Ironman...Did you like the comic books as a kid?

[Reschke]

Who here thought that was one of the best comic books way back in the old days? I know I loved it when I was a kid and was old enough to start reading things like that back in the mid to late 70's. I am looking forward to this movie though to see just what sort of cool stuff is in it. I don't care how realistic/faithful to the comics it is. I just want a decent action movie that I can take my two boys to and have a blast watching.

[LTARGlok]

Who here thought that was one of the best comic books way back in the old days? I know I loved it when I was a kid and was old enough to start reading things like that back in the mid to late 70's. I am looking forward to this movie though to see just what sort of cool stuff is in it. I don't care how realistic/faithful to the comics it is. I just want a decent action movie that I can take my two boys to and have a blast watching.

Robert Downey Jr is a fantastic actor.   If anyone can pull this off, he can.

Hopefully you remember these words that Tony Stark would always speak, when the world was in danger:

IT'S TIME TO ARMOUR UP!!!





See this web page for an awesome trailer:

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

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[moot]

Favreau had planned to cast a newcomer in the role,[6] but ultimately chose Downey (a fan of the comic)[7] because he felt the actor's past, including cocaine abuse, made him an appropriate choice for the part. "The best and worst moments of Robert's life have been in the public eye," the director explained. "He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That's Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic-book character who is having trouble in high school, or can't get the girl."[7] Favreau also felt Downey could make Stark a "likable amazinhunk", like his friend Vince Vaughn, but also depict an authentic emotional journey once he won over the audience.[8]
Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process.[5] He brought a deeper sense of humor to the film not present in previous drafts of the script.[2] He explained, "What I usually hate about these [superhero] movies [is] when suddenly the guy that you were digging turns into Dudley Do-Right, and then you're supposed to buy into all his 'Let's go do some good!' That Eliot Ness-in-a-cape-type thing. What was really important to me was to not have him change so much that he's unrecognizable. When someone used to be a schmuck and they're not anymore, hopefully they still have a sense of humor."[9] To prepare, Downey spent five days a week weight training and practiced martial arts to get into shape,[7] which benefitted him because "it's hard not to have a personality meltdown [...] after about several hours in that suit. I'm calling up every therapeutic moment I can think of to just get through the day."[10]

I'm not sure what the last sentence is on about, but the rest sounds promising.

With some luck, the Captain America movie won't be some kool-aid caricature, but be 0% fat American ethics.  No contemporary bipartisan rubbish, etc.

[Reschke]

If you want to watch some pretty cool trailers go the Audi USA mini site for Ironman. But first do a little time watching the R8 get broken down in its own mini site.

[Maverick]

Moot,

I imagine the suit is hot, miserable, chafing, hard to move in and with and also makes it difficult to scatch when you have an itch. If you have EVER been in a MOPP suit for several hours you would understand that kind of condition. The MOPP suit is for individual protection from chem / bio agents. Coupled with the mask where just breathing is exhausting after 4 hours it's not hard to understand being a bit pissed off after a while.

[moot]

That's what I thought, thanks Mav

[AKIron]

Moot,

I imagine the suit is hot, miserable, chafing, hard to move in and with and also makes it difficult to scatch when you have an itch. If you have EVER been in a MOPP suit for several hours you would understand that kind of condition. The MOPP suit is for individual protection from chem / bio agents. Coupled with the mask where just breathing is exhausting after 4 hours it's not hard to understand being a bit pissed off after a while.

I can vouch for that. If I had to choose today between dying from a chemical attack or spending the day in one of those suits it would be a tough call.

[DiabloTX]

I was more into the Sgt. Rock/Sgt. Fury comics as a kid for obvious reasons.

Greg Boyington would have made a great comic book character.

[Reschke]

Oh heck yeah Sgt. Rock was the baddest dude around. I loved that comic as well.

[Stixx]

I can vouch for that. If I had to choose today between dying from a chemical attack or spending the day in one of those suits it would be a tough call.

Dying would be so much easier!

[DiabloTX]

For those that don't remember or didn't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Rock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Fury

[Blooz]

Didn't care for super heroes comic books.

Like others here I was into Sgt. Rock and Weird War Tales. I know there's more but those are two I remember reading the most.

Later on I discovered Epic (adult style comics, weird stories) and Groo the Wanderer. Funny stuff. Excellent comic artistry!