Ironman- The Movie

[Fordel]

Not sure if this is old news, but there is another little teaser up at http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/ . The more I see of the suit in action, the more I want this movie right now!

I don't even care if there is a story anymore! Power Armor blowing crap up please, thanks!

[Evil Elvis]

I hope the film is good.  Some of the CGI scenes make the suit feel 'toy-ish' though.  Like when he's engaged by the jets and spins around like a cruise missile, or when he fires that rocket at the tank (that whole scene doesn't look good to me).  Most of the other CGI I've seen looks pretty good though, so maybe those 2 scenes are aberrations.

It just better not have a Hulk ending.

[Velorath]

Awesome fucking new trailer up now.  It's the kind of thing I almost feel like I shouldn't have watched, since I like to go into a movie not feeling like I've watched most of the best parts already.

[stray]

Yeah caught that on the tube earlier.

I don't think it's giving away too much.

[Llava]

Downey is such a great Stark.  Seems from the trailer that he nailed it.

[Tannhauser]

Schweeeeet!  All of my doubts have been removed thanks to the new trailer.  I'm even thinking that IM will challenge Spiderman's movie totals.
I mean this looks all sorts of awesome.

Like others I kinda wish I hadn't seen so much cool stuff but I can get over it. Heh

IM2 better have Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man though!

[Simond]

So...is it true that Samual L Jackson plays Nick Fury in both this and Hulk, and that Iron Man is going to guest-star in Hulk as well?

[Evil Elvis]

Downey definitely has a cameo in the Hulk movie.  It's free publicity, ties their movie universe together, and leave open the door for possible future crossovers.  I haven't heard anything about Sam Jackson, but here's hoping he doesn't taint Iron Man with his presence.

I think they plan on doing 2 more Iron Man movies.  I'm hoping for an Armor Wars storyline.

[stu]

I've been hearing for a while that Jackson is going to make a brief appearance in Iron Man. The Ultimates version of Nick Fury is a spitting of Jackson. I wouldn't mind seeing HYDRA appear at some point.

[stray]

How could Jackson taint anything? Or do you just mean the Nick Fury character?

[Evil Elvis]

I've grown to hate Sam Jackson.  Can you really think of a movie he's been in within the last decade that was good?

[stray]

I don't know.. Not that many great movies per se, but he's a constant to me.. The guy's a character. He makes typical stuff at least somewhat entertaining.

The last thing I saw him in where he was better than that though wasn't a leading part.. 1408. Last leading part that stood out was Unbreakable, I guess.

[Simond]

Downey definitely has a cameo in the Hulk movie.  It's free publicity, ties their movie universe together, and leave open the door for possible future crossovers.  I haven't heard anything about Sam Jackson, but here's hoping he doesn't taint Iron Man with his presence.

I think they plan on doing 2 more Iron Man movies.  I'm hoping for an Armor Wars storyline.

Hulk movie + Iron Man movie + Capt America movie + Thor movie + Ant-man movie, all linked together with crossovers = Avengers movie...eventually.

[Velorath]

I've grown to hate Sam Jackson.  Can you really think of a movie he's been in within the last decade that was good?

Black Snake Moan was ok.  1408 was decent.  The Incredibles was good.  Can't say I ever saw Coach Carter, but it got decent reviews.

[schild]

I didn't like Unbreakable. But his performance was good.

Lots of people like Kill Bill, but I find it unbearable.

Mostly though, any movies he's in is pretty much bound to suck.

[Johny Cee]

Jackson is good when he's in a decent movie.  He's one of those actors that takes every part that's offered to him, though.  I put him in the same boat as Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper and modern day Deniro.

[Merusk]

Jackson is good when he's in a decent movie.  He's one of those actors that takes every part that's offered to him, though.  I put him in the same boat as Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper and modern day Deniro.

He's addressed this in interviews I've seen.  He says, "I'm an actor. I love to act, period.  So I take parts that look like they'll be fun when I'm doing them."   Seems to me he sees himself as a character actor like William H. Macy or Steve Buscemi. I've got no quarrel with that.

[stray]

Jackson is good when he's in a decent movie.  He's one of those actors that takes every part that's offered to him, though.  I put him in the same boat as Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper and modern day Deniro.

Or Rourke or Brando. If I was lucky enough to get the chance, I'd do the same. Especially if I was some ex-unemployed crack addict like Sam Jackson. Anything would be nice then.

