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[daour]

goddddddd joshua williamson really spoiling me by having ghost return to iron man's solo book for the first time since 2009 (not counting that one minor appearance in bendis' run) and on top of that, juann cabal making him blend into the panel gutters is such a clever and cool visual way to display his powers 😭

[claudette13]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY STARK!

Have a sampling of my favourite Tonys.

Animated - Just happy to be included.

MCU - Hates all these giant blue-eyed assholes.

616 - Having way too much fun.

Tales of Suspense - Trying not to brood, will blow a gasket if he doesn't mention his transistors at least 7 times.

This is the reference I used, I could not find the original to credit!

[somekindofsheepl]

@transistorpoweredheart-zine

[616s]

Anyone that praises Cantwell's Iron Man in front of me owes me $20. $45 if they say it's a great deconstruction or something similar. $100 if they say Tony needed to be taken down a peg.

[daour]

I got himb

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[daour]

sdjkfnskfsdfndskf

[bumbburger]

i didn't know he was inflatable when i bought him 😞

[sibmakesart]

+ very much not morning people

[rdjnews]

FULL AUDIO:  Live audio commentary - Iron Man (2008), by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr.  (2h29m length)

There has never been a director’s commentary for the Iron Man films that included Jon Favreau and RDJ.  While promoting The Jungle Book, Favreau told Reddit that they actually did do an unofficial one back in 2008 for an Iron Man screening but it was not officially recorded by the venue.

Someone in attendance did manage to record the whole thing and it was shared on Reddit yesterday, eight years later.

The screening took place on September 6, 2008 at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA and was hosted by American Cinematheque as part of their “Live Commentary” series.

** NOTE:  the commentary starts at approximately the 7-minute mark. **

[ soundcloud | reddit | american cinematheque ]

[fugayyyku]

WHAT

[knightinironarmor]

WHAT

[fohatic]

highlights/key takeaways include:

favreau talking nonstop about how rdj kept insisting on so many little editing tweaks that ultimately made the movie flow better

jay leno criticizing rdj for clearly not knowing what he was doing when tony clumsily takes apart a car engine [favreau’s own] (18 min mark)

tony waking up in the cave after being kidnapped was the first shot they did/rdj’s first time playing tony stark for the actual movie

rdj apologizing for this hat:

saying how that costuming choice had been his call and he didn’t knowingly mean to give such a dickensian sad boy look

when the next shot appears, favreau immediately demanding that rdj apologize for this hat:

telling how it irritated the marvel execs to no end (“we don’t show up for one day and he puts on a castro hat?!”) while rdj murmurs defensively in the background (“c'mon, that was a great hat.”)

favreau had to fight to keep in so many shots of tony working with his hands/just building things frame after frame, since he was adamant that these images were “what the whole movie was about”

the fact that tony wasn’t supposed to have his iron man mask up during the goodbye/death scene with yinsen – but they had him lift it for a single take for some technical reason that wasn’t meant to be used, then ended up using that take in the final cut (45 min mark)

rdj interrupting favreau’s explanation of the above, wanting silence for “my coming out part” (when iron man steps out of the darkness of the cave and unleashes hell)

favreau was simply indulging rdj when rdj suggested that tony make everyone sit down on the floor for the first press conference, saying that he went along with the kooky idea ‘once’ just so rdj would trust him as a director – but then ended up keeping it in bc it was so tony

rdj and favreau agreeing that the scene where pepper reaches into the arc reactor casing in tony’s chest is their ‘favorite scene’

the execs wanted to know why tony was drinking “that green shit,” which seemed to detract from the scene; favreau tells that rdj was adamant that tony would want to heal his body with superfoods

↑ “i would never not look someone in the eye when i shake their hand. but tony would.” —rdj

lots of references to indiana jones, star wars, robocop, alien

rhodey’s ringtone is the theme to the 60s iron man cartoon (same theme is used when obie introduces an absent stark at the award ceremony before the vegas scene)

the reason that tony ridicules dum-e and U so much is that these bots were used pre-production in a superbowl commercial to promote the upcoming movie, to show off what kind of ‘cool tech’ tony has around – rdj got annoyed by that, saying “these are THE DUMBEST robots anyone would ever have 🙄😑” – so when it came time to shoot his scenes with them he didn’t bother to hide how he really felt about them

↑ the photo of the iron man suit used in this newspaper shot was taken by real paparazzi, who caught up with the crew while they were shooting on a closed highway and snuck some photos; favreau thought it would be 'cool’ to get back at them by using their shot in this scene, but then they sued marvel for $5 million for stealing their photo

putting the bonus scene at the end of the credits roll wasn’t something favreau originally wanted to do, worried that people would miss it – but it turned out that when ppl did in fact learn that they missed a scene at the end, they came back to watch the whole movie again just to catch that scene, which boosted box office revenue (this idea was suggested to him by dir. edgar wright, who happened to be at skywalker ranch during an early screening of the movie, and thought that sam jackson’s scene didn’t land right where favreau had initially included it early in the credits sequence. marvel was unhappy with this call until they saw how well it played with audiences)

[616s]

I think my hottest Iron Man take is that Cantwell's run wasn't actually that bad. Now that I've grown as a person, I've re-read it and I can appreciate it for what it is. He was right--Tony does need to be taken down a peg. He does need to be humbled. He does have a god complex. I thank Cantwell every day for showing me the light and proving that those "old comics" are just for decoration and not for reading.

