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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 703510" data-attributes="member: 505">There are actually three Captain America movies.  Two were made for tv (I'm pretty sure, although they did air theatrically in Europe) and starred Reb Brown.  The third was made in the mid-'90's.  I don't think it's ridiculous at all.  Captain America was actually intended for the big screen (I even saw a trailer for it in a theater).  It wasn't until the studio realized how bad the film was that it got shelved for years until quietly given a video release.FF, OTOH, was never going to be given any kind of release and was just made to hold onto the license.  However, no one involved in the making knew this (which is a shame since actors and crew presumably passed on other projects to make this and some of the fx people cut their prices to make it because they loved the comics).You don't even need to use Cap or FF as an example of writers disliking their source material.  Look at Batman & Robin.  The hacks who churned that out obviously weren't comic readers.  Hell, that film is just dripping with hate of comics.Anyway, getting back to Cap.  Cap's terrible script led to the movie being sealed away, which is my point.  The writer was given a superhero project and didn't want to include a superhero.  Instead he wrote a bunch of crap with Ned Betty.  In the end, you had a movie about Captain America which only had Cap in it for 10 minutes.  Not to mention that he did away with the Red Skull's trademark red skull (and made him Italian for no reason whatsoever).There's no greater sign of contempt for your source material than taking away the costumes in a superhero film.      This is what worried me about Daredevil.  DD's costume is changed (for the worse, IMO), Elektra is given a totally different one, and Bullseye's is dropped totally.I plan to see it when it plays localy.  I'm hoping that I'm wrong.  Actually, my expectations are so low, I'll probably be pleasently surprised.  That's what happened when I watched Attack Of The Clones.  I went in there expecting another Phantom Menace and, when it wasn't, I enjoyed it, even though it wasn't great, or even good, movie making.Also, of the reviews I've read, they've all be positive.  The only negatives I've heard are the music and Affleck.   I'm keeping my fingers crossed.</blockquote>

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