Details aside, IM at Comic-Con is gonna kick asses. Unless the probable teaser sucked (which I doubt), it's gonna be the star of the show. Between IM, Hulk and TDK, no wonder why Fox took the coward's way out with their shitty properties...

I thought they would avoid Comic-Con like in 2004, but it seems that they're still planning something. Maybe.

But I'd bet the farm on the former, though.

Hello?!

I bet most studios wish they had movies taking a beating like X3 and SM3. SM3 has made almost 900 Million wordwide, XM3 459 Million.

Even the least of them, Ghost Rider, made double its production budget during its wordwide theatrical run. Not a runaway hit but far from a flop by any stretch.

So yeah, maybe there's some good will lost by comic fans, but their movies, in general, have cleaned up at the box office.

Even a subpar movie like Daredevil did 178M wordwide.

Anyways, I mention all this because I'm not quite sure what you mean by "taking a beating". These guys are raking in the cash from movies and tie-ins.

You're kidding right? WTF does that even mean?!?!

I'm NOT an Iron Man fan and I'm (so far) indifferent towards this film. But even I can sit here and say, "Yep, looks like Tony Stark." Why are you always so obstinate?

It's the same with other established actors (I have nthing against RDJ, I dug him in KKBB, Hearts and souls, etc...): until you see them PLAYING the part, with the voice and mannerisms, you can't really see anything but a goofy guy wearing a fine-tuned Power Glove. I reserve my judgement for the teaser.

it's all good, he's still one of my favorite characters in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Lana and Lois yummy!Chloe yuck! those whom worship at her alter must also think ol' snaggletooth Dunst is hot too...

lil' spoilers ahead. If it's legit.

Personnally I don't think so. It's good stuff for tabloids and lame movie magazines if the movie's a success, but no professionnal director (a former actor, nonetheless) would take such a decision based on this. It's not only unprofessionnal, but also an insult to the job of Comedian.

But I can see why people question this casting choice, it's human. Honestly, who didn't crack a joke or two about Downey, back in the days? I'm ashamed of it now, but since every lousy reporter raises the question it shows it's still in the air. But I'm pretty sure a clean, catholic goody-two-shoes could've played the part too. They're fuckin actors.

But for the most part, my objections to Downey are that he is not handsome or dashing enough to be Tony. He and usually plays losers or beaten down people, which he is admittedly good at. Tony is those things on the inside, but he completely doesn't look it on the outside. And putting a goatee on RDJ doesn't fix that.

Big deal! Try to bring something to the table (as I did with my comments on Favreau's previous works) instead of just calling names just for the sake of it. I can bear constructive criticism, but I almost forgot why TBs got such a bad rap. My bad.

As for Wayne "a real person who just puts on in front of society" in Batman Begins, that's funny because I thought that aspect (as in the scene where he brings two models to the restaurant and acts like a prick - or even his attempt to act drunk to force the people out of trouble) were just screaming "Tony Stark" to me. And since David Goyer worked on an Iron Man script while writing BB, I'm also pretty sure it's far from coincidental.

While I think Kristin Kreuk is beautiful, she's getting abit too skinny in recent seasons. Plus Lana is too annoying for words. Chloe on the otherhand is awesome except when she pines for Clark (stupid writers). One of favourite characters on the show. Plus Alison Mack is uber hot and possesses "The Chloevage". ;P

Oh, BTW: Smallville sucks. It's a sissy show, an even greater insult than Singer's "Superman", from the hacks Gough & Millar, no less!!! (I read their Iron Man script a few years back, it was an utter piece of shit). My gf forced me to watch Smallville. Word.