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Variety Says Iron Man Won't Fly; Favreau Says Otherwise

by Jen Yamato | September 15, 2007

Summary

Remember those awesome scenes of Iron Man flying through the air alongside a couple of fighter jets in the crowd-pleasing trailer first unveiled at Comic-Con? Don't count on seeing them in the finished film, Variety says. Back to Article

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jacog writes:
on Sep 17 2007 03:36 AM

akddon3... While I get your argument... your examples are a tad on the dumb side.

First off, there ARE mutant humans. Mutation is a natural occurence that forms part of evolution.

Secondly. Sure you can survive the bite of a radioactive spider. The amount of radiation in a little spider won't have much effect on you, so it's basically down to the venom. And if the venom doesn't kill you, you live.

And you cannot generate jet propultion with electicity. The only way to achieve flight through electricity is through rotors/propellors. Maybe Iron Man has one up his ***.

And nanotech is microscopic machines. Kind of like the tech for the T1000 in the second Terminator movie. Again, it has nothing to do with flying.

So please think carefully before you call someone a "MORON", all caps. You not really be commenting on any type of sci-fi pseudo-science since your knowledge of anything seems severely limited.

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Vitamin M writes:
on Sep 17 2007 09:46 AM

Loved the preview and loved the black sabbath song as the soundtrack but that's probably because I have little preconcieved notions about the song. I also doubt black sabbath gave two s@!ts either since they got paid for the first time in a dozen years.

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Racer Z writes:
on Sep 17 2007 10:49 AM

I just love it when people critique a movie based on a trailer seen a year before it's released in theaters. I also love it when folks cry that they "don't get to see much" in the preview. It's a F%$#@NG PREVIEW!!!! You're not meant to see the whole movie yet!!! Christ people, wise up and shut up!

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zbbrox writes:
on Sep 17 2007 11:40 AM

You know, I've been totally convinced. We should just scrap superhero movies, they're totally unrealistic. Actually, now that we're on the subject, we really need to trash fantasy, science fiction, action movies, and most comedies. Have you seen some of the **** that goes on in those movies? Totally unbelievable.

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Sprizmo writes:
on Sep 17 2007 02:40 PM

Come on folks, with the right people on a project, any Superhero can shine on the screen. Iron Man is particularly applicable because he has plenty of human flaws despite being a genius and there is a lot to be said about the military industrial complex; privately contracted weapons development, and the moral dilemma attached to such things. If everything works out, the same team should really consider bringing the Avengers to the big screen. Its about that time!

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Sprizmo writes:
on Sep 17 2007 02:41 PM

Come on folks, with the right people on a project, any Superhero can shine on the screen. Iron Man is particularly applicable because he has plenty of human flaws despite being a genius and there is a lot to be said about the military industrial complex; privately contracted weapons development, and the moral dilemma attached to such things. If everything works out, the same team should really consider bringing the Avengers to the big screen. Its about that time!

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deneco4 writes:
on Sep 17 2007 02:42 PM

poor jon, he has enough **** to do without putting out every flame the reporters start about his GREAT MOVIE.

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Man_Of_Iron8905 writes:
on Sep 17 2007 06:05 PM

zbbrox, I'll just come right out with it. Your a moron. You trash all those "unrealistic films" and your bound to go bankrupt.

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rickderris writes:
on Sep 17 2007 06:28 PM

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Did someone sting you as a child?
It is the thought of someone being more than human that mystifies and captivates the audience. Everyday we see people who do what they can for themelves and their happiness. This might be enough to get by. Some people say that this is the smartest way to live your life, and to rid yourself of foolish dreams and aspirations. But if we can't dream, then we are stripping ourselves of the barest necessity for happiness, which is the pursuit. What child never dreamed of having a power that would enable them to help people and defeat the villian or nemesis? What HUMAN never thought of what it would be like to fly, not in a plane, but truly fly, when there is nothing but you, the earth below and the stars above? Instead of the use of persuausion to disuade others from watching these films, maybe you should see some yourself.

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rickderris writes:
on Sep 17 2007 06:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#1131013)
Did someone sting you as a child?
It is the thought of someone being more than human that mystifies and captivates the audience. Everyday we see people who do what they can for themelves and their happiness. This might be enough to get by. Some people say that this is the smartest way to live your life, and to rid yourself of foolish dreams and aspirations. But if we can't dream, then we are stripping ourselves of the barest necessity for happiness, which is the pursuit. What child never dreamed of having a power that would enable them to help people and defeat the villian or nemesis? What HUMAN never thought of what it would be like to fly, not in a plane, but truly fly, when there is nothing but you, the earth below and the stars above? Instead of the use of persuausion to disuade others from watching these films, maybe you should see some yourself.

