I love Iron Man. He's great. He was my favorite action figure as a child, and definitely played a major role in my later comic book obsession. Sure, nobody ever was able to write an interesting story about him until Kurt Busiek took over his comic in the late-90s. But still...I mean, just look at him! He's so cool! He has all these different armors! With ray beams.
Well, of course a movie has been announced. As to whether it actually gets made, my rule of thumb is "don't believe anything you hear about a comic book movie until you're actually allowed to purchase a ticket." But, in the interest of joining the collective moan of the comic book nerd community, "Waaaaugh, why is Jon Favreau directing." The fact that he was in Swingers can no longer make up for the fact that he directed Made, Elf, and Zathura: Jumanji In Space. And no, I don't care that you liked Elf.
Apparently they've cast Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man. That might be overkill...Iron Man is only an alcoholic. (Here's the runner-up link.) I like that casting, but how about a less family-friendly director? Perhaps it's time to tap Paul Verhoeven's valuable experience?
In other news, this weekend's season premiere of Saturday Night Live was hosted by Dane Cook; the next day, TiVo chose to record Simon Sez, in which Dane Cook plays the "comedic" sidekick. This is one of maybe three movies (including Wes Craven's Wishmaster and one other movie that I've blotted out of my memory) that was so bad I never made it all the way through. Why did TiVo do this, you ask? Because someone gave it three thumbs up without my consent.
James Furdell...revenge shall be mine.
Wow... I just discovered that the most satisfying practical jokes are the ones whose seeds you sowed like two years before.