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**Tribal Warfare** · 05-30-2010, 12:56 AM

Captain America's costume will look different

by: Mike Sampson May. 28, 2010

Some superhero costumes, like Iron Man, make fairly easy transitions to the world of movies. Others, like Captain America, prove to be a little more difficult. What works in the comics doesn't always work well with an actor actually having to wear that costume. So I've been curious to see how they were going to adapt the Captain America suit for Chris Evans to resemble the original design but work within the WWII world that Joe Johnston is creating for the film. I got an exclusive look at one of the approved costume tests for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER and while I can't pass along anything here, I can describe to you what I saw.

Captain America will have two different costumes in the film, according to Johnston. He told the LA Times that he'll have a costume designed by the Army for his initial USO appearances that's slightly more flashy and a nod to the original design. As he gets called into active duty though, Steve Rogers (who hated the original suit design), creates a new costume that's more battle-ready. This second costume is the one I saw and will the primary costume for the film.

The first thing I noticed is that the trademark wings that flank the side of Cap's hood are gone. In fact the "hood" is gone entirely. In its place is a more traditional M1 Army helmet though this helmet does come over the eyes to give Cap a traditional "domino mask" look. Still present is the white "A" in the middle of the hat (nothing fancy, this is the traditional font), though like the rest of the costume, the blue of the helmet is much more muted than the blue in the comic costume. A thick black strap comes down over the ears and connects under the chin.

Cap is wearing a blue neck piece but from what I saw, it's hard to tell if this is connected to something under the helmet or whether it's something like a turtleneck (I'm gonna guess the latter).

The many looks of Captain America

On his chest still lies the white star though it's not as prominent as the comic version. The costume is still split horizontally through the middle with blue on top and red and white stripes on the bottom. But instead of stripes, it's actually just a white base with two red utility straps acting as stripes. These straps affix to a metal loop at the midpoint of the chest and a black strap extends up to the shoulders from that point.

His shoulders have pads over them that extend down to about mid-bicep and are attached via a brown strap under the arm. The sleeves (for lack of a better word) are white with a fairly standard brown glove.

The fabric of the costume doesn't look like the scaled material of SPIDER-MAN but more of a leather fabric, like something you'd see on one of the X-MEN. Cap wears an old school utility belt, the likes of which we haven't seen much in modern superhero movies. Utility belts were a staple of comic superheroes but haven't made the transition but here Cap sports a rather thick belt made up of brown pockets with a silver buckle. (It actually looks something like the belt on this Captain America toy.)

As you might expect, there's no codpiece to be found and Cap is wearing blue pants tucked into brown utility boots. The pants aren't skin tight but they aren't baggy either. And for those who are curious, the pants actually have a fly so Cap can take a leak if he needs to.

The suit actually has a practical WWII military look to it with some of the obvious Captain America flourishes that we would expect. It's hard to really pass judgment on a costume until you see it properly lit, in motion and doing what it's meant to do. But based on what I saw, I'm pretty impressed with how they were able to adapt the costume for the film.

As for the shield, it actually hews very closely to the classic design of red/white/red rings with the white star in a blue circle at the middle.

**Rausch** · 03-26-2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

? I think it's pretty ****ing awesome. He's as fast, strong and agile as a human being could EVER be without being superhuman. He could go to the Olympics and win every ****ing physical ability-based event without any training... If you ever saw the new Incredible Hulk movie, Cap is what Blonsky was right after taking the super soldier serum but before he went full-Abomination.

I think they handled it completely wrong and It'll go sideways and down like Hulk1 did...

ThaVirus · 03-26-2011, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

I think they handled it completely wrong and It'll go sideways and down like Hulk1 did...

You think they handled Blonsky wrong after he received the Super Soldier Serum?

keg in kc · 06-18-2011, 07:44 PM

**Rausch** · 06-19-2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

You think they handled Blonsky wrong after he received the Super Soldier Serum?

No, Cap...

Jawshco · 06-19-2011, 05:39 PM

I may be the only one who doesn't want to see Captain America's helmet wings, but I suppose this costume isn't too bad. It's pretty much concept art, but I like it.

keg in kc · 06-23-2011, 06:26 PM

keg in kc · 06-30-2011, 11:06 AM

-King- · 07-01-2011, 08:05 PM

Ok, it's DEFINITELY not as lame as I thought it would be.

