# Pics of Captain America's costume have been leaked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690 "2010-06-02T20:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/61 "2010-06-03T17:27:36Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Unless I’ve missed someone, the vote is running 6-5 in favor of wings. I’ll say… no wings. If he’s got a cowl like Batman, then the wings are okay. If they’re making this more like a helmet, I don’t think the wings will work. They’d be weird on a helmet. Like goofy decorations. And I agree with whoever said the A looks a little weird on the helmet, but that’s still works okay. The wingy ears wouldn’t so much, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/62 "2010-06-03T17:30:44Z")
[On a semi-related note.](http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/thorhammer.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/63 "2010-06-03T17:35:39Z")
I’ve been a CA fan for decades and always hated the wings. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/64 "2010-06-03T17:43:48Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I don’t get why you would start from a position of “This is going to suck” Yeah, of all the superhero properties out there, Captain America seems like one of the easiest to translate into an effective movie. His super powers aren’t particularly flashy - he doesn’t fly or shoot lasers out of his eyes or teleport, he’s just super-athletic and highly combat trained. Nothing that would be particularly hard to portray on screen. His origin story is one of the more plausible out there, and has a great built in character hook. They can get a lot of mileage out of the “man out of time” angle, plus watching Nazis get the tar beaten out of them never gets old. The biggest surprise here is that it took this long for the movie to get made. I’d have expected this to go into development nine or ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/65 "2010-06-03T17:47:22Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I don’t get why you would start from a position of “This is going to suck” In my case, decades of consistently justified pessimism. That and the picture of the stupid-looking suit. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/66 "2010-06-03T18:00:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yeah, of all the superhero properties out there, Captain America seems like one of the easiest to translate into an effective movie. His super powers aren’t particularly flashy - he doesn’t fly or shoot lasers out of his eyes or teleport, he’s just super-athletic and highly combat trained. You might have said the same of the Punisher. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/67 "2010-06-03T18:14:17Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > You might have said the same of the Punisher. The thing about The Punisher is that, outside of his fruity-looking white boots and skull-head shirt in the comics, he’s just another gun-wielding vigilante looking for revenge. I’ve seen about 9,000,000 movies based on that premise. Most of them low budget and shitty. Admittedly, there’s not a shortage of costumed hero movies either. Captain America is, essentially, a non-psychotic Batman whose motivations come straight out of the Boy Scout manual. One way to play this movie might be to have his old fashioned ethics and patriotism conflict with our modern deeply cynical society. (I understand they’ve already done this in the comics.) There should also be some boobies. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/68 "2010-06-03T18:15:03Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > I’ll say… no wings. If he’s got a cowl like Batman, then the wings are okay. If they’re making this more like a helmet, I don’t think the wings will work. They’d be weird on a helmet. Like goofy decorations. I dare you to tell Jay Garrick that… ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/69 "2010-06-03T18:17:09Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Seriously, guys. If you want to market the film to guys like me - who’ve never read a Captain America comic, who are only vaguely familiar with the character - then no wings. As far as I’m concerned, even the “A” on his forehead is pushing it. If he hasn’t got the “A” how is he going to know which bit goes to the front? - ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/70 "2010-06-03T18:17:55Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I assume the “A” is for asshole? Well, it certainly doesn’t stand for “France.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/71 "2010-06-03T18:20:15Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > If he hasn’t got the “A” how is he going to know which bit goes to the front? > > - We’re talking about Steve Rogers, not Gnort. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/72 "2010-06-03T18:20:45Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > In my case, decades of consistently justified pessimism. That and the picture of the stupid-looking suit. I don’t think the suit looks that bad. Certainly not as bad as it could be. I think a lot will depend on how the movie is handled. I am much more worried about the casting than the suit. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/73 "2010-06-03T18:22:03Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > One way to play this movie might be to have his old fashioned ethics and patriotism conflict with our modern deeply cynical society. (I understand they’ve already done this in the comics.) There should also be some boobies. The movie is going to be about his WWII experiences, it’s not set in the modern day. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/74 "2010-06-03T18:24:37Z")
Awesome. Another guy-in-tights movie. Will wait for cable. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/75 "2010-06-03T18:27:00Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > The movie is going to be about his WWII experiences, it’s not set in the modern day. That doesn’t preclude boobies, does it? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/76 "2010-06-03T18:30:48Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > That doesn’t preclude boobies, does it? It precludes the part about our modern society. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/77 "2010-06-03T18:34:44Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > It precludes the part about our modern society. Well, who cares about that? Thoughtful examination of his internal conflict can be replaced on a 1-for-1 basis with scenes of him fighting hot, topless SS bitches and the movie will still be a monstrous success. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/78 "2010-06-03T18:36:46Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Well, who cares about that? Thoughtful examination of his internal conflict can be replaced on a 1-for-1 basis with scenes of him fighting hot, topless SS bitches and the movie will still be a monstrous success. If that’s the way they’re rolling, I will definitely not be waiting for it to be shown on cable. Just a data point. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/79 "2010-06-03T18:47:34Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Well, who cares about that? Thoughtful examination of his internal conflict can be replaced on a 1-for-1 basis with scenes of him fighting hot, topless SS bitches and the movie will still be a monstrous success. I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690/80 "2010-06-03T18:48:16Z")
FTR, that suit really does remind me very strongly of The Comedian in his later leather armor. The helmet is disturbingly like the gimp mask he wore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690.md?page=5)