Captain America Shield In Iron Man
One of the things the folks at Marvel have been doing a very good job of is tying their universe of heroes together. Everyone already knows that Samuel L Jackson makes an appearance as Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man, and the word is he’ll do the same in Hulk at some point paving the way for the Avengers.
But another tie in seems to be in Iron Man. The good folks over at FirstShowing have made a great catch by picking out, what appears to be the Captain America Shield on Tony Stark’s work bench.
Apparently Captain America was actually given his shield from the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, which could make sense in this universe. Maybe Tony Stark has been building a shield, for whatever reasons, and eventually S.H.I.E.L.D., who was revealed at the end of the movie, will find out about it at a future point and suggest they give it to Captain America for his use. And this means maybe it will involve some sort of awesome Tony Stark technology instead of just being a metal object he throws around. How about that for a concept?
Good thinking.
Did any of you guys pick out any more easter eggs in the film?
37 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jonathan
Wow, I didn’t realize that. A sign of things to come.
May 11th, 2008
EZELL
I do not think thats his shield if the picture was more clear i could tell.
May 11th, 2008
Steven Carroll
Wasn’t the terrorist group called The Ten Rings, which is a nod to The Mandarin?
May 11th, 2008
Jason Angel
wow, dude, thats crazy! but doesnt really make sense. i mean, doesnt Captain America already have his shield back in WW2 b4 he met Tony? or mayb Tonys been working on the shield as like, a side project. but that wuld imply that Tony Stark is already immersed in the superhero world and/or S.H.I.E.L.D. pre Iron Man
May 11th, 2008
JAMIE
i think i sawll tigras thong and a dr strange customized dildoe….
wierd…
hey wasnt the hulk supposed to be in the movie? weh..w.e.
thanx for the post though john
May 11th, 2008
Gerry Alanguilan
A bit if a spoiler!
Not sure if it’s really an easter egg, but Marvel nuts would have picked up on this that the non comic book reader probably wouldn’t… and it’s when Jim Rhodes (Terence Howard) saw the second armor in Tony’s lab, he said something like “Next Time, Baby!” it references a time in the comics when his character puts on the armor himself for a period of time.
May 11th, 2008
JamieM
I may be missing something obvious but I don’t recall seeing Sam Jackson in Iron Man. Was it too fast for me? Or did they cut it at the last minute? Or am I dumb?
Or was it after the credits? Which would be more of a preview than a cameo.
May 11th, 2008
Mkfreak2
@Jamiem- it’s after the credits- about 30-45 seconds of Tony meeting Fury.
May 11th, 2008
Sir Jig-A-Lot
i don’t believe that was Cap’s shield either. unless they are totally planning to cut out the fact that the shield was given to him by President FDR during WWII.
May 11th, 2008
John
(Type your comment here. Make sure you’ve read the commenting rules before doing so)Hey there Sir Jig A Lot
You said:
“i don’t believe that was Cap’s shield either. unless they are totally planning to cut out the fact that the shield was given to him by President FDR during WWII”
I totally see what you’re saying… but keep in mind that according to the comics, Tony Stark built the Iron Man armor in 1963 and he was never kidnapped by terrorists. The studios will take liberties.
May 11th, 2008
chris
Gerry Alanguilan- thats War Machine you’re talking about, which will probally be in Ironman 2 since they made a point of pointing it out
May 11th, 2008
leeloo
that doesnt bode well for a cap ww2 flick which is the only cap flick i want to see.
i hope thats just fauvres idea of a mindfuck for the geekoids.
but about the shield, caps glove had some kind of a remote control thing in it that controled the shield in flight.
May 11th, 2008
Sir Jig-A-Lot
uh John, sorry to correct you, but Stark was captured by terrorists. it just happened to be the Viet Cong instead of Afghanistani-based ones in the 60s. obviously they just updated it for the here & now. he still built his first bulky armor in cptivity to escape his captors.
May 11th, 2008
John
Hey Sir Jig A Lot
haha.. ok dude, I’m not going to get into an arguement with you about who was a terrorist and who was not…
essentially you just made my point for me. They update the story to fit the modern time. I think it’s safe (or close to it anyway) to assume they’ll do the same for Cap.
May 11th, 2008
AndyS
@ Sir Jig A Lot
The Viet Cong weren’t terrorists.
May 11th, 2008
Nazz
Hmmm…
So is it safe to say he was kidnapped by the bad guys?
May 11th, 2008
Orren Jensen
I don’t know if it is or isn’t Cap’s shield but I think it cool that they place little joke/ allusion to marvel universeI don’t know if it is or isn’t Cap’s shield but I think it cool that they place little joke/ allusion to marvel universe in their films. To JAMIE I think it’s going to be the other way around Robert Downey Jr. is going to appear as Tony Stark in the Incredible Hulk movie. To JamieM he is shown after the credits.
May 11th, 2008
Orren Jensen
Marvel Studios has two films planned for every year, starting in 2008 with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. They will all be distributed by Paramount Pictures with the exception of The Incredible Hulk, which, according to a prior arrangement due to Hulk, will be distributed by Universal Studios.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Marvel_Comics
May 11th, 2008
Darren J Seeley
Okay, time to throw down a gauntlet.
It should be said that in the film, Stark was *not working* with SHIELD at this time. In the coda with Fury, he had yet to accept the offer. Even if we know he (eventually) will, he isn’t working with SHIELD yet.
