IRON MAN MOVIE REVIEWED

Superhero/Comicbook-adapted movies has come to the forefront of the general consciousness and media acceptance (altho not totally "understanding-of") and has never been as hyped and marketed as they do in this day and age, what with multiple Viral marketing, promotions and a deluge of coverage that threatens to engulf online netizens (least of me my humble blog LOL) who dwell in this particular www-realm, for sure the genre is carving out it's own niche in celluloid-history, it remains some time before it's acceptance into the pantheons of "recognized filmmaking" (via the traditionalists and thespians) is as accepted and welcomed, as the fans of this genre, IMHO. With vaulted peers as The Dark Knight, Hulk, The Watchmen and it's ilk, IRON MAN stands poised to go down in history as the movie that did ... as for what it actually did, I'd only dare to speculate on it's intent and reactions, by my own personal opinion. And hopefully, when YOU folks have seen the movie, we could all geek-out over it together :)

I'd personally managed to catch the 11:30AM screening on April 30th @ Cathay Cinema in Downtown East's E!Hub - CLICK HERE (link to my primary blog) to read my humble review (including ***SPOILERS***) and long-ramble about the movie :)

**DO NOTE: Please stay until the end of Credit Roll to see a "Surprise Prologue Sequence" involving Tony and Nick - 'nuff said!

MAN-HANDLING THE MONGER

should be called the "IRON BEAST" instead of "Iron MONGER", IMHO :p

PEPPER

what do you think Pepper's doing? CLICKETH:

*heh*

TAKE ME DOWN TO CHINATOWN

*note: the following banter is meant for comedic effect
and aims not to slur nor slander any one in particular*

"take my shiny chest-piece, Stane, take it here and now!"

"are you insane? not in a million years, Stark! not in a million years!"

"whassup wit that guy? not good enough for him, is it?

"oh Pepps, i don't know how to get thru to him!"

"maybe you both just have to speak the same language, Tones ...
or maybe you just don't WOW him enough?"

"YES! i will build me a better chest-piece! a much
more attractive one! and i will be irresistible! YES!"

"doncha think i look hawt in this?"

"whatever, dude, whatever... no credit tho, i only take CASH."

"could you tell your Boss to lay off me? this obssession's getting a bit ridiculous..."

"hey, not my problem, Stane - you started it - you end it!"

"...okay, this has to stop, Tones! Stane's gone and built himself
a new set of armor already, fer pete's sake!"

"whaaaaa?... the basturd! ~sniffle~"

"i'll show him! i'll show him who's a bright, bright shining star!"

STARK'S 2-MINUTE FLIGHT TEST

[via] ... sorta appreciate that there's no armor shown
here ... save some for the movie's premiere, innit? LOL

NYCC-EXCLUSIVE BATTLE-DAMAGED MARK-1 WACKY WOBBLER

Description via: "Marvel's High-Tech Hero goes super-deformed in this exclusive NYCC edition Wacky Wobbler from Funko. Cast in vinyl and measures 7" tall. Available from selected retailers on the show floor. Limited to 1500 piece"

New York Comic Con April 18-20th @ Javitz Center, NYC.

BURGER KING KIDS MEAL IRON MAN TOYS REVEALED

Marvelous News has the scooper with pics [via SHH] featuring a selection of shiny toys (would be nice if the final product be as glossy as these shown tho), especially Iron Monger, who looks like he's in adult-diapers, innit? hilarious! hell, i'd stand in line in a Singapore outlet tget a Kids Meal if ever this appears? (like i did Transformers ... or at least for Starscream LOL) ... don't know about the shades tho ... heh :p

5TH DOMESTIC TV SPOT

WHAT IF THE IRON MONGER WAS USED AS A MILITARY-ISSUED HULKBUSTER?

a quickie manip-image of a camouflaged-Iron Monger, as a military-issue HulkBuster = now that's a cross-over i'd like to see, IMHO (and yes i know a Hulkbuster is a variation of Stark's Mark-3, but Iron Monger's heftier, innit?) heh.

4TH DOMESTIC TV SPOT

[via]

RUN BEFORE YOU CAN WALK: STARK TESTS THE MARK-2

there's no place like home, there's no place like home

"Run Before You Can Walk" Iron man movie-clip, featuring the Mark-2 flight-test sequence [via] ... tis cool that Stark's computer is named "Jarvis" (after the name of The Avenger's butler) and that he gasps like a wittle girly-girl while flying for the first time (as i surely will if i had that sorta power and propulsion on my feets, so close to my ass *cough*)

MAN VS MONGER

MARK-3 Iron Man versus Iron Monger! [all images herein via / via]

say hello to my little friend!

i wouldn't do that if i were you...

ooohhh im soooo scared! c'mere and lemme giveya an iron-huggy!

eat laser, iron-breath!

gonna mess up yer purdy armor, Stark! i'll peel you like a soda-can!

i will shoot your iron-ass down with great vengence!

...damn, now where did i drop my ignition key?...

MESS WITH THE BEST, RUST LIKE THE REST!

MARK-3 FLIGHT TEST

MARK-3 Flight Test

target sighted - aquiring target now

crash-and-burn, babeeee

[all images herein via / via]

MARK-2 FLIGHT TEST

MARK-2 Flight Test

timeta take her for a joyride

up and at'em!

gotta work them landings tho

[all images herein via / via]

SCORCHED EARTH

MARK-1 Scorched Earth (or rather burnt terrorists)

*burn baby burn*

[all images herein via / via]

UK TV SPOT AND MARK-3 AERIAL DOGFIGHT

click on image below to peep the UK Iron Man TV Spot which actually shows a
neat sequential round-up of the movie (and of footage we've seen thus far online).

click on image below to view a one-minute video featurette on Scifi.com [via] of
MARK-3 engaged in an aerial dog-fight with a military aircraft (we've seen some
footage and images prior) but this "full" edited sequence is a sight to behold, IMHO.

...wish i could embed them on the blog tho :p...

IRON ACTION LEAKAGE

am pretty sure these leaked-pics are for promotional purposes (peep the uber-intrusive Paramount watermark) and are not supposed to be leaked, but they's hella cool is what they are (as "tiny" as they are :p), so itz all good in da ironhood! [bless SHH]