Comments on: iron man justified

By: DJA

DJA — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:14:10 +0000

I was gonna say Christian Bale, too, and then there’s also Kevin Conroy (yeah, yeah, I know, animation doesn’t count). But also, you know, Hugh Jackman.
Not that I’m not thrilled about Downey, though. And that trailer… you don’t get fanservice like that every day. (Bwaa bwaa bwaa-daht daa… dee-doo-dee-doo-dee daht bwaa daht daa… )

By: killjoy

killjoy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:50:00 +0000

Uh...dude, it's directed by Jon Favreau. That is never a good or promising thing. Or was there something about Elf that screened "adept at action/adventure" to you? Let us not forgive him, either, for being involved in that laughably awful Ben Affleckified Daredevil movie.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:25:42 +0000

Marcus: that’s kind of the joke
dm: no!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:12:36 +0000

Now consider that the title of Greatest Living Superhero Actor is currently held by either Wesley Snipes or Christopher Reeve, Um, Christopher Reeve passed away almost 3 years ago. So I guess Wesley Snipes wins by default!

By: dm

dm — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:51:21 +0000

Isn’t there a place for Tobey MacGuire in the pantheon of superheroes?

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:11:02 +0000

No no, Christian Bale is awesome, and Batman Begins was awesome. But you can’t use a Batman movie in a comparison like this — they emit some sort of weird radiation that distorts everything. They made George Clooney seem lame! They made Michael Keaton seem like a badass! It’s all very confusing.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:58:06 +0000

Now consider that the title of Greatest Living Superhero Actor is currently held by either Wesley Snipes or Christopher Reeve, depending on your personal taste and how carefully you read the criteria for winning the aforementioned title.
Are you disrespecting Christian Bale? If so, that would be…problematic.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:55:16 +0000

That occurred to me on the bike ride home from the workday when I blogged this, MP. You’re right, of course. You could make the case that King Kong started it all, I think.
Still! Transformers is certainly a fine example of the phenomenon. I expect Dragon War to codify it permanently.

By: Misplaced Patriot

Misplaced Patriot — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:50:49 +0000

Ummm, the protagonist of “Hulk” smash US Military. It was pretty much the best thing in that movie.

By: Kriston

Kriston — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:30:48 +0000

I disagree on the final point. I’ve only just realized that what I’ve long held to be central tenets in the Iron Man myth turn out to be either inventions of my own or retconned long ago. When I asked him, Spencer’s version of the Iron Man origin was just as weird as mine.
Now, I’m willing to be enthusiastic about the depiction of Tony Stark; however, the dedicated fan must interrogate further the Iron Man character before deciding. He’s recently been revised as so much more powerful that the very notion of an Iron Man enemy is antiquated: he’s the fist of Empire. He could wipe the floor with the Kree or the Skrull; he could take out all the X-Men (assuming no Phoenix); he can hold his own against Cap. Marvel. With 6 months’ language training, Power Fist could take out al Qaeda—we’re going to send Iron Man to do the job? If the Bush administration has taught us anything, it’s that real answers deserve real threats.