Captain America Retro poster

[gordonblu]

I found this online and thought this was absolutely awesome! It makes me wish the whole marketing campaign was like this (which is unrealistic because they want to connect with modern audiences but still).
http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/captain-america-posterretro.jpg

[GBglide]

That is cool. I always like stuff that looks like it came from another time period. 

[The Dark Knight]

Love it. The film looks great as well.

Marvel pump their films out and most of the time still manage a decent product. Especially lately. Thor. First Class. And now this one. They know what they're doing and they've obviously got a formula. They're dominating the medium. Apart from Nolan's Batman, DC look second rate in comparison. A one trick pony. Especially with GL's mediocre response. They've got to nail MOS, that's for sure.

Batman and Superman are no doubt the comic kings. The most iconic. But if DC want to be a legitimate rival in film, it's got to be more than those two IMO. The secondary characters will have to be used, and in an entirely pleasing manner. But frankly, even though I see the potential value in those guys, Marvel's other characters, eg. Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, etc do it more for me.

[gordonblu]

I concur, Dark Knight, I concur.

[gordonblu]

New Captain America Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4DlMggBPvc&feature=player_embedded

[BatmAngelus]

First off, agreed with Dark Knight.  Marvel has had a good year already with Thor and First Class, both getting good responses critically and financially, and I expect Captain America to continue the trend. 
In the meantime, DC ended Smallville (whose ten seasons may seem impressive, but if you really want my take on the show's last days, visit the Smallville Finale thread), saw Human Target get canceled, produced a Wonder Woman pilot that failed to get picked up for series, and released a Green Lantern movie that garnered poor reviews and mediocre box office numbers (which I don't expect to go up anytime soon, with Cars 2 and Transformers 3 coming out).  Now, they're trying to reboot the comics back to #1, which hasn't exactly gotten positive response online either.  So far, it hasn't been a good year for DC.

Now, back on topic, I really love how they're selling Steve Rogers's character.  The bravery and determination of the character, pre-serum, is already very heroic.  The grenade bit especially.  I also appreciate that his inevitable love interest, Peggy Carter, already seems to admire him before he gets buffed out (judging from her reactions in the car and the bit where he dives for the grenade).  I look forward to this and hope it doesn't disappoint.

[The Dark Knight]

Now, back on topic, I really love how they're selling Steve Rogers's character.  The bravery and determination of the character, pre-serum, is already very heroic.  The grenade bit especially.  I also appreciate that his inevitable love interest, Peggy Carter, already seems to admire him before he gets buffed out (judging from her reactions in the car and the bit where he dives for the grenade).

Definitely. It aids both characters. One, a skinny but mentally heroic man trying his best even if he's not physically up to it. And two, a woman who isn't shallow - who views Steve as a personality and not on looks. The cliche in comic book films is that the girl only falls for the hero when he's in his prime. When he's fully established, muscular and mysterious. It's not just that one girl after him, but the whole City. This version is refreshing and works a treat. When he does turn into Captain America it's still the same guy. Peggy knows that. It's just his body now allows what his mind wanted to do.

[gordonblu]

Samples Of Alan Silvestri's score. for some reason it's silent for 2:43 then the music starts.

Sadly, it also gets interrupted by ads but you CAN mute those and keep the sound for the samples.

[Azrael]

Great stuff. From the moment I first read that Captain America is to be a period film, I was very excited. Alan Silvestri was a great choice too. Totally agree that Marvel knows what they're doing, both Thor and X-Men: First Class were fantastic, and very different from each other.

But frankly, even though I see the potential value in those guys, Marvel's other characters, eg. Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, etc do it more for me.

This might be an entirely subjective opinion, but sometimes I think that DC, besides Batman and Superman (and maybe Wonder Woman, if she's finally given a proper cinematic treatment), doesn't HAVE the material to sell as succesful movie franchises as Marvel. I consider myself a casual fan of both, and I also find Marvel's heroes, even the secondary ones, to be more interesting and fun. I never read a DC book that doesn't have Batman and/or Superman in it (unless it was a Vertigo title or had an "Alan Moore" writing credit). I liked (and still like) The Flash series of the 90s, but the reason I enjoyed it was because several elements reminded me of Batman, not because of who The Flash is..

[gordonblu]

DC characters are more inspirational as "role models", but are generally the same personality with a different name (except for Batman of course!), while Marvel characters are more grounded in how a real person would respond to their abilities and have more "issues".

I tend to gravitate toward DC because I grew up with Batman '66, Super Friends/Super Powers, and the Superman films, but I do feel Marvel has a better grasp on character.
I saw Green Lantern and I felt they tried to give him more of a personality beyond his stock comic code of justice, but it was still a weak attempt at character development.