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Trade News | December 1, 2009 | Comments (19)

Not much here other than a poster.

Of course, when that poster is for Iron Man 2, the sequel to arguably not only one of the greatest comic book movies of all time, but also easily one of the greatest action movies of the last decade, that not much becomes … much more. Or something.

Regardless, I figured I’d jump on this news before Dustin botched it with his shameful lack of knowledge about anything Iron Man related that doesn’t involve Robert Downey Jr. As you can see, director Jon Favreau is throwing in some new toys for the sequel. It was briefly hinted at in the first one, when Tony Stark’s sidekick Rhodey looked at the first Iron Man suit and quickly commented, “Next time, baby.”

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Well, that next time is here. The poster features not only just Iron Man, but also War Machine, the version of the Iron Man suit customized for Rhodey. And I have to say, it looks spot-fucking-on. Rhodey, short for James Rhodes, will be played by Don Cheadle this time around, who replaces Terrence Howard. Apparently, Cheadle gets to have all the fun.

It’s just a poster, but it’s a fairly kick-ass poster, which makes us all wish May of 2010 was that much closer.


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Comments

Hell YEAH. May cannot come close enough.

Better luck next time, Howard.

Posted by: Gwenn at November 30, 2009 7:49 PM

I think he actually says "Next time, baby!".

I could be wrong.

Posted by: ed newman at November 30, 2009 8:09 PM

The poster sucks. Where's the crotch? In shadow! If this was a woman superhero we'd be seeing boobies and thighs and ass cheeks galore. Is it too much to ask for a piece of iron codpiece?

Posted by: BWeaves at December 1, 2009 10:58 AM

Meh.

Posted by: Kiddo at December 1, 2009 10:58 AM

This poster touches me in my special place. No, not touch - more like a caress... Yes, it truly caresses my special place. It's very metallicalerotic and I'm smitten.

Counting down the days until it is released, hatching plans to be stateside for the weekend, a teensy bit mad that the second baby is due around the same time. Could cause complications...

Baby#2: Daddy, what was it like the day I was born?
Me: Oh, it was a magical experience!
Baby#2: Daddy, did you help the doctor deliver me?
Me: Oh yes it was SO magical! First, Sam Jack was like, "Dude!" and RDJ was all "You can't have my suit!" to Garry Shandling and then Don Cheadle was all pew-pew in his War Machine armour and then...
Baby#2: Mommy! Daddy's doing it again!

Posted by: malikvlc at December 1, 2009 11:02 AM

Is it bad that now that I know of his casting change to Don Cheadle I remark "Not for you!" after he says that line?

Posted by: WampaLord at December 1, 2009 11:07 AM

I like Don Cheadle better anyway. No offense, Terrence Howard, you're just not the prettiest black man serious actor girl at the dance.

Posted by: Lucas at December 1, 2009 11:14 AM

Fuck yes.

Posted by: danny at December 1, 2009 1:08 PM

Rawr....

Posted by: Aislinn at December 1, 2009 1:38 PM

Terrance Howard wanted too much money, so he was replaced with Don Cheadle.

P.S. This is just something I heard, but I heard it in my 3D animation class. If you are going to trust anyone about nerd-related trade news regarding comic book hullabaloo, it should probably be these people.

Can anyone confirm this?

Posted by: Samwise at December 1, 2009 1:46 PM

The fact that Terrence Howard thought he was worth more than Don Cheadle is ludicrous. Actor-switches peeve me off in sequels, and Howard probably doesn't even have anything better going on than a bag-of-money summer blockbuster superhero sequel. I mean come on.

Posted by: Mr. Tusks at December 1, 2009 2:41 PM

I would say it's pretty much confirmed, I don't think all the people I know are collectively lying or making this shit up.

Clearly he's too good for Iron Man 2. I mean, come the fuck on, he was in Crash. And probably some other movies.

Posted by: Samwise at December 1, 2009 3:07 PM

My friends always talk about this movie as introducing two characters: War Machine and Sex Machine (Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow)

Posted by: arrrghzi at December 1, 2009 5:59 PM

War Machine! War Machine! War Machine!

Tee-hee...

Posted by: Daniel Hall at December 1, 2009 6:03 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have the best birthday weekend.

Posted by: NoDice at December 1, 2009 6:12 PM

Personally, I have some hot man-love for Cheadle. I hated Rhodey's character in the first movie (Rhodey was never that much of a whiny bitch), and Terrence Howard is a crap actor.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at December 1, 2009 6:44 PM

And even if Terrence Howard was a good actor, I'll never get over that voice.

Posted by: arrrghzi at December 1, 2009 6:54 PM

I will agree that Iron Man is one of the best comic book movies of the last decade. It took a character that was universally regarded among comic book hands as a sanctimonious, arrogant asshole and gave him such a shot of breath air that he was actually cool. For the first time since... Well... Well, he was cool.

But "greatest action movie" of the last decade?

Uh... No. There was some funny flying scenes and 'building the armor' montages. There were some very good explosions in the early part of the film. But there were long, looooooooooong drags where nothing happened except RDJ charmed us to keep us happy.

Even the big 'boss battle' at the end was really short and a bit unfulfilling, in retrospect.

This time they at least have a bigger budget and more legroom, so hopefully they'll cram in some more action scenes beyond about the... 20-25% the first film had.

Posted by: spideychris at December 1, 2009 8:53 PM

Spidey, I found the light action to be interesting, and eventually very intriguing. Yes, RDJ charms you the entire film but I found myself unaltered by the lack of explosions.

I do think the end fight was a bit short, however.

Also, there is a trailer and footage of Iron Man 2 on the internet, filmed at comic con. It shows the new villain, whiplash, played my Mickey Roarke.

Posted by: Samwise at December 1, 2009 9:09 PM





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