Iron Man 2 Discussion Thread

[Devil_666]

Any clear, definitive pics of Whiplash in his final armor suit anywhere? I don't mind the spoil.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Yea, I can see how some people would consider Howard flat, but that's what he was in this movie.

He stuck his neck out for Tony time and time again and Tony just pretty much screwed him each time. He stands for him against his superiors, the national guard, and the government, and finds Tony drunk hosting a crazy party. I would be pissed off at him as well. Plus, he was under orders to do what he had to do. Granted, if he knew that Tony was dying he would have reacted differently, but he didn't know that.

 

[Deckard]

Any clear, definitive pics of Whiplash in his final armor suit anywhere? I don't mind the spoil.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC11311&mode=retail&picture=out

 

[Darth Caedus]

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC11311&mode=retail&picture=out

Why is one blacked out?

 

[Deckard]

Its just Hogan in boxing gear so I have no idea.

 

[villainsfan42]

Its just Hogan in boxing gear so I have no idea.

no, it would have to be iron man mkVI. hogans on the bottom left, with the suitcase suit. the iron man/whiplash couple are there and it's the mkIV, and from the iron man/war machine couple, only war machine, so most likely the blacked out figure is mkVI, and they didn't want to reveal the suit at the time the pic was shown.

 

[CelticPredator]

If you look on the moniter on the TV near the end when Stark's talking to Fury, you can see footage from the Hulk's incident at the university. Sweet huh?

And a few other nods to TIH. Such as "I got bigger problems in the midwest region" or something to that effect.

 

[The Ween]

Why is one blacked out?

It's Mohammed.

 

[jstep13]

Ok, I may or may not be in the minority here, whatever. But I thought this movie stunk and yes I loved the 1st. Too much flat acting, too many plot holes.

The action was good, WM was cool, Whiplash in action was great (what little we saw of him) but Im surprised at the amount of people who actually liked this.

This was on the same level as SM3 and X3 imo.

Flame away, I still love all you guys

 

[SUPREMEQUEEN]

@ Plasmid303: yes I would also agree that Don C. was handicapped by a poor script & worse character development like how I pointed out in my review. Marvel thought it could dip back in to the same Academy Award winning well of "Crash" & fish its self up another super black male actor to fill Rhoads shoes.....WRONG! I think it was more than just script tho. I think Don just didn't care about his performance because of the crap script. I think dude at some point realized that no one cared what he thought about how the character of Rhoads should be brought to life. So dude was like.....F-it! just say my lines & collect my check once my character wraps principal filming.

Hollywood keeps reaching for the FX crutch time after time. but then again why should they reach for the level that will send them in to the history books as god of cinnima? when so many are willing to give them free passes like the reviews I've read on this & many other boards. Its like all people want is the "class 3 narcotic" version of cinnima......"just make me feel good". well I'm sorry but I want more....i want the story to tear down old images of what a great movie is & creat a whole new world of story telling. one that dazzels my mind & heart as well as my eyes.

& you know what..........I think all of you want it to. But you just can't bring your self to be honest with your selves. its like you feel oblagated to give praise to a film that's expensive & don't want to be called the names I get called......even tho a part of you agrees.

Howard was a great Rhoads. Marvel should have paid the man his due, instead they created just another stone to wear around their necks as the film franchise continues to use the Avengers as a "Tiny Tim crutch".

that's right.....Queen said it. if not for the Avengers movie half of Marvels movies would be dead in the water..........just like poor Fantastic 4 who couldn't use the "golden crutch" to stay afloat.........tisk tisk.

 

[EVILFACE]

I want to go back to 1977 and show people Iron Man 1 or 2 right before they watch Star Wars.

They prolly didn't know who Iron Man was back in 1977 either.

 

[ironwez20]

There's somthing i dont get though.

Spoiler

How did rhodey know exactly how to pilot the mark 2 suit ?

 

[EVILFACE]

Lots of plot holes like that.

Such as how did Whiplash know to be in the pit area to walk out on the track and attack Stark who surprised everyone by driving a Indy car?

 

[Lookin4Precious]

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

At its best it is just ok. The 1st was just a fun ride, this was just..... i don't even know. When it was fun, it was really fun, but it was fun due to its banter (especially between RDJ and Paltrow) and Rockwells mugging. The action was bland, senseless, redundant and boring. Whip lash was just meh (and after being rammed with a bently several times over and then being punched, hard in the face by IM.... yah, he'd be dead)... the whole thing was just blah. I didn't flat out hate it, but never need to see it again.

 

[Hydeous]

Lots of plot holes like that.

Such as how did Whiplash know to be in the pit area to walk out on the track and attack Stark who surprised everyone by driving a Indy car?

he know he'll be in monaco regardless so its just a matter of the timing I guess. Since tony was on tv, bout to drive the race car, he jumped into the chance and disguised as the pit worker.

Had tony stayed in the restaurant the whole time, he'd prolly disguised himself as a waiter, before melting his waiter uniform and slashing that martini tonys bout to drink.

that said, can the mark 5 costume actually fly? since I doubt it has that flight stabilizer etc at the back of his suit.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

that said, can the mark 5 costume actually fly? since I doubt it has that flight stabilizer etc at the back of his suit.

I just played a little bit of the game and that suit does indeed fly in the game, but Stark mentions it's extremely limited capabilities for flight and combat powers.

As far as Whiplash wearing the security suit, I just came to the conclusion that he figured Stark would be by the track at some point during the race and just lucked out with Stark jumping behind the wheel.

My only problem with that sequence was how the heck did Whiplash not only survive being smashed by the car, but being punched in the face not once, but twice by Iron Man.

 

[EVILFACE]

My only problem with that sequence was how the heck did Whiplash not only survive being smashed by the car, but being punched in the face not once, but twice by Iron Man.

Brought that up earlier, not takers

 

[kl241]

Stark getting drunk in his Mark IV Party Suit was like Zorro getting drunk with his horse or Kal-El getting drunk in Superman III. It turned Iron Man into a farce like Indiana Jones. Vanko could have been like Khan but instead he's Justin Hammer's b***. Black Widow was Trinity-lite. Nick Windu... I mean... Nick Winfield, er... wait, who's he supposed to be? This party's over. You'll be missing some Obi. Picture time.

 

[plasmid303]

Another implausibility that has been bothering me since I first saw the trailer was how weightless the Mark V suitcase seemed to be. Hogan (Tony's driver) was able to hold it with one arm and Pepper managed to toss it to Tony.

Obviously it is a lighter version of the standard suits, which means it contain less metal, making it less durable, but it could still withstand strikes from Vanko's whips, which slashed through a race car like butter. The suit's materials must be dense enough to withstand that sort of beating as well as being tossed around, which should make it heavier than the miracle metal it's seemed to be made of in the film.

But this a comic movie, so whatever.

 

[N2k-swb]

Mickey Rourke's face is 90% plastic and 10% rubber, that must of been the reason they let Iron Mans punch to the face slide. As for the car smashing him in the gut if you watch closely Vankos 'Bouird' (bird) is inbetween softening him with his own little suit on that he had made him.