slumber party
daily dos
tue 3/9/2010
Iron Man and War Machine show off their firepower in the second trailer for Iron Man 2.
hand in the cookie jar
daily dos
fri 12/18/2009
Iron Man and War Machine let off a few shots in a trailer for the highly-anticipated Iron Man 2
heavyweights
daily dos
tue 12/1/2009
War Machine has Iron Man's back in a new poster for the forthcoming movie Iron Man 2. Whet your appetite with some leaked footage of the film featuring Don Cheadle and Samuel Jackson.
cash cache
daily dos
mon 5/11/2009
Check out new pix of Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man) and Samuel Jackson (Nick Fury) on the set of Iron Man II.
nocaut
daily dos
wed 3/25/2009
Bruce Lee tests his jeet kune do against Iron Man's repulsors in a stop-motion animation.
gobbled up
daily dos
fri 11/28/2008
Check out Behind the scenes at Iron Man, actor Jeff Bridges' photo journal from the set of the popular superhero movie. (via Metafilter)
Iron Man vs. The Incredible Hulk
versus
tue 6/24/2008
| movie name | Iron Man. | The Incredible Hulk. |
| directed by | Jon Favreau. | Louis Leterrier. |
| budget | $135 million. | $130 million. |
| lead actor | Real-life playboy Robert Downey, Jr., who once battled with substance abuse. | Mild-mannered actor Edward Norton. |
| the hero | Weapons expert and wealthy womanizer Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark. | Nuclear physicist Robert Bruce Banner. |
| arch-nemesis | Stark Industries CEO Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), who becomes Iron Monger. | Soldier Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who becomes The Abomination. |
| love interest | Assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). | Physics professor Betty Ross (Liv Tyler). |
| pre-release worries | Is Robert Downey, Jr. believable as a superhero? | Has the public forgotten about the disappointing 2003 movie The Hulk? |
| gross revenue on opening weekend | $98.6 million in the U.S. and Canada. | $55.4 million in the U.S. and Canada. |
| based on the comic by | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby. | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. |
| first appearance | "Tales of Suspense" comic book in March of 1963. | "The Incredible Hulk" comic book in May of 1962. |
| the look | Robot-like humanoid in gold and red. | Giant green man with ripped pants. |
| superpowers | Near-indestructible armor, supersonic flight and nifty weapons. | Super-human strength and agility. |
| origin | Kidnapped by terrorists and mortally wounded, builds armor to keep self alive and escape. | Gets caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he developed for the government. |
| the critics | The Wall Street Journal: “The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise, spawned by Marvel comics, throbs with dramatic energy because the man inside the shiny red robotic rig is a daring choice for an action hero, and an inspired one." | USA Today: "The latest Incredible Hulk is so steeped in action and spectacular special effects that his 2003 predecessor might be turning a more vivid green with envy. The saga is uneven and there are plot holes, but as a popcorn movie steeped in action, it keeps our attention." |
| webprops | Rated 93 percent "fresh" on RottenTomatoes.com. | Rated 66 percent "fresh" on RottenTomatoes.com. |
with or without a hitch?
daily dos
mon 5/5/2008
Poster board, a glue gun and lots of paint: Andrew Le's Iron Man costume.
my secret identity
daily dos
tue 9/11/2007
The first trailer from the upcoming Iron Man starring Robert Downey, Jr. (via digg)
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