[daour]

honestly, I've come around in the last few years, especially after duggan and ackerman proved they can't write tony stark, and joshu williamson is just doing more of the same.

cantwell delivered a truly fresh interpretation of the charater, and explored all of tony's egomaniacal tendencies, as well as his detached attitude to other people and the fact that he's not really a hero, or even a good person. he also managed to complement this exploration of tony's psyche with a wonderful romantic interest in the form of patsy walker.

it was a stroke of genius to add her to the book, and he built their romance in a way that felt very fulfilling. it was a shame that duggan missed his chance to have them rekindle their relationship. hellcat should've become a staple character of iron man comics.

[olivtr33]

silly stony animation. be nice to steve ok he’s a little confused

[daour]

biblical gluttony

[daour]

captain marvel (2019) #31

happy pi day from the duo of dorks known as anthony edward "tony" stark and james rupert "jim" rhodes

[transistorpoweredheart-zine]

We're finished!

Dear Tony lovers, After many adventures, everything is donated and packages arrived. With your help, we raised an amazing total of

2535.45 €

for charity! We split the amount and donated half to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and half to The Ocean Cleanup. Below are the receipts for our donation, but the total sum also includes donations some kind people made directly to the Ocean Cleanup, in honor of the zine. With that, we have officially finished this project! Thank you again for your unwavering support in the zine, and for making this fandom a great place to be. Best, The Transistor-Powered Heart mods

[oluka]

I forgot to reblog this when it was posted, but I’m feeling emotional about it today, so here are my rambling thoughts:

First of all, thank you from all my heart to everyone who made this project possible. Mods, contributors, buyers, signal boosters, everyone. Without our collective effort, this zine would never have seen the light of day. So many people have spent precious time and energy into making this zine, and I can proudly say that it shows. This zine is a labour of love. I have it in my hands, but I still can’t believe that WE made it!!!

Secondly, it has been a learning experience for me. I knew that it was going to be a lot of work, but I was unprepared for how much work it would be. Thankfully, zine and self-publishing veteran @donkringel was the other head mod. Thank you so much for taking care of the production and finance, I would have run screaming for the hills after three weeks.

Finally, even though we had many many setbacks with the book printing, we finally managed to get it to work. We got really unlucky, and I was so anxious about disappointing all our supporters, but I got blown away by the response of the community. Everyone was super patient and understanding, giving us a lot of trust, and I was truly humbled by it. Thank you all for your awesome patience and kind words.

Thank you for giving us a chance.

And with all that, we even managed to raise a good amount of money for charity. I couldn’t be prouder of the Iron Man fandom.

Cheers!

[daour]

So how would you rank the Major Iron Man Runs of the 21st Century. That being (unless I miss anything):

Vol3:

Busiek(yeah it started late 1998 but we'll add it anyway)

Joe Queseda(26-35, Annual 2000,½)

Frank Tieri(33-49, Annual 2001)

Mike Grell(50-66)

Robin Laws(65-72)

JJM(73-85)

Mark Ricketts(86-89...😭)

Could you just rank that as the Early 2000s run tbh or just 'Heroes Return'

Vol4:

Warren Ellis/Extremis

Knaufs/Execute Program/Civil War/Director Of Shield

Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man

Kerion Gillen's Iron Man

Tom Taylor's Superior Iron Man

Bendis/Invincible/International/Infamous Iron Man.

Dan Slott/Tony Stark, Iron Man/Iron Man 2020

.....Christopher Cantwell's Iron Man(2020)

Gerry Duggan's Invincible Iron Man

Spencer Ankerman's Iron Man

Bonus question: Armor Wars or Demon In A Bottle//Deliverance. Drop one from history.

okay phew, that was a tall order, but let's give it a shot:

busiek

duggan

grell

knaufs

ellis

slott

gillen

miller

ackerman

fraction

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laws

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taylor

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ricketts

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I have to admit this list is bound to fluctuate, and it became a bit hard to place the runs that aren't as fresh in my memory.

I also had to substract some points from some runs like ackerman's or taylor's because they couldn't live up to their potential due to their sudden ends. so while slott's run might have had lower lows than them, at least it managed to tell a whole story.

and for the bonus queston: it was a tough decision but I'd have to drop armor wars...

[daour]

my iron-rotted brain when I'm hospitalized for a broken ankle

[daour]

Not sure how much of DC you know but if Tony was in DC, where do you think he would fit as an overall character that that verse.

my time will dc is well past but I think it would be fun to throw tony into his own fictional city in the vein of gotham, metropolis, central, etc.

I remember a while back I got inspired to answer a question of what fictional city would you give tony and this was my answer:

Circuit City, a young metropolis built around semiconductor factories originally established in the outskirts of another city somewhere in the Rust Belt in the mid-20th century. The technological advancements brought forward by the Stark family caused an unprecedented growth, resulting in the area becoming its own urban settlement. Alternatively, Transistor City. I kinda prefer Circuit City because of the alliteration, but transistors.

in terms of tony's role in the dc universe, I think it would be pretty similar to his role in marvel. maybe he would be a better bankroller for the justice league compared to batman given bruce's whole lone wolf shtick clashes a bit with his habit of handing over blank cheques to the jla.

if we threw in some amalgam fun for good measure, we can give him "S.T.A.R.K. Labs"