{"id":12430,"date":"2008-05-05T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/05\/marvels.html"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:47:41","slug":"marvels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/05\/marvels.html","title":{"rendered":"Marvels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buoyed by <em>Iron Man<\/em>&#8216;s deservedly boffo box office, Marvel today offered up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/05\/05\/marvel-studios-announces-dates-for-iron-man-2-the-avengers-thor-captain-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">some future release dates<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 30 Apr 2010: <em>Iron Man 2<\/em> <\/li>\n<li> 4 Jun&nbsp;2011: <em>Thor <\/em>(dir. Matthew Vaughn)<\/li>\n<li> 6 May 2011: <em>The First Avenger: Captain America<\/em> <\/li>\n<li> Jul 2011: <em>The Avengers<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus <em>Ant-Man <\/em>(meh) is still being planned, and we have <em>Incredible Hulk <\/em>and another <em>Punisher <\/em>movie coming up this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now &#8212; will they be as good as <em>Iron Man <\/em>&#8212; or good enough, at least? It&#8217;s going to be a tough act to follow &#8212; but while the CG was easier for this than some of the others (it&#8217;s easier to make a realistic-looking gleaming metal suit than a realistic-looking person, cf. Hulk), the lesson of Iron Man is that you can actually (a) stay true to the source material, (b) bring in good talent, and (c) write a good story, and you&#8217;ll have a success. Screwing with any of those is asking for trouble.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/marvel_studios_announces_release_date_for_iron_man_2_and_other_upcoming_fil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Les<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buoyed by Iron Man&#8217;s deservedly boffo box office, Marvel today offered up some future release dates: 30 Apr 2010: Iron Man 2 4 Jun&nbsp;2011: Thor (dir. 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And the word of mouth from this weekend will definitely drive those numbers upward. Originally shared by +Terence Towles Canote: Not surprisingly, Star Wars: The Force Awakens did well at the box office. #starwars Star\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133160,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/26\/movie-re-review-iron-man-2008.html","url_meta":{"origin":12430,"position":2},"title":"*Movie Re-review: &quot;Iron Man&quot; (2008)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 26-Mar-17 5:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Bachelor Week at my household, and the first movie of the week is ... well, Iron Man.Faboo redemption arc, as rich narcissist Tony Stark becomes grounded without becoming grim. Still one of the best MCU films.Full review: https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/iron-man-2008\/1\/Original review: https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/iron-man-2008\/Four of five stars (with a heart). A \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 review\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26767,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/avengers-assemble-audience.html","url_meta":{"origin":12430,"position":3},"title":"Avengers! Assemble! 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