Iron Man Released

Slashdot reader stoolpigeon wrote about the start of summer blockbuster season, and the latest comic book to make it to the big screen. He says "Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they go. I never was really into comic books — so I have no knowledge or concerns as it relates to following the original story line. I can't address that. The film has good action and some very humorous moments. The serious side of the film is not its strong suit. It's not horrible, but it really doesn't make too much sense. It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military. It's really a comic book put to film. Not high art or anything, but a whole lot of fun. The film keeps up a fast pace throughout and never bogs down. Some of the product placements were so blatant that they kind of jarred me out of being into the film. The special effects were phenomenal. It was awesome in that regard. Like any movie, it is not everyone's cup of tea If you do go see it in the theater, and you are a big comic books fan, do not leave until after all the credits have run. And I mean all of them." I gotta get a sitter. Man I'm old.

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Re:Iron

[winkydink]

No, it means you're in junior high school.

Re:Old?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're old when your youngest needs a sitter for his youngest. Youngster.

You're old when your youngest needs a sitter for you.

The best indicator of my enjoyment of a film...

[nodrogluap]

I usually trust Rotten Tomatoes, they haven't let me down so far, and Iron man is "Fresh". Of course, there may be false negatives, but I haven't encountered any false positives in the last few years.

Re:Long time Iron Man fan...

[pla]

Thanks for spoiling the surprise, dickass.

Spoiler? Wha???

Put down the corporate-shill-crack-pipe, my friend. I would have felt mightily pissed to sit through 20 minutes of "3rd reserve gaffer to the animal trainer's assistant coffee-wench", only to watch a goddamned advertisement.

Yes, advertisement. Wake up, people - "trailers" do not count as "content" to eagerly look forward to, they count as the same BS we pay $200-$400 for fancy digital VCR-like boxes that let us skip them.

So, a hearty thank you to the GP post, for saving me from wasting an extra 20 minutes only to leave the theater infuriated.

Re:I have mixed feelings about this.

[TheoMurpse]

What??? Captain America is dead??!?! Thanks for the SPOILER ALERT!!

At least the rest of the media world had the decency to not ruin it for us like you just did...

Re:tripe...

[chromatic]

So this is the third slashvertisment for this movie in a week.

Yeah, how dare the founder of this site post things that interest him? I'm as incensed as you are that not every article posted here in the past decade has amused me sufficiently, for free.

Screen credits aren't just there to annoy you

[LockeOnLogic]

I would have felt mightily pissed to sit through 20 minutes of "3rd reserve gaffer to the animal trainer's assistant coffee-wench I know film credits have funny names but they do represent real people who have put in massive time and effort into their work. The fact that it takes so goddamn long just to scroll through the names of the amount of people involved should give you some idea of the scope of effort and time needed to create just two hours of screen time. I'm not saying you have to sit through the credits but there's no need to piss on peoples screen creds.

Re:Iron Man?

[Dystopian Rebel]

I'm a comics fangirl To immediately fill your In-Box with marriage proposals, please indicate whether you also use Linux.

Re:this just in...

[DerekLyons]

I never cease to be amazed at how people blindly swallow the latest fad pushed by Hollywood, and even pretend to have been fans all along. I guarantee you that there will be plenty of people out there now who will swear up and down how big a fan they were of Iron Man all along, and that they're not simply blowing with the wind like the gasbags they really are.

 
Ah yes, Iron Man has been around for a forty five years - nobody could possibly have been a fan before. Marvel has just kept publishing his comics out of the goodness of their hearts, and various companies committed around $200 million for the movie and marketing because they had it just lying around as spare cash.
 
 

I'm also disheartened by Hollywood's diminishing lack of new ideas

I didn't know they had computers back in 1918 - let alone that they could timewarp the messages posted on said computers forward 90 years. (Because that's about when you message sounds like it was written.) Or maybe you are a time traveler. Or cryogenically preserved.
 
Or maybe you simply are mistaken in your assumption that you know what the hell you are talking about.
 
 

to the point where actual innovation is pretty much dead by now.

Hollywood hasn't been about innovation since about 22 seconds after Edison tightened down the final screws on his movie camera. Hollywood has always been about putting butts in seats and cash in the bank.
 
 

How much longer can they milk the superhero genre before it's dry?

The milked the Western genre for damm near forty years, and still squeeze out a few drops even today. Then there is the War genre. The Romantic Comedy. The 'Road tox pictures, the Andy Hardy movies... Etc... Etc...
 
Hollywood hasn't changed one bit in decades.
 

Re:I have mixed feelings about this.

[VAXcat]

Nope, Superman's dead too.

Re:Iron Man?

[thesandtiger]

Alas, I use OSX, so I guess I'll just get a lot of attention from gay men.