Comments on: Iron Man

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:02:43 +0000

Also, I have a question for you Iron Man fans: who do you think the super villain will be in the next (inevitable) movie? As I said above, I never followed the comic book very much, but I always thought The Mandarin was supposed to be one of IM’s top villains. I can’t see having such a character today would go over well, though, in such a PC climate.

Speaking of PC, though, that reminds me that the film’s director, Jon Favreau, will always be beloved as the baked stoner rasta-dude who somehow managed to get George Clinton to play at a college frat party in the movie “PCU.” That, and he tutored Rudy so he could play on the Notre Dame football team.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:35:32 +0000

I never read Iron Man very much (more of an X-Men fan), but I like the period when Tony Stark wasn’t in the armor (the ’80’s, I think; help me out here, Jon Rowe!) and Rhodey was in the suit. I did read a few of the West Coast Avengers comics where Rhodey was Iron Man.

One of the most humorous things I remember reading about this occurred in one of the Secret Wars (original series) comics. Iron Man (with Rhodes in the suit) suffered minor injuries to the armor in a battle, and Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four) needed to fix it. Richards had to remove a sleeve of the armor, which, of course, exposed Rhodes skin. Rhodes (keeping his identity a secret, of course), said something like, “I bet you didn’t expect to find a black man in this armor.” To which the no-nonsense Richards replied, “I never thought about it.” I just thought that was a cool response.

By: jBlanc

jBlanc — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:41:26 +0000

great movie!!! cant wait for part two.

By: Jon Rowe

Jon Rowe — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:48 +0000

On a personal note, the Armor that he had until issue 199 was the best; it hasn’t quite been “downhill” since them; but none of the armors has been as good.

By: Kennethos

Kennethos — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:46:12 +0000

Iron Man is a proven creative property from Marvel, and is a welcome relief from Hollywood’s habit of remaking everything in sight, demonstrating their lack of creative thought in general.
And, as most Iron Man fans know, Tony eventually faces his demons (alcoholism, drugs and substance abuse, et al), meaning stories of redemption lie in his future. Just give it time to have some moral stories told.

By: Pauline

Pauline — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:09:44 +0000

My husband is excited about this, but will wait until it comes out on DVD because we know we will buy it anyway (we get all the superhero movies) - unless the boys he works with in the middle school ministry at church want to go. (He tried to take them bowling on Sunday, only to discover that the bowling alley had changed its hours.)

By: Wiglaf

Wiglaf — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:36:34 +0000

Of course, the U.S. government would have annexed him right away for the development of energy independence. Can’t have a civilian with that when the constitution gives the U.S. the authority to grab the technology when it presents itself. I’ve always wondered about that part of the constitution.

Great movie, though. Last line was okay, too; it fit with his independent character.

By: Dav

Dav — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:23:25 +0000

Saw the movie. It was great, except for the last line, where Stark admits to a roomfull of media that he is indeed Iron Man. Didn’t like that part.
But most everything else was waaaay cool.

By: Jon Rowe

Jon Rowe — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:35:07 +0000

You don’t know how many Iron Man comics I own; it would scare you.

By: Lakym97

Lakym97 — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:11:14 +0000

I too was unfamiliar with the Iron Man story, but I saw the movie last weekend and really liked it. I was a bit disappointed that there was no real moral unlike Spiderman (it seemed the moral was “try to be rich and lucky,” or perhaps “don’t trust anyone”).

But yeah, the Black Sabbath riff kicks it — people were even playing it on their cell phones before the movie started.