Iron Man Cartoon Very Foggy on Concept of "Man"
Posted at 2:06 PM Jul 15, 2008
Here's a trailer for the new Iron Man: Armored Adventures cartoon, which holds a few surprises. One, I didn't know it was fully CG, but it's got a cel-shaded look which seems nice enough. Two, the Mandarin is now a Darth Vader wanna-be in a huge suit of goofy-looking armor, which also doesn't bother me, since it probably makes more sense for him as an Iron Man villain than his normal design. Three is what's confusing me, as all of the characters including Tony Stark, James Rhodes and Pepper Potts, appear to be 12 years old, which is a little disconcerting. Oh, and Iron Man has a dad who dies for maximum Batman-ishness (although dressing up in a suit of power armor is more reasonable than dressing like a bat). All in all, if you were looking for a gritty, highly accurate Iron Man cartoon to debut on Nickelodeon next year, you're shit out of luck.
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I may just be a big Iron Man whore (since 1989, which makes it okay), but that looked awesome. Not sure teen Stark was the way to go after what happened last time, but...
Posted 07/15/2008 at 11:30:29 AMwatching this made want to stab someone
Posted 07/15/2008 at 12:00:52 PMOh how awesome, i love how not one single original thought went into this...
Even has its own spiderman styled crazy train
Posted 07/15/2008 at 01:05:38 PMWhat.
The.
Fuck.
Why is it necessary for every great hero to discover their powers in a vast underground warren of empty tubes and steam vents which inevitably lead into a gigantic room which has only one way to the outside? There is so much wrong with this that I think should Jon Favreau see this trailer, he will be compelled to punch Dan Buckley in the wiener for allowing such shit to be put on film.
Posted 07/16/2008 at 02:05:09 AMHmmm, the part with the train reminds me of Spiderman 2. Coincidence?
Posted 07/17/2008 at 02:57:49 AMIf Iron Man was too "Grown-up" for them then WHY ARE THEY DOING IRON MAN?
Posted 07/20/2008 at 03:10:48 AMThe Mandarin is supposed to be a super matial artist and mad scientist. Why are they turning him into just another generic armor guy? Lame.
Posted 10/18/2008 at 01:42:44 PM