Vintage Iron Man
Posted: November 20, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Superhero, Tony Stark, vintage Leave a comment[PHOTO] IRONMAN Burger Break
Posted: November 19, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mediasphere | Tags: Fast food, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Movies, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Stark Leave a commentComic Panel: ‘Suddenly, Tony Stark…’
Posted: November 1, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: Avengers, Comic Books, design, graphics, Illustration, Iron Man, Lettering, Marvel, Superhero, Tony Stark, typography 1 Comment
Iron Man is Forever. Robert Downey Jr. Isn’t
Posted: October 20, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Captain America, Chris Evans, Elon Musk, Iron Man, Marvel, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studio, Marvel Studios, Robert Downey, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Stark 2 CommentsFor The Verge, Ross Miller writes:
After weeks of back and forth, will he or won’t he, Marvel finally announced Robert Downey Jr.‘s next appearance as Tony Stark / Iron Man, playing counterpoint to Chris Evans’ Steve Roger in the NSA-fueled Captain America 3.
But the most interesting part of the announcement is this behind-the-scenes blurb from Variety:
Originally, Marvel wanted to hire Downey for a small role, which would have required just three weeks of work. But Downey wanted Stark to have a more substantial role in the film’s plot, which would give him more screen time and naturally a bigger payday. This angered Marvel Entertainment chief Ike Perlmutter, who ordered the screenwriters to write Iron Man out of the script entirely, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
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Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark. Tony Stark, likewise, is Robert Downey Jr. (with a dash of Elon Musk). There’s no point arguing otherwise; so much of Stark the character feels like an extension of Downey’s own. Marvel Studios has merged the two personalities into one inextricably linked entity, which is why Marvel is more likely to write the character out completely rather than recasting. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Downey Jr: No Plans for ‘Iron Man 4’
Posted: September 7, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Iron Man, Marvel, media, Movies, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Stark, Variety 1 CommentSay it isn’t so! Read the rest of this entry »
Rare Photo of Pundit Planet Co-Founder
Posted: August 20, 2014 Filed under: Dr. Strangelove's Notebook, Guns and Gadgets, History, Humor, Mediasphere, Robotics, Science & Technology, Space & Aviation, The Butcher's Notebook, Think Tank | Tags: 3D printing, Bat Cave, Dr Strangelove, Hong Kong, Houston, NASA, primatologist, punditfromanotherplanet, Rocketry, science, SpaceX, Tony Stark 1 CommentOur co-found and Editor-At-Large. Though this snapshot looks vintage, it was actually taken fairly recently, around 2007, back when he had a bit less gray hair, and long before he had a 3-D printer. But his hobbies are essentially the same. He’s currently heading up our Hong Kong Bureau, where his time and space doesn’t allow for recreational rocket building, so I’m sure he’ll enjoy this archival snapshot as a winsome reminder of a cherished pastime.