Captain America: Patriotic super soldier, defender of freedom, voice of reason and ... nazi?
The internet freaked out earlier this week after the release of the first issue of Captain America: Steve Rogers, which is about, y'know, Steve Rogers. Captain America. But in that comic our dear captain uttered two words that most people expected he would die before he ever let them escape his lips: "Hail Hydra." The reveal seems to indicate that our boy in stars and stripes has been an evil undercover agent all along.
Now, Marvel wants you to know that this isn't a clone or a character from an alternate dimension, but come on. You've read comics before, right? This kind of thing is never what it looks like, and even in the rare case where it is, nothing lasts forever. A lot of comic book characters, Cap included, have outright died, only to be brought back again later.
In the grand scheme of things, this probably isn't the strangest position we've seen Steve Rogers in. I mean, Captain America has been a werewolf before. That's not a joke. That's a real thing that happened in the comics.
So let's all calm down and at least wait until issue No. 2 before burning down the Marvel offices, OK? We owe Cap the benefit of the doubt.
In other news, a couple of video games are taking steps towards episodic TV. Deadline reported that Mirror's Edge, the sci-fi, parkour-heavy action game from EA, is being adapted for TV by Endemol Shine Studios. There wasn't much else to the announcement, but studio president Sharon Hall said that the series' strong female protagonist and rabid fan base made it enticing as a television franchise.
The second Mirror's Edge game, subtitled Catalyst, will be released early next month.
The next game-turned-show is probably a bit further along in development, and it's also a bit more familiar. Mega Man is getting a new animated series that will debut in 2017, with some of the same people behind Ben 10 and Big Hero Six working on it.
Capcom announced the series and released the first bit of artwork from the show, and it looks ... different. The character is certainly recognizable as Mega Man, but it's a style we've never seen before in any of the games, not to mention the old Mega Man cartoon from the 90s. Apparently the show is targeting an elementary school-age crowd, though, so they're clearly not trying too hard to capture nostalgia with the new look.
