be accomplished by utilizing the man-out-time scenarios where Cap was frozen and returns 60 years later. Utilize his appearance as some sort of rapid aging brought about by the cold interacting with the super soldier serum.

Or just fuck it, he's in a mask most of the film.

Dumb. dumb. dumb.

Yeah, pretty much dumb as fuck.

It's some Ed Wood level shit.

For the rest of the movie, the chiropractor will play Cap.

Not only retarded but fucking racist to boot.

You know, the more I think about it, the more I like it. Sure, it isn't the traditional white Captain America. It would change the story completely. But it's a much, much more interesting story, I think. It's a story I'd much rather see. So much more can be done with it.

Exactly. If there's one character in the Marvel lineup who needs to be monkeyed with, it's Captain America. His potential for one-note dullness is too high to go the faithful route.

RACIST.

Oops.

Vote McCain!

I say keep Captain America caucasian...just get someone better than Reb Brown, and Matt Salinger (Son of J.D.) to play him.

Well... if Duke Fleed says keep him white I just don't see how anyone will be able to live with themselves if they DON'T change the character's race. I support any measure that will disappoint Duke Fleed.

If I didn't love your DVD reviews so much I'd think you were making fun of me.

It works on TWO LEVELS, motherfucker. Count' em...TWO!

White, Black, hell, why not Indian?!

That way we can have a British Red Skull and all the symbolism that goes with it.

Hola, yo soy el Capitan America.

I think Vern Troyer should be Captain America, coke-addled midgets are under-represented in this country, and I think casting Troyer as Cap would heal a lot of old wounds. Now that we've got total confirmation that what Troyer lacks in height, he makes up for in inches, I don't see why he shouldn't be able to play a superhero with a big pair of brass balls.

Not a bad idea. Let's switch it up... Danny Trejo as Cap, and he has to have lots of scenes with his shirt off so we can check out his badass chest tattoo. And have Danny DeVito as Bucky.

Dots or feathers?

Fuck you, Troy.

Hmmm...I don't remember THE TRUTH selling very well...so I'm assuming that Marvel would be counting on Will Smith fans...and NOT Captain America fans to buy tickets..

hey, it's their movie..they can do what they want...we don't HAVE to go see it...