In case you didn't know, Iron Man—probably the most gadgety movie ever this side of James Bond—is arriving in theaters today, May 1st, at 8PM. Not tomorrow at 12AM, but this evening. Yesterday, all our West Coast editors had the opportunity to see it at the TechCrunch screening. I caught Jason just before he went to sleep in his crotchless pajamas, and I asked him if it was truly pantsworthy, like we predicted after the trailer. He said "yes, better than Spiderman and X-Men." Oh boy. [Superhero Hype—Thanks Lindsay]
Iron Man to Be Released Today at 8PM
10:19 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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well, there goes the work i was going to do tonight. *pours scotch* to starks!
Iron time...........baby...
thats just too cool..........makes me drool........now this is what I call teaser..
If only it were being released for iTunes download.
My local movie review actually gave it 4 1/2 stars and they usually slam any movie that doesn't try to induce uncontrollable weeping.
Please add to the title of the post.....DON'T PLAY MORE THAN ONCE......
I don't understand... Iron Man was released here (Argentina) yesterday (April 30th) at 10AM... This may be a screwed up country but every once in a while we get an earlier release date than you guys!
The weirdest thing just happened. I refreshed Giz and when the Iron Man headline showed up, Iron Man started playing on my ipod.
Weird stuff!
So the rumors are true...they DID make the trailer into a full-length film! suh-WEET!
well "the office" and "lost" are on tonight so... that still means midnight showing
I wish everyone would say that it sucked, so I wouldn't be let down. With all of the hand-jobs that movie's gotten from everyone, there's no way it can live up to the hype, no matter how good it is. (and yes, I realize that it's going to be good)
Conversely, everyone ripped how horrible Water World was... After I saw it, I kind of liked it, since it wasn't that bad. It stunk like dog shit, but everyone had me expecting a pig farm. In case you don't know, dog shit smells like roses compared to a pig farm (The worst smell you can imagine. I went to U of Illinois, and there's a pig farm miles south of campus - on a hot summer day, miles away, it smelled about as fresh as Rosie O'Donnell's g-string after a marathon)
What's all this rumor stuff I hear that Nick Fury wasn't in the pre-release screenings, but he does have a scene in the actual film being released tonight?
@Munch: I just threw up a little.
For some strange reason, as I watched that clip, I couldn't help but think of the fact that those robotic arms assembling that suit around him could be really really painful if he happened to move while they were trying to clamp those pieces together. ...much worse than getting caught in your zipper.
Can't wait to see the movie though!
@GeekyNerdGuy:
*Spoiler Alert*
he does ... you just have to sit through the whole movie
Saw it yesterday was pretty nice :)
It got a 94% on rottentomatoes.com
Normally I don't agree with any particular critic, but when 94% of critics liked it, you know it's gonna be good.
I'm STOKED.
Ha! Poor suckers who bought the tickets early for Friday! Haha!
Oh wait... Shit!
I bought my tickets yesterday for the 8 pm showing tonight! Woooo! So pysched.
wow, better than X2? This should be good.
OH YEAH! Let the IronMan goodness begin!!
God Giz. This isn't io9. Keep on topic.
I kid, I kid, there are too many haters complaining on here now a days.
@CHU BOI: But will it be better than Dark Knight??? And new Hulk has potential of being as good based on the ComicCon buzz.
@jdhuck: @Munch: I just threw up a lot.
I can't wait for this. I'll have to break out my Iron Man costume and show all those Star Wars/Trek groupies what's up.
I just had to go find the a Brian Hitch image from the Ultimates...
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Iron Man is going to be awesome, no doubt, but has nobody seen the Starcraft 2 trailer? The marine building sequence? I'm not saying this is a rip off.... but having seen the sc2 trailer this clip wasn't quite as exciting as i'd hoped.
+ Watch video
Anybody Agree?
I have no idea why that links redirects to Disney...
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heh, that looked like that assembly process for a 787 with all the different parts fitting together.
except they got it right in this one!
This movie was fricking awesome! I can't wait to see it again!
Crap! I thought midnight was going to kill. Now I'll be watch with a collection of early adopter wannabes!!
*Spoiler Alert*
The movie ends with credits and music.
Sorry to ruin for all of you.
I will be at the 8:00 PM showing here in Vancouver, and I am so excited! I doubt I will get any work done TODAY, let alone tonight...
Haha! I get to see it at 6:30 PM PST over here since I work on the Paramount lot and they're screening it for employees!
@SomeoneUKno: Haha! I've already seen it when I went Back to the Future!
@DeadWriter:
Dammit.. why does every movie have to be so formulaic these days?
@GeekyNerdGuy: DAMNIT! I lost the game. :-(
@noah: I'm live you Iron man is the greatest super hero ever but lost is important
@DeadWriter: so the rumors are true....good to know......haha
Does anybody else think that this looks like the Starcraft2 Teaser that was released a while back?
This came out yesterday (April 30th) in Denmark, so I have already watched it.
Oh, and it's awesome. You really have something to look forward to.
This is a great movie as I said ont he earlier post. Go watch it, it Lives to the hype of the Trailers :D
does anybody wonders what happens if he farts on the Suit? or takes a dump? Its very tight..
How about a mesh of Fantastic 4, Bat man, Iron man, Incredible Hulk, and Hell boy maybe?
A combination of heroes...in a film?
@hazmx: the suit has a auto-wipe my poop and ass robot/feature to do that instantly....... :-)
@hazmx: Micro-reactor butt-plug. Solves the problem while being green.
Mr. Diaz, you are the best.
This put an ear-to-ear smile on my face on my otherwise abysmal day.
Oh and your welcome ad infinitum!
@mr_oshodi:
at school.....riding a Buell......throwing some tools.....like a fool?
I got to see this on Tuesday night at a St. Louis screening. I loved it, you can read my full review at [wearemoviegeeks.com]
I saw a private screening of this on monday. it was really good. nothing was overdone. the action, the humor, the story.. its all just right. and i hate all these comic-book-to-big-screen ports. see it
Transformers was 8pm also
@DeadWriter: Comment of the day. Cheers.
Is the hulk trailer going to be with this?
@dragonphyre: yes, freakishly so!
@bottlerockets:
hehe totally agree I watched this and thought um Starcraft trailer, very similar
Me too! just watched yesterday here in Brazil! It was released yesterday! IT rocks!!! Watch until the end of the end credits for some great news !!
@ArielWollinger: Will do ! thanks for the tip !
HAHAHA OMG the first show in SA was at 9:30 AM on the 1st and I think our timezone is like nearly 6 hours before you so we go to see the movie nearly 17 hours before you could! OUCHIES haha
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