@@samtrotter7177 I’m a tie enthusiast so I wear them more than the average person and I say it cause I know a lot of people who avoid wearing ties as much as possible
Universal: I'm sorry Mr. Cruise, we simply cannot create a cinematic universe that's worth billions of dollars. It's imposs- Tom Cruise: JON FAVREAU was able to build a cinematic universe in a cave with A BOX OF SCRAPS!
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 That's just one franchise. A "cinematic universe" entails multiple film titles that co-exist as one shared universe, where characters from one title (e.g. Iron Man from the Iron Man films) can show up in another character's film series (e.g. Captain America: Civil War from the Captain America movies). To be a "Mission Impossible Cinematic Universe", you'd need to have another film series that does _not_ use Mission Impossible in its titles.
I feel like Nic Cage has been on board to play every super hero role that's been available. I wouldn't be surprised if he was on board to be Captain Marvel
If they had made Captain Marvel in the 90s it would probably have been the original male alien Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell, rather than Carol Danvers (who I assume was still Ms. Marvel or one of her other various names at that point). Mid-90s Peak Action Nic Cage as Captain Marvel might have been good, especially if they got into some of the weird psychedelic stuff where he fights Thanos.
The biggest issue with all the people who discovered this franchise recently is they get none of the context. They'll never know how mind blowing it was to see RDJ show up at the end of Hulk. Or how the rumor spread like wildfire that something played after the credits. So many people saw the movie twice just because no one used to stay during the credits.
As someone who's first MCU film was Avengers, it was an interesting perspective to start with a culmination and go back and see how it got there. But I did have the excitement of the post credit scenes for phase 2.
Haha I stayed for the whole credit sequence at the end of avengers while my friends walked out and waited. I told them to stay but they were ready to bounce. I walk out and told them they missed out on Thanos being revealed
Jeff bridges is really good in this! He actually feels like Tonys friend/partner/rival/mentor while being a huge jerk. He gets the screentime needed to work with his character more than just being an obstacle for Tony to overcome.
Really liked the character of Stane, problem is his agenda and motivations don't make a lot of sense. Dude is the 2nd biggest shareholder, making hundreds of millions a year and he hires some 3rd world terrorists to kill Tony... for some reason. The he kills the terrorists that were buying shit tons of weapons from him to get the armor prototype which they offered to give him for free anyway.... guess he doesn't want those tens of millions he makes by being business partners with them anymore? Tf is going on with this guy lol
@@Rage-_-Quit His take on Stane is much better than the original comics version even though that storyline was pretty cool as it led to the kickass Silver Centurion armor for Tony.
People say he's one of the most boring MCU villains and it's true he's not written particularly well, but Jeff Bridges just does such a damn good job he's remained the gold standard I compare every other one-movie villain to ever since and he's still one of my favorites.
Ok the whole analysis of how Tony Stark sees himself the majority of the films as essentially dead is actually fucking really deep and genius, besides all the amazing jokes and great banter you guys have, you guys really do have great commentary and insight into films as a whole. Keep up the great work guys!
The movie that started it all, and in 2008, I saw it... Bootlegged, along with The Incredible Hulk, on burned DVD's, because I rarely saw movies in theaters at that time in my early teens (In 8th grade, I had to get creative), and at that point, every Marvel centric movie was a let down in some way. Once fan conversations picked up about the post credits, I watched them back to back, and they were really connecting films together, at that point they had me, and never looked back since. Now looking at people watching it for the first time, I'm in awe in seeing their reactions, and saying to myself, "sometimes, you had to be there."
Yeah I remember seeing them both with my dad, and being shocked when Nick Fury appeared. Once we realized they were going for a cinematic universe, we were. hooked
Every marvel centric movie was a letdown? Lmao you never watched Spider-man Xmen and Blade movies which are all better than the MCU no hate on the MCU tho
@@michaelthatoker7125 X2 and Spider-man 1 and 2 not better than the MCU? Sure buddy sure and what OP was talking about these movies are better than Iron Man
I had to look up what you were talking about, I'd never heard about this alternate scene before. It's cool to see in retrospect, but I'm actually glad they didn't include that in the final movie since it would have created a bunch of continuity issues around Spiderman in the MCU. (Edit) I can't find a version where mutants are mentioned, only gamma radiation and radioactive spider bites. Is there a different scene I'm missing?
