Iron Man 2 Discussion Thread

[Sweet Rabbit]

Nice, it even has the MK VI.

I prefer the ironman/war machine teaser

 

[Jaycepticon]

Damn, ScarJo looks so hot in that pic

 

[MaulFan]

I don't dig it either, the big cast poster for IM one had a nicer composition to it.

 

[The Mike]

Its an attempt to recapture the first one's emsemble but I think its too busy...

 

[MaulFan]

I wouldn't say too busy.

Compared to this one, I think the blend of the characters isn't a nicely handled, and I'd get rid of the fireball, if they just had the track fading off in the distance it would look cooler, the shape and all of it just looks so out of place.

 

[iron.jedi83]

thanks for the new background for my work computer

 

[The Mike]

Call me crazy but putting them both side by side the new one looks busier than the other.

 

[MaulFan]

Well when I think of busy, I think of it as too much going on and things need to be taken away, but I'd keep everything there, just change things, different blends from character to character, maybe even stack them more like the IM 1 poster, and like I said remove the fire ball because it just looks out of place. The IM1 poster looks like a well thought out composition, but the IM2 looks more like someone cut out press photos and glued them together on poster board, it just doesn't look worked on as well as the first.

 

[Spartan Rex]

These posters are designed by committees and stars' agents.
No artists were used in the process, just folk who know how to manipulate presskit shots in photoshop.
(Looks like Widow is sporting the official SHIELD logo patch on her suit...cool)

 

[MaulFan]

Well I know how to do that and would have done it differently.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Well I know how to do that and would have done it differently.

Not if agents who stroke egos are looking over your shoulder.

 

[MaulFan]

Yeah, but I wouldn't change how the characters look, I just find it blended poorly. I love in the IM 1 poster that the suit's in shadow along the side that the charactesr fade into black, it works nicely. War Machine and Iron Man are too well lit and the characters don't blend into them as nicely.

 

[DinoLast]

I really do not like this poster.
When I first saw it I thought was a Fan Made poster.

 

[Sachiel]

I hate these kinds of posters. I rarely see them done right.

 

[The Mike]

More on the Munn Situation with an interesting perspective:

You might have heard that G4's Olivia Munn had somehow scored a cameo in the Iron Man 2 movie. Despite on how much you're swayed by Munn's good looks and pandering to nerds, this might have delighted or enraged you. Well, there's good news and bad news -- the good news is that Munn's scene has been cut from the finished movie by director Jon Favreau; the bad news is that he went out of his way to call her back for a new scene as a new character.

First things first: apparently, according to Favreau, the movie ended up "darker" than could accommodate Munn's first appearance, implying that it was somewhat comedic. Second, what director ever likes anyone so much he calls them back for a second, all-new role? Since I feel reasonably confident Olivia Munn is not the second coming of Meryl Streep, I think we can all safely assume that Jon Favreau is having weird sex with Olivia Munn, and wanted round 2.

Third and most importantly, who the hell was she playing, and who the hell is she playing now? I did get several emails with zero proof saying she was going to be play the Scarlet Witch; while Munn does look like Wanda Maximoff from The Ultimates and the Scarlet Witch is a minor enough character to be a cameo without ____ing up future Marvel plans, it just doesn't seem right to me. io9 suggests she might be playing The Wasp, Janet Van Dyne, but since I'm pretty sure that character will be an important part of the Avengers movie (important meaning "token superheroine") I doubt Favreau would have access to that character, or that Marvel would approve such a cameo. My money is that she played or will be playing SHIELD agent Maria Hill, since Sam Jackson's Nick Fury and SHIELD play a larger role in Iron Man 2, and Hill is a brunette like Munn. And I don't think we can count out "random Tony Stark skank" for either appearance.

I'm guessing she played "random skank" in the first scene, it ended up a little too silly for the complete movie, and now she's going to show up in SHIELD as Maria Hill and in a SHIELD uniform. Who wants to bet against me?

 

[Spartan Rex]

More on the Munn Situation with an interesting perspective:

Yeah,Favreau is hitting it.
Welcome to Hollyweird.

 

[MaulFan]

Is it really weird anymore, I'd think that's more the norm these days Weird would be if Shandling was hitting that

 

[wofford29]

Anyone else starting to doubt this one? I'm getting the "trying a little to much and too hard" vibe as of late.

 

[Jaycepticon]

nope, not at all I'm 100% positive that this movie will not disappoint me

 

[MaulFan]

I'm hoping the trailers are just pushing the flashy side of the movie, I am a little worried the story/humanity of the first one might get minimized in this one for more of the action stuff.