# Iron Man Movie: Proto-armor sneak peek. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807 "2007-04-12T15:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/1 "2007-04-12T15:02:01Z")
Go [here](http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/04/11/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-metal-suit/). I don’t know if this is the sort of thing that would get taken down by the studio, so who knows how long it will be up. For folks unfamiliar with the story, long before Tony Stark makes his way into the signature red & gold model that has been the standard for decades, he was captured by some hostile forces. Thinking back to his very favorite episode of the A-Team (not really), he fashions a suit of protective armor out of spare parts to save his life and escape his prison. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/2 "2007-04-12T15:06:23Z")
Friggin, there are going to be helicopters in the movie, and so my squadron is providing them for the movie. Do the flying and such. So of course, I’m not one of the crewmembers who get to do it. By far the biggest dork in the squadron, and they don’t pick me. I suck at life. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/3 "2007-04-12T15:58:49Z")
It’s the CyberMan! Someone, quick, call the Doctor! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/4 "2007-04-12T16:08:21Z")
Damn, you beat me, simster! Compare and contrast: [Cyberman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberman) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/5 "2007-04-12T16:39:06Z")
You think the storyline will involve his alcohol problem? I’m betting they save that for the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/6 "2007-04-12T17:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] You think the storyline will involve his alcohol problem? I’m betting they save that for the sequel. [/QUOTE] I think I recall reading that Favreau wasn’t able to cram that into the movie along with all the other stuff. Like you are wagering, I seem to recall him saving that for the sequel as well. Having said that, it should be foreshadowed a bit in the first movie, because a dependency — alcohol or otherwise — doesn’t really come out of nowhere, it’s an escalation from minor behavior patterns. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/7 "2007-04-12T22:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] You think the storyline will involve his alcohol problem? I’m betting they save that for the sequel. [/QUOTE] Or his problem with being a arrogant pigheaded two-faced fascist… _checks forum_ …futurist. (I’m just sitting here, twiddling my thumbs, waiting for _Civil War_ to be retconned…) ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/8 "2007-04-12T23:12:49Z")
That picture makes me giddy with anticipation!!! ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/9 "2007-04-12T23:31:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] (I’m just sitting here, twiddling my thumbs, waiting for _Civil War_ to be retconned…) [/QUOTE] You’re going to have some pretty good calluses on your thumbs then 😛 I reckon you’ll be waiting around 18 months or so. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/10 "2007-04-12T23:46:46Z")
[QUOTE=Brad Serum] Go [here](http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/04/11/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-metal-suit/). I don’t know if this is the sort of thing that would get taken down by the studio, so who knows how long it will be up. For folks unfamiliar with the story, long before Tony Stark makes his way into the signature red & gold model that has been the standard for decades, he was captured by some hostile forces. Thinking back to his very favorite episode of the A-Team (not really), he fashions a suit of protective armor out of spare parts to save his life and escape his prison. [/QUOTE] I’m glad you explained. I had read some Iron Man when I was young, but not enough to know that part of the story and when I saw the suit I was disappointed. Now with your explanation I understand. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-movie-proto-armor-sneak-peek/399807/11 "2007-04-12T23:51:20Z")
[QUOTE=fiddlesticks] Damn, you beat me, simster! Compare and contrast: [Cyberman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberman) [/QUOTE] Well, his original grey armor always did look clunky and Cybermannish. I’m pleased to see that they kept to the source that much.