Iron Man 3 Trailer

Some times casting is done poorly. Christopher Walken as Han Solo would have been a joke. Eric Stoltz was so bad as Marty McFly that they had to reshoot half the film. It couldn't have been the same product with someone else.

Some times casting is done perfectly. As in the case of Iron Man. Tony Stark can come off like a bad mix between Max Headroom and Donald Trump. But when portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. - it's perfect. He's likable. He's brilliant. He's horribly horribly flawed. Iron Man is a modern day Jekyll and Hyde. There is no man and no monster. Just a horrible complex and realistic version of a brilliant mind and brilliantly flawed ego.

The first official trailer for Iron Man 3 is out. I am glad to see that they will again focus on not only the battles of the man in a suit - they will show the battle inside the mind of a man.

  

Yes. There is a lot to the trailer. The suit moving on it's own. Seemingly both The Mandarin and The Iron Patriot. Guy Pearce is in it, which thrills me to no end. How his career never took off has always confused me. 

Nonetheless, the most compelling part of this version of Iron Man, central to it's success, is the portrayal of Tony Stark. As an actor, fanboy and man, I can't wait to watch.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Teams With Stan Lee On New Comic And Cartoon

I firmly believe that creative talent ebbs and flows. Any creative mind or genius has ups and downs. However, it seems that there comes a point when the downs are all that is left. Look at some of Einsteins last work, or anything done by George Lucas since 1990 or any Rolling Stones album of the past 25 years. The well does run drive at some point, its just nature. It happens to everyone.

It's time to finally acknowledge that it has happened to comic great and icon Stan Lee. The man created some of the most memorable and brilliant characters of all time. He had a hand in Spiderman, Fantastic Four, The Xmen, The Avengers, Thor, Daredevil and literally thousands of others. He is on the Mount Rushmore of comic creators.

However, the past decade has been astonishingly bad. If you were to tell me that Stan Lee had been abducted and replaced by his evil mentally challenged twin, I would gladly believe you. It seems inconceivable that the same mind that helped to build most of the Marvel Universe is also responsible for Stripperella, Ringo as a super hero and now some ill conceived project with the Governator.

Please Stan, just stop. Don't let people know you as the reality show shill and cameo creep. It overshadows the really impressive and worthwhile previous years of genius.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Teams With Stan Lee On New Comic And Cartoon

Captain America Trailer

I've never been a huge Captain America guy. In fact, I've never purchased or even read an entire Captain America comic book. However, I'm cautiously excited for the upcoming film. While I generally like Chris Evans, who's Push is highly underrated, I'm not sure he's the prototypical actor for Captain America. However, Marvel Entertainment hit a home run with Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stack and seems to be right on with the upcoming Thor as well - so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Plus the trailer seems to be spot on.