If that was Cap’s (or US Agent’s) shield, why just in that shot? It would be more noticeable laying around Stark’s *garage* in other varied shots. Also, Stark is more into building better armor for himself. He’s got no time for a (prototype?) shield unless “Captain America” (movie wise) existed in WW2 and disappeared (frozen in ice) and the only thing recovered *was* his shield, and Stark was in the process of restoring it and/or kept it as a rich dude’s memento.
Okay, maybe I’ll buy that. But…
It is *only* an easter egg for the fans, the “first avengers” shield is *not* really there and Stark *is not* working on it. It is nothing more than a camera angle with some lights and a slight CGI tweak for the inside joke. Nothing more.
And before the lynch mob hunts me down to chinatown, take a ***closer*** look and recall where was what in the film. What is behind Stark is his blue car. That is where it is in the film (and) you can see the upper part of the roof of the car in the screen cap.
Think of it…like the Watchman sight gag in 300.
May 11th, 2008
Antonio
Maybe I missed something, but I thought there was going to be a scene that works with The Hulk. Did I miss that?
May 11th, 2008
Jeff
I think i saw Thor’s rabbit pelt loincloth on the nightstand next to Starks bed along with a note that simply said, “breakfast burritos in the microwave…love…T.” Anyone else spot that?
May 11th, 2008
Kenn
What Watchman Sight Gag in 300?
May 11th, 2008
ED
Sweet!
May 11th, 2008
Johnson
Maybe the Captain America film will be set in WW2 with Cap using a old shield and the film will finish with him becoming incased in ice only to be thawed out in the avengers movie. Tony Stark could have been asked to design a prototype shield not knowing what it was for exactly.
May 12th, 2008
movie replicas
i don’t think that’s cap’s shield, yes shitty picture, there’s light reflection on it. person who thought that i had good imagination or was smoking something really good.
May 12th, 2008
Darren J Seeley
@ Kenn:
In the 300 extended trailer, there is early test footage from Synder’s upcoming film Watchmen. Rorschach (or someone that could be Rorschach) can be seen in a frame.
http://www.fasthack.com/posts/1402/
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On a related note, I left something out of my previous comment. More evidence that it is, in fact, Stark’s blue car. You can see the front driver’s side tire and the front driver’s side headlight.
Still, it could very well be “a happy accident”
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
if thats his shield it would make absolutely no sense. unless, like john sayd, this was the year 1967.the only way stark could give him a shield is if he was around when caop first used it. in the 60s. stark wasnt around then IN THE MOVIE. therefore this picture doesnt show the shield unless they gave it to starks dad after cap was frozen and now tony has it. but very unlikely and doesnty follow the comics.
john and sir jig a lot are both partly right and wrong. they werent terrorists but they were still bad guys (whats the difference) and the shield was given to him by the president not tony stark. the shield never came from stark in any way. but it would be lame if it is done that way in the movie, maybe S.H.I.E.L.D. can give it to him, or the president, but not stark. i personaly hope Darren J Seeley is right. btw Darren thanx for the link.
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
stark never had the shield, the only time he ever had it was when steve rogers died. thats it.
but like john sayd. the studios will take liberties
hopefully they wont feel too free or else theyll completely make it different from the comics and thatll piss the fans off…like me. remember daredevil?
May 12th, 2008
Fluffyrob
I can see this working. To those who say that Cap was given his shield during WW2, then that’s right. But I reckon this movie is following the ‘Ultimates’ series from Marvel. This would stick with Samuel L Jackson being Fury. In that series, the shield that Cap was given was in a proper ’shield shape with vertical stripes and several stars at the top of it. Then after he was thawed out, he was given a round shield developed by Tony Stark which was made out of an alloy of Adamantium and Vibranium. Sorry for being a geek there.
May 12th, 2008
Achebe
Stark did develop a electronically controlled shield that cap used briefly after being thawed out of the ice. This doesn’t explain the timeline but could be what start is doing.
This shield is made from a vibranium-iron alloy. Adamantium was created while trying to reverse engineer the shield’s composition.
May 12th, 2008
Achebe
Stark did develop a electronically controlled shield that cap used briefly after being thawed out of the ice. This doesn’t explain the timeline but could be what Stark is doing with the shield.
His shield is made from a vibranium-iron alloy. Adamantium was created while trying to reverse engineer the shield’s composition.
May 12th, 2008
Sir Jig-A-Lot
Thanks Seeley. on closer inspection, that’s a car.
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
Fluffyrob
ooooooo dude were not counting the ultimates. we need the actuall thing, and that shield is hideous. just like the patriots shield.
but yeah i was wrong- thats like the ONLY time that stark ever did that but then that would fuck up the WW2 thing.
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
fluffyrob
i am sorry fo wat i said u r absolutly right i am a stupid retard and i think that the shield is captain americas. lol
May 13th, 2008
HAZMAT
wow. whoever keeps using my display name and wrote my last comment needs to be burned, hanged and die for lack of life. i pitty you. hope you dont have kids buddy.
May 13th, 2008
Venom
That does resemble Cap’s Shield. And if you remember when Captain America became the US Agent, Tony Stark was the one who gave him his new shield. I think that the Captain America movie will feature Cap in his 1940’s duds with probably the Triangle Shield his first used. If not then Cap might of lost his round shield when S.H.I.E.L.D found him and comissioned Tony Stark to develop this one for him.
May 13th, 2008
BIGKIDJOSH
It was totally a photoshop job. If you watch the trailer, when it gets to that sceen, whatever is on the bench behind him looks nothing like that. It is BOGUS!
May 15th, 2008
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