That looks pretty cool in an old school sort of way. My only question is whether the Iron Man movie will make me like Tony Stark again.
He's being played by Robert Downey Jr.
What's not to like??
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that the first half, or at least quarter of the movie is old school junkyard looking Iron Man, while the latter half is the more suped up red and gold version.
I just hope they dont rely too heavily on the CGI. Yeah, it's obviously going to be used, but christ if it can't kill a movie unless done right.
That would be perfect, Im all for them building a real Iron Man suit (as in something that looks like it could really exist given only a modicum of super technology) , but I don't think it should look scrappy and ugly without good reason. Tony Stark is a genius billionaire weapons designer. He doesn't go into battle looking like a trash can unless he has to.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the first half, or at least quarter of the movie is old school junkyard looking Iron Man, while the latter half is the more suped up red and gold version.
I just hope they dont rely too heavily on the CGI. Yeah, it's obviously going to be used, but christ if it can't kill a movie unless done right.
That would be perfect, Im all for them building a real Iron Man suit (as in something that looks like it could really exist given only a modicum of super technology) , but I don't think it should look scrappy and ugly without good reason. Tony Stark is a genius billionaire weapons designer. He doesn't go into battle looking like a trash can unless he has to.
It looks really damned close to his original suit though. I'm rather impressed with the look actually.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the first half, or at least quarter of the movie is old school junkyard looking Iron Man, while the latter half is the more suped up red and gold version.
I just hope they dont rely too heavily on the CGI. Yeah, it's obviously going to be used, but christ if it can't kill a movie unless done right.
That would be perfect, Im all for them building a real Iron Man suit (as in something that looks like it could really exist given only a modicum of super technology) , but I don't think it should look scrappy and ugly without good reason. Tony Stark is a genius billionaire weapons designer. He doesn't go into battle looking like a trash can unless he has to.
It looks really damned close to his original suit though. I'm rather impressed with the look actually.
I don't so much dislike it as think that it looks like a prototype made with rather substandard materials. A cheap concept model of a final product if you will.
Which is all well and good, but I really want to see the Ironman that I know from the comics and that requires it to be red and gold with a smooth and stylish finish.
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that the first half, or at least quarter of the movie is old school junkyard looking Iron Man, while the latter half is the more suped up red and gold version.
I just hope they dont rely too heavily on the CGI. Yeah, it's obviously going to be used, but christ if it can't kill a movie unless done right.
That would be perfect, Im all for them building a real Iron Man suit (as in something that looks like it could really exist given only a modicum of super technology) , but I don't think it should look scrappy and ugly without good reason. Tony Stark is a genius billionaire weapons designer. He doesn't go into battle looking like a trash can unless he has to.
It looks really damned close to his original suit though. I'm rather impressed with the look actually.
I don't so much dislike it as think that it looks like a prototype made with rather substandard materials. A cheap concept model of a final product if you will.
Which is all well and good, but I really want to see the Ironman that I know from the comics and that requires it to be red and gold with a smooth and stylish finish.
This is the suit he builds while in captivity. He doesn't have the resources to create the red-and-gold suit.
True some movies rely on Computer generated eye candy way too much/often/whatev to the point of ruining the movie, but if they only do the red n orange suit as CG it should be okay.
Wait and see. Regardless I'll be smuggling a mickey of rye or vodka into this movie when I go to see it. (which is Tony's poison of choice?)
I just hope they dont rely too heavily on the CGI. Yeah, it's obviously going to be used, but christ if it can't kill a movie unless done right.
Considering the lengths Favreau went to during Zathura, it's pretty plain he isn't so big a fan of CGI for its own sake. I think he'll be more inclined towards less than more.
The Hollywood Reporter
Writer-director-actor Favreau appeared as "Foggy Nelson" in 2003's "Daredevil" movie, and as he grew as a director -- helming the effects-heavy family adventure movie "Zathura: A Space Adventure" -- he and Marvel chairman Avi Arad looked for projects to collaborate on. Favreau's sensibilities have been to eschew CGI in favor of an almost retro aesthetic, but "Iron Man" will see him changing his tune.
"I've always been very reticent to use CGI to the extent that it has been used by other filmmakers," Favreau said in an interview. "I think that now, through motion-capture and the integration of miniatures with CGI, like in 'King Kong,' I'm starting to be a lot more convinced by what the technology can do. But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past. I think that integrating practical filmmaking and augmenting it with CGI is the key to making it an emotionally involved story."
