Movie: Ironman 2

[Penner]

Could'nt find a thread about this movie so i'll make one where we can post info/news on it.

Heres a new image of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. (http://www.superherohype.com/news/ironmannews.php?id=8512)

Wish they had some full-body images of her in that outfit..and some from behind *wink*

[Animeniax]

Scarlett has the body for the role, but the hair and face are wrong. I'd like a younger Kristin Scott Thomas in the role.

But I think Ironman 2 might be making the same mistake of a lot of superhero comic book movies, too many major characters. Looks like there will be 2 super villains and 2 heroes in this movie. That's 1 each too many.

[Penner]

True, best example that would be the third Spiderman, they should have skipped Sandman (seriously boring villain) and focused on Venom (seriously awesome villain), tho i believe in Favreau's skills to make it work :P

[samsonlonghair]

I think Spider-man 3 would have worked better if they had set up Eddie Brock hating spider-man and left Venom for the next movie.

I hope Ironman 2 sets up the Avengers. I'm thinking of that last scene from the Incredible Hulk.

[Penner]

Some info from Wikipedia on The Avengers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_%28comics%29_in_other_media#Film)

[rockmanj]

No Rhodey? War Machine would kick ass!

[animus]

I hear that Rhodey (Terrence Howard) isn't returning to reprise the role of War Machine for some reason. Anyone happen to know who WILL be playing the new Rhodey?.

[darkshadow]

Don cheadle

[Abdula]

Don cheadle
Love Don Cheadle, I would watch this just to see him.

[Animeniax]

Yeah, the original Rhodey was more serious a person than Terrence Howard could pull off. Cheadle has that "inner rage" demeanor that works better as Rhodey, unless they rewrote the character from the early comic days.

[itadakimasu]

Cheadle is a good actor. You guys see that SLJackson is appearing is Nick Fury, and then having his own movie after this?

iron man 2 might be worth going to a midnight showing and being dead at work the following day.

[Animeniax]

I like Samuel L, but why make Nick Fury a black guy, and Jackson doesn't fit the role either. I can't see a SHIELD movie being much different than the upcoming GI Joe movie.

[Carnage]

I like Samuel L, but why make Nick Fury a black guy, and Jackson doesn't fit the role either. I can't see a SHIELD movie being much different than the upcoming GI Joe movie.

Well, Nick Fury is black in the latest Ultimates comics I suppose.

[Animeniax]

Well, Nick Fury is black in the latest Ultimates comics I suppose.
More of the agenda to make comics more politically correct I guess. Looking back, comics in the 80s and 90s were predominantly geared towards white kids, so there weren't a lot of black characters. An adjustment makes sense, but I hope they don't go overboard with it. Nick Fury is a pretty minor character anyway, so it's kind of silly.

[UChessmaster]

More of the agenda to make comics more politically correct I guess. Looking back, comics in the 80s and 90s were predominantly geared towards white kids, so there weren't a lot of black characters. An adjustment makes sense, but I hope they don't go overboard with it. Nick Fury is a pretty minor character anyway, so it's kind of silly.

Yeah, Ultimate Nick Fury is black and in my opinion the superior version, he`s just an absolute badass, just for the record, he is based of Samuel L. Jackson.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/UltimateNickFury.jpg

Apparentelly it`s going to have some elements from The Ultimates (Ultimate Avengers), if they adapt Ultimates 1 page by page my life would be complete T_T.

[Animeniax]

Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with him being black, it's just the re-write nature of the matter that bothers me, and particularly if it's to meet a PC agenda. Why not create new characters who are black, instead of re-making already established characters into something else than how we remembered them?

[UChessmaster]

Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with him being black, it's just the re-write nature of the matter that bothers me, and particularly if it's to meet a PC agenda. Why not create new characters who are black, instead of re-making already established characters into something else than how we remembered them?

The Ultimate universe is suposed to be a more modern retelling of the original marvel universe, the change on Nick Fury is not the only one, The Wasp is asian and a mutant, Black Widow is evil, Spider-man is 16, Thor is a hippy who assures everyone he`s the son of a god, the green goblin is... well...

