<![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA? - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA? - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> A couple of comments from an old Thor fan. The reason Thor wore the beard was because of scars he received during some battle (I forgot the finer details). Hela (if I remember correctly) granted him immortality, or the ability to die. After that, he had the armor thing going on, in addition to the classical use of his belt of strength and his gauntlets. Simonson was one of the best things to happen to Thor, and I was a fan from the Roy Thomas era, long before Keith Pollard wasa doing artwork. Granted, I've been unable to seriously collect for years, but the new Thor seems extremely exciting.

Oh, and Elliot R. Brown was to Marvel as the Okudas were to Star Trek.

(How's that for a geek's reference? Zing!)

RedSeven02

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @reddingofish: My comment was an attempt at irony.

@darcymcgee: I'd put X-Men 2, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, at or near the top of the list for best superhero movies. And now I'd put Iron Man up there too. If those aren't your cup of tea, I'd be curious to know what you think are the best superhero movies... maybe I've missed one?

jamescole

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @taxbaby: Right. Plus, she had plenty of other defining characteristics, out of which you could make an awesome comic book figure.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @jamescole: Since X-Mex 2 and Spider Man 2 kind of sucked, I'm going to call that damning with faint praised.

Batman Begins wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. It was NECESSARY given the debacle that the Batman series become.

darcymcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @jamescole: You missed the Burger King bag. He must have eaten three Whoppers at the party.

reddingofish

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: Yeah, well. It's not like her blondeness was ever of any importance to anyone or a big symbol of her beauty/purity or anything. So why bother?

taxbaby

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @jamescole: Now hold on here, Sparky:

Those phone product placements were essential to the plot. Blink once during a certain scene, and you miss the foreshadowing of a pivotal event.

As for Favreau? He learned them lessons during DAREDEVIL about making damn near everything interesting, in between the stunt work.

pink_clerical_collar

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> I really liked the Iron Man movie. It was up there with Batman Begins, X-Men 2 and Spider-Man 2.

I just wish they had found some way to add some product placement into it. I left the theater unsure of what cars, phones, and hamburgers I should buy.

jamescole

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: I tried spinning a hammer over my head once to hover. It didn't end well.

darcymcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @-emory-: That was probably the best comic movie transition I've seen for sure...

Increbible? Well, it was no Apocalypse Now, not was it an Incredibles.

But it was pretty awsome summer fair.

I have a tough time taking The Dude as a corporate raider and the Iron Monger though :D. A little too much ambition, Mr. Lebowski.

darcymcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @taxbaby: Sif was in the comics, but, for some mind-boggling reason, she had black hair.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @taxbaby: He didn't have that, and he didn't have Megingjord,so far as I know, either.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> Eliot R. Brown is the awesome. Anyone remember reading the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe"? He's the guy who did all the technical illustrations in the books, all the gadgets and such.

Alcadema

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: sure, not usually. But there were many things simonson did that were unusual. The beard, the chariot, the destroyer armor, thor being turned into a frog, beta ray bill.

zerofritz

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: You're on the tip. Next I was going to ask about Jarn Griepr, the iron mitts that allow him to catch Mjolnir in his hand!
@zerofritz: That's so metal.

taxbaby

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @zerofritz: All right, well, he doesn't usually.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @taxbaby: No. Actually, he throws his mighty hammer into the air, and then has a strap on the handle that he holds onto, and the force of the hammer carries him around.

Except when needs to hover--then he spins it over his head like a helicopter.

No sign of Tanngrisnir or Tanngnjostr.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> *Tiny Spoiler*

What I'm wondering after seeing the *awesome* film is, how the hell did he do those initial repulser-glove tests without seriously injuring himself?
I mean, you strap something that can demolish a friggin' wall to your arm without some kind of support structure around your shoulders and fire it, you're likely gonna rip your damn arm off.

*spoilers end*

But seriously.
Why have you not seen this film yet?

GO.

Smeagol92055

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @taxbaby: he certainly has! [photos1.blogger.com] and *again* it's walt simonson to the rescue!

zerofritz

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: Okay, so you're incredibly knowledgeable about the Thor of comics. Does he ride around in the chariot pulled by goats in the comics? I must know.

taxbaby

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @russdanger: Seeing as it is a Fusion Generator (Like a See-through Tokamak), maybe it takes its Power Source out of the Air:

Water.

A simple Idea, but hey, I wouldn't have another explanation for it right now.

Klappstuhl

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @moff: So THAT'S what the Ultimate Universe is all about. Goateed Thor!

learned_hands

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> I wonder what the Asgard Thor would look like with a beard.

Priam

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @zerofritz: See, look at that!

How can anyone not think that bearded Thor is at least 116% more awesome?

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @Log1c:

Yup.

At least he isn't a guy who can fly because our Sun is YELLOW.

What I meant was that the movie went a long way toward making the character believable, everything looked do-able.
Now, if we only had some of those glowy-things...

russdanger

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> The arc generator is pure handwavium, but handled really well. Tony Stark, Boy Genius is the lampshade that covers many holes. again though, done well.

Hopefully, John Favraou will stick around to handle the next two films becuase he really knows how to strike the right balance of gizmoporn and story.

Gyrus

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> The media reviews are all coming back very positive. Can't wait to see it.

EBone

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @russdanger: Thats basically the only thing preventing a lot of technology, power density. But its a comic book movie, I think you've given up the right to call foul on dues ex machina's at this point.

Log1c

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> Hands-free driving wouldn't require new technology so much as it would require huge infrastructure investment. And for people to sacrifice their willingness to drive their own cars at the speed they want, wherever they want. That last one is probably the real sticker.

The Blow Leprechaun

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @zerofritz: @zerofritz: Ooh, and it's right here: [www.immortalthor.net]

God, i miss Simonson thor.

zerofritz

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: Walter Simonson took it with him when he stopped doing the art.

aside: back in the original (iirc) Marvel Swimsuit Edition (which I swear, i only bought for future collector value, which, ha-ha, is zero), there was an ad for a razor company that used Simonson's bearded Thor as the before and a Kirby-esque clean-shaven Thor as the after.

zerofritz

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @braak: He's not from a mirror universe, is all.

moff

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> OMG OMG OMG THAT MOVIE WAS SOOOO INCREDIBLE :-D

-emory-

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> @moff: I am bothered by the fact that Marvel's Thor doesn't have a beard. What the hell is that about?

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> Just got back from seeing Iron Man.
Go see it. Go see it now.
The only really zany Deus Ex Machina is the suit's power-source, which generates stupendous energy without seeming to consume any kind of fuel, but hey, most sci-fi has one of these babies kicking-around...We wouldn't want to see Tony Stark with a thirty-story tall bottle of liquid-oxygen tied to his back...

russdanger

]]> <![CDATA[Iron Man Grounded By The FAA?]]> Has anyone ever done a What The? or something similar where the FAA tried to ground, say, Thor?

moff

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