Thread of Iron Man 2 Anti-Hype, Now w/ Real-Time Movie Discussion!

[Veidt]

they're really doing an xmen first class?

that's kind of cool

It will suck.

I agree with Will here.

[ManaByte]

Fox's X-Men First Class characters are GAMBIT, DEADPOOL's HEAD, WHITE QUEEN, and CYCLOPS

[Cheebs]

As much as I am not a fan of marvels direction I much rather them do that franchise than fox. Fox ran that franchise into the ground.

[Eric P]

Fox's X-Men First Class characters are GAMBIT, DEADPOOL's HEAD, WHITE QUEEN, and CYCLOPS

in other words nothing at all like the comic

will suck

hard

[Diunx]

Thats not true, is just manabyte being manabyte, the characters will probably be the same except no angel or iceman.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

ITT: WrikaWrek fails at damage control

[Eric P]

Thats not true, is just manabyte being manabyte, the characters will probably be the same except no angel or iceman.

as the man doesn't seem to post anything other than news from other entertainment sources i thought treating him as a sort of entertainment spamgregator would be pretty safe

[ManaByte]

Professor X won't be in First Class. To save money they'll just have a Charlie's Angels intercom so Patrick Stewart can just phone in his lines.

[WrikaWrek]

ITT: WrikaWrek fails at damage control

No damage control here.

Cheebs started the whole "Marvel direction" talk. I am very interested in watching the movie, and reviews have done literally nothing to sway me from seeing it.

[Cormacaroni]

I like how not anticipating what is shaping up to be a steaming pile of crap makes someone a snob.

Just whip out the "Transformers" defense Willco!

[The Fake Shemp]

I don't think I even called anyone a snob then!

[WrikaWrek]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man_2/


So far so good. IGn review was good too, it seems like yes it's not a great movie, but it's the big loud fun sequel that i wanted it to be.

[Yeti]

If it's better than Spider-Man 3 I'll be fine.

[ManaByte]

Iron Man was really good for a comic book movie and completely lacked the overwhelming pretentiousness that Dark Knight (and Batman Begins) was plagued with. It knew it was based on a COMIC BOOK and didn't try to be anything but. Incredible Hulk was about the same, while at the same time doing some great callbacks to the 70s TV series. So with those two, Marvel Studios was 2 for 2 so far.

And what I like about comics is that with Marvel and DC they take place in the same universe. Metropolis and Gotham aren't in their own little bubbles which gives the opportunity for Supes and Batman to team up. In Marvel if you're a superhero who has a scientific problem you can't solve, you'd probably take it to Reed Richards even if you weren't in the Fantastic Four book. I love that Marvel Studios is doing that with the movies now. I love that they're no longer in their own little self-contained universes.

I can't help but think how awesome it would be if Marvel Studios really does take over Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Fantastic Four so the three main "New York" Marvel books could cross over in the movies. Spidey and Daredevil always cross paths in the books and it'd be awesome if one of them could creep into the other's territory in the movies (Daredevil in Manhattan or Spidey in Hell's Kitchen).

Cap's shield in Iron Man was just the start, and I can't wait for The Avengers (despite it probably being cancelled due to low ratings):

[Fresh Prince]

Manabyte is right

[ManaByte]

The only thing Avengers has going against it so far is Whedon. But Incredible Hulk turned out OK with a shit director and that was mostly due to Marcel Studios controlling it so much even to the point of not allowing Norton his preferred cut of the movie.

It's like after Avi Arad killed the Spider-Man franchise Marvel muzzled him and decided to do the movies right.

[ManaByte]

Watching Incredible Hulk now for the first time since I saw it in theaters and I completely forgot about all the "Stark Industries" stuff in it.

Marvel Studios

Lou Ferrigno as HULK SMASH

[WrikaWrek]

Saw it, loved it.

Don't understand the hate at all. Everything good about the character in the first one is here, except it has better villains, better action, its funnier, bigger and more prone to give you nerd pleasure.

Fuck the haters.

[Fresh Prince]

Beautiful and Intelligent

[ManaByte]

Saw it, loved it.

Don't understand the hate at all. Everything good about the character in the first one is here, except it has better villains, better action, its funnier, bigger and more prone to give you nerd pleasure.

Fuck the haters.

Marvel Studios is 3 for 3!

Only one more year until THOR and then CAP!

[Ganhyun]

Cap's shield was in Iron Man?

