Comments on: How Will Paramount Market Iron Man?

By: frank

frank — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:43:21 +0000

guys it don’t matter who ironman is or what he does. because at the end the movie setting, character, and movie storyline is different and better than the one on the comics. iron man, indeed, is a must watch movie period.

By: KEL

KEL — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:33:47 +0000

“I’m not good-looking enough for TV”

Neither are the guys on “Attack of the Show”.

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:57:27 +0000

Kane,

That’s what I’m hoping! On this film I am unabashedly NOT objective.

Vic

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:55:52 +0000

LOL, I’m not good-looking enough for TV.

Vic

By: KEL

KEL — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:16:54 +0000

Hey Vic,
G4′s “Attack of the Show” TV crew will be at the Comic Con,see if you can get on TV,you celebrity,you!! I’ll be watching and taping the comic convention special and hopefully they’ll show the IM trailer on the show.

By: Kane Adrian

Kane Adrian — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:33:24 +0000

I think the fact Iron Man is like a perfect amalgamation of Batman and James Bond – particularly with the perfect cast, appealing costume and war theme – will go a long way toward making this film a reasonably easy sell.

Besides, it won’t take long for people to get a sense of how important a character he is… with a bit of well-written publicity.

By: kev F

kev F — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:19:46 +0000

you just mentioned the use of ILM as a good thing, but right now i think ILM and i think of the star wars prequels and i was not that impressed the work that went on there.
ps in the uk and on the whole enjoy what your doing.

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:49:23 +0000

Judy,

Great idea and done.

Vic

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:46:13 +0000

Kel,

There won’t be a trailer with Transformers, but no doubt there will be something in a month at the Comic-con. It’s probably too early anyway (that applies to AD’s comment as well – I didn’t mean they needed to start right NOW).

And any release date moves would be pure speculation on my part, so I won’t.

Vic

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:43:55 +0000

“Why would Paramount market Iron Man??? They’re the distributor and Marvel is the studio.”

Call me whacky, but doesn’t the distributor usually do the marketing of a movie?

Vic

By: KEL

KEL — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:46:10 +0000

Yeah,most people I talk to don’t give a crap about Iron Man. I’ve spent the last year explaining to my relatives and friends who Iron Man is,and it gets tiresome at times.

I think it would be a wise decision if they prepared a trailer for Transformers because most of the crowd that’ll go to see that is going for the special FX. An Iron Man trailer would interest that particular audience because IM looks kinda like a robot in his own way. It can’t be like the Simpsons’ movie trailer;it has to be good. Show some of Iron Man slugging it out with Iron Monger and him battlin’ them fighter planes. That’ll get the audience’s attention big time. In my opinion,while he’s admittedly a little better known than Iron Man,people weren’t really that familiar with Spider-Man before the movies came out,and the first film did very well. I think Marvel really needs to put together a good cartoon series,maybe an Iron Man Classics line of action figures,and stop treating him like crap in their comic books,and this film could be pretty big.

Vic,you mentioned that now that filming is done they might shoot for an earlier release date. How much earlier could they put this film out? Like February or January maybe? Wouldn’t that be sweet!!

By: judy

judy — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:48:03 +0000

You make some excellent points here. I think you should post these thoughts on Jon’s Iron Man myspace so he can think about it. Marketing is soooooooo important. I am very excited about this movie but I only came to learn about it because I am a fan of Downey. I confess to not being a big comics fan.(to me the best movie like this was the first Batman but I only went to see that because I am a fan of Michael Keaton). I know there are a lot of long time Downey fans very excited and they are educating themselves about Iron Man. We are searching out the comics and learning all we can. And we will go and see this movie probably many times. So we are coming to it from that angle. But like I said at first… I would post these thoughts on Jon’s IM myspace. Good food for thought. We all want this movie to be very successful! And I think it can be but intelligent marketing is crucial.

By: advanced dark

advanced dark — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:56:35 +0000

Vic,

Why would Paramount market Iron Man??? They’re the distributor and Marvel is the studio. Also the campaign is sure to start at the comic-con on a low scale and pick up speed in 2008. There’s no need to market this film heavily in Summer 07. It would be wasted money.

By: adrian

adrian — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:41:42 +0000

I agree, most of the kiddies (10-18 of age)don’t have a clue about IM. I think that JFav/Marvel/Paramount and company have to really attack the moviegoers as aggressively as the proms for FF4 or Transformers. On the other hand, I’ve been exposing friends and family (mostly males)that don’t know ANYTHING about IM by ways of images of the movie suits, animations, and comics. So far their excited!