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This must be a joke: Mickey Rourke & Iron Man 2

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Written by April Yorke   
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 19:00

There were few things that I loved more last summer than Iron Man (a movie that scores insanely high in re-watchability for me), so you can imagine how much I am looking forward to Iron Man 2. But what the crap is this (pictured, by Francois Duhamel, Marvel Studios)? Is anyone seeing what I'm seeing? Rourke, as Whiplash, is wearing a prison jumpsuit, a utility belt, Iron Man's miniature arc reactor heart ("The technologies are definitely related," says director Jon Favreau.), and, like, bicycle handles on his hands, which kind of make his hands (or at least his right hand) look quasi-amputated (with apologizes to amputees, quasi- or otherwise). This guy's torso is covered, he's got a mask (anonymity!), and electric arm chain thingies (like what's-her-face from Soul Calibur. You know, with the sword that became a chain). Okay, so sometimes he does have an exposed torso (surely a vulnerability? does he have a forcefield to protect it?), but still. The prison romper has got to go. If you can get your hands on a mini-arc reactor, you can find some pants.

By Francois Duhamel, Marvel Studios
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kevinjohns
June 11, 2009
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Superhero movie photos...

...always look terrible when taken out of context. I remember the first time pictures were released for Singer's first X-Men film and the costumes just looked like they were going to be terrible, but of course they worked great within the context of the film. Hell, everytime Christian Bale appeared on a cover of a magazine promoting the Dark Knight he looked completely ridiculous. That Batman costume just looks terrible under the studio lights of a photo shoot.

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April Yorke is a (Cult)ure Magazine contributor since Wednesday, 07 January 2009.

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