@@i_am_tomatosoup No it’s the exact same scene. He says “As if gamma accidents , radioactive bug bites and assorted mutants wasn’t enough” The link is : ruclips.net/video/agAl4500unE/видео.html
Ike Perlmutter was a massive cheapskate. Feige was lucky that Downey needed the win or Ike would've ruined everything. He still nearly did. I prefer Don Cheadle but Terence had a deal for Iron Man 2 and he told him he had to take less. Some say they took his money to pay RDJ.. Nobody really knows. He tried to give Jon Favreau a nice pay cut too as well as forcing him to make the movie in less time than he wanted to meet a release date. He came close to walking away. Since they weren't making 9 picture deals back then Robert Downey Jr was able to negotiate himself a pretty sweet deal once Ike was out of the way.
@@SA80TAGE I mean yeah, but some of the biggest indie music artists, are distributed by massive labels, making millions of dollars, but they’re still indie. By technicality Iron Man is still an “indie film”, no actual indie film would ever have the budget to do something like Iron Man but it’s still funny to think of it that way
Definitely the best Iron Man suit to come out of the MCU imo. It just looked so realistic and feasible, like it can actually be made in the modern day (well if you watch Alex Labs you know it's possible)
Exactly. They become so cgi magical after this. Not even trying to be mechanical or realistic which is what makes iron man relatable. Not magic disappearing helmets and flying parts.
Idk why that's so important to people. I get the hate on janky weightless CGI but modern suits, especially from IW and Endgame, aren't that. Practical effects =/= automatically better.
I think I liked all the suits (appearance-wise) except for maybe the one from Infinity War. They were definitely at their best in the first 2 Iron Man movies, though. They could take serious hits without falling apart.
For me, it's STILL my favorite Origin movie in the entire MCU. And one of my all time favorites origins. Along with Deadpool & Batman Begins The Winter Soldier is my favorite MCU film.
I have a hard time deciding whether I think this or Winter Soldier is the best MCU film. The answer might change depending on the day lol There's a case to be made for Guardians of the Galaxy 1
The only effect I ever thought looked a little off was when the mach 1 crested at top of hill. Otherwise pretty seamless. Some good horror movie vibes when Mach 1 was murdering terrorists the in cave.
The guy (Mason?) needs to get his ears checked. In context they were talking about how intelli-crops were feeding starving people. A crumpet machine wouldn't help them.
GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT v*deos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear mr
1:17 As a guy whose mostly grew up with marvel characters from the movies as the main "thing" i know them from, hearing the idea that Captain America, Thor, Ironman and the lot were just the "B Team" is just unreal
They were though. Fantastic 4 xmen etc were all the mainstream face of marvel before the MCU . iron man was never an overly popular character without the movies
I was a freshman in high school when Iron Man 1 came out, and I remember it coming out and seeing like a Times article calling Iron Man a B lister. I definitely had no idea who he was. I hadn't read many comics, and my exposure to Marvel were the the 2000s movies, the X-Men Evolution cartoon, and the Ultimate Alliance games, and I never cared for him in the games. Similarly when the Cap movie was announced, I thought it would never work because I thought he was such a stick in mud and goofy looking character. Then when Chris Evans was announced, I thought it was a ridiculous casting because Evans' whole claim-to-fame as an actor was essentially playing renditions of The Human Torch (snarky and attractive womanizers), and yet now Evans and Cap are far and away my favorites. It's wild how times have changed
@@ajclements4627 They had toys and cartoons and a few terrible live action attempts. But Iron Cap and Thor compared to Spidey, the Mutants and Hulk were still nowhere near as popular. The MCU made them A list heroes. 13 years ago if they had done the Hail Hydra twist I don’t think anyone besides comic readers would’ve cared. Now thanks to MCU and Chris Evans heaps of people care about Captain America and will flip out at crazy comic book writing choices. Can you imagine if they did Cap Wild nowadays?
