Not enough Tony Stark

[sigma7]

Strangest thing. I rewatched the Iron Man trailer a few times, deeply enjoyed it -- but strangely, not the armored bits. Robert Downey Jr. is just terrific as Tony Stark (based on the glimpses we've seen so far), just pitch-perfect in delivery. It helps that Stark himself is miles away from your typical hero, drowning in hubris (even before recent events), and that's a potentially very interesting character. Suddenly the movie intrigues me, but probably for the wrong reasons -- pretty much all the mundane, non-superheroic bits.

Okay, I lied -- the sonic boom bit at the end was pretty neat, too; we don't see that enough in superhero movies. While I've never been a big fan of the character (even before Civil War), I'm kinda looking forward to this. And relatively low Paltrow content, too. Hrm.

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[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I liked how the Mark I armor used makeshift flamethrowers, a clear callback to the original origin story. And I do wonder if Ellis came up with the Afghanistan retcon first, or if he was told to shift the origin there because it was going to be in the movie....

Ooh.

[jkgriffin.livejournal.com]

This really does look like it might not suck. I have never really been an Iron Man fan either, but I think Downey could really bring me around.

I liked Spider-Man because they made sure they got Peter Parker right - if this uses the same perspective, this movie has potential to be really good.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Wonder if the Boom was inspired by Nathan Petrelli's similar looking Boom in Heroes?

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Given how long that sequence probably took to render, I would feel comfortable chalking it up to coincidence. (I always fall back to Rogue when I think of flying humanoids creating sonic booms.)

Speaking of, I really need to sit down and watch that show some day, didn't I? I was convinced it was going to get Fireflied half-way through its first season -- am gratified it has, er, lived long and prospered.

[begstodiffer.livejournal.com]

I was convinced it was going to get Fireflied half-way through its first season -- am gratified it has, er, lived long and prospered.

You make me fear the coming Nerdocalypse.

:) Knowing virtually nothing nothing of Iron Man, I think this movie looks intriguing, also mostly for the non-superheroic bits. There are far too many conflicted, insecure, tortured, vulnerable, emo, do-gooder superheroes out there. It's time for an asshole Republican superhero. Well, other than Superman.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

It actually looked more like the famous F/A-18 condensation cone than like Petrelli's version. Both Iron Man and SuperCongressman were probably inspired by that, though.

[aota.livejournal.com]

That looks very cool. I used to like the Iron Man comic back when Layton was the primary artist. This looks like its going to be pretty good. Downey was the perfect choice for Stark.