[Diunx]

Gonna catch this next Wednesday, can't wait

[Cormacaroni]

Cap's shield was in Iron Man?

See the pic above. Not sure how that fits in continuity - Cap used it in WWII so doesn't make sense that Tony made it. Maybe they intend to have Cap use his old triangular shield in WWII in the movies, then have Tony give him his new circular one when he wakes up in modern times. Yes, I have a raging boner right now.

[Dickie Dee]

Dunno if it was suggested that Tony made it, just that it was something he had hanging around his shop (if you squinted).

[Cormacaroni]

It's partially built, right? Unless Tony is trying to reverse-engineer it or something, it sure looks to me like he's building it. My boner is undiminished by your post.

[Dickie Dee]

Well, I'd hate to get between you and your boner, it's passing easter egg I guess there's no real story yet behind something that takes up a couple frames at most.

I just took it to be a relic as it's often portrayed in the comics.

[cool breeze]

I thought Iron Man 2 comes out next friday?

[ManaByte]

Screenings started this week.

As for Caps shield I believe the intention was that Stark was reverse engineering it or trying to improve it somehow.

[ManaByte]

Posted in the Movie News topic, but one more step towards the AVENGERS:

[AdmiralViscen]

Who's the queer?

[WrikaWrek]

I really like that it looks so close to the comic book.

Also regarding caps shield (Iron Man 2 spoilers)

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it's in Iron Man 2, not just in the background

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[Diunx]

Its also out in Latin America

[Phoenix Dark]

Oh well, there's no Bond movie out this year so I guess my blockbuster hate beam will focus on Iron Man 2

looks shitty

[WrikaWrek]

 

[Mr. Gundam]

Screenings started this week.

As for Caps shield I believe the intention was that Stark was reverse engineering it or trying to improve it somehow.

So I take it in continuity, he's been revived at this point? Do they mention him at all in Iron Man 2?

[Diunx]

I haven't seem the movie but I don't think he's been revived yet, I think they are going with the angle of Stark being a Captain America fanboy.

[ManaByte]

I just bought a 24 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper and all 24 cans have Black Widow on them 

[Mr. Gundam]

I just bought a 24 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper and all 24 cans have Black Widow on them 

My 24-pack from Costco has Iron Man on all the cans. You'd think they'd be random.

[ManaByte]

The cameo after the credits:

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Mjolnir

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[WrikaWrek]

Made over 100 million in 5 days already.

[ManaByte]

And that's before the US release.

[G The Resurrected]

I'll be adding $45 bucks towards its earnings come friday night. I don't have high hopes of it being fantastic but I loved the first movie. How do they explain rodey's new looks? Atkins diet? or do they say nothing at all?

[The Fake Shemp]

My local comic book shop is selling Opening Day tickets for $9 a pop, and a bunch of free giveaways to boot. So I picked up two tickets there.

[GilloD]

Saw it last night. The Koreans didn't laugh or shout, maybe it's the subtitles? Anyway, it's pretty good! Spoilers and kevtching below:

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The whole MY BLOOD IS BEING POISIONED subplot is a huge fucking waste of time. I like the tension it brought and I like the dilemma it proposes, but it gets solved the most off-hand deus ex machina in a major motion picture in years. It also eats up ridiculous amounts of screen time I'd rather have seen spent on any of the 4 other, better plots.

Not enough Mickey ROurke. The final WHiplash fight is, literally, like 40 seconds long. He's the best character in the movie, those whips are fucking awesome, but then he barely shows up.

Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer! Good stuff. He's best when they give him more to do than be mad at Tony Stark.

In general the movie feels kind of over stuffed, which is weird because there's not that much going on. A few of the subplots are over-inflated and everything else is kind of anemic. But it still moves along at a fair clip and we get to see a lot of odds and ends and funny gizmos, so. The Black Widow sequence is amazing and awesome and a really nice treat.

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[GilloD]

I honestly can't tell from the previews if this movie actually has a plot.

You'd be surprised how plot-less it is. I was really amazed when Downey & Favreau were like NO IRON MAN 3 THANKS because the 2nd movie just feels like a lot of foreshadowing of Tony's future problems/

[WrikaWrek]

I honestly can't tell from the previews if this movie actually has a plot.

Well, there's Tony Stark's thang which his about this blood disease, and that ties into The Avengers characters and his late father.

Then you have villain plot, Hammer wants to throw down Tony Stark and he employs Wiplash, a man who challenged Tony and is in possession of the kind of Tech Hammer wanted to have but didn't.

