MovieBob said:The Big Picture: Who's Afraid of Captain America?
Just tossing this out there:MovieBob said:This week, MovieBob rants about Captain America.
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You know, being from Sweden too, the only real swedish superhero I could think of was:Varya said:I can't imagine this working for my country (Sweden) for a bunch of reasons
For one, the Swedish flag looks ridiculous enough on a pole, on a superhero suit it would be horrid.
Also, we Swedes aren't much for bragging or patriotism, so it's not really in our nature.
3rd, we recently had a nationalistic party voted in to parliament, and are very touchy about anyone proclaiming to fight "for the Swedish way of life" or anything like that, so anyone trying to make "Capitan Sweden" would probably be viewed as a semi-Nazi right now.
However, a hero embracing the Swedish way of life would probably be called "Lagom-mannen" (The man who is not to much, nor to little) and would in a non-confrontational way, explain why crime does not pay, then carefully rehabilitate criminals in to society
And Bamse doesn't count I'm afraid. My Belgian friend once told me "The only thing I know about Sweden is you have a cartoon hero called Bamse the communist bear". So taht sort of goes to show what the world thinks of him.Orthon said:*snip*
Seriously, who needs another swedish superhero? We got Bamse. ;]
Only U.S. citizens really are. I can't think of any non-english speaking superhero anyway.Varya said:Also, we Swedes aren't much for bragging or patriotism, so it's not really in our nature.
Haha, I didn't think of that, but yes, I think you are right, he even sports our colorsOrthon said:You know, being from Sweden too, the only real swedish superhero I could think of was:Varya said:I can't imagine this working for my country (Sweden) for a bunch of reasons
For one, the Swedish flag looks ridiculous enough on a pole, on a superhero suit it would be horrid.
Also, we Swedes aren't much for bragging or patriotism, so it's not really in our nature.
3rd, we recently had a nationalistic party voted in to parliament, and are very touchy about anyone proclaiming to fight "for the Swedish way of life" or anything like that, so anyone trying to make "Capitan Sweden" would probably be viewed as a semi-Nazi right now.
However, a hero embracing the Swedish way of life would probably be called "Lagom-mannen" (The man who is not to much, nor to little) and would in a non-confrontational way, explain why crime does not pay, then carefully rehabilitate criminals in to society
Yes, Bamse. For you who don't know( and I'm guessing that's a lot of you):
Bamse is a swedish cartoon bear created for TV who gets super-human(super-bear?) strength by drinking honey, using his powers to help others. And he has a comic, too!
Seriously, who needs another swedish superhero? We got Bamse. ;]
Maybe so, but in Sweden, it's almost "our thing" not thinking highly of our selves. Probably true for a lot of people around the globe but one of the things we Swedes say is that "it's not Swedish to like Sweden".The Imp said:Only U.S. citizens really are. I can't think of any non-english speaking superhero anyway.Varya said:Also, we Swedes aren't much for bragging or patriotism, so it's not really in our nature.
Sweden's flag looks fine. I see it on shirts all the time in one comic I read. I can understand your fear of a 'Nazi' hero, and heck it would be interesting to see a hero that talks first and tries to work with criminals to realise the errors of their ways instead of just punching them in the face and saying 'Done.' Heck, it would be interesting to see him follow up on the guys he couldn't talk to on the street while they're in jail. A hero that idealizes and strives for a day when he won't be needed and actively takes steps to try and reach there. Make him an average-joe with no powers or gadgets, just his ideals and some skill, and you'd have an interesting 'real world hero' setting right there. So let's see "Lagom-mannen", I'm actually interested in reading his adventures even though we just made him up.Varya said:I can't imagine this working for my country (Sweden) for a bunch of reasons
For one, the Swedish flag looks ridiculous enough on a pole, on a superhero suit it would be horrid.
Also, we Swedes aren't much for bragging or patriotism, so it's not really in our nature.
3rd, we recently had a nationalistic party voted in to parliament, and are very touchy about anyone proclaiming to fight "for the Swedish way of life" or anything like that, so anyone trying to make "Capitan Sweden" would probably be viewed as a semi-Nazi right now.
However, a hero embracing the Swedish way of life would probably be called "Lagom-mannen" (The man who is not to much, nor to little) and would in a non-confrontational way, explain why crime does not pay, then carefully rehabilitate criminals in to society