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Ozymandias:
Captain America will be set in WW2 (darn), comes out May 6, 2011, McConaughey as Rogers is completely unfounded and probably not true, and his shield was in Iron Man, according to Marvel.

Blue Kitty:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 22 May 2008, 15:26 ---Ummm, I'm pretty sure just about every fan of the character would be effectively bullshit if they didn't cover it. Stark's struggle with alcoholism was one of the most definitive and intriguing storylines ever put down in comics. I'd be willing to put down money that you're in the minority on not wanting to see it.

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I myself am fairly tired of all of the, "Stark is an alcoholic," jokes.  Then again, the only other jokes people make is that he is an ass.  Personally, I would love to see Armor Wars done.

Hat:
Honestly, I liked enough of the sly little nods to Tony's drinking, I don't necessarily want it to be the centrepiece of the sequel if they are seriously going to make a franchise from Iron Man. Maybe make it a little bit more obvious in the sequel, and save the full blown alcoholism conflict for a post-avengers movie?

I just really enjoyed Stark being a partyboy and having a good time. Really, you need to build up the character more than has already been done for an alcoholism storyline to have real impact.

Jackie Blue:
Exactly.  Iron Man worked so well as a movie because it avoided the angst that turned a lot of people off Spiderman 3 (and, to a lesser extent, 2).  Tony Stark was pissed about something that really mattered to people other than himself, and he didn't sit around and brood, he went and blew shit up.  Bringing in an alcoholism story in the very first sequel would be terrible for the average movie-goer, regardless of how many comic book nerds it would appease.

Besides which, by ending the movie with him coming out and saying "I am Iron Man", it pretty well guarantees the main subplot of the next one will be how to deal with someone who is publically and admittedly a superhero.  I wouldn't be surprised if it opens with him getting arrested or some such, and then released into government (ie Nick Fury) custody.

Surgoshan:
Stark, at least as portrayed in the film, is such an individualist and type A personality, that I really don't see him meshing well with a governmental paramilitary organization.  That right there is going to generate a lot of story, I think.

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