Iron Man

[Jargo]

not interested. there's no huge blue dong in this one.

[Newsbot]

First look: Mickey Rourke suits up as Whiplash for 'Iron Man 2'

In Iron Man 2, the scarlet and golden-metaled hero must face an adversary with some amazing gadgets of his own.

Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one that Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) uses.

"The technologies are definitely related," says director Jon Favreau. "That's part of the core theme of the film."

The villain's alter ego, Ivan Vanko, is a Russian who "has constructed his own version of a suit," Favreau says. Among the creative innovations: a pair of whips, powered by the suit's glowing chest piece, that are expected to keep Iron Man cracking.

Whiplash "is going to light them up," Rourke quips.

This first image of the character shows Whiplash making an appearance at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. Favreau as usual is tight-lipped about plot points and declines to discuss whether the big-screen Whiplash is, as in the Marvel Comics, a weapons designer who works for Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), a competitor of Tony Stark/Iron Man.

"We like to play into and against the expectations that people might have, so we mixed it up a bit," Favreau says.

Rourke's performances in Sin City and The Wrestler helped convince the director that the actor was the best candidate to face Downey in his sequel to last spring's blockbuster that grossed $318.4 million.

"It was very important that the villain be as compelling as can be. … Once I thought of Mickey in that role, it made me understand how to shape the story." After seeing the shirtless Rourke, Jargo is still not interested.

[Jargo]

is this a mad max - beyond thunderdome remake?

[vynsane]

no. he's obviously russian, not australian. cheez!

[Jargo]

strewth mate!

So Tina Turner is Australian?

[vynsane]

well, tina turner is more a citizen of the world...

[Jargo]

All I really want to know is whether RDJ will be showing some skin in this flick.

[vynsane]

hey! look! news at comics-database.com!

Yahoo! Movies unveils Iron Man 2 teaser poster

war machine is on it!

[Diabolical]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/

[vynsane]

THAT WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME. i swear to god, favreau and downey have together made me care about iron man when no one else could, and now it's my favorite movie franchise. above spider-man. yeah, i said it.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Oh, fuck, that looks cool. I need to see the first one again.

[anarky]

I know what you mean, vyn. I still don't give a shit about comic book Iron Man, no matter who works on the title or what the story is. It's really fucking impressive that they made this franchise so great, yet waited until the second one to have Garry Shandling. A lesser director would've thrown in Shandling in the beginning of the first in a desperation move to seem more awesome. Favreau knew he had such a fucking awesome movie series on his hands, he could let it stand on its own without Shandling's involvement.

The shot of War Machine achieved that "Oh shit, it's War Machine!!" effect that the trailers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine totally squandered.

[vynsane]

I know what you mean, vyn. I still don't give a shit about comic book Iron Man, no matter who works on the title or what the story is.

i've gotta say, i've been enjoying the new series that started when the first movie came out.

The shot of War Machine achieved that "Oh shit, it's War Machine!!" effect that the trailers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine totally squandered.

that it did, my friend... that it did.

[mabudon]

I still really don't like that "imagining" of Whiplash, EVERYTHING about it is WRONG WRONG WRONG.
I am a huge fan of just-before-war-machine era IM (mostly the low-to-mid 100's issues) so the War Machine character doesn't really "do" it for me either. That being said, Tony Stark is PERFECT in the first film and so far looks to be the same in this project. I just am pissed off that they jumped right into the fan-boy War Machine era so quickly, a LOT of great stories could have been done long before this turn of events, and from the numbers the first one booked, I doubt if a significant % of the people that paid to see the first one were even aware that War Machine existed in the first place.

The arc where someone takes over the Iron Man armour (with Tony INSIDE it) and has it assassinate a visiting ambassador in front of several million people was fucking great, and I still contend that issues 131 and 132 which featured Iron Man vs the Hulk were some of the greatest comic books ever made, if I had a van I'd have the panel where Tony LITERALLY knocks the Hulk right the fuck out painted on the side of it (the other side would have the Ditko spiderman cover where he's fighting Daredevil, it's like 8-dimensional, and while oddly fucked up it is a beautiful encapsulation of all that was Ditko)

[vynsane]

new trailer up, and it's AWESOME!

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/

finally got a shot of sam rockwell's character in there, and the suitcase armor is REALLY cool. also, sam jackson's nick fury is in this trailer. two months to go, sweet!