I finally saw the trailers for the new Iron Man movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., and I’ve got to say, it’s absolutely loaded with stuff that we’ve never seen in a superhero movie before, and especially not in “Batman Begins.” There’s the scene of RDJ welding the suit together, there’s a dramatic reveal of the superhero in an early, makeshift prototype of the suit, there’s a lot of logical, thoughtful justification for what likely began as some campy cartoonist’s brilliant decision to take a noun and the word “man” and toss them together (Or in Iron Man’s case, “a talented bull-pen” of people.)
Aaaand, there’s the song “Iron Man.” In the movie “Iron Man.”
But you know what? If this movie does end up copying every aspect of “Batman Begins,” it’ll probably be pretty damn good, I’m just a little worried that Marvel might be on the verge of scraping the barrell for some . Who’s next, Sub-Mariner? Wait, you’re kidding, right??
