Because I am in no way a professional film critic, I’ll just put it out there … Iron Man 2 was enjoyable as hell. I’ll admit that I became a little nervous when the reviews started to come out and they weren’t overwhelmingly positive. A number of the reviews indicated that there were so many characters that it was heading into Spider Man 3 territory (which is not good). ‘
Understandably, the Internet becomes my worse enemy in times like these. However despite their best efforts, there was no way I wasn’t seeing Iron Man 2 opening night. From here on out it may get mildly SPOILERISH ….
Iron Man 2 picks up relatively soon after Tony Stark makes his announcement to the world that he is in fact Iron Man. In the next 2 1/2 hours you begin to get a taste of the greater Marvel Universe and how Tony Stark/Iron Man plays into it. Comic readers will see call backs to very important Iron Man story arcs like the Armor Wars and a hint of Demon In A Bottle.
Some may argue that the inclusion of the Black Widow was needless or that the final battle in which Iron Man and War Machine take on Whiplash is anti-climatic. When you think of truly excellent comic book franchises the sequels have been significantly better: such as Spider Man 2, X2: X Men United, and The Dark Knight. Does Iron Man 2 belong on that list … I believe it does. It delivered exactly what I wanted, some great heavy metal action, the introduction of War Machine … and oh yeah SUITCASE FUCKING ARMOR.
There is one gripe I have, and it is relatively minor in the scope of things. I am hereby issuing a SPOILER ALERT ………
When Rhodey takes control of the MKII suit it appears that it has it’s own Arc Reactor, I guess that’s new?. And furthermore at when Nick Fury asks him how Rhodey was able to do that … Stark just shrugs it off. This could have easily been rectified by inserting a line like, “Rhodey was the contingency plan, if anything ever happened to me he would be Iron Man” … that’s all.
With the release of Iron Man 2 just around the corner, it has been increasingly difficult to maintain my spoiler-free status. Instead, I’ve been busy doing what Marvel hoped all of their fanboys hoped … scooping up every bit of merchandise possible.
There are few things this summer that aim to be more awesome than Iron Man 2. With the movie hitting theaters just under a month from now, the marketing campaign has been ramped up. Over the last few days couple of new TV spots have hit:
I can watch Sam Jackson and Robert Downey, Jr. chew scenery all day. But one thing is bothering me … Scarlett Johanson’s apparent lack of a Russian accent as Nastasha Romanov/Black Widow. With Favreau being so tight with the adaptation so far, I’d expect that her ‘American’ accent is part of the cover … but we’ll see.
I’m going to level with all of you, the most recent Iron Man 2 trailer gave me a full on erection. A raging, throbbing hard on of unfathomable proportions. Perhaps it’s because on Sunday night instead of watching the Oscars, I popped in my Iron Man Blu Ray and reveled in all its glory, and I was still coming off that high when I caught the trailer. All I know is that Iron Man 2 looks AWESOME. I’ve been known to fawn over various nerdy things in my day, but this trailer is pretty much it.
Now the trailer did flesh out some sequences and hint at some of the conflict that will take place, however I only took one thing away … BRIEFCASE FUCKING ARMOR!!!
The only thing that has been running through my rather simple brain is how awesome the Briefcase Armor looks and how it seemed hacky in the comics … it totally works in the ‘real world’. May 7th can’t come soon enough.
A couple of days ago I caught this little nugget of nerd awesomeness in my weekly newsletter from Sideshow Collectibles. Museum Replicas will be producing a scale replica of Tony Stark’s Arc Reactor.
Based directly off the actual movie prop, we bring you Tony’s “heart” as given to him by his thoughtful assistant Pepper. Perhaps the most iconic prop from the smash hit movie, no expense was spared to replicate the details exactly- from the machined metal parts and copper wire to the high intensity LED’s you’ll own the definitive prop from this storied franchise and Marvel hero. Arc unit is approx 4-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ and made from machined aluminum, stainless steel, custom molded plastic and is removable from the stand. The light function requires 4 AA batteries (not included) with a cool burn time of approx. 8-10 hours. Includes plexiglass display case and full color certificate of authenticity.
Retailing at $149.99, Tony Stark’s heart will surely find a spot in my room of Nerdery.
Using my totally rad photoshop skills I put together this side-to-side comparison of ScarJo and the only woman that Brock Samson has ever loved … Molotov Cocktease.
I can’t be the only one who thinks should could fill out the role in the eventual live-action Venture Bros. movie … right?
Anyway, ScarJo looks amazing in that spandex suit and is just another reason why Iron Man 2 will allow Marvel Execs to swim in a pool of money Scrooge McDuck style.
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day! Avengers, Wolverine, Transformers, Green Lantern … all can be had at your local participating comic shop. You’ll find me at Bagged & Boarded in Bensalem, PA. [Bagged & Boarded]
Wizard World Philly has posted two exclusives, a limited edition WWE Classics: Edge figure and a double issue of Lazerman from HB Comics. Wow. [Wizard World]
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