Watching this new cut, I am surprised and a bit shocked at the fact that...
Naww. I can't do this.
Gotta be honest - I was sent the embed code yesterday, with a promise that the trailer would be live as of this posting. I am putting some blind-ass faith in Disney there. The words you are currently reading were written by me last night. I have no idea what's in the trailer above, except, I presume, Robert Downey Jr. saying something quippy, quickly.
I probably don't even remember writing these words, at this moment in time. I might have been having some beers or ten when I put fingers to letter keys, but you'll never prove that. (Ironically enough, I'll bet that's a sentence Downey has uttered at some point. Tony Stark too.)
I could be sleeping right now. I could be watching you leave comments. You won't know that upfront. I could imitate the other bloggers who pretend like they know more about what's in this trailer and what the movie will reveal. Like them, I'm making an Iron Man 3 trailer post all about me. Unlike them, I'm admitting it's because I've got nothing to add right now. Except that this will probably be attached to Oz the Great and Powerful.
And yet you're still reading this. Unless you're not. Just watch the trailer.
It would be ironic and interesting if the rings were Mandarin's design, but the technology behind them was based on something he scavenged from the Chitauri. In other words, Mandarin becomes the bigger threat he is now BECAUSE Stark helped save the world and not in spite of it. I know that wouldn't be comic canon, but it would tie in nicely with Avengers.
An army of Iron men! It makes you wonder what they are up against that needs a force like that to stop it.
@SaintKrispy or is that our first look at firepower, why is everyone forgetting about the other two villains...
I'm usually not "that guy" but I got a chuckle at the line that mentions "sowing Ripley up". I'm imagining her with a litter of piglets.
@FabioRezende @James.k.Polk I know not how these comments even got here.
Abraxas must be messing with the space-time continuum agains.
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I was watching this trailer. When he is running (2:01) he is wearing an AIM shirt. Don't know why I needed to point that out but I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1Y3P9D0Bc#t=2m1s
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I read everything, even though I've already seen the trailer elsewhere. What does that make me?
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Oh, boy. May can't come soon enough. Looks like a lot of great stuff in it to cheer. Which means a lot of places to embarrass the kids. I tend to get a little emotional during films, which doesn't disrupt the audiences but may cause the kids to want to hide a bit.
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this is from Gallen a little down the page "they're calling it the Heavy Duty Armor even though technically it is the Hulkbuster"
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@10glfan59 which is from the guy who spoiled all the armors last week - which now seems much more authoritative
Looks okay. Iron Man 2 looked okay, but I waited for cable on that one. Robert Downey Jr. is entertaining, but Iron Man's mythos lacks gravitas or is that Graviton...no, he's probably in there. I must mean gravitas.
Just because they're introducing a character who EVENTUALLY becomes a villain, doesn't mean they're overloading the movie with baddies. From a story telling standpoint, it makes sense, having Pete climb the ladder from general baddies like Lizard, Elektro, and Rhino, to a real notorious guy like the Green Goblin. We all expect that and Gwen's death to be our third, yeah?
Now let's get real: will Green Goblin look like a Power Ranger monster again?
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@TheSadZombie In Iron Man, we don't call many villains in a film overloading it; we call it "the Armor Wars".
And Goblin looked more like a Power Rangers character, not a villain. Dafoe said he would never wear a suit similar to the campny comics one, that's all, so they had the armor thing happen.
@Kozmik_Pariah
Yeah, my bad - actually, all these comments here were posted unintentionally, except the top one. No idea how it happened and I can't figure out how to delete them. This comment was in regards to the Green Goblin casting news last week. Sorry to be taking up the board.
BUT, I will say that if avoiding camp was DeFoe's aim, he was not entirely successful.
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@TheSadZombie If you hover over the post, in the bottom left corner it should say "share" or "delete". If not, maybe pray to the overlord to remove your noob posting :P
Just because they're introducing a character who EVENTUALLY becomes a villain, doesn't mean they're overloading the movie with baddies. From a story telling standpoint, it makes sense, having Pete climb the ladder from general baddies like Lizard, Elektro, and Rhino, to a real notorious guy like the Green Goblin.
Just because they're introducing a character who EVENTUALLY becomes a villain, doesn't mean they're overloading the movie with baddies. From a story telling standpoint, it makes sense, having Pete climb the ladder from general baddies like Lizard, Elektro, and Rhino, to a real notorious guy like the Green Goblin. We all expect that and Gwen's death to be our third, yeah?Now let's get real: will Green Goblin look like a Power Ranger monster again?
Well, Stark directs the SMODimations, which I've found friggin' hilarious. I strongly doubt Smitty wouldn't come back if asked. He's out of the directing game, sure, but he's become anything but a recluse. It'll be cool to see someone else play around with the duo, but despite whatever Smith may have done the past few years, I will always love that guy, man.
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Well that was just amazing...although I think we could have used a little more BBBBRRRAAAAAAAMMMMMM. But i'm excited by this movie that is for sure and because Marvel has managed to weave the movies together it will be interesting to see how it fits into the grand scheme of the Marvel Universe. Does anybody have any idea if it fits into the other movies like the new Captain America or possibly the New Avengers?
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@Canadian.Scott I was glad the BRAM didn't completely drown out everything else but it's still stupid. Do you really want the spoiler of how it connects to Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers 2?
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@Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott Didn't the toy and Marvel Comics' Avengers Assemble and GotG.1 already show how they would connect :(
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@Kozmik_Pariah @Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott As one who does not read comics I would not know.
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@Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott
Yes. I hate surprises. But I am also willing to watch the movie as well to get a better understanding.
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@Canadian.Scott @Gallen_Dugall Of course that's the version I saw in that parallel universe where Rocket Racoon pretty much shows up half way through every film to save the day. Now for this universe use that link to zombie Rob's article and look at the description for the "MARK XLVIIIs - SPACE ARMOR v.01" read then go down into the comments section for further spoilers and speculation.
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Ok that is what I would love to see but I will take the one that I have read about and still have a geek attack.
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@Canadian.Scott @Gallen_Dugall well what happens is that all those armors come down for a big fight with Mandarin (this is about half way through the movie) but the Mandarin takes them all out pretty easily (there's plot involved in why) and then Rocket Raccoon shows up and kicks the Mandarin's ass before promptly departing. The rest of the film is Rhodes and Stark looking at each other saying "Did you see that?" - the post credits linky bit is Stark heading off into space in his FTL armor to track down & tell Rocket Racoon he wants to be the president of RR's fan club.
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One of the movies i'm looking forward to the most this year so far, trying to keep myself form getting geeked so I don't wind up bummed out, but man is it getting harder.
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I like the sing-songy inflection Ben Kingsley uses for the Mandarin's voice. "You wil Neverrr semeee coming." Made my butt clench!
Lookin' hot so far, can't wait. Don't kill Pepper!
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@GarethPrime Whedon's not directing it. I believe that indicates Pepper is safe. For now.
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@GarethPrime I wasn't a big fan of Gwenyth Paltrow but then i saw her in the Avengers and I was smitten! So I agree, don't kill Pepper!
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@Canadian.Scott @GarethPrime the new director has already said that he'll keep her alive at least until he can get her into the "rescue armor" although they are changing out actors so it may not be the same Pepper
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@GarethPrime @Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott I heard that "execs" thought he was getting too old for the character
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@GarethPrime @Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott RDJ would be a fool not to continue with Marvel.
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@Gallen_Dugall @Canadian.Scott @GarethPrime I hear talk that they possibly can't afford Robert Downey Jr. anymore. That's insane! How many Kickstarters do we have to spark up to keep him on?
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