Ten Things We Demand from Iron Man 2

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 6, 2008

List of Demands: Iron Man 2

With the fantastic Iron Man film coming out on a rocking DVD set this past week, we’ve been thinking about our favorite hard drinking, big explosion-making hero and what we want out of a second installment.  Now, Iron Man’s rogues gallery isn’t all that impressive, so we’re not doing some lame list of villains.  Mostly, we just want them to do a bang up job like they did on the first, but if they’re open to suggestions, well then….

10.  Alcoholism. In the comics, Stark battled hard with alcoholism.  It may be a tad early in the hopefully long-running series for this, but drinking has always, and should always, be a part of Tony Stark.  Besides, we really relate to this.

9.  Armor Wars Tease. Armor Wars was kind of incorporated into the first one when Stark went about destroying his technology that had been used against innocents.  In the books, Stark tracked down other powered suits and armor designs that used his stolen technology.  I wouldn’t mind seeing some imitation Iron Men, or at least more of Stark tracking down his own weapons.

8.  A Terrible Villain. Bear with me, I want a terrible villain, like Whiplash, to be handled without problem and humiliatingly defeated.  No comic movie has really introduced a laughable villain and easily dispatched him right off the bat, which I think would be funny and give Stark some easy lines to score laughs.

7.  Womanizing. There are some cut scenes on the DVD of Stark rolling deep with ladies, but his lady killer aspect should be kicked up a notch for the sequel.

6.  SHIELD. While I prefer a regular continuity Marvel Nick Fury, I do want to see a little bit more of SHIELD, maybe some bad ass operatives or Stark working on designing a helicarrier.

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5.  In Continuity Cameo. We obviously need Stan Lee in the film, but we should also get a cameo from other Marvel characters in the universe, be it someone like Hugh Jackman just walking through the background or something more obvious, like an introduction to Steve Rogers.

4.  Hydra or AIM. It would be cool to see a probable and realistic introduction to a Marvel terrorist group, like Hydra or AIM.  It would have to be taken a little seriously, more so than in the comics, but giving Iron Man a group to take down is a good plan of action.

3.  Modified Armor. It is probably asking too much for some Hulk Buster armor, though that would be freaking sweet.  But it would be awesome to see Stark designing, and hopefully utilizing, some new armor designs.

2.  The Mandarin. The “Ten Rings” in the first was an allusion to the rings The Mandarin wore in the comics, so it only makes sense that one of Iron Man’s only legitimately threatening villains make an appearance in the sequel.  They should probably stay away from his more mystical qualities, though.

1.  War Machine. We’re almost guaranteed this with Jim Rhodes saying “Next time” while staring at a suit of armor.  But I demand some War Machine!

Honorable Mention: Iron Man destroying an entire armored column of enemy tanks just because that would be awesome!

So there you have it, ten things we want to see happen in Iron Man 2.  But you know, if we don’t get them all, it’ll still be alright by me, as I’m betting my money that no matter what happens, it’s going to be awesome.  But seriously, add some womanizing.  And hot bikini chicks.  I’m just being faithful to the comics!

What do you want to see in Iron Man 2?


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  • In the Howard Stern interview referenced in a previous article, Favreau I believe made it explicitly clear that Mandarin was going to be the "big bad" of IRON MAN 2. Howard was lobbying, as a matter of fact, to be cast as Mandarin. So...

    Howard Stern as Mandarin. That's what I want to see.
  • Chris
    If you watch the making of doc, there's a segment on the shooting of the scene (which I don't think made the deleted material) where Stark gets back from being held hostage, and Jarvis tells him about his messages. It's not hard to hear, but turning on the subtitles will definitely let you see that Jarvis mentions the number of all his messages, and finishes with... "and one from The Mandarin."
  • TL
    Another thing Tony Stark might have to deal with is his new found status as a "superhero" since he outed himself at the end of the movie.
    Stark was a bit of a celebrity before with his rich playboy antics, but now that he flies around in a high tech suit, how will he deal with the extra attention?
  • I demand Iron Man 2 not suck like the first one did.
  • AIM is actually a perfect villain for Iron Man. They have opposing ideas of how technology should be used and make a good counter to Stark Enterprises.
  • Bikini chicks? I'm down. Who do I draft the check to?
  • c0ld
    10. Alcoholism: I really don't see a "Demon in the Bottle" type story emerging in the movie universe. We did see Tony knocking back alot of drinks in the first movie, but I just think that having a serious alcohol related storyline (anybody remember Superman?) would kill what was the best thing about the first movie, namely it was fun.


    9. Armor Wars Tease: Kinda covered in the first movie. The Iron Monger suit was basically stolen IM tech. But it would be cool to see Tony up against multiple suits.

    8. A Terrible Villain: I'm totally on board for this. Really to keep the fun factor high. To a point though, maybe someone lame Tony can take out in the first couple of minutes of the movie.

    7. Womanizing: Har har har. Cannot disagree.

    6. SHIELD: Stark designing the helicarrier or recurring SHIELD operatives apperaing across all the Marvel movies would be awesome. Dugan and Quartermain :)

    5. In Continuity Cameo: I'm sure these are very much part of the plan in the build up to the Avengers movie. With Mr. Downey Jr. already having appeared as Tony Stark in the Hulk movie I'm sure we can look forward to more "cross-pollination".

    4. Hydra or AIM: I have a feeling the so-called "Ten Rings" are set to be the main menace.

    3. Modified Armor: If Hulk's the big bad in the Avengers movie, I'm sure we'll see a Hulkbuster suit at some stage. Although I wouldn;t want them to mess with the suit too much. They really nailed it the first time around.

    2. The Mandarin: From the interviews and reports I've read it seems that the Mandarin will be looming in the shadows having his dirty, ringed fingers involved throughout the franchise, possibly a smaller role in IM2 and the main villain in IM3.

    1. War Machine: You're not alone. After all that's why signed on to play the character in the first place. So I think it's pretty much guaranteed.
  • @ Robert Fure- "No comic movie has really introduced a laughable villain and easily dispatched him right off the bat"

    You obviously don't remember Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin, huh? ;) I kid.
  • Jonathan
    How about a better film score and a better cast villain. 1. the film score was incredibly cheesy it took me out of the film completely. 2. Jeff Bridges the dude? I know the guy can act but hearing his voice in that suit was simply hilarious. HEEEEY TOOOOOOOOOOOONY.
  • The best thing would be if more elements from the comic books could be tied into a sequel in a subtle way that gratified people who've read the comics without losing the people who haven't.
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