I don't so much dislike it as think that it looks like a prototype made with rather substandard materials. A cheap concept model of a final product if you will.
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Is that a troll...or..serious...I..I..just don't know anymore.
So your problem is with it being thus far 100% accurate to the comic look and concept of a
Prototype armor, put together using substandard materials by Tony Stark while under captivity.
If anyone wants to pinpoint the exact moment the public at large turned on comic book movies, check this movies release date.
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
I thought DareDevil was the turning point. Good idea for a movie, with some cool scenes (playground fight, anyone?), but poor overall execution. The thing with the Kingpin was awesome, though.
"Go ahead. Tell the guys at Rikers how you got beat by a blind man."
At that point that's like saying, "Go ahead. Tell the guys at Rikers how big of a pussy you are, so they can ass-fuck you mercilessly."
Hulk would have been an awesome movie if it didn't involve fucking up Ang Lee's directing. If they had let Lee just make the kind of movie he is awesome at making, without trying to make it into a summer blockbuster, the movie would have worked really well. Instead, we got some of Lee's drama and some smash-em-up action, and neither aspect complemented the other at all.
Of course, they also just fucked up the entire origin of the Hulk. Banner's dad? Hulk dogs? Fucking stupid.
Still, Lee's idea of an inner child of rage that came out when Banner became the Hulk was a good one, and he should have been allowed to develop it properly.
The daredevil movie was probably what hurt most. It could have been a very decent "Batman Begins" style street-level story. Cool looking in parts... I liked the bit where he chugged painkillers after every night out. But then it was just... not good. Especially compared to the Spidey movies. Slightly better writing, a better Bullseye... lots of things could have been done better.
But yeah. The Hulk. Again. Written by the same guy who's written some of the worst of all the comic-based movies. Christ.
Edit: Yeah, I actually didn't mind the dramatic bits of the Hulk movie. If they had just picked "drama" instead of "action", they could have had a single good setpiece of him destroying crap, and it would have been a more effective demonstration of why the hulk is scary. Instead it was half "wheee hit stuff" and half "I can never live with whee hit stuff inside me".
You know, Ed Norton is one of my favorite actors, I love the guy. But for some reason I'm not excited about this.
I mean..... just picture in your head for a second..... Edward Norton screaming in rage/pain while transforming into the hulk.... I don't think thats going to work.
But at the same time..... EDWARD NORTON IS BRUCE BANNER
You know, Ed Norton is one of my favorite actors, I love the guy. But for some reason I'm not excited about this.
I mean..... just picture in your head for a second..... Edward Norton screaming in rage/pain while transforming into the hulk.... I don't think thats going to work.
But at the same time..... EDWARD NORTON IS BRUCE BANNER
but.... AHH I'm so conflicted.
My concern is that the public doesn't understand how a rebooted franchise works... hell, most of them don't seem to understand that Batman Begins is not a prequel to the Batman movie with Michael Keaton.
I just saw Ed Norton! That guy doesn't get to be the Hulk, dammit.
That's the dude from Death to Shmoopy, or whatever it was, the dude in the rhino costume.
Of course, he was in Red Dragon, too.
he was also in Fight Club, American history X, Keeping the Faith, etc. etc. He has more then enough acting ability to pull off the Hulk.
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
Wait, that was the guy from Fight Club? Damn.
Alright, he can be the Hulk.
I only remembered him as wearing the rhino suit and chasing a killer while talking to Hannibal.
But now I'm going to watch it and go, "That guy dressed up like a rhino." It'll kill it for me.
Know what would be awesome? If the Hulk dressed up like a rhino and got Hannibal to help him chase somebody who's killing members of a fight club. or did i just combine the parts i remember from four movies? who knows?
I just saw Ed Norton! That guy doesn't get to be the Hulk, dammit.
That's the dude from Death to Shmoopy, or whatever it was, the dude in the rhino costume.
Of course, he was in Red Dragon, too.
he was also in Fight Club, American history X, Keeping the Faith, etc. etc. He has more then enough acting ability to pull off the Hulk.
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Just to reinforce Sentry here (like the majority for you need to be told how awesome edward norton is...) .....
From Fight Club to Death to Smoochy to American History X to 25th Hour
Thats a pretty respectable range.....
I have absolutely no worries that he can pull of Banner. He can pull off the clever guy pretty well (Red Dragon, Fight Club), now he just needs to extend that into Genius.
See, I picture the last scene in fight club... when he just shot himself in the mouth... I think that would be a pretty neat depiction of a transformation...
