Iron Man 3 - Page 9

On April 26 2013 17:38 Poffel wrote:

While I agree that superhero movies are most certainly cash cows, you seem to have a quite strict view on what a superhero is supposed to be... as for the bolded statement in your post:

What about Speedsters? You have "the" Flash (Barry Allen, Bart Allen, Sela Allen, every other member of the Allen-family, Wally West, ...), but you also have all the evil speedsters with basically the same skillset. You have Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Superdog, Superhorse, Bizarro, Man of Steel, Man of Tomorrow, Metropolis Kid, Last Son of Kryption... Green Hulk, Red Hulk, She-Hulk, ... Wolverine, Sabretooth, X-23, ... And not last and definitely not least, you have the whole Green Lantern corps (and all the other color-coded Lanterns).

Long story short, I don't know what quality to expect from the new Iron Man movie. But the case of "multiple superhero" can hardly be called unprecedented.

On April 27 2013 14:39 TheToaster wrote:


I don't think it was the multitude of super heroes that annoyed me. I understand that the fictional superhero "universe" has tons of super heroes that are similar. It's just the idea that anyone can jump into an Iron Man suit and become the same superhero as Tony Stark. Maybe Tony's the only one who can fully understand the suit, but based on the movies anyone can use them effectively.

And no, I'm not implying that you need fictional forms of superpowers that originate from radioactivity or anything like that. Just something that characteristically defines you. For example, Batman and his philosophy on dealing with criminals. Or that Hawkeye guy from the Avengers, who obviously spent a lifetime training with his bow.

Aside from Tony's cynical quips that get thrown out every 5 minutes (which seems to be a product of Robert Downey's acting more than the comic book character), I'm not really seeing anything special about Tony as a super hero. So when you throw on the fact that anyone can use his suits, he just seems really lame.

On April 27 2013 08:20 fuzzy_panda wrote:. Also did anyone get the feeling the movie played like a Christmas special?

I'm surprised by the amount of people that liked the Iron Man movies. The way the suit functions would be totally impossible to replicate in real life. For example, thrusters generate a huge amount of heat, and having them as boots only a few inches from the skin would most likely create severe burns. Also, without some sort of stabilizers (wings), controlled flight would be impossible.

On May 02 2013 02:29 Nimix wrote:

As much as I won't defend those movies (which I kind of liked, but well I understand people who don't), I've got to say.. dude, seriously? xD It's a superhero movie, why would you say that, of course it's impossible and stuff, but who cares, it's not the point at all ^o) Either you like action movies with stupid plots just for the sake of seeing explosions and stuff, or you don't, but don't go down the "hey this is impossible in real life it's bullshit" road xD

On May 02 2013 02:53 Kinon wrote:


I like movies that are plausible, message>entertainment for me. What's so wrong with thinking 'hey this is impossible in real life it's bullshit'? I bellieve people should be rational, even when watching a movie.

So I presumed you don't liked Superman,Thor,Spiderman,Daredevil,Batman.

Then I guess superhero movies just aren't your tastes.

On May 02 2013 03:06 Kinon wrote:


I didn't like those, and don't like superhero movies in general, but that's not the point. I was just genuinly curious why so many people like this type of movies, made only for entertainment with not much solid ground.