I am Ironman... Na-nananana-na-na-nah!
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ickaimpDidn't feel like going home this afternoon, so headed to El Con to watch Ironman cause they have matinee tickets until 6. \o/
And since my f-list hasn't said much more on it other than 'OMG!!!! Go See it NOW!', a little bit more detail.
It's a good movie. Not just a good superhero movie, it's a good movie. The plot and pacing are solid, you've got eye-candy for the guys and the ladies, a dash of romance, there's niiiiiiiiiiiice explosions, the Special Effects are outstanding and there's a good thread of humour that connects everything together. My personal favourite is the robot called 'Dummy'. He's the one in charge of the fire extinguisher.
When I say that the special effects on the movie are 'outstanding', it means I'm not spending the movie going 'that's a model, that's cgi, that's a puppet', which is pretty rare. It flows smoothly from one to the next and looks really believable. Like 'today's technology' believable.
I also had fun playing 'spot the LA landmarks'. ^^;;
Massive props to the lady who played Pepper Pots for doing the action sequences in major high heels. The ending line is also BEAUTIFUL.
The one slight downside, and it is very slight, is that while a war is the major backdrop for the story, they very carefully avoid getting into motivations for what exactly is going on. The war just -is-.
I would have also liked to have seen more backstory on some of the characters. Tony and Pepper each tell the other that they're all they've got. What about Pepper's family and why is she so loyal? Same with Rhodes, but I understand that'll prolly be covered in the sequel, where he gets the silver armour, 'War Machine'.
On the fandom side, I'm expecting at LEAST one Obadiah Stane/Tony Stark non-con slash fic, especially after the whole 'I'm stealing the light out of your chest' scene, which was kinda creepy, IMHO. Betting on Tony/Pepper (at least until people read the comics and discover she marries someone else), Tony/Yinsen and possibly Tony/Rhodes.
And then I went walking in El Con, but didn't stay long because one of my tattoos wouldn't stop itching until I left, got burgers, headed over to Megs' house and watched her play Mario Cart and laugh at Baby Frikkin Peach, who giggles manically until she's eaten by a large bomb thingie. Is very cute.
And since my f-list hasn't said much more on it other than 'OMG!!!! Go See it NOW!', a little bit more detail.
It's a good movie. Not just a good superhero movie, it's a good movie. The plot and pacing are solid, you've got eye-candy for the guys and the ladies, a dash of romance, there's niiiiiiiiiiiice explosions, the Special Effects are outstanding and there's a good thread of humour that connects everything together. My personal favourite is the robot called 'Dummy'. He's the one in charge of the fire extinguisher.
When I say that the special effects on the movie are 'outstanding', it means I'm not spending the movie going 'that's a model, that's cgi, that's a puppet', which is pretty rare. It flows smoothly from one to the next and looks really believable. Like 'today's technology' believable.
I also had fun playing 'spot the LA landmarks'. ^^;;
Massive props to the lady who played Pepper Pots for doing the action sequences in major high heels. The ending line is also BEAUTIFUL.
The one slight downside, and it is very slight, is that while a war is the major backdrop for the story, they very carefully avoid getting into motivations for what exactly is going on. The war just -is-.
I would have also liked to have seen more backstory on some of the characters. Tony and Pepper each tell the other that they're all they've got. What about Pepper's family and why is she so loyal? Same with Rhodes, but I understand that'll prolly be covered in the sequel, where he gets the silver armour, 'War Machine'.
And then I went walking in El Con, but didn't stay long because one of my tattoos wouldn't stop itching until I left, got burgers, headed over to Megs' house and watched her play Mario Cart and laugh at Baby Frikkin Peach, who giggles manically until she's eaten by a large bomb thingie. Is very cute.
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Date: 2008-05-11 02:51 pm (UTC)Obadiah says it's not 'cost-effective'. This suggests to me that it actually costs so much to build, maintain and run that it's really a huge waste of time. The most important thing(s) about the Ark generator is 1)it can turn out a lot of energy at one time (power a suit, or a factory with power spikes related to testing, etc), and 2) its only pollution is a plasma discharge. Tony's miniature ark reactor gives off the same things, because it's just a smaller version of the same thing. Pretty environmentally friendly, huh? But in the book they explain that it has huge coolant towers that are constantly running water and a whole complicated system for clearing the plasma away and it sounds like there's a lot more to the whole thing than the pretty glowing ring. XD;;;
You know, I kind of think now that it might have worked better if they'd run with the whole Mandarin thing in this first movie. They set you up for the whole first and second act for it to be the terrorist and Ten Rings, and then they go NOPE, OBADIAH! D= Although Jeff Bridges played it just right so that it's not totally from left field, but a fight in Afghanistan instead of on LA freeways might have made way more sense. (also, when the Iron Monger suit opened up and obadiah starts moving the arms and stuff all I could think was 'oh my god, ESCAFLOWNE'.)
XD;; You know, when I type 'Tony' or 'Stark' I say the other half of his name in my head as I type. XD;;
(AUGH see!? I was just thinking of it as more of a one-time thing when Obadiah finally triumphs over Tony and has fundamentally left him to die. b-b-but NOW! Now I'm sitting here thinking of what kind of a totally twisted relationship the two of them could have had because Obadiah is creeeeeeeepy and it hurts me! Augh! Teenage!Tony and Obadiah, EW! It's your fault!