Luke Cage - Classic Comic Look, with Fro!
A young black, Harlem, street-punk, gang member (Of course. At the time, Marvel wouldn’t have it any other way) named “Lucas” who was ended up serving time in the big house for heroin that was obviously planted in his apartment by a rival gang member.
While in Seagate Prison, research scientist for the government, Dr. Noah Burstein recruits Lucas as a “volunteer” for an experimental cell regeneration experiment, which just so happens to be based on a variant of the Super-Soldier serum Burstein had previously helped to create.
Volunteering for the experiment was done in exchange for an early parole for Lucas. If you know your history, you can see the irony here since the government has been known to do THE EXACT OPPOSITE to the American black man where they actually injected them with syphilis to see what would happen.
Jesus, our loving government working hard to support the disenfranchised, and people wonder why the black man hates Whitey so damn much. I would too with that kind of loving government support.
Well, the experiment didn’t go as planned, since it was sabotaged by a security guard hoping to kill young Lucas. Instead of finding a cure to any illnesses, it accidentally, oops, granted a streetwise felon titanium-hard skin and mega-heavier, enhanced muscle mass.
The New Luke Cage In The New Avengers
Lucas uses his new found power to escape Seagate Prison and makes his way back to Harlem, where a chance encounter with criminals inspires him to use his new powers for profit. Hey, if you’re going to do the right thing and help people, you might as well get paid for it, right?
Lucas created the identity of “Luke Cage – Hero For Hire,” a superhero private dick. Cage eventually formed a business partnership with Iron Fist. Through the groundbreaking series Power Man & Iron Fist, the two became one of the better-known superhero duos of the 1970s.
To practice brevity here, Marvel creates the New Avengers, dusts off the yellow silk top and looses the chain and wrist bracers, and tiara, and shaves the fro off Cage’s head and gives him a whole new look.
Behold, the New Avenger Luke cage. Tyrese Gibson is supposed to be playing Cage in the Luke Cage movie which is to hit the screens in 2011. Tyrese is a famous rapper, actor, model, and MTV VJ.
Maybe you remember seeing him as one of the bad ass soldiers in Transformers. We can’t wait to see this movie! Now if only we had some Luke Cage merchandise and t-shirts to shlep!
Tyrese Gibson is Luke Cage
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He better start taking “roids” he is not big enough. He has the right muscles, but no mass. Will not be impressive on the big screen at he current weight.
Terry Crews is perfect for Luke Cage. He’s co-starring in the up coming action flick ‘Expendables’, has veteran acting in several comedy films and television series (‘White Chicks’, ‘Friday after Next’, and ‘Everyone Hates Chris sitcom’ ). He has a much better physical build; is easily more conviencing an actor than Tyrese as Mr.’Sweet Christmas’ Luke Cage. Also in the Marvel Universe Luke Cage is around the age as Ironman and Terry Crews(41yrs) is 4 years younger than Robert Downey Jr(45yrs). RDJ contract is at least 5 more films I believe…
Also my runner-ups would be:
1. Jamie Foxx(42yrs)
2. Michael Jai White aka Spawn(42yrs)
3. Morris Chestnut(41).
Tyrese Gibson is not built enough to be Luke Cage. Also he looks nothing like Luke Cage. I think that someone like Terry Crews should play as Luke Cage. Terry Crews is more built than Gibson and you have to admit that Terry Crews looks just like the New Avenger`s Luke Cage.
I mean Terry crews has the perfect voice, look, and muscles to play Cage. If I were making a Luke Cage movie I wouldn`t even think about picking Gibson to play Cage! Take the Iron Man movie for example, Robert Downey Jr is the perfect Tony Stark, and in Dare Devil, Michael Clarke Ducan is a great Kingpin! I think that if they don`t start taking a look a some different actors to play Luke Cage, a lot of people are going to be disappointed.
I agree with Mr.Adrian, Mr. Terry Crews would be perfect as Luke Cage, he has the attitude, and the build already, now granted, Mr. Gibson, is a very good actor, I love his work, but, this has the possibility of failing cause of anyone who does their research on this character, and look at the muscle mass of luke cage, will know immediately fit. To me this has all the elements of Mr. Will Smith in the “Wild Wild West” movie
Tyrese will either have the muscle suit juggernaut and young blob guys had on in the x-man movies and not take yellow shirt off hope he don’t just get fat lol.p.s.captain america movie will happen before -power man(possible name and may suck like punisher 2 did) after avenger movie so 2013 this may come out Finally.