I was working at the movie theater as an Usher when this came out and we told people that there was something at the end of the credits. No one was familiar with Post-Credit Scenes at that time; now it's standard practice for watching a Marvel movie.
@Ricky Nelson everyone stop having fun, the really cool guy Ricky Nelson is here to make sure nobody likes themselves more than him, which is to say, not at all
the bit with Tony Stark tweeting #helpmeobama and video calling Jeff Bridges during the convoy attack is one of my favorite edits yet. fucking killing it, Ben and Lawrence!
I remember seeing Iron Man in theaters with some friends and when 'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath played during the credits, I distinctly remember someone in the theater shouting "Fucking finally!" like it was the crux of their movie-going experience for the film. "If they don't fucking play 'Iron Man' in the movie Iron Man, I'm fucking raging about this on the Superhero Hype message boards!" - Random Nerd in Rockford, IL circa 2008
They wanted to play Iron Man by Sabbath much more but Cheryl Osborne is basically Scrouge. So for the second movie they went "yea? well let's get Iron Madden" and had no problem playing their music at any times.
Something I’ve recently noticed: this is probably my favorite editing in all of RUclips. Fits perfectly to the point where I can’t even understand how someone could get every single clip to match up with everything they say. Major props.
@Ben Holmes the Jar Jar Binks thing was about how Jar Jar is essential to the plot. And, you know, the movie doesn't have too much good stuff in it. I like him, but I get how you can find him annoying.
I remember when the first trailer came out in 2007. I showed it to my physics teacher in high school because he was a Marvel fan and I remember the whole class coming to see it on the small computer and no one knew who Iron Man was. One girl asked if he was like a Robocop.
Sarah Finn deserves a $100M bonus and a statue alongside Stan, Kevin and RDJ. That incredible woman literally cast every single person in the MCU (films AND the new TV shows)
"The suit-in-a-briefcase of actors" is strangely a very fitting description for Sam Rockwell. You just don't know what kind of suit you're going to get.
@@The8347135 really? I thought that it was from the very first episode or the first 5 of the podcast, Maso would keep saying that phrase and james would not like it and it just stayed as that.
My favorite MCU movie! I love the practical effects on this movie, the direction by Job Favreau made me love him as a filmmaker, and the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/ Iron Man is perfection!
I think this was one of the first ever action movies I enjoyed. I remember being an 9 year do girl with her family in the cinema being all like ''ugh a boring boy movie for grownups", and then loving it. The ending conference scene blew my tiny child brain
8:49 Superman/Spider-Man/Batman/most of the cast of Jupiter's Legacy/Various other superheroes: "I must not kill, ever, ever, no, not even if I really, really want to." Iron Man: "We don't do that here."
@@li-limandragon9287 Right - this is how professional law enforcement or military organizations etc. (even non-trigger-happy ones) operate in hostage situations, when they're facing people with military weapons who're willing to kill, etc. The MCU has generally followed this principle, while showing the heroes generally being against shoot-first-ask-questions-later or warmongering attitudes (cf. the Helicarriers in Winter Soldier, mass-produced Iron Man suits, the plot of Black Panther, etc.). It makes sense since the MCU often places characters in effective or literal war situations rather than just having them fighting lone supervillains (cf. Captain America fighting in WW2, Tony Stark intervening in the Ten Rings' ISIS-style conquests, the plots of all the Avengers team-up films). This was partly why I found all the hand-wringing in Jupiter's Legacy about one of the heroes killing a seemingly unstoppable supervillain to be absurd and unrealistic.
I love when earlier Yusef asks Stark if he has a family, Stark tells h2008) im "I don't" then Yusef responds back with "You are a man who everything but also nothing" then later when Yusef sacrifices himself , Stark says "C'mon. you're going to see your family" then Yusef says "It's alright Stark. I'm going to see mine now" This is the pivotal moment that changes Stark. Where Stark tells Potts, "For the first time in my life I feel like I'm doing something right!!!" It's great screenwriting. Iron Man (2008) follows the Hero's Journey perfectly just like Star Wars (1977)
Looking at Tony stark as a "man who knows he's on borrowed time" is actually super interesting and I might have to rewatch the movie he's in now through this lens
@@thatplaystationgamer3262 hardly, Iron Man was one of the films main antagonists, it was a Cap film through and through, that's why he's in the right, and everyone fucks off the accords as soon as shit gets real in later films.
