Time for a Captain Britain film/tv series ?

[2kt09]

 

[marcvader]

Nahhh... prefer someone else in the role of Braddock.

 

[The Endless]

Damien Lewis.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I thought this was just a debating tactic, I didn't realise that anyone was genuinely dense enough to believe that Brexit was fuelled by xenophobia.

I didn't realize anyone was dense enough to believe that Brexit wasn't fueled by xenophobia. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence that hate crimes have surged in the UK over the past several years, coinciding with an influx of immigrants. And those hate crimes spiked even further after the referendum, curiously like the surge in hate crimes we saw in the U.S. this year after unabashed racist Donald Trump took office. And then there's Brexit's chief cheerleader and Trump fan Nigel Farage, who has defended his use of racial slurs. And oh look, here's Farage standing in front of a poster showing a host of immigrants that declares that it's time to "take back control" of the UK. Nothing xenophobic there at all. And here's a poll that revealed that many UK citizens ranked immigration as a top concern just weeks before the referendum. All of that isn't to say that EVERY person who voted for Brexit did it out of xenophobia, but it can't be denied that it played a key role.

 

[Dark Raven]

Which actor is he?

I can't actually think of any British actors because I don't watch any British shows.

 

[The Endless]

I voted Brexit. Not because of immigration... But because the EU is a sinking ship that will be gone within 10 years anyway. It's best to jump on the first life boat available

 

[marcvader]

Jorge Garcia

 

[2kt09]

Which actor is he?

I can't actually think of any British actors because I don't watch any British shows.

I randomly googled "Christian Bale" and apparently BossLogic posted this overnight.

 

[Dark Raven]

Jorge Garcia

I only ever mention him for psychocolossus's benefit because he has trouble discerning sarcasm.

 

[KevTravels]

I want a somewhat unknown actor or an actor riding high between tv and film. Someone in their 30's.

Dan Stevens would be ideal. A bonus as he's kinda tall.

 

[marcvader]

I only ever mention him for psychocolossus's benefit because he has trouble discerning sarcasm.

I know. lol You're cruel

 

[ludovica]

Kit Harington?
I can see it as a middle budgeted movie, a la Deadpool, but a lot "classier" and more of a genre and cinematic meta-awareness, with the multiple dimensions and all.

 

[chamber-music]

Bradley James (Merlin, iZombie, Underworld: Blood Wars and Fast Girls) for TV Brian Braddock (Captain Britain)

Sam Claflin (Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Snow White and the Huntsman) for a movie version.

Other options Rupert Penry-Jones (The Strain, Black Sails and Red Tails) or James Norton (Black Mirror, Happy Valley, War & Peace and McMafia).

Brillant

Does CB have a big enough fanbase in the UK for BBC to tackle the series?

Having a fanbase is irrelevant. The BBC wouldn't make a Captain Britain show unless it was a co-production with someone else.

 

[Panacea]

I didn't realize anyone was dense enough to believe that Brexit wasn't fueled by xenophobia. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence that hate crimes have surged in the UK over the past several years, coinciding with an influx of immigrants. And those hate crimes spiked even further after the referendum, curiously like the surge in hate crimes we saw in the U.S. this year after unabashed racist Donald Trump took office. And then there's Brexit's chief cheerleader and Trump fan Nigel Farage, who has defended his use of racial slurs. And oh look, here's Farage standing in front of a poster showing a host of immigrants that declares that it's time to "take back control" of the UK. Nothing xenophobic there at all. And here's a poll that revealed that many UK citizens ranked immigration as a top concern just weeks before the referendum. All of that isn't to say that EVERY person who voted for Brexit did it out of xenophobia, but it can't be denied that it played a key role.

It really can be. Concern about immigration has nothing intrinsically to do with xenophobia. 60% of first and second generation immigrants in the UK believe that immigration should be reduced or halted, never mind the 77% overall that do. This is not a fringe, bigoted stance, this is as mainstream as it gets, even if that's not reflected in the bourgeois media and assorted celebrity talking heads that are completely insulated from the plight of the working class. To argue that Leave voters are fuelled by xenophobia based on the actions of a tiny minority of racists is analogous to arguing that Muslims are driven by jihadism based on the similarly tiny proportion that are. It's moronic, and people should know better by now. One of the reasons that Trump did as well as he did is because the globalists and the leftists have cried wolf so many times that a significant proportion of the public just aren't listening any more.

 

[Leo Zelinsky]

Any good ideas as far as casting?

Here's my fancast for the twins on my fancast Instagram

 

[Snaaaaake!]

Either MCU or no dice!

I'm losing faith and Perlmutter and Marvel Entertainment.

 

[Mike Murdock]

Hey, if this every happens, can Captain Britain face off against his moronic, xenophobic brother Captain Brexit?

Honestly, if they bring in the multiverse in the style of the comics, they could make that work easily.

 

[chamber-music]

I have a feeling Fox probably own the rights to Japanese ninja mutant Kwannon version of Psylocke and Marvel probably own the rights to the Marvel UK white charter pilot/psychic agent of STRIKE version Betsy Braddock before she became involved in the X-Men books a decade after she debuted in the Captain Britain books.

 

[Panacea]

Wasn't Blade born in England? Maybe you could work him into the group instead of whichever characters they don't have the rights to.

 

[chamber-music]

Wasn't Blade born in England? Maybe you could work him into the group instead of whichever characters they don't have the rights to.

Blade was born in London, England in the comics. Blade was a part of the Captain Britain and MI:13 team comic series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Britain_and_MI13

 

[Silvermoth]

They should get Gillian Anderson playing David Bowie to play captain Britain

 

[Brian Braddock]

Bradley James (Merlin, iZombie, Underworld: Blood Wars and Fast Girls) for TV Brian Braddock (Captain Britain)

Sam Claflin (Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Snow White and the Huntsman) for a movie version.

Other options Rupert Penry-Jones (The Strain, Black Sails and Red Tails) or James Norton (Black Mirror, Happy Valley, War & Peace and McMafia).


Having a fanbase is irrelevant. The BBC wouldn't make a Captain Britain show unless it was a co-production with someone else.

Wouldnt exactly say no to any of those suggestions. How about Noah Huntley also?