Comments | dave_littler: So you say you like Iron Man?

dave_littler

So you say you like Iron Man?

May 21, 2008 16:04

As anyone who pays attention to such things knows, the recent (and still-in-theatres) movie Iron Man is magnificent. It honestly stands comfortably shoulder-to-shoulder with such Super-Hero movies as X-Men 1 & 2, Spider-Man 2 & 2, and Batman Begins. It is a nearly flawless execution, not only standing on its own merits as a film, but (and herein ( Read more... )

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aria_moonstar May 23 2008, 07:06:46 UTC

Good suggestions! And really wtf is wrong with Ultimate?! Something like that was NEEDED. Fucking elitists....lol see you on Sunday!

dave_littler May 23 2008, 08:11:14 UTC

If I had to make a guess, I would assume that they were referring the current Ultimates series (volume 3) which it must be said is a nightmare. It's like a fanfic written by a thirteen year old, and I have literally nothing nice to say about it.

Or he could just be a wanker. I do not know.

eowynz May 23 2008, 18:37:06 UTC

Hm, was that movie any good? After the disappointment Transformers was, I'm not eager to see another movie crammed chock full of digital effects and little else. While I know Iron Man had the digital effects, what else did it have?

dave_littler May 23 2008, 22:59:20 UTC

Well, this is the first film put out by Marvel Films; the new division of Marvel Entertainment, which is the same company which does the comics. The previous Marvel movies have all been put out to different studios, and so Marvel has had very little actual control over the way their characters are portrayed. With this film, that all changes ( ... )

eowynz May 27 2008, 22:46:45 UTC

Cool. That certainly explains the Spider-Man movies.

Do you read Hellboy comics? I heard they were pretty good.

dave_littler May 27 2008, 23:32:16 UTC

I keep meaning to! I was resistant to Mike Mignola's artwork for a long time, which kept me from reading any of it. My first real exposure to the character came when my friend BJ gave me the Director's Cut of the first movie, and I quite, quite liked it. I've since watched the animated films they subsequently made (of which Blood and Iron was the only good one< i felt), and I'm eagerly looking forwards to seeing the second one ( ... )

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hako_neko June 3 2008, 09:45:21 UTC

Funny enough, I don't like Iron Man comics so much, but Director of SHIELD looks promising. I've seen a few issues in some bins at my work, but haven't given them much of a chance.

I honestly think the movie kind of saved Stark's reputation, as it's hard to like him after he and Reed were kind of dicks to every other superhuman in the Marvel universe.

You have some good, well-thought out recommendations, though. I'll probably check out some samplers myself sometime soon as I now kind of want to get into Iron Man comics to understand his universe some more (I'm more into X-Titles and Ms. Marvel).

dave_littler June 3 2008, 10:18:55 UTC

You know, it's strange: I've been reading the core X-Men titles for about twenty years now, and yet I have almost nothing to say about them in my journal. Iron Man? I liked him when I was a kid, drifted away from him in favour of X-Men shortly thereafter, and have only in the last few years come back into really liking him as a character and a property ( ... )

hako_neko June 3 2008, 10:28:38 UTC

Of course the scumbag element is what generally makes him unique-- if anything, he's someone who latches onto control as high as he can get and always comes back with a new strategy (in the form of armour) and overcomes his problems, changes what he can in the world to bring forth his ideals. It may not always come out in everyone's favour, but he's a remarkable character that has gone through so much that you can't help, but respect him. I may not agree with his side on the Superhuman Registration Act, but he's an interesting character to watch ( ... )

dave_littler June 3 2008, 10:44:37 UTC

See, I've taken the time and trouble to convert all of my friends to comic book friends. My collection is so vast and so varied that there's always something I can lend someone in order to get them hooked. Thirteen long boxes full of quality reading material is enough to hook just about anybody. I do know what you mean, though; most of the people who are familliar with the characters are familliar with them only through TV and movies. It's a sad thing that literacy is so scarce that most people don't have it in them to actually read the source material ( ... )

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