Iron Man, Iron Man... does whatever an Iron can...
A little more about Zod: Iron Man and the Hulk are my top two favorite comic heroes of all time. Iron Man, by a hefty margin, has become my overall favorite.
When I was younger, the beast within, Freudian nature of Bruce Banner/Hulk... not to mention all the other gamma kids, Abomination, Sampson, Leader, She-Hulk... was very satisfying. If you ( Read more... )
When I was younger, the beast within, Freudian nature of Bruce Banner/Hulk... not to mention all the other gamma kids, Abomination, Sampson, Leader, She-Hulk... was very satisfying. If you ( Read more... )
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Iron Man, I agree with you 100%. I loved him as a superhero and thought the movie was one of the- if not the- best adaptation I've ever seen. I loved the movie desperately, and found the wit to be better than Jeff Bridge's performance (seriously... that was The Dude?)
I'm still kicking myself for missing the SHIELD name as well as the Mandarin reference (10 rings? I feel like an ass...)
So, where's the confusion? The Hulk, and why something so simple can't be executed properly on the big- or small- screen. I'm skeptical as all hell about this movie and desperately hope that it doesn't turn into two CGI creatures wailing on each other for 45 minutes which- I'm rather afraid it will. In terms of a villain, The Abomination is what Hulk needs but in terms of an enjoyable cinematic romp it may leave something to be desired. Or look like a bad episode of the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. There are not necessarily exclusive outcomes.
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10 Rings? I feel completely unworthy... I hadn't even heard that until just now.
The Incredible Hulk, hopefully, has less Hulk than Banner... we shall see... that could change the whole movie...
xray-spex and I were talking about "shiny" cg characters... its a really weird, uber annoying trait... if you've seen the trailer for Warhammer's most recent videogame, you hould be holding hollywood to a higher standard... semi translucent skin that jiggles organically is possible and real.
Shiny skin is what separates Poser poseurs from real artists... shiny skin is wrong, and not knowing that makes you unqualified to be rendering it.
The abomination, oddly, always struck me as slimy... so that doesn't bother me...
The Hulk, however, is 9 feet tall, obscenely muscled, and green. A giant, green hued human.
I was thinking how in the seventies they did a good job of powdering Lou Ferigno so he wasn't shiny for a tv show... and how 30 years later, they can't manage the same for a motion picture
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Don't worry, I missed it as well. I also missed how *z0mg! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Obediah and the terrorist leader were both inordinately fond of the garrish rings that they were wearing....
While I think a faithful adaptation of The Mandarin might be a little... impolitic... these days (first Sharon Stone, now this?) I sincerely hope that they don't decide relegate him to a vague metaphor and create a league of villains each of whom sports one of his eeeeeeeeeevil rings.
I was thinking how in the seventies they did a good job of powdering Lou Ferigno so he wasn't shiny for a tv show... and how 30 years later, they can't manage the same for a motion picture
Which is more or less my complaint about the CG in the most recent Indiana Jones offering. Shiny CGI does not a stunt or movie make.
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And I don't think they WERE initially... I was thinking Mandarin was retconned as the big man behind the scenes...
After we get Iron Man on the screen, we can consider his greatest villain might be a wizard...
(though, honestly, Iron Man vs Mandarin or vs Fin Fang Foom NEVER made a bit of sense to me... use... Thor... or, Scarlet Witch... or someone... Iron Man is for Titanium Man, and Ultron... less weird.)
but...
I would rather him stay a reference, or an insinuation... then have him show up as a chinese criminal mastermind with technological rings... that would make me angry.
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Paris Hilton doesn't think so ... did you see her last video? She is realy NUDE! I saw this video on BBC today!
Crazy people around us!
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