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
Fight Club was awesome. I mean, the fight against himself, when the guards are just watching him bounce around, because there's really nobody else there? Amazing.
If he can do Fight Club and Red Dragon, he can do the genius thing.
I just saw Ed Norton! That guy doesn't get to be the Hulk, dammit.
That's the dude from Death to Shmoopy, or whatever it was, the dude in the rhino costume.
Of course, he was in Red Dragon, too.
he was also in Fight Club, American history X, Keeping the Faith, etc. etc. He has more then enough acting ability to pull off the Hulk.
Smoochy
Just to reinforce Sentry here (like the majority for you need to be told how awesome edward norton is...) .....
From Fight Club to Death to Smoochy to American History X to 25th Hour
Thats a pretty respectable range.....
I have absolutely no worries that he can pull of Banner. He can pull off the clever guy pretty well (Red Dragon, Fight Club), now he just needs to extend that into Genius.
But any transformation scenes.....
I dont know why I did this.
You need an animated gif of those three pictures. Too funny.
I'm impressed they could get someone of his caliber for the sequel. I would have figured they'd get someone off the C-list. I hope Marvel doesn't squander this opportunity to save the franchise.
I'm impressed they could get someone of his caliber for the sequel. I would have figured they'd get someone off the C-list. I hope Marvel doesn't squander this opportunity to save the franchise.
Who says it's a sequel? Everything I've heard says it's just the Hulk... I've never seen it said anywhere that it's the Hulk 2...
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
I'm impressed they could get someone of his caliber for the sequel. I would have figured they'd get someone off the C-list. I hope Marvel doesn't squander this opportunity to save the franchise.
Who says it's a sequel? Everything I've heard says it's just the Hulk... I've never seen it said anywhere that it's the Hulk 2...
It's not a sequel. They are relaunching the franchise from what I've heard and are going for more of a "super hero" feel to the movie.
I'm impressed they could get someone of his caliber for the sequel. I would have figured they'd get someone off the C-list. I hope Marvel doesn't squander this opportunity to save the franchise.
Who says it's a sequel? Everything I've heard says it's just the Hulk... I've never seen it said anywhere that it's the Hulk 2...
It's not a sequel. They are relaunching the franchise from what I've heard and are going for more of a "super hero" feel to the movie.
I think the Variety article said it was a sequel to the first one with Banner on the run and trying to cure himself.
That being said this one better have a lot more "Hulk Smash" in it.
Here it is
Marvel Studios, which has a $525 million credit facility obtained through Merrill Lynch, made "The Incredible Hulk" its second film under that arrangement, and seeks to make a sequel that is less self-serious and more in line with the comic series and TV show. Leterrier directed the action-filled "Transporter 2," and "Unleashed."
Hopefully by "relaunch" they wont dwell on his origin (as it's not all that awesome) and the movie will just start out with him as the hulk already, and maybe touch on how it happened in a flashback or something, and trying to cope/cure himself/whatever. as long as there is more hulk smash, and no comic panel wipes, i'll be happier.
Hopefully by "relaunch" they wont dwell on his origin (as it's not all that awesome) and the movie will just start out with him as the hulk already, and maybe touch on how it happened in a flashback or something, and trying to cope/cure himself/whatever. as long as there is more hulk smash, and no comic panel wipes, i'll be happier.
I thought they were too distracting, and didn't accomplish much beyond reminding you that you're watching a film based on a comic.
As compared to the giant green very-non-real-looking thing on screen in some scenes.
What do you mean?
That the Hulk himself was poorly done, or that the very nature of the character (crazy gamma beast hoppin' and punchin') stands out as "comic book" far more than the presence of comic book panels?
So here's the question... can a "sequel" which has none of the original cast, a new director, makes no reference to the original, and doesn't have a 2 in the title actually be referred to as a "sequel."
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He's being played by Robert Downey Jr.
What's not to like??
That would be perfect, Im all for them building a real Iron Man suit (as in something that looks like it could really exist given only a modicum of super technology) , but I don't think it should look scrappy and ugly without good reason. Tony Stark is a genius billionaire weapons designer. He doesn't go into battle looking like a trash can unless he has to.
It looks really damned close to his original suit though. I'm rather impressed with the look actually.
I don't so much dislike it as think that it looks like a prototype made with rather substandard materials. A cheap concept model of a final product if you will.
Which is all well and good, but I really want to see the Ironman that I know from the comics and that requires it to be red and gold with a smooth and stylish finish.
