Comments on: UPDATE: Will Smith is Not Captain America? Well, thats what I heard! http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/ Geek Movie and Entertainment News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:59:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rod the bod gregory http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-15106 rod the bod gregory Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:19:46 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-15106 no will smith please , but marvel needs to green light the luke cage movie. no will smith please , but marvel needs to green light the luke cage movie.

]]> By: clay tyler http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 clay tyler Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:29:09 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2059 hay will i am a i love your moves hay will i am a i love your moves

]]> By: Wolfpack http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Wolfpack Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:18:51 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2058 I think will smith is a great actor, but he is no Captain America. I think he would be great as Black Panther, he has the physique and he is black. If Marvel keeps with the comics there is no way the cap would all of a sudden end up black. Also if the rumor is true that the Captain America movie will be set in WW II then there would be no way that "Cap" would have been black. Look at history Units in the military were segregated during WWII. It would just not be as believable. Now if after the first movie and Cap is assinated like in the comic then maybe they could find someone else "Will Smith" that could handle the serum. Just a thought. And as Will Smith playing "Bucky", same situation as listed above it just wouldn't happen. I think will smith is a great actor, but he is no Captain America. I think he would be great as Black Panther, he has the physique and he is black. If Marvel keeps with the comics there is no way the cap would all of a sudden end up black. Also if the rumor is true that the Captain America movie will be set in WW II then there would be no way that “Cap” would have been black. Look at history Units in the military were segregated during WWII. It would just not be as believable. Now if after the first movie and Cap is assinated like in the comic then maybe they could find someone else “Will Smith” that could handle the serum. Just a thought. And as Will Smith playing “Bucky”, same situation as listed above it just wouldn’t happen.

]]> By: littlelee http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 littlelee Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:03:58 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2057 please keep captain america the way he is. Quit changing the characters we grew up with. If you want more african american comic book characters then make some. Or they could just make a comic book movie about a black super hero like the black panther. They already tried to give will smith the superman role and he was smart enough to turn it down so hopefully he will turn this one down if they offer him the job. please keep captain america the way he is. Quit changing the characters we grew up with. If you want more african american comic book characters then make some. Or they could just make a comic book movie about a black super hero like the black panther. They already tried to give will smith the superman role and he was smart enough to turn it down so hopefully he will turn this one down if they offer him the job.

]]> By: Christopher J. Carlson http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2054 Christopher J. Carlson Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:23:44 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2054 I'm not sure if it's part of the regular Marvel universe (or the Ultimates universe, for that matter), but there was a mini-series about the first successful recipient of the Super Soldier formula - an African-American. Steve Rogers may not have even been the second successful recipient. That said, I highly doubt a black man would have been accepted by the government, much less the general public, as an acceptable American icon when Captain America first hit the battlefield. Maybe Cap's sidekick Bucky Barnes could be African-American in the film. Maybe Will Smith can play the Winter Soldier - the presumed dead Bucky - in a sequel to the first Captain America film. Smith as a ruthless killer would be an interesting role for him. (I thought Tom Cruise* played an excellent villain in Michael Mann's COLLATERAL.) I went to see TRAITOR** tonight, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce are both great actors. I think Cheadle would make an excellent T'Challa, King of Wakanda, aka Black Panther. But all throughout the movie I kept trying to think which Marvel superhero Pearce could play. How about Steve Rogers, aka Captain America? He did turn down DAREDEVIL*** though. And now wants to work with Christopher Nolan again (they did MEMENTO together), and is interested in being in the next Batman film. (Which would be cool!) Maybe Pearce is a DC man, and wouldn't want to do a Marvel film. * (Of course, Tom Cruise would make a great villain. He's certifiable! And he scares me. Seriously. :-| But I did enjoy his role in TROPIC THUNDER, which softened his image for everyone for at least 107 minutes.) ** (Holy carp! I knew "a" Steve Martin wrote the story for TRAITOR, but I didn't know until now that it was "the" Steve Martin; i.e. the guy best known for his comedy work.) *** (DAREDEVIL would have been fine if the studio hadn't cut out practically all of the Matt Murdock footage - i.e. Daredevil's civilian life as a lawyer - ruining the flow of the film.) I’m not sure if it’s part of the regular Marvel universe (or the Ultimates universe, for that matter), but there was a mini-series about the first successful recipient of the Super Soldier formula – an African-American. Steve Rogers may not have even been the second successful recipient.

That said, I highly doubt a black man would have been accepted by the government, much less the general public, as an acceptable American icon when Captain America first hit the battlefield. Maybe Cap’s sidekick Bucky Barnes could be African-American in the film.

Maybe Will Smith can play the Winter Soldier – the presumed dead Bucky – in a sequel to the first Captain America film. Smith as a ruthless killer would be an interesting role for him. (I thought Tom Cruise* played an excellent villain in Michael Mann’s COLLATERAL.)

I went to see TRAITOR** tonight, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce are both great actors. I think Cheadle would make an excellent T’Challa, King of Wakanda, aka Black Panther.

But all throughout the movie I kept trying to think which Marvel superhero Pearce could play. How about Steve Rogers, aka Captain America?

He did turn down DAREDEVIL*** though. And now wants to work with Christopher Nolan again (they did MEMENTO together), and is interested in being in the next Batman film. (Which would be cool!) Maybe Pearce is a DC man, and wouldn’t want to do a Marvel film.

* (Of course, Tom Cruise would make a great villain. He’s certifiable! And he scares me. Seriously. :-| But I did enjoy his role in TROPIC THUNDER, which softened his image for everyone for at least 107 minutes.)

** (Holy carp! I knew “a” Steve Martin wrote the story for TRAITOR, but I didn’t know until now that it was “the” Steve Martin; i.e. the guy best known for his comedy work.)

*** (DAREDEVIL would have been fine if the studio hadn’t cut out practically all of the Matt Murdock footage – i.e. Daredevil’s civilian life as a lawyer – ruining the flow of the film.)

]]> By: stones http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 stones Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:29:17 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2053 while i think will smith is a good actor and i like things he's in...he's not captain america. Falcon, yeah sure, i'll take that one. but not Cap while i think will smith is a good actor and i like things he’s in…he’s not captain america. Falcon, yeah sure, i’ll take that one. but not Cap

]]> By: rckbikes http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 rckbikes Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:39:19 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2055 Definitely no. I mean it'd be ok if he was African American, but Will Smith? Definitely not. I don't want Cap beat boxing, thank you. Definitely no. I mean it’d be ok if he was African American, but Will Smith? Definitely not. I don’t want Cap beat boxing, thank you.

]]> By: Manko http://geektyrant.com/2008/09/will-smith-as-captain-america-thats-what-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 Manko Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:44:03 +0000 http://www.geektyrant.com/?p=1721#comment-2056 Please no. I'd rather see Johnny Depp as Cap than Will ($cientology) Smith. Please no. I’d rather see Johnny Depp as Cap than Will ($cientology) Smith.

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