like slow-spinning redemption

[ivy_chan]

Alright, so here is the movie review I promised for Iron Man 2, cut for spoileriffic text. I watched Iron Man 2 last Wednesday, so there may be fogginess about some of the details.

Comments

[thegamehiker]

I think the reason they can't include the mutant backlash is because the rights to do X-Men movies aren't with Marvel studios. They can only work with the characters that aren't being bastardized by other studios.

[ivy_chan]

Hmm. Well, that is a good reason for the Iron Man movies not to include it, but it's also a flaw in the comics themselves. I expect there to be more backlash for Spider Man, for instance, but it's not really seen. (Who has the movie rights for those movies, again? *can't recall*)

[thegamehiker]

That's just a problem when you tie so many properties to one universe. It's one reason, in a way, I've preferred TV shows and movies based off comic books. There doesn't seem to be as much obligation to pretend like there are superheroes oozing out of America's every orifice. Spider-Man doesn't seem so special when you realize that there's a mutant manifesting powers practically every day.

Anyway. Marvel Studios has Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers. Probably any other obscure superheroes they'd want to use.
20th Century Fox did X-Men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Elektra.
Columbia Pictures (or Sony) did Spider-Man and Ghost Rider
New Line Cinema did the Blade movies.

Funny story. Since Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi aren't doing anymore Spider-Man movies, apparently Sony wants to reboot the franchise (already!). Why? Apparently so the rights don't expire from not being used and go back to Marvel.

[ivy_chan]

- That's pretty much exactly why I think X-Men should be separate from the superheroes, otherwise it just looks dumb that the other people with awesome superpowers get all this support when the mutant outbreak is basically...people being born with superpowers.

(Oh, 20th century Fox, you continue to suck.)

- Another Spiderman movie? Will it involve Spiderman being less of a whiny douche? Will Mary Jane actually be likeable?

[scdsam]

I just skipped your entire post because I haven't seen Iron Man 2 yet and I didn't want spoilers BUT just wanted to say I immediately recognized (and mebbe squealed a lil bit) over Dashboard Confessional's "Vindicated" lyrics in the title.

Done being a dork now, sorry :3

[ivy_chan]

*lol* I LOVE THAT SONG, MAN.