Joe Johnston, acclaimed director of such films as THE WOLFMAN and JURASSIC PARK III was talking to The L.A. Times the other day and he mentioned that they’ve decided to take the America out of Captain America. Here’s a blurb:
We’re sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers. He’s a guy that wants to serve his country but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re reinterpreting sort of what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was. He wants to serve his country, but he’s not this sort of jingoistic American flag
Basically, what he’s saying is “we’re terrified that a movie about such an obviously patriotic super-hero won’t sell overseas so we’re going to act like he’s Captain International.” I mean, he says “he’s not a flag-waver,” and he’s right, he’s a flag-wearer. The man is literally draped in the American flag and you’re telling me that guy isn’t a little patriotic? The worst part about this is that they seem to be putting modern sensibilities onto a guy who served in World War II and was frozen through all of the Vietnam and Iraq wars.
I’m guessing that this movie is going to have some kind of U.S. government conspiracy going on or there will be a bad order that Steve Rogers will disobey. It just feels like they’re going to do whatever they can to make sure the audience separates the Captain from the America and that’s pretty sad.
