How Iron Man 2 could have been improved.
(TONY STARK is at the congressional hearing, being grilled about the Iron Man suit by Senator Stern.)
STERN: “Mr. Stark, it is of utmost importance that the Iron Man suit be turned over to the military immediately.”
STARK: “Sorry, that’s not going to happen –”
(STARK is interrupted by a beeping from his super high-tech phone thingie.)
STARK: “Whoa, Ultimo is tearing up downtown. Gotta go. Hold that thought.”
(A couple of minutes later:)
(A few minutes later, back at the hearing.)
STARK: “Whew boy, that was somethin’. Okay, where were we?”
(NICK FURY and STARK are seated in the patio area, HOWARD STARK’s storage box between them.)
FURY: “Now, this box might be of interest to you. It belonged to your father, and inside….”
STARK: “Hey, hold on now…is that Blizzard out there over the ocean? Man, that guy really cheeses me off. I’ll be right back.”
FURY: “Stark, don’t you dare–!”
STARK: “Okay, that was taken care of. Sorry about that. …What were you saying?”
FURY: “Don’t you ever do that to me again.”
(STARK and JIM RHODES are in their respective armors, waiting for the arrival of Vanko and his drone army.)
STARK: “Oh, hey, Rhodey, just received a message that the Blood Brothers are back in town. Can you handle Vanko and pals while I take care of this?”
RHODEY: “Wait, what?”
(A couple of minutes later:)
(Cut to RHODEY fighting Vanko and the drones.)
RHODEY: “Hey, Tony? Where are you, buddy? Could use a hand here! …Hello?”
For a couple of seconds I thought that it was Tony shouting “IRON MAN!” in the third panel, and I was filled with joy.
That was hilarious, Mike–what an insane and fun movie THAT would have been.
George Tuska improves everything. Fact.
Tony never could handle the Blood Brothers on his own.
Speaking of 1976, Rich H. has done it again, retrieving some long-lost Patchwork Man material:
http://www.swampthingroots.com/news_06-07-10_unpublished-patchwork-man-story.html
Great job, Rich! Keep it up!
Mike, you are a beautiful man.
I sincerely hope you are contacted shortly as a plot consultant for IRON MAN 3.
(And I really dug Iron Man 2, but y’know, I think I like your version better!)
I think this would’ve improved every comic book/super-hero movie from Superman III forward.
What, no love for the Unicorn?
A.L. – Let’s leave a little somethin’-somethin’ for the sequel, my friend.