My dad took me to see this movie opening day when I was about 7 years old, and we have gone to almost every MCU movie opening day since then. I have been watching these movies evolve for over half my life, and it's really interesting to go back again and see the humble origins of a franchise that has grown as large as this
Literally everyone who did a review of Mortal Kombat (The Knew Kombat) or a retrospective on RUclips kicked off because they got copyright striked because of theme. And here we are... An Iron Man video and Ben puts it in!? Fearless. A hero. An iron hero.
@@KeithFraser82 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Friendship is magic. Your logic not only checks out, but proves My Little Pony is set in the MCU.
I wanted to add that the reporter lady Tony sleeps with in the beginning has various cameos in future MCU stuff, mostly those WHIH News segments on RUclips, but it's still something pretty cool that stuck around after this first movie
This has got to be some sort of multiverse timeline I’ve found myself in.....surely James and Maso have already done COG for Ironman in my original timeline
Anyone noticed how when he's tweeting at 20:44 his profile pic is him opening his arms, which in-universe had probably happened like 10 minutes before? 😂😂
i know the visuals are added after the audio’s recorded but when they’re talking about how the stunt double was only able to do 1 hour in the mark 1 suit at first while bts footage of him literally being shot at with a gun is playing isn’t explained at all lmao, i’m sure it’s prop or blanks or something but it looked fucking metal
When I was little kid, all I remember Iron Man from is the Marvel Superheroes fighting game. I was more familiar with War Machine because of the Spider-Man cartoon.
13:28 What's important there is that in all honesty in this movie its really only Tony not taking it that seriously, everyone else is basically dead serious for most of it outside of a few moments, and I think that works well for it. When EVERYONE treats it like a joke it really takes you out of the world, but when a guy who, in universe, seems to be joking at least in part to deal with a lot of emotional stress isn't taking it that seriously it helps keep it grounded. My issue with it now is that Marvel will often times ruin emotional moments with quips that don't need to be there. Just look at Black Widow and the grave scene.
(12:46) That dude should have been wearing a glove because that mask would have been scalding hot after sitting in the sand as long as it did. That's always bothered me for some reason.....
Anyone else remember how awful some of the news outlets were when they announced RDJ was going to play Iron Man? There were headlines and photos of RDJ locked up and on trial and bold words like “really? This guy?”
Same with Heath Ledger playing Joker. Everyone was like "Really? That guy from the gay-cowboys-eating-pudding movie?!?! REEEEEEEEEE" We can't know until we see it. And most of the time, it surprisingly works.
Please give me all of the iron man movies caravan of garbage 🙌🏻 also James I love your take about how Tony knows he’s been on borrowed time. That’s so true and you can hear it in his voice every time he talks about New York. Like he’s been seriously fucked up ever since the first avengers movie and it just keeps getting harder for him. Excellent take
I love the practical-ness of all the suits. I love the helmet clanking down and somewhat accurateness of the science. Feels believable. The later nano masks and nano suits feel like magic and not so special.
I was in high school when this came out and I remember a friend who worked at a theatre telling me about the post credit scene and how they were going to set up other movies. That was really the only reason I went to see it.
When I was a kid, I went to the movies to see things like The Shadow, The Rocketeer and The Phantom. I loved them all back then- and they all sort of promised that one day, there’d be something as cool as Iron Man. Imagine being a kid now and growing up on these? 🤯
The scene where Iron Man arrives in Afghanistan for the first time is still one of the best scenes in the history of the MCU. The shouting and crying that turns to silence as soon as he lands - unbelievable.
I love all the other movie RUclipsrs the editor shouts out, I’ve seen redletter media, cosmonaut variety hour, high top films, just a bunch of the guys I love, now I get why I love your vids also
*Terrence Howard:* "Next time, baby!"
