Iron Man Armor Revealed (not the tin version) [SPOILERS]

Truth Seeker · Jul 2, 2007

Added....

Andrew D. Gable · Jul 2, 2007

Now all we need is some Ken Watanabe as the Mandarin.

F5 · Jul 2, 2007

WayneLigon said:
My god, is there nothing less important to complain about? So now the movie is doomed because the damn cast picture doesn't have them standing around like manniquins or something? People need to stop finding things to bitch about. You got great actors and actresses, a director who obviously knows and likes the property and superheroes in general, a suit that looks as near to perfect a translation from comic book to live action movie as anything we've seen yet but hold the horses, the damn cast picture that was good enough for the cover of E! isn't to your liking for some bizarre asinine reason.

Woah...easy, there. No one in this thread said the movie was doomed, and so far it seems like we all agree with you that the casting and costuming are spot-on. I simply said that this ONE piece of promotional material was disappointing. I'll go into more detail as to why: it's an OFFICAL promotional piece that I find campy and over-produced. RDJ looks like he's trying too hard to be "tough", standing in a "heroic" pose. That means that someone, somewhere, with creative control over this movie property thinks that campy and over-produced will appeal to their target demographic, and they dilute the movie accordingly. With the acting and directing talent they've got lined up, it would be a shame to see the movie go in the direction of "style over substance".

It's because the movie otherwise looks so promising that people are down on this casting picture. If this was a promo shot for, say, Daredevil 2, I guarantee no one would be batting an eye.

Are you sure it was on the cover of E!? As far as I knew, E! was TV and online-only. Did you mean Entertainment Weekly? I haven't seen this cover, but if that's what it's meant for, it's not nearly as disappointing. It works as a cover shot for EW magazine, where it would be representing the tone of the magazine, but not necessarily the movie itself.

But, regardless, this is a thread about the Iron Man movie, in an internet forum meant for discussion of media. Can we please not attack people for posting their "asinine" opinions for discussion, and keep it civil? This is ENWorld, not Slashdot. Am I right?

Andrew D. Gable said:
...Ken Watanabe as The Mandarin...

Seconded. But, they gotta save something for the sequels, right?

Ankh-Morpork Guard · Jul 2, 2007

The sequel may very well be the Avengers movie rather than a direct Iron Man sequel. Apparently they're going to try to tie the four major Avenger's movies(Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and Ant Man) together with a thread or two to lead into a joint movie.

Its been confirmed that Nick Fury is supposed to be in all of the movies to do that. And while I love 616 Fury, there's something so very right about the angle they're taking and casting Samuel L. Jackson as Fury...since he was the MODEL for Ultimate Fury.

LightPhoenix · Jul 2, 2007

Ankh-Morpork Guard said:
Its been confirmed that Nick Fury is supposed to be in all of the movies to do that. And while I love 616 Fury, there's something so very right about the angle they're taking and casting Samuel L. Jackson as Fury...since he was the MODEL for Ultimate Fury.

Definitely awesome.

Insight · Jul 3, 2007

The Captain America movie supposedly has fallen through. Not sure about Thor or Ant-Man. If they do an Ant-Man movie before Captain America...

Although Ghost Rider was made before Iron Man :lol:

Henry · Jul 3, 2007

Hmm... Sam Jackson or David Hasslehoff?

I think Jackson will do just fine.

Mouseferatu · Jul 3, 2007

Insight said:
The Captain America movie supposedly has fallen through.

Do you have a source on that? Last I heard, it was still moving ahead.

GoodKingJayIII · Jul 3, 2007

Yeah, I'd like to see a source as well.

I have a hard time imagining that Ghost Rider cleared but Cap didn't. It's a mad world, I guess.

Umbran · Jul 3, 2007

Insight said:
The Captain America movie supposedly has fallen through.

As of the 14th of June, it was still on, according to Sci Fi Wire (which doesn't have the newest news, but which is usually accurate in what it does report)

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=41910

We should note that in the comic books, they're just burying the Captain. There's no telling how that could get mangled in the grapevine...