That's it.

[GilloD]

I honestly can't tell from the previews if this movie actually has a plot.

Well, there's Tony Stark's thang which his about this blood disease, and that ties into The Avengers characters and his late father.

Then you have villain plot, Hammer wants to throw down Tony Stark and he employs Wiplash, a man who challenged Tony and is in possession of the kind of Tech Hammer wanted to have but didn't.

That's it.

There's also a lot about Tony's problems with his ego, drinking and generally maintaining control of his life

[WrikaWrek]

I honestly can't tell from the previews if this movie actually has a plot.

Well, there's Tony Stark's thang which his about this blood disease, and that ties into The Avengers characters and his late father.

Then you have villain plot, Hammer wants to throw down Tony Stark and he employs Wiplash, a man who challenged Tony and is in possession of the kind of Tech Hammer wanted to have but didn't.

That's it.

There's also a lot about Tony's problems with his ego, drinking and generally maintaining control of his life

Well, sure. But that's not a plot.

That's just Tony being his awesome self.

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Also the Deus Ex stunt pulled, man i was all for it. Because that was straight comic book, that was a REAL comic book moment. And it also brings Tony Stark a bit more into that world, this more "everything is possible" world, and i think it was just what the doctor ordered. Because it has to make sense when these characters come together in The Avengers.

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[Fresh Prince]

I want a green Manadrin!

[WrikaWrek]

I don't see what was there to get right after the first, and i think this is the sequel that...it was supposed to be.

Have you seen the movie? See the movie.

[Fresh Prince]

Iron Man has the worst enemies any way. Mandarin, the synobis guy in the floating wheelchair and those guys from the cartoon.

Tony Stark's best enemy has always been himself dum dum dum.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

It really sucks they didn't do this movie right.  Once the origin stuff was out of the way they should have just made a solid movie.  People* don't care about tie in crap or making sequels before the movie is already finished.

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Canon obsessed nerds aren't people

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You wrote a post I agree with.  For the reason indicated in your spoiler, I do intend on spending money on a movie ticket for Iron Man 2.

[cool breeze]

Iron Man 1 was a great origin story until the last third when shit didn't make sense.  When he reveals he is Iron Man, people should just be like "who?" what has he done at that point? he saved like a small village of arabs, destroyed some military equipment, and the only thing that would have had wide coverage was him fighting an old guy in another robot suit.  You'd expect people to be just like "no shit? ok...so shouldn't you be arrested for killing that old guy? and didn't you destroy military equipment? wait, if you found a super powered energy source that's in your chest, isn't that like a billion times more important than helping a few arabs in a metal suit?"

That weapon the old guy had was total bullshit too.  A whistle that can make anyone immobile? what? if he was gonna tard out and get in the metal suit anyway, couldn't he just turn it on and toss it towards the shield guys who came in to arrest him? then he could just be all cool about it and pretend like no one showed up.  Instead he gets in a metal suit and starts fucking shit up.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

You're overthinking it.  Most people liked Iron Man because RDJ was doing thangs.  The story was completely secondary as long as RDJ delivered the hot shit on cue.

[cool breeze]

which is why I enjoyed it regardless of all that stuff and why I'm gonna watch Iron Man 2 expecting similar nonsense

but I still think everything up until he actually took the suit out the first time was quality

[WrikaWrek]

I've seen the first movie, but was disappointed.  Origin stories are always a bit dissapointing though.  Too disjointed. 

Kinda more of the same here. Don't know if you'll like this one.

[Diunx]

Awesome movie, don't get the complaints about The Avengers stuff getting in the way the only scene where they where mentioned was one of the last.

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Black Widow rocked! not only was she extremely hot but the scene where she takes out the guards was great.

War Machine was fucking bad ass and Rhodes and Tony hand to hand fight in the suits was great.

Whiplash was great but I was really disappointed that they defeated him in like 30 seconds, the fight at the race track was better, but the scene before the final fight where tony and war machine where fighting all the drones was pure comic goodness.

The poison blood was by far the worse sub plot in the movie.

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The movie is really enjoyable, it has the same kind of humor of the first, more and better action, better effects and sexy Scarlet, I don't see how the fans of the first one will be disappointed by this.

[The Fake Shemp]

On the other hand, you loved Avatar.

[Diunx]

And you liked Transformers.

[Ichirou]

Double K.O.