*Kevin Feige:* "Nope."
😂😂
Narrator: there was no next time
*Last online 13 years ago*
Best thing is, Terrence Howard basically did that to himself.
Well, it was Perlmutter, not Feige. But close enough.
Jeff bridges flipping his tie when he yells at the guy is just a perfect little flaw
As a person who wears ties a lot I can tell you it happens all the time it’s very annoying
@@notspider-man1225 Do you also yell a lot at people?
You look like the dude
@@notspider-man1225 I like how you said this like wearing ties is an incredibly uncommon thing
@@samtrotter7177 I’m a tie enthusiast so I wear them more than the average person and I say it cause I know a lot of people who avoid wearing ties as much as possible
Universal: I'm sorry Mr. Cruise, we simply cannot create a cinematic universe that's worth billions of dollars. It's imposs-
Tom Cruise: JON FAVREAU was able to build a cinematic universe in a cave with A BOX OF SCRAPS!
* Feige
Cruise has his own Universe, it's called Mission Impossible
"Well I'm sorry. I'm not Jon Favreau, and I'm not Kevin Feige."
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 That's just one franchise. A "cinematic universe" entails multiple film titles that co-exist as one shared universe, where characters from one title (e.g. Iron Man from the Iron Man films) can show up in another character's film series (e.g. Captain America: Civil War from the Captain America movies).
To be a "Mission Impossible Cinematic Universe", you'd need to have another film series that does _not_ use Mission Impossible in its titles.
Hey, I appreciate your sense of humor but the marvel superheroes were never scrap!
I feel like Nic Cage has been on board to play every super hero role that's been available. I wouldn't be surprised if he was on board to be Captain Marvel
I would watch the crap out of that movie if Nic Cage was in any role on that film.
If they had made Captain Marvel in the 90s it would probably have been the original male alien Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell, rather than Carol Danvers (who I assume was still Ms. Marvel or one of her other various names at that point). Mid-90s Peak Action Nic Cage as Captain Marvel might have been good, especially if they got into some of the weird psychedelic stuff where he fights Thanos.
he probably would have done a better job too
I'd watch that film.
"No! Not the Krees!"
Pretty sure he was in the running to play Aunt May.
Best case scenario for 90s Iron Man would be The Rocketeer.
Rocketeer is my shit.
That’s exactly right
Great movie
The Rocketeer kicked ass.
Beechnut gum, bitches.
“I’m white and rich this isn’t supposed to be happening” LOL you guys are hilarious
Ironically the rich black guy is the one attacking the convoy in his movie.
Fairness to Ben, he is the one who does the visuals for the youtube edits.
#helpmeobama
@@JohnSmith-XYZ unless it's punching up 😎😎😎
@@JohnSmith-XYZ yes it is.
The biggest issue with all the people who discovered this franchise recently is they get none of the context. They'll never know how mind blowing it was to see RDJ show up at the end of Hulk. Or how the rumor spread like wildfire that something played after the credits. So many people saw the movie twice just because no one used to stay during the credits.
I remember walking out of the theater and calling my comicbook geek buddy on my flip-phone to ask "Now who is Nick Fury? And what are the Avengers?"
I walked out and didn’t see it, I got told later.
As someone who's first MCU film was Avengers, it was an interesting perspective to start with a culmination and go back and see how it got there. But I did have the excitement of the post credit scenes for phase 2.
Haha I stayed for the whole credit sequence at the end of avengers while my friends walked out and waited. I told them to stay but they were ready to bounce. I walk out and told them they missed out on Thanos being revealed
That's so true. I saw Iron Man twice in theaters because I heard about the post credit scene later.
My Dad only watched Westerns and War movies. Then one day he said "hey do you have that Iron Man movie" and he loved it!
My dads the reason we saw it. He was like were going to the movies to see Iron man. And me and my brother were like whos that.
“THEY DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A SCRIPT, MAN” - Beau Bridges, brother of Jeff Bridges.
I read this in The Dude's voice.
TONY STARK MADE THIS MOVIE IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!
