He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays!
Another peek at the armor for the 2008 Iron Man film. I can’t tell if this is a real pic or a computer generated image, but any way you cut it, I LIKE IT!
Iron Man Goes Retro
Our good friends at Ain’t It Cool got a sneak peek at the first Iron Man armor to be featured in the upcoming film. I think it looks very cool, very evocative of the very first Iron Man adventure where he scrapped together the materials needed for his life-saving armor from used parts while held captive of the vile North Vietnamese bigshot, Wong-Chu!
I really like the armor, especially the glowing circle in the center of the chestplate. Getting some good vibes from Iron Man!
Also, some mixed news from Aint It Cool when it comes to FF2 – looks like the voice of Galactus will be Laurence Fishburne, and also looks like the early advance word on the film isn’t very promising:
[A]pparently in Seattle on the night of April 10th – Fox had a test screening of FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER and the word on the screening that has reached me is that the film was “sooo bad that they felt dirty and wanted to write letters of complaint.”
The film is supposed to be released in June – not a lot of time to fix any problems, if they exist. Wait and see…
Herald of The Destroyer of Worlds
USA Today continues its tradition of moving away from reporting the news and instead running press releases and helping with the publicity of the next flavor of the month. Today, they ran a brief article and photo of one of the featured characters of the next Fantastic Four film, The Silver Surfer.
Fans of the comic know that The Silver Surfer first appeared in comic books way back in FF # 48, at the beginning of the fabled Lee-Kirby classic, “The Galactus Trilogy.” I gotta say, though this pic is clearly intended to give oldschool comic book fans goosebumps, it leaves me a bit cold. I always figured the Surfer to be devoid of facial detail and this made his character (with all the requisite angst and shameless introspection) more poignant.
Wait and see!
Dr. Reed Richards Builds A Mechanical Marvel!
One of the films I am looking forward to this coming summer is the sequel to the fun & funny ‘Fantastic Four’ film, ‘FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer.’ It promises to bring to life the legendary Lee-Kirby ‘Galactus Trilogy’ from FF # 48-50! Debuting in this film will be the FF’s versatile ‘Fantasticar.’
Works for me! The FF I always loved was about exciting, escapist fun, and The Fantasticar sure looks like exciting, escapist fun! You can read more about it in today’s USA Today – just click on this link!
Amazing Armor, Iron Man
Some news on the Iron Man film project that has been kicking around for several years now. The jury is still out on this one, but let’s give it a chance!
Academy award nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) has been cast as Tony Stark’s confidant, Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes. Howard will be joining Robert Downey Jr. who is set to portray Tony Stark and Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. – Tony Stark/Iron Man
Terrence Howard – Rhodey Rhodes
Also, on July 22, 2006 at the San Diego Comic-Con, director Jon Favreau confirmed that the villain for the upcoming film would be The Mandarin. He also announced that, “The suit will be more like a weapons platform than a flying suit – more of a War Machine-feel to it.”
Word is the movie will help kick off the Summer 2008 movie season when it opens on May 2, 2008.
I don’t have either a good feeling nor a particularly bad feeling about this project based on what we know so far. I can’t say that Robert Downey Jr. matches my vision for Tony Stark, but I’m willing to give it a chance! I guess we will all find out in 2008!
A True American Icon Arrives!
It’s not like this is going to be only a collection of nutty comic book covers! 63 years ago Americans were coping with the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Fleet and beginning to accept that their immediate future would include a long, brutal war with Japan, Germany, & Italy, I thought I would honor this time with one of the greatest comic book covers, ever.
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