I M 3
Monday, October 22, 2012 at 4:06PM JA from MNPP here. I'm sure this is something that Nathaniel has considered here on the site before, but it's fresh on my mind with that there fifteen second teaser for tomorrow's actual full-sized trailer for Iron Man 3 sucking all the air out of the room today. Ignoring it would be the best way to not give in to the micro-seconding of hype, but I'm so continually struck dumb by these teaser-trailer-for-trailers that it almost makes me kind of appreciative in a backwards sort of way? Of course that's where we were heading as a culture! Of course. It all makes sense now, so I thank you, harbinger of doom, for the clarity. It's like those screenings where you bring your iPads to play along, or the commercials that they force us to watch on YouTube. What do I say to that? Besides just packing up a bag and moving into a cave, of course. Next stop Honey Boo Boo: On Ice: The Movie. In summation, get off my lawn.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.
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I understand what the first Iron Man accomplished. It restored sanity to the superhero genre that was quickly spinning out of control with the bloated Spiderman 3, the failed FF franchise, the Superman reboot that was really just a long-awaited sequel (prequel?), and yes, even the Batman franchise that isn't really superhero at all. But now looking back, doesn't the first two Iron Man movies seem silly, almost lazily made? The Marvelverse films that have followed - Thor, Cpt America, The Avengers - are better scripted and directed. My hope is that IM3 will follow the Marvel pattern of continuous improvement, regardless of the hero, and not tread the same path as the first to IMs.