@@Papersheepp Well I'm sorry, I'm not Robert Downey Jr..
Beau Bridges? General Hank Landry from Stargate!?
I love how Mason creates a bit on something he heard wrong and he's just allowed to dig his grave further and further
Jeff bridges is really good in this! He actually feels like Tonys friend/partner/rival/mentor while being a huge jerk. He gets the screentime needed to work with his character more than just being an obstacle for Tony to overcome.
Really, Jeff Bridges is good in everything.
Really liked the character of Stane, problem is his agenda and motivations don't make a lot of sense. Dude is the 2nd biggest shareholder, making hundreds of millions a year and he hires some 3rd world terrorists to kill Tony... for some reason. The he kills the terrorists that were buying shit tons of weapons from him to get the armor prototype which they offered to give him for free anyway.... guess he doesn't want those tens of millions he makes by being business partners with them anymore? Tf is going on with this guy lol
@@Rage-_-Quit he snorted some pym particles and it jumbled his mind
@@Rage-_-Quit His take on Stane is much better than the original comics version even though that storyline was pretty cool as it led to the kickass Silver Centurion armor for Tony.
People say he's one of the most boring MCU villains and it's true he's not written particularly well, but Jeff Bridges just does such a damn good job he's remained the gold standard I compare every other one-movie villain to ever since and he's still one of my favorites.
Ok the whole analysis of how Tony Stark sees himself the majority of the films as essentially dead is actually fucking really deep and genius, besides all the amazing jokes and great banter you guys have, you guys really do have great commentary and insight into films as a whole. Keep up the great work guys!
Terrence Howard: “Next time, baby.”
Kevin Feige: “I bloody gotcha mate.”
It’s not feige but ok
It was actually Ike Perlmutter
The movie that started it all, and in 2008, I saw it... Bootlegged, along with The Incredible Hulk, on burned DVD's, because I rarely saw movies in theaters at that time in my early teens (In 8th grade, I had to get creative), and at that point, every Marvel centric movie was a let down in some way. Once fan conversations picked up about the post credits, I watched them back to back, and they were really connecting films together, at that point they had me, and never looked back since. Now looking at people watching it for the first time, I'm in awe in seeing their reactions, and saying to myself, "sometimes, you had to be there."
Yeah I remember seeing them both with my dad, and being shocked when Nick Fury appeared. Once we realized they were going for a cinematic universe, we were. hooked
Every marvel centric movie was a letdown? Lmao you never watched Spider-man Xmen and Blade movies which are all better than the MCU no hate on the MCU tho
@@zenituragaming5043 At that point of time, aka 2005 to 2008.
@@zenituragaming5043 Lmfao, those movies are NOT better than the mcu and that’s just straight up fact.
@@michaelthatoker7125 X2 and Spider-man 1 and 2 not better than the MCU? Sure buddy sure and what OP was talking about these movies are better than Iron Man
Kinda sad they didn’t talk about the original fury cameo where he referenced hulk, mutants and Spider-Man
People seem to forget that The Incredible Hulk is cannon on top of being the 2nd film in the MCU
@@lutherheggs451
don't see how thats relevant to my comment...
@@lutherheggs451 Hulk isnt what the OP is talking about. That post credits scene had Tony Stark and General Ross, no Nick Fury anyways.
I had to look up what you were talking about, I'd never heard about this alternate scene before. It's cool to see in retrospect, but I'm actually glad they didn't include that in the final movie since it would have created a bunch of continuity issues around Spiderman in the MCU.
(Edit) I can't find a version where mutants are mentioned, only gamma radiation and radioactive spider bites. Is there a different scene I'm missing?