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9104/1227144626485959415863g.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/i/1227144626485959415863g.jpg/)

Yeah, the Ultimate Universe brings the nerdiest in me, guess what U means in UChessmaster:p

[samsonlonghair]

Speaking of Ultimate Universe, has anyone read Orson Scott Card's Ultimate Iron Man? Damn cool story.

[Carnage]

Nick Fury seems to have at least a medium sized role in the Ultimate series. I dont think Samuel L. Jackson's presence will hurt the movie.

[Animeniax]

Denzel Washington would have made a better Nick Fury.

I personally couldn't stand Samuel L. Jackson's Mace Windau in the Star Wars prequels.

[Penner]

I can't for the life of me picture Denzel as Nick Fury.. hes a good actor and all but the dude just isnt badass enough.. not even close. :P

[Inazuma]

Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman.
Director of shield... the man played God, what can't he act now ?

[Penner]

New Iron Man 2 poster
(Click image for awesome high-res picture.)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8779/im2postr.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4232/im2post.jpg)

[Psyke]

Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman.
Director of shield... the man played God, what can't he act now ?

Samuel L.Jackson's not too bad I guess since I read that the comics is now based on his character.

Awesome poster, but is the suit a new version?

[darkshadow]

Awesome poster, warmachine finally.
And it seems the suit does have an updated look, nothing big like begins > dark knight though.

[itadakimasu]

*drool*

I can't wait. It seems like the past several months for me have gone by without any movies worth seeing.

This is definitely my #1 anticipated movie for the next year.

[itadakimasu]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/

Trailer now up!

[Sapphire]

Wow that is so awesome. I can't wait to see it!

[Animeniax]

Looks good, though I'm not sure who the villain is supposed to be, and how a guy with electric whips is supposed to defeat Iron-man.

[Dark Dragon]

Whiplash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklash) is the villian but they made him looks exactly like The Mandarin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_(comics)).

[Animeniax]

So when Iron Man flies 500 feet into the air and launches a forearm rocket at either of these villains and blows them up, how will they fill out the rest of the 2 hour movie?

[Illrenmazou]

Did you guys notice Tony is using a different suit at the end of the trailer?

[itadakimasu]

I realized that i have Iron Man on DVD saturday ( unopened ! ) so I watched it again.

I dont think I noticed the part where Rhodey see's a spare suit @ Tony's lab and says something like... Next time baby, next time.

[Animeniax]

Are you guys talking about the black War Machine suit or another red Iron Man suit?

[itadakimasu]

At the end of ironman, when Rhodey shows up and Stark is still laying on the ground... he helps him suit up, and then after he leaves they pan over and there's another suit. It's not painted or anything, it's just there.

[Animeniax]

Stark always had different Iron Man suits laying around the workshop.

Here are some images from the comics to this fact:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/TETRA001/Hallofarmors.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/TETRA001/Armory/armoury1.jpg

Here's a link to several other iterations of the armor:
http://www.advancediron.org/forums/index.php?topic=2992.0

[Buffalobiian]

Stark always had different Iron Man suits laying around the workshop.

Here are some images from the comics to this fact:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/TETRA001/Hallofarmors.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/TETRA001/Armory/armoury1.jpg

Here's a link to several other iterations of the armor:
http://www.advancediron.org/forums/index.php?topic=2992.0

Yeah, but the way the movie's made, it's definitely referring to his upcoming War Machine role.

[Animeniax]

Yeah, but the way the movie's made, it's definitely referring to his upcoming War Machine role.
Well yeah, since War Machine is in the movie poster (see first post on this page).

[Buffalobiian]

Well yeah, since War Machine is in the movie poster (see first post on this page).

I meant from the 1st movie scene itadakimasu mentioned alone.

[Penner]

Theres a new trailer out: 480p (http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=103580700&sdm=web&pt=rd), 720p (http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=103580701&sdm=web&pt=rd), 1080p (http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=103580704&sdm=web&pt=rd)

[darkshadow]

Scarlett <3, I also loved the homage to the cartoon's at the end, with the suitcase suit.

