First Avenger Captain America's Costume

[Suzanne78]

Every time I see this comment made I still get a kick out of it.

"Realistic" ..... a "fantasy" film and we're worried about realism. We've got a guy who's abilities are very "unrealistic" ..... a bad guy who's appearance is completely "unrealistic" ..... the appearance of a cosmic cube that [BLACKOUT]opens portals[/BLACKOUT] which is completely "unrealistic" .....the Hydra agents which look anything but "realistic" ...... but Caps suit just HAS to be realistic, because people would jump in their seats in disapproval right?

Again, I'm not purporting that they go straight on spandex with bright colors worthy of a Cross Dresser talent show, but still the outfit could have been far more faithful. To me he looks like a paratrooper who likes Captain America, so he added a few things to sort of resemble him.

You're perfectly entitled to your opinion about it, just like I'm entitled to mine. The way I see the look of this movie is a realistic setting of WWII/40's Europe and US paired with some fantastical elements like the Cosmic Cube and the existence of the Super Soldier Serum. I think the costume serves as a nice, aesthetic bridge for both the real-world aspects of Cap's story and the not-so-realistic aspects. It retains the color scheme that's become iconic for Captain America but there seems to be some utilitarian alterations to the uniform to make it work with some of the things Cap'll be doing, i.e. parachuting out of a plane, etc.

I don't see anything wrong with what I've said or what others have said, they're just opinions and really we can dissect this thing to death. Some of us may change our minds once we see Chris wearing the suit in action. You may end up thinking it's all right. I may end up thinking it looks strange in motion. Who knows.

 

[Rock Sexton]

You're perfectly entitled to your opinion about it, just like I'm entitled to mine. The way I see the look of this movie is a realistic setting of WWII/40's Europe and US paired with some fantastical elements like the Cosmic Cube and the existence of the Super Soldier Serum. I think the costume serves as a nice, aesthetic bridge for both the real-world aspects of Cap's story and the not-so-realistic aspects. It retains the color scheme that's become iconic for Captain America but there seems to be some utilitarian alterations to the uniform to make it work with some of the things Cap'll be doing, i.e. parachuting out of a plane, etc.

I don't see anything wrong with what I've said or what others have said, they're just opinions and really we can dissect this thing to death. Some of us may change our minds once we see Chris wearing the suit in action. You may end up thinking it's all right. I may end up thinking it looks strange in motion. Who knows.

That's fine. I just don't see how one suit acts as a bridge in a movie full of fantasy. The bridge should be the development of Steve Rogers. If the audience believes who he is as a person, they can get away with quite a bit on a costume level. That's just my opinion.

I'll give you an example. I had no real previous knowledge of "The Watchmen" and leading up to its release I thought the costume designs were as little wild. Yet, after seeing it the development of the characters compelled me to the point that I no longer cared and the costumes became far more palatable to me.

 

[NickNitro]

Just an FYI to everyone.

I sent my mother the new Cap photo to test out the General Audience and believe me shes as general as it gets. She probably hasnt seen a picture of captain america in years.

I said now there is a discrepency on the Costume and if the General Audience could easily recognize this person in a movie. I want you to tell me who you think it is.

I showed her the picture and she immediately (and i mean that literally) said oh thats Captain America.

Just figured Id throw that out there.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Just an FYI to everyone.

I sent my mother the new Cap photo to test out the General Audience and believe me shes as general as it gets. She probably hasnt seen a picture of captain america in years.

I said now there is a discrepency on the Costume and if the General Audience could easily recognize this person in a movie. I want you to tell me who you think it is.

I showed her the picture and she immediately (and i mean that literally) said oh thats Captain America.

Just figured Id throw that out there.

I always love these examples. Interesting, but not statistically significant .... Personally, I would theorize that it's the shield that garners the recognition. I'll have to hit up my family this weekend to see what they say. Hahah

 

[storyteller]

Keep in mind that this is a suit for WW2. They designed it with the idea that its not a costume but gear that also needs to be a symbol. You guys want the suit he will probably wear in avengers while this is WW2.