@@i_am_tomatosoup No it’s the exact same scene. He says “As if gamma accidents , radioactive bug bites and assorted mutants wasn’t enough”
The link is : ruclips.net/video/agAl4500unE/видео.html
The fact this is technically an indie film is mind blowing
Also had no idea Robert Downey Junior got paid less then a million
When you put it like that yeah, god damn
Then he was paid 10 millions for every other Marvel movie. He was paid 20 milions in Spiderman Homecoming
Ike Perlmutter was a massive cheapskate. Feige was lucky that Downey needed the win or Ike would've ruined everything. He still nearly did. I prefer Don Cheadle but Terence had a deal for Iron Man 2 and he told him he had to take less. Some say they took his money to pay RDJ.. Nobody really knows. He tried to give Jon Favreau a nice pay cut too as well as forcing him to make the movie in less time than he wanted to meet a release date. He came close to walking away. Since they weren't making 9 picture deals back then Robert Downey Jr was able to negotiate himself a pretty sweet deal once Ike was out of the way.
With a 140 million budget.... not to mention Paramount were distributing... it BARELY qualifies as an indie film.
@@SA80TAGE I mean yeah, but some of the biggest indie music artists, are distributed by massive labels, making millions of dollars, but they’re still indie. By technicality Iron Man is still an “indie film”, no actual indie film would ever have the budget to do something like Iron Man but it’s still funny to think of it that way
Definitely the best Iron Man suit to come out of the MCU imo. It just looked so realistic and feasible, like it can actually be made in the modern day (well if you watch Alex Labs you know it's possible)
Exactly. They become so cgi magical after this. Not even trying to be mechanical or realistic which is what makes iron man relatable. Not magic disappearing helmets and flying parts.
Idk why that's so important to people. I get the hate on janky weightless CGI but modern suits, especially from IW and Endgame, aren't that. Practical effects =/= automatically better.
I think I liked all the suits (appearance-wise) except for maybe the one from Infinity War. They were definitely at their best in the first 2 Iron Man movies, though. They could take serious hits without falling apart.
@@Davidsworldtravels
Except for the hips of the suit that look like a child couldn’t have fit in to.
This is because it was practical. Made by Stan Winston. And it has imperfections like smudges it looks amazing
Imagine if Terence Howard appears in Multiverse of Madness...
He's from a timeline where War Machine kills baby Thanos 😂
!!! I would definitely watch that.
Also where 2+2=5
😂😂 dawg that’d be funny as hell
I loved James theory that Tony is on borrowed time 😭 and Mason just had to clown on it lol theyre made for each other
It’s a great theory, only failed by the fact that he never said “as a father…”
Still my favorite MCU movie. The effects have also aged incredibly.
I agree the effects still look awesome.
It’s my still my fav followed by Avengers 1, Winter Soldier and Guardians.
For me, it's STILL my favorite Origin movie in the entire MCU. And one of my all time favorites origins. Along with Deadpool & Batman Begins
The Winter Soldier is my favorite MCU film.
I have a hard time deciding whether I think this or Winter Soldier is the best MCU film. The answer might change depending on the day lol
There's a case to be made for Guardians of the Galaxy 1
The only effect I ever thought looked a little off was when the mach 1 crested at top of hill. Otherwise pretty seamless. Some good horror movie vibes when Mach 1 was murdering terrorists the in cave.
I always heard it as “Intelli-CROPS.” I assumed it was like, I dunno, crops that grow rapidly or something.
Same. Basically GM-crops without mentioning the GM part.
It is and you are right.
The guy (Mason?) needs to get his ears checked. In context they were talking about how intelli-crops were feeding starving people. A crumpet machine wouldn't help them.
@@encycl07pedia- intelli-crumps seems pretty great though tbh
Intelli-crops are like corn stalks with brains growing where the corn would be.
Imagine a world where Nic Cage played both Superman and Ironman. How different the DCEU and the MCU would’ve been
Given that Tony Stark is a bit like Lex Luthor, they could have had Cage play Lex Luthor opposite himself as Superman for extra craziness!
In our real world, Ben Affleck has played both Batman and Superman!
All it does is give me Ghost Rider flashbacks......
That moment where you explain that Tony is living on borrowed time is surprisingly peaceful
Obadiah Stane: *RHODEY CHANGED HIS FACE, WITHOUT THE USE OF A BOX OF SCRAPS*
GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT v*deos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear mr
@@AxxLAfriku Greetings Lord AxxL, I’m honoured to be in your presence
"No one's getting replaced!"