Deberg_1990 · 07-18-2011, 12:12 PM

Bootleg of the post credits sequence has hit. Its a teaser of course for next Summers Avenger movie.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.co...-the-avengers/

Jawshco · 07-19-2011, 03:53 PM

Dang! I missed both the Avengers and Amazing Spider-man trailers. Does anyone have any working links to either of there trailers?

Molitoth · 07-19-2011, 08:23 PM

Captain America is a pussy.

keg in kc · 07-20-2011, 05:06 AM

First review I've seen, from one of the aicn comics guys:

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Well, the first thing I have to say is: this is it CAPTAIN AMERICA fans…this is the CAP movie we’ve all been waiting for.

When Joe Johnston was named as the director of this movie I was hoping we’d be in good hands. I’ve been a big fan of the movie version of THE ROCKETEER for a while (I actually just watched it the other week.) and I hoped that if Johnston could bring just a taste of the period feel along with the heart that he brought to that movie to the CAPTAIN AMERICA film that everything would be fine. But it’s been a long time since THE ROCKETEER and I can’t say for sure that I’ve seen anything that Johnston’s directed since then. So while Marvel Studios’ choice of Johnston seemed a bit out of left field, I was hopeful. But there’s nothing to worry about friends, CAPTAIN AMERICA is THE ROCKETEER cranked up to eleven.

I really don’t think I’ve seen a live action superhero movie since possibly Raimi’s first SPIDER-MAN flick that just wholeheartedly gives the superhero concept a giant bone crushing bear hug as much as Johnston’s Captain America does. Yes, IRON MAN, THE DARK KNIGHT, and THOR are great films but none of them truly feel like an old fashioned superhero romp to me. None of them embrace the great underwear on the outside four color nature of the comics that I grew up on. CAPTAIN AMERICA does. CAPTAIN AMERICA embraces the costume, the earnest hero trying to prove himself, the code of honor, all of it. It’s not embarrassed of what it is or where it came from. It holds its roots over its head and waves them proudly like, well, like a grand old flag.

More here.

Deberg_1990 · 07-20-2011, 07:18 AM

Reviews will probably be filtering out today and tomorrow. Sounds pretty postive so far....and i thought this would be one of the weaker comic films.

oh, and it also sounds like a kids movie thats safe to take kids to **cough** Transformers **cough**

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-c...uperhero-story

"Captain America: The First Avenger" is one of the finest movies yet from Marvel Studios, and a big departure in tone and storytelling from most of the films they've made so far. It is a strong indicator that the more willing the studio is to experiment, the more exciting the payoffs can be. In this case, there's no clear precursor to this one in anything else Marvel's done, and it feels like branching out and trying something this different freed them up. It helps that director Joe Johnston shot the film like he had something to prove and Chris Evans appears to have been born for this role. Everything came together here in a way that I'm not sure anyone could have predicted, and that indefinable chemistry is one of the things that makes this feel so special...........

Molitoth · 07-20-2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Nice use of Tool's - 46&2.

Doesn't look too bad considering it's Captain America. I suppose I will give this one a chance.

Sure-Oz · 07-20-2011, 04:52 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain-america/

21 total reviews so far sitting at 62%

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Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3464454	Reviews will probably be filtering out today and tomorrow. Sounds pretty postive so far....and i thought this would be one of the weaker comic films. oh, and it also sounds like a kids movie thats safe to take kids to cough Transformers cough http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-c...uperhero-story "Captain America: The First Avenger" is one of the finest movies yet from Marvel Studios, and a big departure in tone and storytelling from most of the films they've made so far. It is a strong indicator that the more willing the studio is to experiment, the more exciting the payoffs can be. In this case, there's no clear precursor to this one in anything else Marvel's done, and it feels like branching out and trying something this different freed them up. It helps that director Joe Johnston shot the film like he had something to prove and Chris Evans appears to have been born for this role. Everything came together here in a way that I'm not sure anyone could have predicted, and that indefinable chemistry is one of the things that makes this feel so special...........
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