I think it's a compromise between a real Cap uniform and the sort of thing nervous movie executives might sanction. It's just inside the margin for what fans (or at least this fan) might accept.

That said, it's a real shame they went for a Batman-style rubberised bodysuit. They missed the chance to give Cap genuine chainmail and scalemail such as he's always been supposed to be wearing. I'd have thought that an inspired costume designer could manage to make that look "well hard".

I'm pleased to see the helmet wings, but I'd be more pleased yet with the real mask-wings. I read some people were saying that it "wasn't realistic" for a 40's superhero to wear such attachments. Perhaps these people have overlooked the fact that Kirby created the costume in 1941, so it is a genuine 40's superhero ensemble from the period. Nobody then seemed to find the wings goofy. The Americans were too busy cheering and the Nazis were too busy running.

Finally, the costume isn't really red, white, and blue, is it? It's brown, white, and blue. Did somebody somewhere miss the point?




I really like the car. I want one.