At that level, you can always depend on having fun and getting paid.. While the chance of knowing whether the project you're in is going to be a good one is probably the same as getting struck by lightning.

[HaemishM]

Sam Jackson will NOT turn down an acting job that his schedule allows him. Period. He doesn't give a shit if the movie is turd on cracker bad, he'll act in it. His presence is in no way an indication of a good movie, though his part will usually be decent no matter what.

I'd rather they scrubbed the Ultimates' Nick Fury from the planet, personally. I have no problem with him being black, I have a problem with the creator of that character essentially wanting Shaft to be Nick Fury because he thought that was cool.

[stray]

Hey, at least it isn't Hasselhoff.

[Evil Elvis]

http://gizmodo.com/377412/iron-mans-first-flight-shows-jet+like-hud-every-boys-fantasy

[tazelbain]

These commercials have me excited and all I know about Ironman is the movies shown on CN.  And then I remember Spiderman 3... 

[stray]

What movies? Those avengers ones? I think I saw the first.


Anyhow, Iron Man, uh, I guess like all of Stan Lee's characters, is a very flawed guy. There are various origin stories as to why he made his suit, but the original (and basically the one in this new flick) is that he was injured during a war, held as prisoner, and forced to make weapons for the enemy (he's a weapon designer). He makes a suit under their noses to free himself. Then keeps on wearing the suit. He's also an extreme alcoholic, and a self righteous prick.

That's the basics at least.

This will probably be nothing like Spidey 3. Robert Downey Jr. is perfect for this. Not only is he a better actor than any actor that has ever portrayed a superhero, but he just fits the part so well. Never seen a Favreau movie, but acting wise, he seems cool enough. Deserves a chance at least.

[Trippy]

The original chestpiece was also used to keep him alive to keep a piece of sharpnel from moving into his heart, and the rest of the suit was built around that. The movie seems to have dispensed with that and instead he has some sort of device implanted in his chest.

[ahoythematey]

This will probably be nothing like Spidey 3. Robert Downey Jr. is perfect for this. Not only is he a better actor than any actor that has ever portrayed a superhero, but he just fits the part so well. Never seen a Favreau movie, but acting wise, he seems cool enough. Deserves a chance at least.

Better than Christian Bale?  I'd say they are about equal.

[stray]

I'm a big fan. A little biased, I guess. 

[ahoythematey]

Don't get me get me wrong, RDJ is awesome.  I'm super-gay for Christian Bale, had to bring him up.

[tazelbain]

This will probably be nothing like Spidey 3. Robert Downey Jr. is perfect for this. Not only is he a better actor than any actor that has ever portrayed a superhero, but he just fits the part so well. Never seen a Favreau movie, but acting wise, he seems cool enough. Deserves a chance at least.

Nothing wrong with acting in SM3 (Kristen has never acted and doesn't need to act)  The script of SM3 was an abomination. Three villians with little cohesion.  Its exactly what killed the orginal batman movies. And Evil Disco Peter. There is no amount of acting talent in the world to make that shit watchable.

[Lantyssa]

Oh c'mon.  Evil Disco Peter was a stellar comedy routine.  (Mainly because that's not what was intended, but hey...)

[Llava]

Comedy doesn't make me angry.

That did.

[stray]

I thought Emo Peter was the highlight of that film. I thought it was supposed to be funny?

If you're angry about it, you might be a little emo yourself. ;)

[stu]

Don't get me get me wrong, RDJ is awesome.  I'm super-gay for Christian Bale, had to bring him up.

Who isn't at least a little gay for Christian Bale? Dude's a fucking Adonis. But, yeah, watching Robert Downey Jr. in Back to School pretty much guaranteed that I'd watch anything with him in it. Iron Man will be awesome.

[murdoc]

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang guaranteed I'll be a RDJ fan FOREVER.

[SurfD]

The original chestpiece was also used to keep him alive to keep a piece of sharpnel from moving into his heart, and the rest of the suit was built around that. The movie seems to have dispensed with that and instead he has some sort of device implanted in his chest.

Nah, i seem to remember from one of the very early trailers that the shrapnel is still there (he rigs some kind of low tech device to keep it from moving while captured by the terrorists).  The bright circular thing is probably whatever he rigs up as a permanent solution after he gets back home.

[Trippy]

Nope he has the bright circular disc in his chest while he's still in captivity.