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Has anyone else seen this yet? I rather enjoyed it, to the point of thinking this might be the best superhero movie yet, IMO. I didn't know about the Nick Fury bit at the end until after I saw it, thank god for YouTube.
Supposedly the cast is signed for two more movies, meaning War Machine will be making an appearance. Looking forward to it.
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Loved it. Good to see a relatively mature film with a mature cast. Downey is superbly cast in a superhero film reamarkably absent of superhero hallmarks, such as pithy dialogue and epic super battles. The climactic battle was similarly small-scale, and I disagree with the criticism that a fully-powered Iron Man should have faced the Iron Monger in a gigantic fight.
This movie has trilogy all over it and I guess leaks into Marvel's effort to portray a unified movie universe on screen. The following parts promise a delving into Tony's alcoholism (which should be unique amongst superhero films) and his eventual teamup with Rhodes as War Machine. I don't know what's up with immediately "outing" Stark as Iron Man, tossing aside the character's initial cover as his own bodyguard as in the comics. Stark revealed himself as Iron Man in the comics much later. As for Fury, I doubt this cameo has any real bearing on the trilogy, though it'd really confuse some people.
I do hope the remaining parts will be shot and released back to back. I hate waiting 2-3 years between good franchise installments, dammit!
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The second part of the trilogy is due in 2010, according to Wikipedia. It'd be nice if the third part was released in 2011 or even later in the year of 2010.
I've also read that Downey has a cameo as Stark in the upcoming Hulk movie as well.
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I saw this movie Saturday night. We thought it was awesome. A little predictable, like I knew he would have to rely on his original power unit for some reason. I missed the Nick Fury scene, I heard about Samuel L Jackson cameo but didn't know it was after the credits. I figured there might be something after the first part of the end credits before the regular scrolling credits.
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It looks like Marvel are looking to redefine the concept of a movie franchise and that Nick Fury scene looks like a huge foreshadowing of things to come. Then there's the fact that Downey has a cameo in the new Hulk movie. I'm glad Marvel are the ones doing this sort of cross pollination rather than DC. I'd really hate to see Nolan's Batman meet Singer's Superman on the silver screen. There something about DC characters that makes them very hard to adapt to cinema and even harder to incorporate them with each other. I suppose with Marvel, having Stan Lee at the centre of most of it for so long helped keep the various titles reasonably cohesive. The DC characters just got thrown together.
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I dunno... Personally, I'm not a fan of mixing major superhero archetypes, as it loses credibility. I *like* that folks like Batman and Iron Man have rely on gadgets to save the day versus villains also relying on technology, however far-fetched it may be. I don''t want to see the hyper-techy Iron Man mix it up with a Viking god and his magic hammer. I want to see him deal with someone like the Mandarin and his alien tech rings, with War Machine at his side.
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: I dunno... Personally, I'm not a fan of mixing major superhero archetypes, as it loses credibility. I *like* that folks like Batman and Iron Man have rely on gadgets to save the day versus villains also relying on technology, however far-fetched it may be. I don''t want to see the hyper-techy Iron Man mix it up with a Viking god and his magic hammer. I want to see him deal with someone like the Mandarin and his alien tech rings, with War Machine at his side.
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Like I said, if anyone is going to do it, better that it be Marvel than DC. The Marvel universe lends itself more to group stories much more than the DC characters, the X-Men being a prime example and the main reason (mutants) it's even plausible.
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Great movie. Nuff said.
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quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: I still want a revival of Rom: Spaceknight.
Yes...I am just that much of a geek.
I second that! I still have every issue, including the "Spaceknights" sequel miniseries. Might be tricky, since Mattel owns the design, and not Marvel. *grump*
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To further my image as an "Ultra-Geek", I too have all the issues, even so far as appearances in other issues as I become aware of them. I am holding out hope for a revival with the Galadorians and Spaceknights appearing in the "Annihilation: Conquest" theme Marvel is running. There have been numerous appearances in this storyline and I REALLY hope they don't just off the whole group in the end.
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