http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ir...e_trailer2.html

I am as far from a Ironman fan as you can comfortably get and still like comics... and yet, and yet every new trailer they release leaves me with a huge shit eating grin. What is wrong with me?!

Further analysis reveals that my subconscious considers this the Starship Troopers movie I wish had been made.

Son of a crap, that never even crossed my mind. We need a
"remake' of Starship Troopers only this time done right, full power suit, no pretty boys to bring in the teen age girls,lose the tact on romance, give the bug their technology back, add the skinnies now that would be proper adaptation.

I'd settle for "powered body armor" and "Cap Troopers aren't huge poorly trained pussies" would be nice too.

But yeah, it'd be nice if they'd follow the book, at least make an effort.

Because this movie will be sheer awesomeness if they pull it off right, that's why.

The iron man trailers look fucking great. I hope that they really do bust people in the face to the beats of sabbath as well.

Out of curiosity, why do you hate Iron Man?
I ask since I am on the opposite end of the spectrum, and am a huge fan of Mr. Stark and his magical beat you down suits.

Oh it's nothing in particular, I fully admit that I simply have an irrational dislike of the (make believe) man

I think it's because I've never picked up a good run of Ironman and as a result I've never been motivated to go out and find good runs. I'm also one of those late bloomer comic geeks that never really got into them as a kid and has only discovered them now that he has the money and mobility to seek out good works. As such I don't have all these fond memories of Ironman in the same way I have of Ghostbusters or Tail Spin.

Than they did the whole "Civil War" arc, which I followed ocassionally and that just cemented my "Tony Stark is a total tool box alcoholic."

But generally speaking I fully admit that I hate Mr. Stark because I need someone to dislike and not because there is something inherently wrong with the material.

And yeah, I too am a fan of the powered suits of ultimate whup ass. They please me... They please me greatly.

I hadn't seen that particular trailer until just now. I am SO ready to see this movie!

At first I had real reservations about Rober Downey Jr as Tony Stark, the I heard him doing the dialog and I was hooked. Granted you can't build a movie off snarky one liners... well Joss Whedon can, but in this new trailer when he is talking about protecting the people he puts into harms way, I am really hoping it will be a character (quality of the person) driven picture similar to elements of the first spiderman. Besides how can you argue with

Reporter: Mr Stark what do you say to your nickname "the Da Vinci of our time"?
Tony: That's absurd, I don't paint.
Reporter: The what about your other nickname the Merchant of Death"?
Tony: Thats not bad.

I am going to be incredibly bitter of this movie sucks... Almost as bitter as I still am about Starship Troopers.

I still applaud Holywood for cracking the "Comic Movie's That's Don't Suck" code. It's about damn time.

Since Starship Troopers gets name checked a half dozen times:

You do realize that the director hated the theme of the book and satirized it completely. Its a parody of Heinlen.

that said, me and the girl are warring. She's miraculously developed a hatred of Black Sabbath since the very first trailer.

Not that I'm a huge 'Iron Man' fan, comic wise, but the trailers make me giddly as a schoolgirl.

holy crap
I had been avoiding trailers, cause thats what I do
but man!!
I am so jazzed about this now
Im not a huge IM fan but I like him.

the last several comic movies have been less than inspiring

In fact, Verhoeven admitted not ever having read the book completely as he got "bored and depressed" (quote from IMDb).
And AFAIK the movie originally had nothing to do with Starship Troopers but was called "Bug Hunt on Planet P" - only when production had already started Verhoeven learned of Heinleins somewhat similar-themed book and aquired the license...

I am pretty pumped about this as well. It looks like weve got three decent Comic based films coming up: Iron Man, the new Batman flick, and the sequel to HellBoy.

By the way, I'd like to see John Steakleys Armor (which Heinlein borrowed from when writing Starship troopers, the two were freinds) made into a film. Talk about a psycological mind-fuck of a film, it would be incredible with the right actor.

actually Hulk looks interesting
im not sure if I'm sold on it, but well we'll see if it is better than the last one
I will Miss Jennifer Connelly though

I'm aware of the sordid story that was the making of Starship Troopers. I can even accept someone satirizing one of my favorite books.

I cannot accept that someone would pass up a chance to make a movie about powered body armor and talking hand grenades.

Bastards... bastards all.

The onlu thing I did not like about the Iron Man Trailers was the use of the song Iron Man.... I know I will be lynched for that, but I found it just a bit tacky.

Eh, it only plays for a couple of seconds. Otherwise they win points but using Audioslave...

Heinlein borrowed, what? Heinlein published starship troopers back in '59. Steakley published his Armor book in '84. On top of that Steakley was born on '51.

Ow, my brain.

They already made a Vampires movie, which is basically the same story as armor (even with the same characters, Felix and Crow are the main chars of Vampires), but with vampires instead. It sucked.

I hope that wasn't a pun...

Well, the flick (a John Carpenter butchering of Steakley's book) was actually based on Vampire$, not Armor. But, yes, there are a few familiar character names in it.

I love rock music more than is healthy and even I think Audioslave is bland. I thought the tiny bit of Iron Man at the end was perfect, honestly. It would have been obnoxious if they drove it into the ground, but they didn't. Both songs worked well given the context.

Well Audioslave it's not exactly Lamb of God but I do enjoy them as part of a well rounded musical diet.

Downy playing a recovering alcholic ner-do well, yeah it's a stretch. Actuallym ost of the ocmmercials didn't do anything for me. OK I'm not the target demographic but they looked so- so with the typical James Horner type score.
THEN
I saw the commercial on Sci-fi, that didn't have the James Horner score. It had him flying between two jets and then they hit the cords from Ozzie. THAT, I liked

Iron Man is a total tool box jerkass alcoholic. That's just his character. But Civil War just butchered him, mainly by having him act so totally evil and incompetent for the purpose of shoehorning a summer blockbuster crossover that didn't make a darn lick of sense.

