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July 1, 2011 3:41 am Story = 4
Art = 1

WTF? Maybe the reboot will be good for this book. 

June 30, 2011 5:45 pm uh oh ...

June 28, 2011 6:48 pm @wallythegreenmonster: I agree, but I also think (based only on images from the film currently available on the internet) that the creators have made a strategic choice to understate any Nazi symbolism in the film. The "work of art" carve-out clause mentioned above doesn't constitute license to, as you say, glorify. This is something about which Germans remain particularly sensitive. There is no ambiguity in the verbiage of the law.

June 28, 2011 11:36 am @RoiVampire: I doubt they'll be emblazoned across the screen. Based on the images already floating around the internet, any displays of Nazi symbols will likely be small, unobtrusive and difficult to spot. All the military materiel I've seen in pre-release images on the internet have either lacked any symbols at all or bore the Hydra symbol. And in the one shot I've seen where a swastika may have been present, the image was so small it was difficult to ascertain whether it really was a swastika or if it was an iron cross.

June 27, 2011 4:46 am Yeah ... there you go ... so ... do you wonder why Marvel seems to have opted NOT to include the swastika in their film? I wonder, might it have something to do with the fact that, despite its status as a "work of art" Captain America might ALSO be regarded as an instance of propaganda? No ... I'm sure they can't possibly have had any conversations about that. On second thought, hmm ... I bet they did. Gosh ... the only three reasons I can think of that they have chosen NOT to display the swastika are (1) It wasn't a creative choice that anyone felt comfortable with, (2) they believe it wouldn't be legal and (3) they concluded it wouldn't be in their financial interest to do so.

June 27, 2011 4:02 am http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds#Censorship

"Universal Pictures censored the film's German publicity website, as the display of Nazi iconography is restricted in Germany. The title has theswastika removed and the steel helmet has a bullet hole instead of the Nazi symbol.^[68] The download section of the German site was revised to exclude wallpaper downloads that feature the swastika openly.^[69] Though the advertisement posters and wallpapers must not show Nazi iconography, this does not apply to "works of art" according to German law, so the film itself is not censored in Germany.^[70]"

June 27, 2011 3:34 am

June 27, 2011 2:44 am @Tork  I'm sure it is fine too. But, inasmuch as anyone actually cares (and who knows how many Germans will actually view the film) to the best of my knowledge it is illegal to display the swastika or the Nazi salute in Germany. So if Marvel wants to actually SHOW the film in Germany (without having to blur portions of the visuals out), then those two symbols simply cannot be included. It isn't something about which Marvel has a choice. Whatever anyone may think about censorship or the usefulness of avoiding discussion of Germany's Nazi history (something which Germans themselves have actually been quite diligent about over the decades) or some imagined political correctness governing this particular editorial choice is beside the point. Those two symbols simply cannot be displayed.

June 26, 2011 4:34 pm @ccarney  They have to be careful with Nazi references ... not that German revenue is going to make or break this film, but display of Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8163918.stm

June 23, 2011 8:44 pm This is gonna be bigger than Iron Man and THOR put together ... and ... gotta say it ...

That was a friggin' AWESOME scene with the grenade ... but they should NOT have spoiled that with the TRAILER!