Posted on 10/18/2014 3:33:46 PM PDT by Theoria
Film will introduce 'Civil War' plot line
It looks like Robert Downey Jr. will be putting the Iron Man suit back on again for some big roles in the Marvel universe. According to Variety, Downey is close to signing on to play Iron Man in Captain America 3, taking up a significant role in the film that will help it introduce a new phase of Marvel movies.
The film will reportedly find Iron Man and Captain America feuding over a law called the Superhero Registration Act, which requires heroes to register with the US government to do its bidding. Iron Man is in favor of the legislation, while Captain America says it's a threat to civil liberties. In that sense, Downey may actually be playing one of the film's villains. The storyline comes directly out of Marvel's "Civil War" series from 2006.
The addition of Downey is certainly a surprise, as it had looked for a while now like he would only be returning for the second and third Avengers films, which he'd already been contracted to do. Variety reports that Downey has been pushing for a substantial role in the next Captain America and that he's expressed interest in maintaining a presence in Marvel's films into the future. The publication even speculates that the storyline that Downey's character kicks off could lead into a role for him in a fourth Avengers film. Separately, Badass Digest reports that the Russo Brothers — who were behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and are working on its sequel — are in talks to direct the next two Avengers films.
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That’s an excellent panel. That’s what I’ve always liked best about Cap: the character, when written properly, really does champion the founding ideals of this country.
I wish Gweneth Paltrow won’t be in it.
To be honest I don’t see how they can do the Civil War story without Spiderman and the X-men. A school being blown up by an X-men villain started it and Peter Parkers coming out provided a lot of good material.
I never read Civil War. My time for entertainment is very limited and comics had to go, though I still love to discuss theoretical fights or the psychological underpinnings of the characters and other nerdy stuff.
They still do the themes that were present in Civil War and adopt them for the movie. There are other characters in the Marvel Universe that aren’t exclusive to any studio at this point that they could substitute for the important points in that series
Probably the biggest difficulty with the Civil War storyline is how do you go about unmasking and publicizing real identities of secret identities, when most of these individuals in the Marvel movie universe have been operating either unmasked or their real identities are already pretty much known already?
For example, how many times has Peter Parker shown his real face in the Spiderman movies?
Marvel hates Downey, because he has them over a barrel. They’d replace him in a heartbeat if they could get away with it.
As for Stark, I can only guess that as a Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, he's got a business angle in this, government contracts, and all that. But, yeah, it doesn't seem like him at all. He's more of a loner and didn't acknowledge Cap as the leader until they were in the middle of Manhattan with all Hell breaking loose.
Other way around.
Let's take a look at how superheros would play out in real life. Tony Stark is a private citizen who made his own personal weapons and carries them around with him. His armor has what the BATF would classify as destructive devices (the repulsors, the explosive missiles, etc). His armor allows him to fly high in the sky, and the FAA doesn't bother him about that. Billionaire or not, does anybody here think that the feds wouldn't put somebody like that in jail?
Meanwhile, what's Captain America got? He's strong and fast (no laws covering that) and he's got a shield (no law against that).
It was recommended to me some time ago by a FReeper. I'm no comic fanatic, but it was good enough for me to write it down.
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