For good Ironman runs, I'll recommend two of my favorites, the recent Ironman: Hypervelocity miniseries and the later-80s /early 90s series in which the womanizing Stark gets shot by a pissed off girlfriend and if paralyzed from the waist down.

The video game for this flick is looking pretty solid, too.

I'd link to a trailer and some interviews and junk I watched at home yesterday, but I can't open those web sites here from work. A quick google or something should find it, for those who're interested.

Oh, and +1 on the "Civil War might have killed Cap, but it buttfucked Iron Man" stuff. The character's pretty much just been ruined for an awful lot of us.

The second series you mention was the one that turned me into a huge Iron Man fan back then as a kid. I was only briefly in to comics (a couple of years), but my love of Iron Man has stuck with me even though I don't keep up on the workings.

Hopefully they pull the movie off.

With G.I. Joe being hippiefied I can not in good consciene see it. So all my hopes rest with my favorite comic book character IRON MAN!

not too keen on doweny jr being stark, but since he has a drug problem and stark a booze problem I guess he could relate. From the priviews I think they are doing IM justice, looks pretty good. lol, he rich and has a hot chick for every day of the week, that lucky SOB.

I can't wait to see it.... Iron Man was my second favorite comic as a kid... Ghost Rider was my first...


As for Starship Troopers, I always thought that they had named it after the Heinlien book after they couldn't get movie rights from Warhammer 40k. It felt like some games I have watched (Nids vs Guard.)

That HUD is way awesome.

Watched it last night. I found it quite enjoyable.

I was very good. The armored suits are also depicted very well. I enjoyed it a lot.

ZOMG ROBERT DOWNEY JR!!!!


Yeah, I can't wait for it to come out over here or at least on my base. My wheelman went on leave and now I can't get around for shit.

Booo Madrigan! Boooo!

reporting in from the front
i just watched the movie . .
nothing too spoilery, but just in case . .

It isn't Ultimate Iron Man. Ultimate Iron Man is a teenager and doesn't have shrapnel in his heart. It is Ultimate Nick Fury, which is a good thing considering that Samuel L. Jackson is substantially more baddass than David Hastlehoff.

The Afganistan thing is pretty much comics canon now, anyway, due to the sliding time scale. Originally, Stark was wounded in Korea during the Korean War and was in his late 30s/early 40s. He's still in his late 30s/early 40s.

Tony was originally injured in Vietnam, not Korea.

And I like seeing a 40-something superhero (Downey's all of a year older than I am). The movie was incredibly, incredibly cool. It will be mine upon DVD release.

Yep.

never been a fan of comic book superheroes, but this was a good movie. in all honesty, though, the movie could have been an 80 minute documentary on the mechanics of the power armor and i'd have been just as entertained.

*grumbles and kicks stuff* Dammit, I wanna check this flick out somethin' fierce, but all my douchebag friends are being douchebags, and are out of town and/or busy this weekend, and my wife got called into work pretty much the whole weekend at the hospital.

Is seeing the flick worth being that guy, who goes to a movie by himself?

I enjoyed the movie, didn't care if that they had to rewrite the story to afghanistan to keep up with his origins. Just gotta keep up with the times if you're gonna have it in present day time.

It is worth illegally downloading the Spanish version a day before it is released in the UNited States in spite of the fact that you can't understand Spanish. So I'd say that yes it is. But it is substantially better watching it with someone else. Luckily, it is also worth being that guy who watches the same movie twice in a short span of time.


My Mistake. It was Xavier who was in the Korean War.

i'd been the guy who goes alone, if my buddies had not showed up . . but something curious occured to me . . aside from one or two little references in the movie we did not talk about the movie afterwards somehow O.o

"Okay, 10% thrust test, take one..."

<wham>




-karma

yes, that was funny ^^
i liked how he treated his bots basically as pets *g*

This was probably the best (or maybe second best, to Spider Man 1) comic book movie I've ever seen. The new Hulk flick isn't looking too bad, I got to see a new Dark Knight trailer on the big screen, and just to top off The Summer of Geek Flicks, Indy's getting closer, too. I'm a happy fella.

So it was worth being that guy? That almost makes me want to brave the 2 hour bus ride to the theater where it's being released this weekend.

I was that guy, and it was a 45 minute bus ride for me. Still worth it.

Non-Spoilerish stuff:

Downey Jr. was a perfect Tony Stark. He played a drunk, irresponsible playboy to a T. (Go figure.) Jeff Bridges was unrecognizeable as himself, but he still delivered the impressive performance we expect from Jeff Bridges. Gwyneth Paltrow was a surprising, but highly effective choice as Pepper Potts, and she got to deliver one of the most memorable lines from the entire movie. In fact, the only mistake in casting was Terence Howard; he gave us less Jim Rhodes and more Cuba Gooding. He did get better as the movie went on, though.

Actually, I held off and didn't go until a Monday matinee, when my wife was able to join me.

But, yes. In retrospect, I would/could/should have gone and seen it by myself, too, just to be part of the opening weekend razzle-dazzle (and to get to, y'know, see it twice). It was good enough I wouldn't have felt bad, stupid, shamed, or dorkish for having gone and seen it solo.

But... but.. I hate bus rides...

*sigh*

Well thank god it didn't suck. I was afraid that there was a slim chance that this was going to be one of those movies where the best parts are in the trailer.