This is the suit he builds while in captivity. He doesn't have the resources to create the red-and-gold suit.
Wait and see. Regardless I'll be smuggling a mickey of rye or vodka into this movie when I go to see it. (which is Tony's poison of choice?)
Considering the lengths Favreau went to during Zathura, it's pretty plain he isn't so big a fan of CGI for its own sake. I think he'll be more inclined towards less than more.
O_o
Is that a troll...or..serious...I..I..just don't know anymore.
So your problem is with it being thus far 100% accurate to the comic look and concept of a
Prototype armor, put together using substandard materials by Tony Stark while under captivity.
Suit looks really neat. It stays close to the original, old-style, Iron Man armor while still being, at least to some extent, 'techy'.
http://www.filmwad.com/ed-norton-is-bruce-banner-in-the-hulk--2200-p.html
If anyone wants to pinpoint the exact moment the public at large turned on comic book movies, check this movies release date.
I thought DareDevil was the turning point. Good idea for a movie, with some cool scenes (playground fight, anyone?), but poor overall execution. The thing with the Kingpin was awesome, though.
"Go ahead. Tell the guys at Rikers how you got beat by a blind man."
At that point that's like saying, "Go ahead. Tell the guys at Rikers how big of a pussy you are, so they can ass-fuck you mercilessly."
Of course, they also just fucked up the entire origin of the Hulk. Banner's dad? Hulk dogs? Fucking stupid.
Still, Lee's idea of an inner child of rage that came out when Banner became the Hulk was a good one, and he should have been allowed to develop it properly.
But yeah. The Hulk. Again. Written by the same guy who's written some of the worst of all the comic-based movies. Christ.
Edit: Yeah, I actually didn't mind the dramatic bits of the Hulk movie. If they had just picked "drama" instead of "action", they could have had a single good setpiece of him destroying crap, and it would have been a more effective demonstration of why the hulk is scary. Instead it was half "wheee hit stuff" and half "I can never live with whee hit stuff inside me".
I mean..... just picture in your head for a second..... Edward Norton screaming in rage/pain while transforming into the hulk.... I don't think thats going to work.
But at the same time..... EDWARD NORTON IS BRUCE BANNER
but.... AHH I'm so conflicted.
I just saw Ed Norton! That guy doesn't get to be the Hulk, dammit.
That's the dude from Death to Shmoopy, or whatever it was, the dude in the rhino costume.
Of course, he was in Red Dragon, too.
My concern is that the public doesn't understand how a rebooted franchise works... hell, most of them don't seem to understand that Batman Begins is not a prequel to the Batman movie with Michael Keaton.
They are just going to be confused...
he was also in Fight Club, American history X, Keeping the Faith, etc. etc. He has more then enough acting ability to pull off the Hulk.
Alright, he can be the Hulk.
I only remembered him as wearing the rhino suit and chasing a killer while talking to Hannibal.
But now I'm going to watch it and go, "That guy dressed up like a rhino." It'll kill it for me.
Know what would be awesome? If the Hulk dressed up like a rhino and got Hannibal to help him chase somebody who's killing members of a fight club.
or did i just combine the parts i remember from four movies? who knows?
Smoochy
Just to reinforce Sentry here (like the majority for you need to be told how awesome edward norton is...) .....
From Fight Club to Death to Smoochy to American History X to 25th Hour
Thats a pretty respectable range.....
I have absolutely no worries that he can pull of Banner. He can pull off the clever guy pretty well (Red Dragon, Fight Club), now he just needs to extend that into Genius.
But any transformation scenes.....
I dont know why I did this.
If he can do Fight Club and Red Dragon, he can do the genius thing.
You need an animated gif of those three pictures. Too funny.
Who says it's a sequel? Everything I've heard says it's just the Hulk... I've never seen it said anywhere that it's the Hulk 2...
It's not a sequel. They are relaunching the franchise from what I've heard and are going for more of a "super hero" feel to the movie.
Nope. All they have to do is remind people of the badness of the first one.
Oh wow, my mistake. With this in mind,
That being said this one better have a lot more "Hulk Smash" in it.
Here it is
It's not a relaunch, it will be a sequel.
As compared to the giant green very-non-real-looking thing on screen in some scenes.
What do you mean?
That the Hulk himself was poorly done, or that the very nature of the character (crazy gamma beast hoppin' and punchin') stands out as "comic book" far more than the presence of comic book panels?