Friday, November 27, 2015
Civil War: What's the Deal?
Civil War: What's the Deal?
So the trailer for Captain America: Civil War, dropped this week and it has had comic book movie fans all in a frenzy. It looks really good. So rather than tell you the things you may have missed from the trailer I would like to speculate what exactly is going on with the movie based on what we see in this trailer. Bear in mind that there will be spoilers for the comic book it's based off and potential spoilers for the movie, if you want to go into the show blind, probably don't read this.
Comic Book Ties:
From what I can tell from the trailer it seems to be quite the departure from the actual comic book. In the comic, a horrific accident involving foolhardy superheros decimates a small town killing many people. Because of this the government forces heroes to reveal their identities and pretty much sign on to be super-cops for the government. Ironman, despite his rebellious nature sees this as a necessary step into stopping injustice. Captain America is very much about the opposite, and to many heroes such as Daredevil, Falcon, half the Fantastic Four and even the likes of The Punisher, Captain America is the guy to follow. It results in an all out war between many superheroes and quite an epic comic. But is the movie going to be like the comic?
Dark Knight Much?
Everyone knows that Batman v. Superman is taking ques from Frank Miller's, The Dark Knight Returns, but to me it seems that Civil War will follow that story line even more. From the Civil War trailer we see a lot of Captain America, which makes sense. It's not The Avengers: Civil War, it's Captain America: Civil War. With that said the trailer seems to tell us this:
We have a pretty great superhero who is considered a "vigilante" and the government wants to stop them, so who do they send in? The most powerful superhero they can think of to stop him. That's the exact plot of The Dark Knight Returns. The thing is that there will be more superheros fighting each other rather than just Batman and Superman, and this story affects a heck of a lot more than two heroes. All I'm saying is that I think this movie will not follow the comic book as much as we thought, and it doesn't have to. But those who want this movie to be a shot for shot cinematic adaptation, too bad! Marvel Studios doesn't even have half the roster it would take to remake the comic.
Introduction Of Other Superheros:
Lastly I'd like to talk about new heroes, well all want that right? In the comic book, all the heroes have been introduced already, which makes for some epic battles. However in the movie they don't have near as many, but they have the chance to introduce a few heroes worth mentioning here. Obviously we see Black Panther running around in his sick costume, he is of course the King of Wakanda, the fictional country that the Avengers visit in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Also, we know that Spiderman will play a role in this movie, like he does in the comics. Tom Holland has been cast as the webslinger, and it will be interesting to see the role that Spiderman will play within the movie. Now, there haven't been many rumors circling Captain Marvel but it will be very interesting to see any references there may be to her or perhaps a quick cameo of her character, Carol Danvers. Perhaps we may see some teases of Dr. Strange, which would be awesome. Also, I think this is a good opportunity to integrate some of the Netflix heroes into the movie, (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Punisher), because this "hero registration" or "Sokovia Accords" very much affects street level characters. But I bet that if we see any of them it will probably be like one shot of them all fighting together or something. And maybe Agent Coulson will show up, and maybe he'll die again, for good. Who knows? What's for certain is that this is going to be a phenomenal comic book movie event.
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