First Avenger Caps shield in Iron Man

[Webhead2006]

i still say it was just prototype version of the shield and was the same one from im1 due to stark tinkering with it for other projects and all that. As for cap film i am sure we will probably see him wield both the triangle shield and the round shield. Now i say probably do the triangle shield as a crappy thin metal shield for the uso show that steve also takes with himself when he goes to battle for the first time. Then when the govt sees he works best out in the field they give him the round shield which they can say was just created and the rest of the film he has the round one.

 

[Spidey 2007]

yea im gonna have to say that the shield in IM1 and 2 is simply a prototype that he never really finished.

I very much like the idea of cap having the triangular shield and be frozen with that and his WW2 get up. Then once unfrozen, be outfitted with a newer classic looking suit and Shield. Thats defiantly the best way to go about things in my opinion.

Its not as classic, or true to the original comics... but Sam Jackson is Nick fury, so come on.

 

[marcvader]

Nah, this is Caps movie and one of the most iconic things about cap is the fact that his shield is round and that he uses it as a weapon by throwing it and riccoceting off of enemies and objects. No way are they waiting till Avengers to show that. I could see him using the triangle shield at first but his round shield is what everyone knows him for.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i still say we will likely see both used. Like i said in my earlier post. Maybe during the whole USO deal he is giving a prop shield that is some cheap steel material painted with the flag motif and he takes that with him when he sneaks out of the uso tour. Then after he does what ever that mission is i say the govt will him the round shield and then the rest of the film which could take place over a course of like 2 yrs we see him in action with the round shield.

 

[Shivsguy616]

If the WWII shield is not circular, how many stars should it have? I've seen it with varying amounts. Should they go for the 46, or an arbitrary number which looks better?

 

[TNC9852002]

I'm thinking there'll be at least three different shields appearing in the movie...

 

[Avengers-Report]

Tony's dad helped build the shield, and that is why it was half built. Reminded me of a prototype when I saw it.

 

[Triad]

Yeah, I really don't think the shield in Iron Man 1 & 2 was the genuine article...at least I hope it wasn't! If that was the actual one shown in IM2, then I really doubt that Stark would have treated it as unimportant as he did.
I really do not want them to use a high-tech mechanical version in the Marvel Movie Universe. All that they need to do in order to explain Cap's ability to throw it and have rebound in such a precise fashion is to have pre-SSS Steve Rogers be a mathematical whiz ala Will Hunting and demonstrate his abilities by playing billiards. Besides, I think that would add a really cool element to his character and would further reinforce him as a strategical genius.

 

[marcvader]

Yeah, they should show that Rogers is above average in the brains department from the start.

 

[jimbo 007]

I could see Cap using the triangle shield durring most if not all of the first movie. Then in The Avengers Cap doesn't really want to use guns anymore so Stark finishes/improves his father's prototype giving Cap an effective weapon. Stark would put some sort of tech in the shield and with Cap himself so the shield would always return to him.

I know some people aren't wild about too much tech being behind the shield but this would fit in well with the sort of plausible technology theme that Marvel has been going with in the Iron Man movies.

Spoiler

It would also fit in with what Howard Stark said about his time not having the technology for his ideas. Explaining why the shield we saw in Iron Man was unfinished.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

If Cap and the true shield are in Antartica, maybe Howard was trying to make a new one for a new Cap, but didn't have the right materials and gave up.

 

[Brian Braddock]

If Cap and the true shield are in Antartica, maybe Howard was trying to make a new one for a new Cap, but didn't have the right materials and gave up.

I concur:-

I'm thinking that the original shield got frozen with Cap, and so in the years between that there have perhaps been unsuccessful attempts by Howard and co. to not only resurrect the mantle of Captain America using a different guy just like in the comics(hence Thunderbolt Ross being in possession of a potentially 'duff' SSS in TIH which caused Blonsky's mutation) but there have also been attempts at re-creating the shield also, only using a different 'techy' method due to the original (much like the SSS) truly being a one-off which can never be replicated as well due to it coming into existance accidentally.

The shield we saw was therefore merely just an inferior prototype.

Just a theory.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I concur:-

You know what that means right? It means we're the two smartest mofos on SHH!

