So if we make it past Dec. 21, then
we'll probably be around for the third installment of the Iron Man
series with Robert Downy Jr.
Man, that trailer is dark, isn't it?
The hero getting the snot kicked out of him, a real feeling that
maybe this one won't have a happy ending, that maybe these odds are
truly insurmountable?
Does anyone else just think “Dark
Knight Rises” from that description? I mean, okay, it's obviously
got some differences, being Iron Man and all, but my first impression
of the trailer was that it was trying to look like the end of the
Nolan trilogy.
Except for that bunny. The hell was with that?
So let's get down to the brass tax with
this trailer. Going on with the tradition of each movie having a new
suit that improves on the last on, Tony Stark's new armor can fly
through the air to him piece by piece, obviously an upgraded version
of his armor at the “Avenger's” climax which could automatically
deploy, but was a little slow in getting on him. Also, the
star-spangled armor is obviously War Machine.
But then we have this bizarre moment
where Tony is in bed with Pepper, and she is grabbed. It's really
quick, but we see the Iron Man armor standing over them. My
prediction? That's just a dream, as he mentions he's having
nightmares.
Obviously the villain is the Mandarin
in this one. The rings are just a dead giveaway. It looks to me like
they're going to go the Joker route with his character: not really a
front-line guy, but a planner with frankly ridiculous resources. The
“the thing about heroes” lines really sounded like something the
Joker would have said in that interrogation scene.
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| AND he has a viking beard? Can he be stopped!? |
So what about the armors exploding?
What about Pepper with that other guy? Or Tony on the surgical table?
I don't think the armors getting destroyed is part of the missiles
from the helicopter, but that the trailer wants us to think that they
were. I wouldn't be surprised if this went the Spider Man 2 route,
where Tony Stark tries to give up being Iron Man and destroys his
suits. Maybe he thinks War Machine has it handled, or that the world
doesn't need him anymore. Maybe he just wants to escape the
nightmares.
Of course, if this is the case, the
villain will show up, he'll be forced out of retirement, and he'll
find that the world will always need him.
Now I'm not saying this is definitely
how the movie will go, but it's the impression I get with the
trailer. It looks like the Dark Knight Rises trailer, advertising for
a Spider Man 2-like plot. I think it will be a lot more light-hearted
than the trailer is letting on, but will hopefully be a more solid
picture than Iron Man 2.
Although seriously, what the hell was
with that bunny?
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