It’s a set-up for 2010 and the release of the first of the Avenger movies.
I’m not big on Iron Man knowledge, I’m just basing things on… the movie I just watched.
Also, why did SHILED bring Pepper, a civilian, along with them? Seemed a highly dangerous thing to do, and all she did was open the front door for them. Seems tey could have told her to wait outside while they dealt with a potentially psychotic beardy who may or may not have a high-powered killign machine at his disposal.
Cool. The only thing they didn’t watch in Raiders was the face melting/head exploding bit. But they were okay with the hideously-rapid-aging-because-he-chose-poorly scene in Crusade. 
Spoiler tags, man!
Only way to guarantee that Iron Man could swoop in to finish the job if they got overwhelmed. Otherwise they are all doomed to an off-screen tertiary character mass-death. You work within the laws that govern your world.
I’m still chuckling about the name, “Pepper Potts”. Is it soup yet? 
Despite the fact that I liked this movie more than the previous superhero movies, I don’t have much Iron Man in my collection, so somebody fill me in. I assume “Pepper” is just a nickname?
From what I read on Wiki, it depends on the continuity. We never were given any indication in the movie that she had any other given name, IIRC, so we can only assume her mom had some really good pain medication during the delivery.
Yes. For “Virginia.”
Back in the '60s, many comic book characters (especially ones created by Stan Lee) had alliterative names: Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Scott Summers (Cyclops), Warren Worthington (Angel), Stephen Strange (Dr. Strange), Otto Octavius (Dr. Octopus), Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), and many others. Iron Man had Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan (the chauffeur played by Jon Favreau) on his payroll, but Pepper’s real name is Virginia, and Happy’s real name is Harold.
Yeah, her name is Virgina, apparently. And I assumed that she went with the SHIELD guys to let them into the lab and such. And she wasn’t unrealistically heroic, which was good.
I’m enlisted, stationed in California, still in training, with hopes of specializing in… information management. 
When Rhodey was in his dress blues, he had one heck of a big ribbon rack on his chest. Can anyone list his decorations?
While I wish the ending battle scene would have gone on longer, probably the best superhero flick I’ve seen. And on what planet is Paltrow supposed to be anything but average looking? The early scene when she’s onscreen with Downey Jr’s conquest, some average hot chick, she looks like a troll in comparison. Not hot, not even if she were just some chick working as a receptionist, but Downey Jr is awesome and I’m glad to see him bounce back in a big way- he’s a real talent.
I’ll agree that Leslie Bibb is younger and more conventionally lovely than Gwyneth Paltrow. But so what? He’s not in love with her for her youth. I actually rather like that bit. When he gets off the plane (and again at the party) you can clearly see him thinking, “I’ve been banging worthless skanks while this great woman, who clearly is in love with me though I don’t deserve it, has been taking care of me. I should totally ask her to marry me right now, except of course she has too much self-respect to say yes. I am an idiot.”
That’s funny – I thought Leslie Bibb was not very attractive in the movie – she looked like a dress dummy in a store window – artificial, not sexy. Paltrow looked like ‘real’ by comparison; I don’t think she’s a knockout by any means, but she’s reasonably attractive, plus I’m a sucker for redheads.
I was torn. In one scene I’d think, “Yes, I will take her into my harem once I am god-king of Earth.” In the next I’d think, “Well, not so much.”
Mrs. Rhymer would like to add that she enjoyed the stretch of naked, strategically draped Bibb the morning after.
“…and sometimes I even take out the trash. Will there be anything else, Miss?”
Just saw it.
It was marginally above average.
:smack:
Missed it!!
I kept seeing him as Jon Favreau doing a Hitch!
Yeaahokay. :rolleyes:
“Gimme a scotch, I’m starving.”