 

[The Guard]

I mean, it's recognizable as Captain America, but the quality of the outfit leaves something to be desired. Surely the government could do better for their propaganda sumbol.

I don't really think whether it looks like Captain America should even be an issue. I'm hard pressed to think of a comic book superhero who hasn't looked like themsleves in the last 20 years or so.

I'm not sure what his outfit is supposed to be, I guess armor in some fashion, but he looks like he's wearing stuffed fabric for armor, or a winter coat or something. I could do without the sculpted muscles in the white material below his chestpiece.

This is a World War II uniform.

http://www.awon.org/memorials/florence/flor5054.JPG

Cap's suit only really looks anything like like a WWII soldier because of the straps, helmet, etc, and even they aren't necessarily tied to WWII. The rest of his suit looks like a soft padded material and striped "parachute" pants. I'd prefer something that looked heavier, and kind of expected it, actually.

The helmet is fine. Someone went to the trouble to design this suit to look a certain way in the movieverse. I don't understand why they stopped after getting it 70% right. The straps are fine. It's fairly obvious he will be a paratrooper, and that they anchor everything. But I'm not sure why his helmet strapping is brown (no, it being that way in the comics isn't a good enough excuse). The helmet straps could probably have been blue and been better for it. The torso straps being gray doesnt quite work, either. Actually, doesn't work at all, since they affect his entire top half. They should have been black, or red, or blue on top and red on the bottom. As they are, they're pretty distracting and detract from the general look of Captain America.

I'm not understanding why he has those bright red straps and bright red shield...and then dark maroon gloves and boots. How hard would it have been to make them red? The belt I don't mind so much. Black, brown, or dark red is okay for that and the holster.

 

[roach]

I mean, it's recognizable as Captain America, but the quality of the outfit leaves something to be desired. Surely the government could do better for their propaganda sumbol.

I don't really think whether it looks like Captain America should even be an issue. I'm hard pressed to think of a comic book superhero who hasn't looked like themsleves in the last 20 years or so.

I'm not sure what his outfit is supposed to be, I guess armor in some fashion, but he looks like he's wearing stuffed fabric for armor, or a winter coat or something. I could do without the sculpted muscles in the white material below his chestpiece.

This is a World War II uniform.

http://www.awon.org/memorials/florence/flor5054.JPG

Cap's suit only really looks anything like like a WWII soldier because of the straps, helmet, etc, and even they aren't necessarily tied to WWII. The rest of his suit looks like a soft padded material and striped "parachute" pants. I'd prefer something that looked heavier, and kind of expected it, actually.

The helmet is fine. Someone went to the trouble to design this suit to look a certain way in the movieverse. I don't understand why they stopped after getting it 70% right. The straps are fine. It's fairly obvious he will be a paratrooper, and that they anchor everything. But I'm not sure why his helmet strapping is brown (no, it being that way in the comics isn't a good enough excuse). The helmet straps could probably have been blue and been better for it. The torso straps being gray doesnt quite work, either. Actually, doesn't work at all, since they affect his entire top half. They should have been black, or red, or blue on top and red on the bottom. As they are, they're pretty distracting and detract from the general look of Captain America.

I'm not understanding why he has those bright red straps and bright red shield...and then dark maroon gloves and boots. How hard would it have been to make them red? The belt I don't mind so much. Black, brown, or dark red is okay for that and the holster.

bravo sir bravo

 

[Mr. Earle]

I agree with you Guard. Unfortunately this is how Hollywood thinks:

Spoiler

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Wow, sucks to be you guys, I guess.

 

[roach]

so take a comic costume and make it busy and thats how you make a hollywood movie superhero suit?

 

[C. Lee]

The suit isn't perfect....but I like it.

 

[lixdexia]

so take a comic costume and make it busy and thats how you make a hollywood movie superhero suit?

basically. comic suits tend to have large fields of solid colors and you need to texturise that somehow. yes they could have come close to the comic suit and accomplished that, like the suit from the video game pics, but you do need something to break it up

 

[Marx]

I love the suit. Is it a 100 percent comic adaptation? Of course not...but no costume ever is.