 

[Brian Braddock]

Lol - I'm sure that there are many on here that would take issue with that. Hell, I think there are quite a few who would take issue with the idea that I'm smart in the slightest.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea either it being an earlier prototype before he made the real one, or after the original was lost trying to remake it and it not being right.

 

[Hellcycle2000]

i hope he has his classic badge type shield, and he should have a modified version of is round shield in The Avengers, something cool like it folding up, AVP style, on his arm. not sure if he'd look cool carrying around a shield. Im sure TS can make it for him.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

i hope he has his classic badge type shield, and he should have a modified version of is round shield in The Avengers, something cool like it folding up, AVP style, on his arm. not sure if he'd look cool carrying around a shield. Im sure TS can make it for him.

It's been "confirmed" by Joblo that he's got the original style shield.

 

[roach]

and by original you mean round...because thats what the description sounded like

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i still say there is no reason why we cant have both the triangle and the round shield in first avenger. He could be given a not to strong steel shield during the uso thing, which he takes with himself when he goes off to battle for the first time. Then after he returns from that mission he goes on. The government probably will officially sanction him for active duty and they then give him the round shield. And if i figure from that point to the end of the film we could see probably like 2-3 yrs time of battles happening and montage scenes with the round shield. Then of course steve(and bucky) dying at the end of the film and steve having the round shield.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

yea i still say there is no reason why we cant have both the triangle and the round shield in first avenger. He could be given a not to strong steel shield during the uso thing, which he takes with himself when he goes off to battle for the first time. Then after he returns from that mission he goes on. The government probably will officially sanction him for active duty and they then give him the round shield. And if i figure from that point to the end of the film we could see probably like 2-3 yrs time of battles happening and montage scenes with the round shield. Then of course steve(and bucky) dying at the end of the film and steve having the round shield.

Wouldn't that be a little silly? He's given a prop shield for the purposes of a USO show, then suddenly all hell breaks loose.

Cap: Oh crap, the Nazis! Lets get outta here! Oops, wait, I better bring that flimsy prop shield! Sure it's useless and impractical, but if I lose it, it'll come out of my pay!

Him being in the USO costume initially makes sense, because if the proverbial hits the fan, he doesn't exactly have time to change, wheareas a prop shield would just get in the way.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

i guess it was never explained if the shield was able to come back to cap after he throws it, i mean: before or because he was made out of vibranium? i mean an early prototype which was able to turn back but just not durable enough? and then trying to bilt a new one while searching for a new element?

 

[HUMANIMAL]

This may be a long shot, but I believe that the shield and, the short scene it was in in Iron Man 2, was more than an easter egg or wink to the fans. I personally read a little more depth to it than that. Stark uses the shield to balance the piece of machinery that he is using to save his life. Hes using it to balance it. Now as most of you all know, Tony and Steve become close during there time in the Avengers, as contradictory as they both are to each other. I think Favreau meant for the shield in that scene to foreshadow/symbolize Tony and Steves friendship and close bond. The shield balances that conduit or whatever it is so tony can save his life. Steve was always Tonys "balance", Even to the point where Tony looked up to him. As as a film maker Favreau is and is becoming i felt that scene meant more than to get us fanboys wet in the pants. Anyone else care to elaborate?

i think its definitely to show us that tony has no idea that there is more to come yet....like the nods to we have there something in new mexico, stuff...he still thinks he is the center of the universe but the shield will be more important than he thinks at that time. he wouldnt treat it like that if he already knew what else gonna happen...we might seea bit of a change in his character development even more when realizes that there is more out there and that other characters are also very dominating the scene.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I think the shield was actually meant to symbolise life and death, in that they are both cyclical in nature. I've heard some people suggest that maybe it just represents Captain America's literal shield, but thats clearly ridiculous.

 

[Shivsguy616]

I think the shield was actually meant to symbolise life and death, in that they are both cyclical in nature. I've heard some people suggest that maybe it just represents Captain America's literal shield, but thats clearly ridiculous.

What is "cyclical" about death?

 

[Brian Braddock]

Not death on it's own, but it is the factor that completes the journey of ones life. You are born, you live, and then with your death everything comes full circle.