First Avenger Cap using multiple weapons?
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Indeed, it should be balanced. If he's on the front lines with just the shield, he's not going to be able to strike down tons of Nazis just by long distance tossing alone.
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I think he should definitely use multiple weapons. Have his experiences during World War II lead to him being against the use of guns in The Avengers movie.
Well besides the shield Cap is a living weapon. I'd like to see battlefield parkour and UFC fighter brutality.
And as far as no guns (for the Avengers) it won't be too interesting or believable if he just chucks around his shield. I mean, that would get old after a while. I'd say have him fight like Ultimate Cap in the Avengers, guns if the occasion calls for it, but shield all the time.
And as far as no guns (for the Avengers) it won't be too interesting or believable if he just chucks around his shield. I mean, that would get old after a while. I'd say have him fight like Ultimate Cap in the Avengers, guns if the occasion calls for it, but shield all the time.
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for example-shield on hand or back,pistol in holster,grenades strapped to belt,mg in other hand/strap
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for example-shield on hand or back,pistol in holster,grenades strapped to belt,mg in other hand/strap
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That sounds like the perfect reason for him to stop wanting to use guns when he is 'revived'
Big yes to him using weapons in WWII, however he should prefer to be up close to use his fists and shield.
In the present day he should be against weapons slightly because of Bucky's 'death'. But he also should realise he doesn't need a weapon, he is the freaking weapon!
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He needs to use guns. I don't care how much more agile, stronger, or quicker he's supposed to be, guns are a necessity on the battlefield. Seriously people, this is the 21st century we live in. The man needs a gun. If shields were effective offensive weapons maybe the global powers wouldn't have stopped using them 600 or so years ago.
He should use his high tech shield for defense and occasionally offense but he needs to use guns, knives, etc. for actual battle situations.
He should use his high tech shield for defense and occasionally offense but he needs to use guns, knives, etc. for actual battle situations.
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He needs to use guns. I don't care how much more agile, stronger, or quicker he's supposed to be, guns are a necessity on the battlefield. Seriously people, this is the 21st century we live in. The man needs a gun. If shields were effective offensive weapons maybe the global powers wouldn't have stopped using them 600 or so years ago.
He should use his high tech shield for defense and occasionally offense but he needs to use guns, knives, etc. for actual battle situations.
He should use his high tech shield for defense and occasionally offense but he needs to use guns, knives, etc. for actual battle situations.
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I agree, give him a tommy gun.
He's in the military though, so he would have access to a wide array of weapons.
He's in the military though, so he would have access to a wide array of weapons.
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In what perverted society do you live? We are supposed to progress towards civilsation...
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As I've posted in another thread I say no to him using a gun. I don't want him to look like the Republic serials of the '40's where he had a big gut and gun. That was so disappointing. I never cared if he made it out of last week's cliffhanger or not. I don't care if that's seems realistic.... I just like to think that the 'super soldier formula' was just that. It made him super to the point where he was beyond guns. His shield and his fighting prowess were his weapons. Jack Kirby created him and he himself had been in the war. So if Kirby didn't make that part of who he was then that's good enough for me. I loved reading those old reprints, especially when they revived him in the '60's. The way Kirby made him leap and run faster than the opponent was very compelling; fighting many guys at once. Ok, I'm a tradionalist and a purist and an idealist. So sue me.
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Now that's what I'm talkin' about!
Regarding the gun debate, Cap not using a gun just never made sense to me.
I think about Steve Rogers' attitude while he was growing up in NY, and picture it as being similar to the way I remember many an American's attitude shortly after the terrorist attacks in 2001. It seemed like everyone was ready to fly overseas to @#$% sh#$ up for what happened.
With Steve growing up in America during WWII, knowing what horrors the Nazis were committing overseas, you can't tell me that someone in his situation wouldn't want to pump somebody full of lead.
I can sorta' understand the "no guns ever" thing for a character like Batman, who suffered a trauma as a child involving guns, but not Steve Rogers who (badly) wanted to enlist in the military.
The Iron Man movie has already set a precedent for how to deal with bad guys. Subsequently showing Cap handling similar situations with kid gloves would be silly.
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I must say this whole debate seems silly. Didn't Cap use guns regularly in the originals?
He's a soldier in the bloodiest conflict in human history. Why in the world would he not use guns? Not to mention this is live action, have to make it at least a bit believable.
He should use every weapon possible. It's World War II.
He's a soldier in the bloodiest conflict in human history. Why in the world would he not use guns? Not to mention this is live action, have to make it at least a bit believable.
He should use every weapon possible. It's World War II.
You're forgetting one crucial thing here: Captain America isn't Iron Man. Captain America is idealistic, Iron Man is realistic, so it's just stupid to assume the characters would act in the same manner.
As for Captain America using guns, I really prefer he didn't. He can use them when the situation calls for it, of course, but I don't want him carrying a machine gun around on his back, two pistols on his hip, and a dagger in his boot or something like that. His shield and his body are his weapons. You can argue that it's unrealistic for a guy to go into battle with just a shield, but is that really anymore unrealistic than the Norse god, the guy in a flying metal suit, the green giant with super strength, and the people who shrink and grow that are his teammates? I don't think so.
Something unrealistic in a comic book movie? God forbid.
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Something unrealistic in a comic book movie? God forbid.
I wouldn't want him to go crazy with the gun use and become the red white and blue Punisher, no. I think the issue of him not using guns or weapons on the battle field is better described as impractical instead of unrealistic. I don't like when people complain about things being unrealistic in a comic book movie as well, but this isn't the same issue as "a green giant or norse God", it's more of "Oh hey, this mission calls for crazy far range combat, demolition and sniping." He's not going to be able to effectively use just his shield in such a situation. He's a soldier, he needs to be one at some points, but at others, he needs to be more than a soldier and rather a super hero. I don't want him always using guns, in fact, I'd go with his view on no killing in the modern day: things are different in a time of war, and right now there is no war. So once he's out of the war atmosphere he really shouldn't be using heavy weapons etc, but in WW2 I feel it would make sense.
I understand where you're coming from, but him not using guns isn't all that impractical if you consider the types of battles he usually fights as a superhero. As a superhero, you can probably say he fights one or two supervillains at a time, at close range, and like him those villains don't usually have long range weapons, and when they do, it's usually a single shot space-age doohickey that's beams/shots are easily dodged, not a machine gun that could fire so many bullets at once Cap wouldn't have a chance to fight back. And if Captain America fights multiple enemies, he usually does it at close range so he can use his shield. Of course, all that means nothing if they have him fighting terrorists with RPGs and tanks like they had Iron Man do in his movie--Cap might need the Captain America tank (from the Ultimates) if that were the case. Basically, it all depends on who he is fighting.
I do agree with you on the WWII bit, though. I feel it makes sense for him to use guns in WWII. I can't see Cap charging onto the beaches of Normandy on D-day or something with just his shield.
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