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The Iron Man multimedia screening was last night which means it should be ok for me to talk a little bit about the movie…
More detailed discussion once the thing opens I guess.
Posts Tagged ‘Iron Man’
Red Carpet
I turned down a chance to do some red carpet stuff at the UK Iron Man premiere last night.
Seemed like a good idea at the time…
Now more people have seen it I’ll find out exactly when I can start talking about it.
It would be nice to tell you guys that it fucking rocks, without Paramount punching me in the throat.
“You know… for kids!”
I was wondering how the kids were taking to Iron Man. Guess I have my answer:
Also got an email from a friend:
My son is TOTALLY into the trailer…
Is it just me or is Tony Stark gonna knock the crap out of Bruce Wayne this summer? I now know people who have read the final Dark Knight script (”It kicks ass”), but have actually seen Iron Man (”Best movie of the year…”)
Not too long to go.
PS James got to see him up close:
Bonus points for snapping that part of the trailer 
Old Shell Head may just pull this off
I have to admit that as a kid I was never that big a fan of Iron Man. Growing up with 2000AD from a very early age meant Dredd and co. always won out over the super hero types, but I did dip in from time to time and got a kick out of some of the stuff that suit could do.
For some reason I was a much bigger fan of King of the Rocketmen… go figure.
Then again, when I was a kid I didn’t get treated to stuff like this:
From an all-growed-up perspective, everything so far is telling me that the upcoming Iron Man movie is something special.
I’m gonna put my neck out and say Old Shell Head may even give the freak in the bat costume a good run for his money…