[Penner]

The way Whiplash's whips sliced that car in half, sweet!

[Penner]

New poster with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow

(Click for bigger picture)

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2116/blackwidowposter.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/596/blackwidowposterx.jpg)

[Carnage]

I've been reading multiple reviews that say the movie is shit. Kinda has me worried.

[Testarossa Autodrive]

I am slightly worried for this flick, but I'll reserve judgment until I actually see it. Scarlet Johansson worries me the most. She's not a terribly good actress. And she looks even worse as a brunette.

[darkshadow]

*redhead, and she looks gorgeous regardless what her hair colour is.

[Animeniax]

*redhead, and she looks gorgeous regardless what her hair colour is.

She has an awesome body but her face isn't what I'd call beautiful.

I wonder if people are tired of Robert Downey Jr's smarmy slick guy persona. He used it in the first movie and in Sherlock Holmes.

[Penner]

Her face is actually pretty beautiful, (e.g google images (http://images.google.se/images?um=1&hl=sv&safe=off&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=scarlett+johansson%27s+face&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0))

Although it might just be a case of personal taste, to each their own ^_^

[rockmanj]

She has an awesome body but her face isn't what I'd call beautiful.

I wonder if people are tired of Robert Downey Jr's smarmy slick guy persona. He used it in the first movie and in Sherlock Holmes.

Well, Tony Stark is like that, so I would hope Downey would adopt that persona. It would be weird if he was suddenly all sullen and crap.

[darkshadow]

Well, seen it a few hours ago, thought it was funny and pretty cool ;D.
Scarlett is so damn hot ♥

[Testarossa Autodrive]

As a straight female, I couldn't care less about her looks. She has a kind of weird face. I'd have to say her body is pretty nice, though, which makes it understandable why all the guys would drool over her and completely ignore the fact that she's a mediocre actress at best. xD I'll be pleasantly surprised if she does a good job, though.

[Animeniax]

Well, Tony Stark is like that, so I would hope Downey would adopt that persona. It would be weird if he was suddenly all sullen and crap.

Maybe in one of the multitude of comic universes Stark might behave that way, but in the ones I read during the 80s and 90s, he was a lot more reserved and conservative than what you see in the movie version.

[UChessmaster]

Maybe in one of the multitude of comic universes Stark might behave that way, but in the ones I read during the 80s and 90s, he was a lot more reserved and conservative than what you see in the movie version.

???

No, he`s always been like that, on like... every universe.

[fireheart]

About Samuel L Jackson and the Ultimate universe, a fun fact is at some point in the comics they talk about who should play which character and yeah the other members though Samuel L Jackson would fit to play Fury, though Fury didn't quite agree if I don't remember wrong.

As for Scarlett she resembles Black Widow enough when it comes to looks so that was enough for me.

Anyway saw the movie a couple of hours ago, it was pretty fun and lived up most of my expectations. There's a few things missing but since it haven't premiered everywhere yet I'll hold my tongue.

[Animeniax]

This is my favorite rendition of Black Widow, and Scarlett just doesn't match up:

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/uncanny268.jpg

[Penner]

'Together again...for the first time' ...lolwut? :P

I never really that many marvel comics (though i did read a few) so i don't have anything to compare what they 'should' look like in live action movies (except for a few select ones), but i can see how people that have read alot of the comics and got used to a certain look/version of a character can get annoyed when the actor/actress portraying that character doesn't match up to that.. ^_^

[fireheart]

This is my favorite rendition of Black Widow, and Scarlett just doesn't match up:

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/uncanny268.jpg

Haven't really read much with Black Widow since there aren't a lot of comics where I live, so mostly used to her look in Daredevils Guardian Devil story, which is probably the only place I've read anything with her in it.

[UChessmaster]

Just saw the movie, loved it, i liked the captain and thor cameos, looking forward to the avengers.

I was looking forwards for miss romanoff`s russian accent, alas, no acent :(

[Assertn]

Just got out. It's 3 am. So tired. On the plus side, an awesome movie was made even more awesome with an in-person appearance by Robert Downey Jr himself.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1222/robertv.jpg

Gotta love hollywood.

