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    'Captain America' keeps full name in most of world

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Captain America will keep its patriotic full title in most of the world when the superhero adventure hits the big-screen.

    Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios gave distributors around the world the option of shortening the title of "Captain America: The First Avenger" to simply "The First Avenger," out of concern about anti-American sentiment.

    But the only countries that took them up on it were Russia, Ukraine and South Korea.

    In other territories, the movie will go out with the full title, a sign that the brand value of the Marvel Comics hero trumps any potential anti-U.S. feelings in some parts of the world.

    Movie titles often are changed in foreign countries for cultural reasons or because the original names don't translate well. In French-speaking countries, "The Hangover" and its sequel were titled "Very Bad Trip."

    Starring Chris Evans as the patriotic super-soldier, "Captain America" opens in U.S. theaters July 22.

     

    985 comments

    • James  •  10 mths ago
      Let them change it! It's not like we buy any movies from South Korea, Russia and Ukraine! Screw 'em!
    • Geoff Z  •  10 mths ago
      americans always need to be boastful in their dealings with the rest of the planet! what's up with that???
      • James 10 mths ago
        It's an American story, written by an American... originally for Americans... so what's wrong with keeping the title? We didn't change African Queen to anything else.. so what's the point?
    • Elikineer  •  10 mths ago
      I'm not sure why they keep calling him the first Avenger as he is not an Avenger until Avengers issue #4. I love Captain America, but he is not a founding member of the Avengers.
      • Joe Price 10 mths ago
        Well, he becomes an Avenger at some point, and he is the oldest of any of them by far, so he was first, you see, theo.
      • Matthew 10 mths ago
        Commie.
      • digital 10 mths ago
        Because the "oldest" Avenger doesn't sound very heroic.
    • Ross  •  10 mths ago
      The movie shouldn't be shown in those countries. Damn foreigners.
    • Tracy  •  10 mths ago
      It's not that most Russians hate America. They just love themselves ... a lot. Russia is similar to the U.S. in that respect. And, the vast majority are pretty darned happy The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore.
    • Max  •  10 mths ago
      That's liberal Hollywood for you... They did the same sort of thing with the Pearl Harbor movie with its special "Japanese" ending so that people in Japan wouldn't be offended about the truth of how their soldiers acted during WWII.
    • GWW  •  10 mths ago
      Anything for a buck - including treason...
    • Hoss  •  10 mths ago
      Will they also edit out the words "Captain America" from each line it is used in the movie?
    • Arthur  •  10 mths ago
      I was so happy when I heard that they were making a movie about me! I hope everyone on Earth enjoys seeing me in action! The real "Captain America!"
    • حمداني  •  10 mths ago
      This is how most of the world sees America.
    • Nunya  •  10 mths ago
      Every other country on the planet hates the United States of America. But that's not going to stop them from taking free money!
    • Ludwig Von Mises  •  10 mths ago
      $%%#$%% AMERICAN PIGS.HAHAHHAHA.GO RUSSIA GO UKRAINE!HAHAH
    • W8TLIFTR  •  10 mths ago
      In other news,Dolph Lundgren will return in Rocky VII as "That Foreign Fighter from parts unknown"
    • Doctor  •  10 mths ago
      Marvel should have kept its principles (if they had some prior), and told other countries to suck it. Its Captain America period.
    • Cavendish Mubble  •  10 mths ago
      South Korea ?? Didn't we save their butts from being over run by the Communists ?
    • scott  •  10 mths ago
      Maybe the real Captain America (our troops) should come home from S. Korea and let the First Avenger protect their butts.
    • Cj  •  10 mths ago
      The man wears stars and stripes right on his chest! Somehow--I know it's tough--I suspect the viewers might figure out he's American, regardless of the title.
    • Chuck  •  10 mths ago
      And I thought S. Korea was an ally?
    • Matthew  •  10 mths ago
      Why do anti-American countries want to watch the movies we make?
    • FormosaForever  •  10 mths ago
      Wait a minute!!!! South Korea?? A US Ally? Are you not sure --North Korea--Oh nevermind--regardless of title--North Korea would not show US movies other than in the confines of Kim Jong Il's residence. Why South Korea? What about China? Taiwan kept the title Captain America!
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