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21st Century Ned Kelly

  • Sep. 18th, 2007 at 3:51 PM


Am I the only one thinking Ned Kelly here?

Also, does Robert Downey Jr kinda look like Al Pacino? I tell you, nothing's original in the world anymore. Not, y'know, that I expected such from an Iron Man trailer, but the way some of y'all been going on about it, you'd think Jesus had landed in your backyard in his spaceship.
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kaaronwarren
Sep. 18th, 2007 08:51 am (UTC)
I reckon Downey Jr is Tony Curtis' love child. Or grandchild. Tony Curtis as a young man is the spitting image!
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benpeek
Sep. 18th, 2007 12:44 pm (UTC)
i'm too young to remember a young tony curtis ;P
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kaaronwarren
Sep. 18th, 2007 09:37 pm (UTC)
So are most people alive today! I don't know how old that man is, but he looks a well-preserved 120.
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ataxi
Sep. 19th, 2007 01:13 am (UTC)
Yeah, that's true.

(I'm thinking of the infamous "Curtis bathes Olivier" scene from Spartacus now!)

Downey does resemble a young Curtis.
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kaaronwarren
Sep. 19th, 2007 01:43 am (UTC)
It's in the eyes, and the jawline. Not sure who the mother might have been!
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mrteufel
Sep. 18th, 2007 09:59 am (UTC)
C'mon... Iron Man is the Anti-Kelly! Ned was a poor bloke trying to use crime to get ahead; Stark is a billionare using tech to fight crime.

I'm not expecting literature, but they've already got the look right; all they need is to keep the myth roughly true to the comic and have a functional action plot, and I'll be happy.
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benpeek
Sep. 18th, 2007 12:44 pm (UTC)
you don't reckon when he walks out of that cell in the big suit that he looks like ned kelly?

it's all i can think of.
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artbroken
Sep. 18th, 2007 11:21 am (UTC)
you'd think Jesus had landed in your backyard in his spaceship.

He did.

And he told me you touch yourself at night.
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benpeek
Sep. 18th, 2007 12:43 pm (UTC)
only when he's watching.
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bluetyson
Sep. 18th, 2007 01:33 pm (UTC)
Yeah, he's no Timothy Dalton, or whoever a more American version is, that is for sure. That's the Tony Stark type.

I guess Christian Bale can't do DC and Marvel at once. :)

The rest looks like cheesy American war stuff, but the armour is actually decent by the looks.
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benpeek
Sep. 18th, 2007 11:30 pm (UTC)
the armour is the least interesting thing for me...
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jody_macgregor
Sep. 19th, 2007 02:57 am (UTC)
Engaging geek engines: It looks like they've drawn strongly from Warren Ellis's Extremis storyline. Which is a good thing. An action movie taking time to condemn war-profiteering would be ... nice.
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benpeek
Sep. 19th, 2007 12:06 pm (UTC)
i never read the ellis take. i tend to stay away from his work for hire stuff--which is kinda how i am for most of comics these days. go fig.
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jody_macgregor
Sep. 19th, 2007 12:32 pm (UTC)
If you've not read Nextwave I recommend it highly. It's work-for-hire, but it's also one of the funniest things he's done.
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benpeek
Sep. 19th, 2007 12:35 pm (UTC)
no, i read that one. he had some samples online which were pretty funny, and i was there for it. the other stuff i've just skipped, though.
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