Personality Parade Jarred My Memories...
About the 1991 Captain America Movie!
Due to the new collection we just picked up, we have been busy grading / inventorying / and listing it in the eBay Featured Store, instead of checking out pop culture news...
So I'm personally a little behind in my reading!
Last night before going to bed I started to read the Sunday newspaper. In the Parade Magazine, on the 'Personality Parade' page, it jumped out at me!
'It' was a photo of Matt Salinger who starred as 'Captain America' in the 1991 live action film of the same name.
I remember seeing this before it went straight to video at the Los Angeles Sci-Fi and Comic Book Convention.
It was so 'bad' that it was not released to theaters, and finally went 'straight' to video.
However, as 'bad' as it was, it is the most faithful representation of Captain America to date.
As usual though, whenever Hollywood gets control of a Marvel Comics property, changes for the sake of changes had to be made.
Thus the 'Red Skull' was changed to an 'Italian' which made no sense whatever.
There were other story plotlines that just didn't do justice to such a great comic book Icon.
The only fun in seeing this film was seeing it with other comic book fans at the Comic Con. This is why I keep recommending those of you that like comics or other pop culture fare to take in a convention. It should and can be great fun for a week or a weekend!
There may be good news for 'Cap' fans. There is to be a new film, in 2011 titled 'The First Avenger: Captain America'.
Hopefully this won't be the 'turkey' that the 1991 film was!
We'll see....
Isn't it Great that superheroes are finally getting the 'respect' from the Mainstream Public?! (i.e. Iron Man!)
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