Before I begin with the Iron Man stuff, I would just like to note that this post marks a milestone here at Screen Rant: It’s our 1,000th post!
I certainly never ever expected to have 1,000 posts here and I want to thank you for visiting and reading. If it wasn’t for you guys (and girls) I wouldn’t have any reason to write.
On a side note, being the huge Iron Man fan that I am, how appropriate that the movie gets this honor. 
On to the updates…
You’ve already seen the new poster for the film that came out a few days ago. Click on the image above for the hi-res version.
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There hasn’t been much news from director Jon Favreau because he’s buried deep in the editing process of the film. When he comes up for air for a few moments I’m hoping to score an interview with him, so keep an eye out for that here.
A poll that came out today hosted by MovieTickets.com puts Iron Man sixth on the list of the most anticipated movies coming out in the next 12 months, nestled underneath the next Chronicles of Narnia movie and above Will Smith’s upcoming sci-fi flick I Am Legend.
Rolling Stone lists Iron Man’s movie armor in their 2007 Hot Issue list with some new details about the armor which you can find starting here. Details revealed include
- In the movie the helmet is pressurized allowing for high altitude flight (yes, he’s flying in the movie – yet more confirmation).
- We’ll get Tony Stark’s point of view from inside the helmet in some scenes, seeing what he does from inside the armor.
- The back and shoulders have a number of flight control surfaces to make the flight scenes seem more realistic.
- Iron Man will use the repulsors in his gauntlets for flight control as well as weapons.
- The forearm sections include pop-up missles and other weapons.
- Like in the long running comic, the circular pods located on his hips are the power source of the suit.
- For flight, the boot jets actually use repulsor technology instead of some other propulsion system.
Finally, here is a re-cut (and very unofficial) version of the trailer, which in some ways is actually better than the official one:
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19 Comments
Hey, congrats on your 1000th post!! That’s so great … but then, you do a great job.
Love this new poster and all the hype that’s being generated almost continuously. Isn’t it exciting that the studio is keeping IM in the news …. and that, in turn is helping to make it the 6th most anticipated movie in the next 12 months!! That’s awesome!! I must get to B&N to pick up RS …. wow! can you imagine getting Tony’s point of view from inside the helmet??? It all sounds so amazing to me.
Got to preview the Blue Angels the day before Fleet Week started and I was just imagining Iron Man outmaneuvering them …. what a rush that was. BTW… they were gorgeous as usual. Their maneuvers are so awesome. But IM will be better …..
Joyce,
Your enthusiasm is infectious.
Vic
Congrats on your 1000th post. I have become an Iron Man fan by means of my son (Cap is still my favorite). From all of the Marvel All-Age books we read, my son has picked Iron Man as his favorite. I only wish I could take him to see this movie when it comes out (he is only 6)! As far as more directorial comments from Jon Favreau I stumbled across a new Reelz Channel link to an interview:
http://www.reelzchannel.com/player.aspx?clipid=28462
Erds
Aww,dude! I watch Reelz Channel all the time,especially Dailies,and today I caught their review with Jon Favreuo (spelled right?). It was an awesome bit of good news IMO.
Hey,Erds,I thought I was the only person here who liked Cap! Now I don’t feel so alone anymore! He and IM are my fave Marvel characters.
1,000 posts….that’s amazing. Great job Vic & Co.
Now that’s good Vic!! It’s is the one thing I will try to “give” everyone!! I hope everyone in the whole universe will be as excited as I am about Iron Man! Downey is going to do such an awesome job …. yes, he really does OWN TONY STARK!! I believe those are your words, Vic !!!!
And Erds … thanks for the link. Just watched the delightful Mr. Favreau (talk about infectious!!) … Robert and the incredible cast and great shots of the Audi R8.
Hey, if anyone sees “THE t-shirt” please let me know where to get it. I really would love one and I can think of a zillion friends who would just die if they found one under the Christmas tree!!! ;-}
Thanks for the link to that interview… I hadn’t seen it. Nothing really new there though.
Thanks for the kind words!
Vic
For the boot and palms to use repulsor technology for propulsion, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise because the missiles that the military was testing were based on Stark Industries’ new proprietary repulsor technology. Obviously the same stuff would have made it to the armor.
That’s true. I only commented on it because in the comics the boots have used different technology than the repulsors for flight.
Vic
Congrads on your 1000th post and how vast is it that IM is ‘that’ post! I’d been reading post on ScreenRant for sometime, but didn’t comment here until I meet you on the Myspace IM forum.
Vic, everyone here would agree that you have a exclusive professional site. For me, Screen Rant has become one of my most reliable and favorite sites for movie news and comments. The community here is very civil, opening-minded and full of excitement and the new writers (Heath McKnight, Kane Adrian)have been and are great additions to the site. Keep up the fantastic work; looking forth to the next 1000th post!
Adrian
Love how JFav is using replusors for both flight and offense, would make for nice kicking attacks, but curious to how they explain when using the palm replusors as weapons how the thrust does not push IM away from opponent?
Crossing fingers for smart bombs on IM’s arsenol.
Huh…..I always thought this was a professional site.
Adrian,
Thanks so much for your kind words… it means a lot to hear that from a regular reader. I really do try to provide a quality site for you guys!
Regarding the reaction of the repulsors, I’ve actually wondered the same thing.
Vic
Keep up the good work, for movie news these is my personal website.
Good work, Vic. I’m glad that your successful at doing something you love, man! Awesome updates, by the way…
Yeah, about the repulsors.. in the Warren Ellis Extremis storyline, the repulsors were described as devices that generate a one-way push.. which means that they are reactionless, i.e. do not conform to the newtonian concept of action-reaction.
If that’s the case, then the repulsors shouldn’t be able to provide lift and thrust.. unless there’s some way to explain how it could be switched from newtonian mode for flight, to reactionless mode for offense.
Exactly, unless they come up with some explanation, they should work for one method but not the other.
Vic
If I remember correctly, Stark controls everything in the suit with his mind. That would make it possible to switch back and forth instantly, to whatever mode he needs …. fighting or flying …. or maybe even a combination. What do you think?
joyce
Depends on what direction they go and how advanced they make the armor. Back in the 80’s when Layton and Micheline were on the book it was mentally controlled, but when Warren Ellis handled the reboot it was all manual and they used the Extremis enhancement to bring the suit back up to the level it was at 20 years ago.
Vic
Ah … then it may not be so simple. I love to know how things work but we may not be given all those deep,dark secrets!! We’ll have to wait and see. Thanks for the info Vic … there is much to learn. :-}
joyce
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