Like Captain America, We Can Now See Red

Now thats an ugly mug.

Superbowl Trailers

Thor, Captain America, and the Transformers all spent a fair chunk of change on Superbowl ads yesterday. To help them get their money's worth, watch em now! The Thor trailer was good, but it seemed mostly a rehash. I am not sure what Transformers 3 is about, but looks like more fighting robots. The real highlight was the ad for Captain America including our first glimpse at Red Skull who looks sufficiently creepy. Enjoy.

Captain America (1990) - Film Capsule

Heroes: Captain America

Villains: Red Skull

Diabolical Scheme: Something to do with kidnapping the President and blowing up a piano.

Coolest Moment(s): Cap did do some damage, including an off screen decapitation with his Frisbee boomerang shield.

Worst Moment: There are a couple. Captain America faked car sickness in order to lure the driver out of the car so he could steal it... TWICE! I guess if it works. Also, at one point Captain America was strapped to a rocket heading to the White House. He kicked the wing and diverted it to Alaska narrowly missing a kid (who ended up being the President); trust me the scene was terrible.

Review in 50 Words or Less:

Cap spent most of the movie getting beat up or hiding and managed to get in one lucky shield throw at the end. Red Skull was just as incompetent. After defeating Cap in WWII he waited around for his return to strike. T'was no Catwoman, but neither was it good.

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Spotlight on Red Skull

Since his first appearance in Captain America Comics #1, Red Skull has been one of the super soldiers greatest adversaries. Red Skull is now set to appear in Captain America: The First Avenger, played by the menacing Mr. Smith / Megatron AKA Hugo Weaving. Despite Cap's limited exposure over the years, Skull-head has managed to weasel his way into a number of shows as a guest villain. Lets take a look at the dude's appearances thus far.

The Nazi loving Red Skull first appeared in 1966's Marvel Super Heroes during the Captain America segments. This version was pretty much right out of the original comic book stories.

It would be awhile before Red Skulls next appearance as a guest villain opposite Captain America in the 1981 Spider-Man series episode "The Capture of Captain America."

The war mongering Skull next appeared in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episdoe "Quest of the Red Skull." By now you may be sensing that there wasn't much variety in his appearance. He was always basically a dude with an actual red skeleton head.

In 1990, Red Skull appeared, or rather didn't appear, in the Captain America live action film that never really saw the light of day. Hopefully this performance is not the model for the upcoming movie.

Next the red one appeared in the 90's X-Men series episode "Old Soldiers" featuring the team-up of Wolverine and Cap.

He was next spotted on yet another Spider-Man series antagonizing Spidey (maybe he just liked Spider-Man's red mask), this time in the 1990's Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Most recently, Red Skull joined the ever growing cast of the The Super Hero Squad Show.

When pictures of Hugo Weaving as Red Skull emerge, be assured they will be posted right here.

UPDATE:


And here he is from Captain America: The First Avenger.

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