I am sure that after dedicating three entries to The Hulk people probably thought I would mention The Incredible Hulk movie but we'll save that for later. After seeing the Hulk film Universal released a while back I kind of prefer not thinking about Hulk films for a while. Nope, let's talk about the Iron Man movie because the trailers for it look super cool and this is one superhero film I want to see. It's kind of funny that I would be looking forward to an Iron Man film considering that I was never a big fan of Iron Man comic books when I was a kid. No, it wasn't that Iron Man was not a cool hero as I did not dislike ole' Shellhead. I just didn't pick up many issues of his title. In fact, I think I purchased maybe 5 of them all throughout my childhood. Instead, I would enjoy his appearances in Marvel Team Up and Marvel Two in One as well as other guest appearances in other issues. As a kid, I was not into heroes that flew. I jut more down to earth heroes such as Spiderman, Captain America, The Hulk, Daredevil, et al. Iron Man was ok, but he was too fantastic for my tastes. Iron Man, however, was also never a dull character since the alcoholism storylines made the character interesting if not shocking. There were no Marvel Max titles in th 1970's and 1980's so adult themed storylines were rare so this made Iron Man an intriguing title for a while. But the concept of an Iron Man film did not appeal to me when I first heard about it. Mainly, the leaked script ideas at the time sounded uninspiring. Plus, I had a feeling that the superhero film genre was not going to have legs for much longer. Boy, was I wrong on that as the superhero film (not really a genre…it falls under the genre of Science-Fiction) has become the new western genre as it has mega legs to last many decades. Then again, if could die out in a few years and be the modern equivalent of the kung fu film cycle of the 1970's. That means, means the films might stay popular for five years or more and then die out. Then again, the money earned by the modern superhero film fad far, far, far eclipses the revenues generated by the old kung fu cycle so maybe that is not an accurate comparison either. Anyway, I am getting off topic. The Iron Man motion picture has the potential to be a really fun film and I will keep this blog updated with news and info as I come across it.