We saw the second showing today. VERY cool movie!! It's going to make buttloads of cash. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
It stayed pretty damned close to the source material, which scored points with this fan.
100% chance of sequels. Marvel has a new franchise.

PS- Don't leave until after the credits are completely over...)

Scuttlebutt says Iron Man 2 will deal with the Iron Man/Tony Stark alcoholism issue.

Robert Downey Jr. is stoked.

I'm stoked, too! I never thought a biography would be made but the Ironman is finally getting his due.

Iron Man 2 has been given the green light!

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/05/61178/index.html

Look for it in 2010. Sweet.

Brandon Iron has made a career of ALWAYS being the least attractive person in the shot.

It's like Jack Benny letting his guest stars have all the good jokes. Genius.

That's why I have to wear the mask for Ironman 2. It will be offered in March 2009 as a simultaneous release with HOOKERS AND BLOW volume 5. Enjoy.

Same height as Henry Winkler aka The Fonz: 5'6"

just saw it. it kicked ASS

I dont want to pay for the tickets.

Clarification.

Mr. Howard will play War Machine in Iron Man 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_machine

Mr. Irons will play Herpes Machine in 20+ movies in 2008!

*Spoiler*



Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. appears in Tony Stark's house and steps out of the shadows to say he need to talk with him about the Avenger's initiative.


*end of spoiler*

Really?

"There are motherfucking COBRA agents on this plane!"

"HOLLYWOOD - Marvel Studios is already reaping the benefits of its first-ever self-financed comic book adaptation, Iron Man. Not only did the near-perfectly-reviewed Robert Downey Jr. film open to the all-time 2nd-best 3-day for a non-sequel with just over $100M, they also announced today that the company has blown out analyst earnings expectations for the first quarter of 2008.

In addition, Marvel also finalized and confirmed release dates for a string of upcoming movies, beginning with an Iron Man sequel. (The company’s next movie, The Incredible Hulk, comes out June 13.)

The Iron Man sequel will debut on April 30, 2010, with Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard intact, followed by the feature film debut of Thor about 5 weeks later. In the Stan Lee/Larry Lieber comic book version of this character from Nordic mythology, Thor’s alter-ego is a disabled doctor named Donald Blake, and there has been a fair amount of speculation that Marvel wants professional wrestler Triple H or Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, who made an impression in the HBO series Rome, to carry the hammer.

Then in 2011, Marvel will release The First Avenger: Captain America on May 6, which will be the start of that summer’s lucrative box office season. No speculation yet about who might play the square-jawed lead. The final release announced today is The Avengers, which will bring together Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and, conceivably, the characters of Ant Man and Wasp for a July 4, 2010, spectacular."

http://www.hollywood.com/news/Marvel_Confirms_Earnings_Iron_Man_Sequel_More/5230519

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I fscking hate these comic book films. I even hated them as a kid. A guy dressed in a suit of iron was cool for about 2 minutes when I was 5. Even worse is the Speed Racer film. I remember a time when I would never walk out on a film. Nowadays it's a miracle if I sit through an entire show.

iron nips backwards = spinnori.

There. Its said. Because I love and trust you all. My brothers. Lets not have a public fuss. Who will be the first to juxtapose "whores on all fours".

Marvel has a shitload of characters to make movies about.

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I guess I feel the same, but with exceptions. If the superhero is close to "human" and without too many "gimmicks" - and it's done well - I can enjoy them.

I can't get into something that is much better done in animation than in real action.

But, I did enjoy the Batman with Nicholson, most of the first Superman with Brando and Hackman [the spinning around of Earth to turn back time lost me completely], and much to my surprise I liked the first Spiderman.

But, that's about it.




Oh ... and SpiderBabe, of course, as we've discussed.

The only time I find superheros viable is in animation. Not sure whether anyone here has watched Hancock yet, but I thought that was beyond retarded. I'd be curious who liked it and why.