Okay Guys, Even Joss Says There Are No Skrulls In The Avengers

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Jon

This weekend at SXSW, The Avengers director Joss Whedon put all the rumors to rest regarding the “big bad” we will be seeing once the Earth’s Greatest Heroes unite in multiplexes this June. During the course of the panel, “A Conversation With Joss Whedon” the director went to point out that neither the Skrull (or Kree) will be seen. He pointed out that

The Skrulls — they can shape change. That’s a whole thing,” he said. “I’ve already got Loki. He’s got magic. Once you got magic along with your Iron Man and your Black Widow — it’s a real juggling act.”

Whedon also pointed out one of the big problems of involving an alien species like the Skrulls is that they have such a rich mythology on their own. He wouldn’t want to shoehorn them in (i.e. Galactus in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.)

Those two aliens are Marvel mainstays and have enormous backstories … they have a big life of their own that just could not be contained in a film where I already had seven movie stars

I for one am a little relieved, although if this holds true my wild speculations and musings will have been found to been wholly inaccurate.

Since I read this I went back and review the latest trailer for The Avengers, and I’m really going to go with the magic angle. We have Loki on Earth, messing with the members of the group turning them against each other. When that won’t work … he brings some Asgardian magic/tech to reign death and destruction. But again, this is all speculation and Whedon could just be throwing us off in the build up to May 4th.

Credit: [io9 via Entertainment Weekly]

The League of Extraordinary Bloggers: Iron Man Made Me A Believer

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Jon

This week Brian from Cool & Collected posed the following question:

What media announcement had you throwing fist pumps and doing roundhouse kicks in the air? Did the final result live up to your dreams?

I still find it hard to believe that It’s 2012 and we are on the cusp of a full fledged Avengers movie. Five years ago during Comic Con foundation was starting to take shape when Marvel Studios rolled out a teaser trailer for Iron Man. The attendees at Hall H lost their minds and took to the internet spouting their unrequited love for director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Tony Stark. Up until that point, there wasn’t much buzz on the project and Iron Man walked away the fan favorite of San Diego Comic Con 2007.

Leading up to Iron Man’s release in May 2008, there were rumors of a super secret cameo that would be dropped in after the credits. As press screenings were rolling out, it was very difficult to remain spoiler free … but I prevailed. Those who had seen it said it was absolutely mind blowing.

I took in a Friday night showing of Iron Man battling the crowds. When the credits finished about 75% of the theater remained seated, waiting for this cameo. And then it happened … NICK FURY!!! I howled with fan boy delight as my wife just looked at me sideways. “Avengers” I exclaimed, “they’re talking about the goddamn Avengers they’re going to do this”.

It wasn’t until that point that I sat back and was floored that Marvel was committed to making a series of movies that would lead up to a movie about their flagship super team. In the time since Iron Man was released, we’ve almost taken for granted that an Avengers movie was coming. Five years ago, none of us had an inkling as to what Marvel was planning.

The Avengers Eye Bones Your Face With Awesome

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jon

I’ve watched the latest trailer for The Avengers at least seven times. Each viewing is met by the same goggly eyed excitement every time. Four years after Marvel turned the comic movie genre on its ear, we are on the cusp of a superhero team-up movie. It’s crazy right?

We are getting a live-action feature with Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Nick Fury. The 12 year old version of me would have not been able to comprehend the sheer awesomeness contained in the 2:30 seconds embedded below for your viewing pleasure.

The CGI looks very, very good. I’m very impressed with The Hulk, it’s a very classic interpretation but still actually looks like Mark Ruffalo who is portraying his alter ego, Bruce Banner. And this point, the bad guys have to be Skrulls right? That’s what I’m going with at this point, we will just have to wait until May 4th to find out.

DDOY Review: Iron Man 2

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Jon

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 ….

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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.

Iron Man Will Be Prominently Featured In My Nerd Cave

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Jon

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.

My grand prize has to be Kotobukiya’s 1/6th scale Iron Man Mark IV ARTFX statue. I’ve preorded him through Big Bad Toy Store, and he should be arriving in the next couple of weeks.

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I was anxious to grab this collectible up, especially since I missed out on Koto’s initial Iron Man release which fetches a pretty penny on the secondary market. All I know is the Mark IV is going to look pretty awesome next to my Tony Starch.

The Iron Man 2 Marketing Machine Is In Effect

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jon

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.

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Tony Stark’s Briefcase Armor FTW!

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jon

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!!!

Iron Man 2: Tony Stark's Suitcase 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.

Tony Stark’s Arc Reactor Will Be Mine

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Jon

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.

Sideshow Collectibles' Iron Man 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.

Is ScarJo Black Widow or Molotov Cocktease?

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jon

While I was out in Vegas I missed the initially Interweb rush on the images of Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow/Nastasha Romanovt from Entertainment Weekly.

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.

ScarJo Black Widow or 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.

Some Thoughts on Iron Man

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Jon

Yesterday I picked up Iron Man on Blu-Ray (or is it bluray … or blu RAY?), and after watching it for the first time since its theatrical release I have to say that it is a frakking perfect film. As much as I enjoyed The Dark Knight & The Incredible Hulk there is just something that Robert Downey Jr. & Jon Favreau brought to the feature that made it just so damn smooth. It is one of the few movies that I have seen of late that made me want the next installment IMMEDIATELY. Everything from Stan Winston building the actual Iron Man suits to Nick Fury’s appearance after the credits just simply worked.

Iron Man 2: Iron Harder

While perusing /Film earlier tonight I found some interesting comments regarding the status of Iron Man 2 and the push from ths studio to get IM2 in theaters by 2010 from Director Jon Favreau,

“The date is daunting. We are making much faster progress than the first time around and have much less to design and fewer casting issues. I am confident that 2010 is achievable if we continue working together as we have for the past few months. It has to be great, though. It has to be great.”

Please Marvel don’t fuck with a good thing, let Favs do his thing.

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