 

[roach]

wow...its like blood in the water...say something bad about the suit and people come out the wood work to defend it

 

[Saint]

I don't really think whether it looks like Captain America should even be an issue. I'm hard pressed to think of a comic book superhero who hasn't looked like themsleves in the last 20 years or so.

Well, fairly the X-Men only looked like themselves from the neck up.

Though, if you argued that's the most important part, you'd probably be successful.

I could do without the sculpted muscles in the white material below his chestpiece.

They're not supposed to be muscles, I think--just the same sort of detailing you see on the legs and everywhere else.

 

[roach]

spiderman was pretty faithful....daredevil was close enough....ghost rider look the way he was supposed to....

 

[C. Lee]

wow...its like blood in the water...say something bad about the suit and people come out the wood work to defend it

I'm sorry...can you give me a heads up on when I'm allowed to post my opinion so it doesn't upset you?

 

[Marvin]

I can sleep easy now.

 

[Spideyfan93]

I love the costume and I've been a fan of Captain America since I was a kid...thats over 10 years.

I could deal with a similar costume for Avengers too. If this was the Avengers suit I wouldn't have a problem. My expectations for costumes are very linear.

 

[Suzanne78]

wow...its like blood in the water...say something bad about the suit and people come out the wood work to defend it

Couldn't you say it in the alternative too? Saying something positive about the suit draws out the more negative opinions?

It's really all just opinions, man. Honestly, the suit looks better and better to me the more I look at it. Now all I need to see is Chris in action and see how well the suit moves in action. I may change my mind about it then.

 

[Saint]

It's close enough for my purposes. I think there are a couple of missteps (or at least steps I wouldn't have taken), but they've got the correct level of faithfulness, I think. The iconography is there and the layout of the costume is there, and that suits my purposes just fine. Certainly more than I could say for any Batman costume that's ever seen screen.

I think the jacket is in sort of a weird place where it looks almost like a jacket and almost like body armour--but it maybe should have gone a little more strongly in on direction or the other. I like the looseness of it (in fact, I like the looseness of the whole outfit), but it seems like it should look a little sturdier.

Some of the detailing is a little much, but oh well. I like the straps going down the front--and I think the straps-for-stripes look great--but the straps that branch out to the shoulders seem funky. I think it would have looked better if they had dropped those entirely (the straps on the biceps are fine, though).

Brown works great for the belt and holster and whatnot, and serves on the gloves. I don't see any reason the gloves couldn't be a dark red, but I guess it works either way. I'm not really feeling the stars on the shoulders. I think it's kind of silly that people are bothered by the holster and the sling around his body and whatnot. Soldiers have to carry things; that's life.

The helmet they pretty much knocked out of the park (or so it appears at this angle), and that's what I was really worried about. The helmet could have been a disaster. Wings are a nice touch.

All things considered, pretty solid costume.

 

[Marx]

wow...its like blood in the water...say something bad about the suit and people come out the wood work to defend it

I'm sorry...can you give me a heads up on when I'm allowed to post my opinion so it doesn't upset you?

That's what I'm wondering C.

 

[Havok83]

I can sleep easy now.

the original looks better

 

[C. Lee]

That's what I'm wondering C.

I don't know how he does things....but for me, when I'm on here and not doing something mod related....I click on NEW POSTS and see what threads are active, if I'm interested in one of the threads I go in and read some posts and then maybe make a reply or comment. I can't express how deeply sorry I am that at the time I decided to make my post expressing my opinion of Captain America's suit in the Captain America's suit thread, that happened to be a non negative post, that he had been making negatives ones and I somehow upset his rhythm or mojo by doing so.

 

[Sawyer]

I fail to see how *gasp* a strap across Cap's chest somehow diminishes the glory of his suit. Just seems like there's quite a bit of needless *****ing going on here.

But then, this is the internet and *****ing is its lifeblood, so why am I surprised?

The suit looks just fine.