Edit: Also, there's another cutscene after the credits, so make sure to sit through to the end.

[darkshadow]

That's cool....but what the hell did you take that picture with, it's crappy as hell. If you didn't say downey was in that picture I would've never known ;P.

[UChessmaster]

Also, there's another cutscene after the credits, so make sure to sit through to the end.

You mean besides the Mjonilr scene? do tell

[Assertn]

That's cool....but what the hell did you take that picture with, it's crappy as hell. If you didn't say downey was in that picture I would've never known ;P.

iphone doesn't zoom or flash.


You mean besides the Mjonilr scene? do tell
I'm not really sure what "Mjonilr" is, but its that scene in that desert. You missed it?

[Pandadice]

I wasn't that impressed with the movie. I definitely wouldn't say it was as good as the first one.

It was just such a mess. It seemed all over the place without any real substance. It's like it'd give you a bit of Tony Stark character development, then cut to explosions and that's the movie.

and the fact that they changed the actor for his military friend who uses the suit with him was so awkward.. I'd hate to be the person who watches both the Ironman movies for the first time back to back >.<

[UChessmaster]

iphone doesn't zoom or flash.


I'm not really sure what "Mjonilr" is, but its that scene in that desert. You missed it?

Mjonilr is the hammer at the crate :P

[Assertn]

and the fact that they changed the actor for his military friend who uses the suit with him was so awkward.. I'd hate to be the person who watches both the Ironman movies for the first time back to back >.<

That guy in the first movie demanded more money, so they dropped him. Its his own damn fault imo.

@UChessmaster: Thanks spoilers.

[Zati]

Yeah, Terrence Howard is his name. He's an arrogant and self-centered actor.

Wow, nice, Assertn. Did you know beforehand that there was gonna be a special visit by Robert Downey Jr. himself? Or was it a complete and total surprise? I also see from your pic that Mr. Jon Favreau is right beside him, too. That's pretty cool.

[Carnage]

Not a bad movie, it was entertaining to say the least. Although the whole discovering a new element from the blueprints for a city turning into a new element and developing it in a matter of hours was a bit too much dues ex machina for me.

[itadakimasu]

I read some negative reviews before seeing it....

Honestly, I liked it. I thought it was solid. Regarding the role change of Rhodey... Don Cheadle is the man, I think he's an awesome actor but it is a little weird to just change the actor who is playing one of your main roles... even if he did want more money. You know the movies's going to make a huge profit anyhow.

Mickey Rourke was great imo.

[Assassin]

Saw it a few days ago and absolutely loved it. From a summer superhero action flick, its hard to expect more, and it delivered quite well on what it promised.

I should've checked in earlier to see if there was a post-credit scene though....i waited a bit, but once the song changed i walked out. Now im gonna have to rewatch it :p.

Btw, where was the Thor cameo? was it during the movie or in the post-credit scene? Cuz i recall seeing Cap's shield, and the avenger documents, but nothing about thor.

[Psyke]

Ironman 2 Easter eggs

http://chud.com/articles/articles/23644/1/7-EASTER-EGGS-TO-LOOK-OUT-FOR-IN-IRON-MAN-2/Page1.html

[UChessmaster]

Saw it a few days ago and absolutely loved it. From a summer superhero action flick, its hard to expect more, and it delivered quite well on what it promised.

I should've checked in earlier to see if there was a post-credit scene though....i waited a bit, but once the song changed i walked out. Now im gonna have to rewatch it :p.

Btw, where was the Thor cameo? was it during the movie or in the post-credit scene? Cuz i recall seeing Cap's shield, and the avenger documents, but nothing about thor.

Post-credit scene

[itadakimasu]

Ironman 2 Easter eggs

http://chud.com/articles/articles/23644/1/7-EASTER-EGGS-TO-LOOK-OUT-FOR-IN-IRON-MAN-2/Page1.html

That's interesting. This article is saying that one of the scenes where Tony is meeting w\ Fury is taking place around the same time as the events of the Hulk movie. And that the Stark Cameo in the hulk movie actually took place at the same time as the end of Iron Man 2.