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zbbrox writes:
on Sep 17 2007 06:54 PM

Wow. Apparently the bar has been lowered so far in this discussion that no less than two people mistook my *obvious sarcasm* for sincere idiocy. How sad.

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zbbrox writes:
on Sep 17 2007 06:57 PM

Although, come to think of it, I would have thought my glowing expectations for the film in an earlier post would have provided concrete evidence that I was mocking that nitwit complaining about the realism in comic book movies... Ah well.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Sep 17 2007 08:51 PM

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Lets see you are dead wrong. Read the comics, electricity and nanotech is what iron man uses so i am right and you are wrong.

Plus if you get bitten by a radioactive spider you will die, common sense.

P.S. No mutants do no exist, and mutation will never cause humans to shoot lasers or grow angelic wings.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Sep 17 2007 08:54 PM

Jacog you knowledge is extremely limited by the fact that you are wrong. SO if you are going to attack me at least be correct.

P.S. Go get bitten by a radioactive spider to see if you live, hell drink a glass of water with the same amount of radioactivity and see how many different types of cancer you get. MORON.

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eastern2western writes:
on Sep 17 2007 09:21 PM

I can not believe that people are getting so excited over a trailer because there are plenty of bad movies outthere that have great trailers. The most recent one is D-Wars.

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Doomrot writes:
on Sep 18 2007 12:14 AM

Yes Iron Man's Armor is climate controlled.

And he uses Repulsor technology to fly.

GOSH! Don't you people know anything?

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LairDog writes:
on Sep 18 2007 01:50 AM

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Speed Racer is gonna suck too. I hate the Wyblorski bros. for ****ing up V For Vendetta and for those dopey Matrix movies. The trailer did remind me of the Rocketeer or worse Steel! I thought Favreau was some kinda hip indie guy. Elf? Zabarfa? WTF?

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jacog writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:26 AM

aknddon3: Are you serious? You must be joking... really you must. Most spiders are not venomous enough to kill a human, and if a spider gets exposed to radiation, it won't be enough to kill you. People get blasted with radiation all the time for cancer treatment. More radiation than a single little spider could possibly hope to carry. So shut up.

Also - Nanotechnology... go look it up online. Learn something.

You are terribly immature, man. And I am not going to cut you any slack for that even if you are 12 years old. It's never too damn early to start acting like an adult.

And yes, mutants exist. They dont fly or shoot lasers from their eyes, but genetic mutation does occur. From the Wikipedia page "In biology, mutations are changes to the base pair sequence of genetic material (either DNA or RNA). Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division and by exposure to ultraviolet or ionizing radiation, chemical mutagens, or viruses, or can occur deliberately under cellular control during processes such as meiosis or hypermutation. Mutations create variations in the gene pool, and the less favorable (or deleterious) mutations are removed from the gene pool by natural selection, while more favorable (beneficial or advantageous) ones tend to accumulate, resulting in evolutionary change."

In your case though, aknddon3, I think nature has failed us.

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zbbrox writes:
on Sep 18 2007 05:59 AM

Just to clarify, not taking sides...

As Doomrot has pointed out, Iron Man uses repulsor technology to fly. This is the same technology he uses to blast people. Essentially, it generates concussive force. And it's powered by electricity. Does such a thing actually exist? No. But it's science fiction. As for nanotech, yes the armor uses nanotech, but as far as I know it has nothing to do with flying, it's more about nanocomputing.

Yes, mutants exist. Millions of them. We wouldn't exist as a species without them. However, the Marvel comic-book sense of the word (i.e. a human born with a specific "x-gene" that gives them superhuman powers) is, once again, science fiction.

The radioactive spider question is interesting--the fact that he was bitten indicates that he had radioactive material flowing through him for some time. Sustained exposure to even small amounts of radioactive material can be dangerous. However, as the spider was still alive (albeit dying) after being irradiated, it probably wasn't that intense. I don't think there's any way of knowing how this fictional spider of an unknown size and venom capacity exposed to radiation of an unknown type would affect a victim it bit.

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jacog writes:
on Sep 18 2007 07:11 AM

Repulsor tech eh? Well... sometimes pseudoscience that you can not and don't have to explain is best. Star Trek has loads of it. So repulsor tech it is.

I prefer the new Spiderman version of the spider story though where the spider was in fact genetically altered, not radioactive. The radioactive spider thing smacks of the 1950s where radiation was used to explain a whole plethora of things and became an easy way of creating super powers.

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