10 Things Captain America: Civil War Will Have To Change From The Comic
10. The Reality TV Superheroes
What Happens In The Comics: The event that kicks off the Civil War is still referred to in Marvel comics as the Stamford Disaster. Reality TV has got it's hands on superheroes, creating a show that followed a team called the New Warriors as they dealt with crime. In an attempt to boost their ratings, the team tried to apprehend a group of super-villains. They weren't really up to the task, though, and the resulting fight ended with the villain Nitro accidentally killing 600 civilians, including 60 children. The resulting backlash against the super-powered community led to the creation of the Superhero Registration Act as a means of making superheroes accountable for their actions. Why It Won't Work In The Film: The problem with this as an opening is that the New Warriors don't exist in the Marvel films. Moreover, mass death, particularly the deaths of children, seems like an unlikely and unpopular way to kick off a film. As such, the event that starts Civil War is unlikely to be quite so destructive or even explosive. Age of Ultron already showed a world where the public are becoming increasingly distrustful of super-powered individuals, so the film is much more likely to start with a single vigilante botching a smaller-scale mission. The result would be the same, but with fewer casualties and without having to introduce a whole host of characters just to kill them off.
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