Iron Man : The Movie

[geekboynj]

I didn't think Daredevil was bad. Just thought it was kind of uninspired. I had a similar view of the first Fantastic Four movie -- I got to the end and just said, "Okay." They were fun movies, but I had no desire to see them a second time.

With Daredevil, I think they diluted the storyline too much, by introducing Bullseye, Kingpin, AND Elektra all in the same flick -- which should have concentrated more on the origin. They should have trusted the franchise enough to save Elektra for the sequel, and let the first movie be about who Matt Murdock is on his own, the anguish he feels about his father, his sense of justice, etc. But they fell back on playing the romance angle instead, probably because of the success of the whole Peter and Mary Jane thing. But Daredevil is a darker comic than Spider-Man, that wasn't really honored enough.

While I'm off-topic anyway, my problem with Fantastic Four is that there was almost NO character development through the entire movie. All they kept doing was repeating the simplistic stereotypes of each character over and over -- Reed's a detached geek, Sue's a woman who wants to be taken seriously, Johnny's reckless, and Ben's a grumpy guy with a temper. We get it. Also, as portrayed, Doctor Doom seemed kind of ridiculous and unthreatening. I would have much preferred they go with the classic origin story of Moleman's giant monsters burrowing up out of the streets of New York.

In both cases, I feel like the writers weren't in tune with the "heart" of the comics themselves, and didn't make the right choices about how to show us these characters are heroes. The Spider-Man and X-Men franchises have done a much better job of this ... well, except for X3 and the most recent Spider-Man movie. But that's a post for another time.

I'm actually optimistic that Favreau -- an unabashed geek -- will find a way to connect with the Iron Man material in a way similar to what Sam Raimi and Bryan Singer (also geeks) were able to do with the Spider-Man and X-Men comics. Put some passion into it.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

less than a year to go now. looks to me like director Jon Favreau is taking his time & making sure this will be no Elektra.
casting Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man,Jeff Bridges & Paltrow was a stroke of bloody genius. :-)
somebody leaked the trailer Favreau previewed @ Comic Con but it was pulled within the day. ah well...

[AYHJA]

I'm pretty stoaked about this at the moment...Great update Jig...

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Here's some pics of the Mark 1 armor that was at comicon over the weekend...

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6108

pretty cool...

yeah i saw the footage and it looks really fucking awesome...the effects are going to kick serious ass...the fact that it is rough footage and not even done yet, blows my mind...soon as i can track it down again, i'll post it

in the meantime...here's Tony Stark's ride...

http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=6097

and here's some video game footage...which is also rough test footage

http://gametrailers.com/player/22860.html

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found the footage...

Rapidshare :

http://rapidshare.com/files/45699688/Iron_Man.mpg.html


Megaupload :

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6DLN3S2X


Sendspace :

http://www.sendspace.com/file/v06eqn

[puppydog]

i hope this movie is action packed

[AYHJA]

As usual, great work BZA...

And I just can't believe how fucking sick that Audi is..! Damn...Got the horses in plain view, too sexy indeed...

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

good lookin' out on the trailer posts BZA. i got so fucking amped when i saw that footage again.

[geekboynj]

Thanks for the trailer, BZA! I missed it during the 24 hour window between when it got posted on YouTube and when Paramount got it smacked down. Amazing how quick the studios are at finding this stuff online and siccing their lawyers on it.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

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