First Iron Man suit pic

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I can't say that I'm a big Iron Man fan at all, largely because I never liked the Mandarin as a villain.

However, hero Tony Stark is a surprisingly fallible, human hero (he even has a heart defect), and the comic in which he succumbs to his alcoholism, and causes all kinds of chaos as a drunken Iron Man, is legend - and a very good read. Although, this said, in the first Iron man film, Stark's problems apparently aren't going to be the focus. Quite disappointing, actually.

Now what sets the Iron Man film apart from B-grade Marvel Comics adaptations is that it features a cast of 'actors' - the unconventional, Michael-Keaton-esque choice of Robert Downey Jnr as billionaire industrialist inventor Tony Stark, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Terrance Howard as James Rhodes, and Jeff Bridges as a mentor character of some sorts, apparently. (See pics of Downey Jnr and Paltrow here...)

Anyway, Aint It Cool News posted up the first pic of the grey Iron Man suit. Anyone familiar with the Iron man comic knows that Stark goes through multiple, increasingly sleek Iron man suits as he continually upgrades the technology. The grey suit is his first, created out of necessity while being held as a Prisoner of War, forced to design military technology for the rebels keeping him captive.

Comments

Lord Spaceman said…
I must admit, I didn't have much respect for Iron Man/Tony Stark until I played Marvel Ultimate Alliance and watched the new Iron Man animated feature.

You should check out - it's called The Invincible Iron Man. It was released back in Feb (this year) and is done by the same animation studios that did Ultimate Avengers I and II.

The movie is pretty good (has an Asian vibe to it) and shows this exact same suit (version 1) shown in the real movie.
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Pfangirl said…
I've heard only good things about that animated film... It just has to be better than that crappy weekly series from about 5 or so years back now!

Marvel's Ultimates series has done a lot of good for heroes who were beginning to grow too passe for contemporary comics readers. The reimagining has totally reinvigorated characters like Iron Man, Thor and Captain America.

I'd love to see a live-action Ultimates movie.
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