It can't be True

be-bop · 03-08-2007, 05:40 PM

Surely not

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6431619.stm

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2007, 05:46 AM

Umm, make that, "Comic hero Captain America dies....again".

They're in the process of putting the good Captain on the silver screen.
I've a feeling when he comes back to the comics, he and his surroundings will look more like the big screen version than the old comic book character.
Maybe he'll bring Anna N. Smith, with him.

cowhead · 03-09-2007, 06:33 AM

pffth.

Sundae · 03-09-2007, 06:39 AM

Well, in the olden days it was acceptable to wallop your enemies into next week.
Now you lock them up with access to digital TV and therapy.

I can see how it would change the superhero agenda.

Speaking from limited experience here - I only read Vertigo comics myself and that was a good few years ago now.

freshnesschronic · 03-09-2007, 12:53 PM

It's true I saw it on the Colbert Report.

Sheldonrs · 03-09-2007, 01:02 PM

He's not really dead. They are just changing his name to "Captain Limited Rights and Invasion Of Privacy".

Flint · 03-09-2007, 01:21 PM

What they aren't mentioning in the news blurbs is the context of Cap's death. The Marvel Universe has been going through a metaphorical story arc called Civil War.

From what I gather, the government passed the Superhuman Registration Act "to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction and requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards" (from Marvel Universe).

Cap was the leader of the underground resistance movement, opposing the government's Superhuman Registration Act. The pro-government side is lead by Tony "Iron Man" Stark (and also includes a motley crew of super-villians hired by the government). Aside form those stating their neutrality, the Marvel universe was fractured into these two opposing forces.

Now, Captain America (the symbol, in this case, for the struggle to maintain civil liberties in the face of a restrictive government claiming that security requires a sacrifice of ideals) has been killed. Assasinated on the steps of the Federal Courthouse.

Also, this (from Wikipedia): "At the climax of a battle between Registration and resistence proponants, realizing that his fight against the Registration Act is endangering civilians, he removes and drops his mask to surrender as Steve Rogers. He gives the anti-Registration side the order to stand down. As Captain America is led away, the Punisher picks up the discarded mask."

Elspode · 03-09-2007, 01:44 PM

Why does Marvel Comics hate freedom?

Since Flint chose to post insightfully and seriously, I decided I pick up his slack, here.

cowhead · 03-10-2007, 07:31 AM

not to mention tony stark (aka Iron Man) is a military-industrialist and stands to make a good bit of change out of the whole deal... but hey! didn't tony stark die a decade or so ago?

03-08-2007, 05:40 PM	#1
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	It can't be True Surely not http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6431619.stm

03-09-2007, 05:46 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Umm, make that, "Comic hero Captain America dies....again". They're in the process of putting the good Captain on the silver screen. I've a feeling when he comes back to the comics, he and his surroundings will look more like the big screen version than the old comic book character. Maybe he'll bring Anna N. Smith, with him. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-09-2007, 06:33 AM	#3
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	pffth. __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

03-09-2007, 06:39 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Well, in the olden days it was acceptable to wallop your enemies into next week. Now you lock them up with access to digital TV and therapy. I can see how it would change the superhero agenda. Speaking from limited experience here - I only read Vertigo comics myself and that was a good few years ago now. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-09-2007, 01:02 PM	#6
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	He's not really dead. They are just changing his name to "Captain Limited Rights and Invasion Of Privacy". __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-09-2007, 12:53 PM	#5
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	It's true I saw it on the Colbert Report.

03-09-2007, 01:21 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What they aren't mentioning in the news blurbs is the context of Cap's death. The Marvel Universe has been going through a metaphorical story arc called Civil War. From what I gather, the government passed the Superhuman Registration Act "to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction and requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards" (from Marvel Universe). Cap was the leader of the underground resistance movement, opposing the government's Superhuman Registration Act. The pro-government side is lead by Tony "Iron Man" Stark (and also includes a motley crew of super-villians hired by the government). Aside form those stating their neutrality, the Marvel universe was fractured into these two opposing forces. Now, Captain America (the symbol, in this case, for the struggle to maintain civil liberties in the face of a restrictive government claiming that security requires a sacrifice of ideals) has been killed. Assasinated on the steps of the Federal Courthouse. Also, this (from Wikipedia): "At the climax of a battle between Registration and resistence proponants, realizing that his fight against the Registration Act is endangering civilians, he removes and drops his mask to surrender as Steve Rogers. He gives the anti-Registration side the order to stand down. As Captain America is led away, the Punisher picks up the discarded mask." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-09-2007, 01:44 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Why does Marvel Comics hate freedom? Since Flint chose to post insightfully and seriously, I decided I pick up his slack, here. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-10-2007, 07:31 AM	#9
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	not to mention tony stark (aka Iron Man) is a military-industrialist and stands to make a good bit of change out of the whole deal... but hey! didn't tony stark die a decade or so ago? __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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