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

Aerial trailer footage for promo reel only?

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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NextGen writes:
on Sep 15 2007 12:04 PM

OK so the flying shots were rushed. Thank god, that wasn't the final cut of it, it still looked funny.

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Mazula writes:
on Sep 15 2007 12:21 PM

yeah, i wasnt too impressed with those flying shots because there just wasnt much to it. he flew through the clouds and away from the jets but that was it. it was like "i've already seen this in Superman! whoop-di-doo!" Still, that was only the trailer and I have no doubts that the scene will be awesome in the full movie.

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Floor Man writes:
on Sep 15 2007 12:32 PM

Good; those shots didn't *look* finished, and apparently...they aren't. I don't think Iron Man will be spectacular, but will certainly be all kinds of awesome in its final cut. :)

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eastern2western writes:
on Sep 15 2007 12:45 PM

Iron man sounds great on paper. However, the concept just does not work in real life. Basically, it is a guy who is trapped in a metallic suit doing a lot of action stuff. Can u imagine how hot that thing would be and can a normal person even survive in that suit for long?

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punktuate writes:
on Sep 15 2007 12:57 PM

iron man is like batman a guy that uses his intelligence to kick the $%#@ out of the bad guys where Bruce Wayne is just a cover and Batman is really him it's the other way around Tony is an arrogant, cocky, badass. This movie will rock just watch the comic con stuff on you tube I don't think it's going to be possible for this movie to be crap it's gonna rock and they are already talking sequel and Terrence Howard wants to be War Machine in a spin off he was the first person cast and he wanted the role....hell Robert Downey fought for this role beefed up for it this movie is going to be right up there with Spider Man and the Blade movies.....it might only do Fantastic Four numbers cause he's not as well known but thats enough for a sequel and thats all I care about

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The Great One writes:
on Sep 15 2007 01:47 PM

I wasnt really all that impressed with the trailer...but I have faith in the people making the film..so hopefully its not a cornball fest

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damvbat writes:
on Sep 15 2007 02:49 PM

This will be a good movie, but not like the Dark Knight

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Sep 15 2007 02:55 PM

a dogfight scene? sweeeeet! any movie with a dogfight between F-22's is awesome in my book

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Sep 15 2007 03:38 PM

I may be about to invite a LOT of smack for this, but I actually did NOT like the use of Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' in the commercial; that song already has an entire identity and history to it-- it's a rock classic. I think it actually takes away from this completely new imagining of Iron Man to be attached to something so established. ...IMO. I still have some high hopes for this, though.

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Dread writes:
on Sep 15 2007 03:43 PM

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Sure is a good thing it's a movie then!

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Ender7406 writes:
on Sep 15 2007 03:46 PM

If Iron Man is not flying in this movie... Oh god, I think I found a reason to finally slash my wrists tonight.

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ThunderMammoth writes:
on Sep 15 2007 03:49 PM

what are you guys talking about? it looked great! some of you just complain to sound smart, or complain because you just can't be satisfied with anything.

> blah blah blah... yeah whatever, dude.

cheers, Favreau
keep on kicking ***.

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ruloaas writes:
on Sep 15 2007 03:59 PM

You know, I'm no Iron Man fan or anyrhing, but the trailer looked good to me. Specially the shots of R. Downey Jr. talking to the military.

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Gamingdancer writes:
on Sep 15 2007 04:01 PM

I so hope that they will show flying shots in the movie. But I think they will, the trailer was really impressive. I have to agree with Ender7406, having no flying would finally give me a reason slash my wrists.

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Daniel Aaron writes:
on Sep 15 2007 04:01 PM

how about robert downey jr looking like he is wearing lip stick. He is no Tony Stark why do they always recycle why not get a no name who actually looks the part they have more problems than CGI on this one but it will make its money becuase when people are starving for a good movie or idea they will take what they can get Hollywood caught on that they can turn a comic book into a film and the title alone will bring them in now in time the quality will show up it is slowly but this looks like standard fare Stark always came off as smooth but driven to me and way more sharp. This looks like Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man ......duh....sure if you want to dress him up like that for halloween sure i will give him some candy when he comes to my door and pat him on the head for having a cute costume but as far as "being" Iron Man no dice

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PopeAndrewPaul writes:
on Sep 15 2007 04:22 PM

Man, Robert Downey Jr will be the reason I'm seeing this. I dont even like Iron Man that much but he was a great choice, imo. Of course the creation of the suit and all looks cool too. Jon Favreau has me psyched for a flick that before the teaser, I had NO interest in. THATS hard to do.

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dwaltonk writes:
on Sep 15 2007 06:42 PM

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First off D. Aaron, they're called commas. Use them. Otherwise your complaint sounds (and looks) like an incoherent rant.
Second, Downey Jr. brings name recognition. Fantastic Four didn't really have a big star besides Alba to promote it and, if reviews are to be believed, suffered from it. Downey Jr. also has a history as a sort of playboy, so yea, I guess his acting ability doesn't have to stretch too far.
With it Hollywood-ized? Well, this movie is being released through Marvel's new movie division, so it would actually kind of be Marvel's fault.
My main concern is Favreau. Judging by the trailer, he's sticking pretty closely to Iron Man's true origin, just updated. However, it remains to be seen whether or not he can direct a true action movie. I did enjoy Elf though.

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Sputnik99 writes:
on Sep 15 2007 07:57 PM

The idea of no-flying in Iron Man was getting me a bit scared. The guy flies. It's part of his motif. Having a fight with fighter jets is nothing original, but if they do it right I don't mind.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Sep 15 2007 08:47 PM

I love how people complain about the scene not being finished or the cgi not looking good yet the insane number of computer graphics people i know say that it is great. So never talk again.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Sep 15 2007 09:01 PM

The Rocketeer looked better than this. Iron Man will make less money than FF2. The general public doesn't know or care about Iron Man. Bring on Speed Racer.

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