Mood: on fire
Topic: Comic Book Movies
I AM IRON MAN...
Dum dum da da dum.... the Black Sabbath song of the same name from 1970 runs thru my mind when looking at the photo to the right. Yes, it's one of the first photos of the now in production 'Iron Man' movie with Robert Downey Jr (as Iron Man), Gwyneth Paltrow (as Pepper Potts), and Terrence Howard (as War Machine), in the Jon Favreau-directed film. This is the first film in which Marvel Entertainment provides the financing through its arrangement with Merrill Lynch, so this needs to be a blockbuster film! It looked like a good movie script at the SDCC, but the casting so far is a little strange in my opinion! And now it looks 'back to its' roots' for inspiration! That's the first thing of this movie that I personally like so far !!! Pepper Potts was first introduced in the comic book, Tales of Suspense #45 in September of 1963 ! See bottom right for comic book cover. There will have to be some changes made to Gywneth for her to look even close to how she was portrayed in the comics.... Then again, Kirsten Dunst is a blonde who plays a redhead in the Spider-Man movies, and the new female character who plays Gwen Stacy is a red-head that plays the blonde part.... So Go Figure.... That's the Magic of Hollywood !! Gywneth starred in 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow', which I really enjoyed... so I am willing to give her a chance at this role in Iron Man. Just as I am more willing to give this movie a chance, with it going back to the original armor to start out with... (maybe in flashback??). For those interested in the Invincible Iron Man comic books, we have a few listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store. Thanks for viewing this comic book blog post.... and feel free to comment!Plus don't forget to VOTE in our poll to the right... just click on the 'easy button' being held by yours truly ! Michael
| Iron Man above in his cast iron first suit, and below with it painted with gold color to stop scarring little kids! Seriously !
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