- Woody, [YTP] Titanium Man Likes Cheeseburgers
1:17 As a guy whose mostly grew up with marvel characters from the movies as the main "thing" i know them from, hearing the idea that Captain America, Thor, Ironman and the lot were just the "B Team" is just unreal
They were though. Fantastic 4 xmen etc were all the mainstream face of marvel before the MCU . iron man was never an overly popular character without the movies
IKR? Cap, Thor and IM were never “B listers” to me growing up either. Now, the west coast Avengers…
Blade and xmen were the most popular marvel titles early 2000s
I was a freshman in high school when Iron Man 1 came out, and I remember it coming out and seeing like a Times article calling Iron Man a B lister. I definitely had no idea who he was. I hadn't read many comics, and my exposure to Marvel were the the 2000s movies, the X-Men Evolution cartoon, and the Ultimate Alliance games, and I never cared for him in the games.
Similarly when the Cap movie was announced, I thought it would never work because I thought he was such a stick in mud and goofy looking character. Then when Chris Evans was announced, I thought it was a ridiculous casting because Evans' whole claim-to-fame as an actor was essentially playing renditions of The Human Torch (snarky and attractive womanizers), and yet now Evans and Cap are far and away my favorites.
It's wild how times have changed
@@ajclements4627 They had toys and cartoons and a few terrible live action attempts. But Iron Cap and Thor compared to Spidey, the Mutants and Hulk were still nowhere near as popular. The MCU made them A list heroes.
13 years ago if they had done the Hail Hydra twist I don’t think anyone besides comic readers would’ve cared. Now thanks to MCU and Chris Evans heaps of people care about Captain America and will flip out at crazy comic book writing choices.
Can you imagine if they did Cap Wild nowadays?
I was working at the movie theater as an Usher when this came out and we told people that there was something at the end of the credits. No one was familiar with Post-Credit Scenes at that time; now it's standard practice for watching a Marvel movie.
That's dope. You were kind of a part of history
The ushers where I saw it, told everybody there was a scene after credits.
Its kind of standard practice for a lot of movies now! Now I google if theres a post credit if Im watching a franchise movie
@Ricky Nelson everyone stop having fun, the really cool guy Ricky Nelson is here to make sure nobody likes themselves more than him, which is to say, not at all
That's not true loads of movies had stingers afterwards. Super Mario Bros, A Knight's Tale, A View to Kill.
the bit with Tony Stark tweeting #helpmeobama and video calling Jeff Bridges during the convoy attack is one of my favorite edits yet. fucking killing it, Ben and Lawrence!
I remember seeing Iron Man in theaters with some friends and when 'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath played during the credits, I distinctly remember someone in the theater shouting "Fucking finally!" like it was the crux of their movie-going experience for the film. "If they don't fucking play 'Iron Man' in the movie Iron Man, I'm fucking raging about this on the Superhero Hype message boards!" - Random Nerd in Rockford, IL circa 2008
Maybe just a Sabbanthusiast. I recently rewatched it and freaked out during the credits.
They wanted to play Iron Man by Sabbath much more but Cheryl Osborne is basically Scrouge. So for the second movie they went "yea? well let's get Iron Madden" and had no problem playing their music at any times.
@1993DJC ah ha ha
I have a Mandela effect remembering that song being played when he was flame throwing everyone.. but maybe that was a trailer?
Something I’ve recently noticed: this is probably my favorite editing in all of RUclips. Fits perfectly to the point where I can’t even understand how someone could get every single clip to match up with everything they say. Major props.
I could listen to Goatman and Maso ramble all day. Sometimes I do.
Fun fact: The first henchman that Tony kills in the cave is played by Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against The Machine.
Lmao, that’s amazing, almost as wild as the “wait is that Tom morello?” Moment during the Oscars a couple years ago
Haha that's the actual reaction I had while watching Iron Man: "wait, is that Tom Morello?"
Seeing Cosmonaut Variety Show in Mr Sunday Movies was like two worlds merging.
I can’t believe I missed that. When did that happen?
Hate that guy lol
@@spikejrb7572 they just showed a screenshot of his iron man review
@@theGEIone why
@Ben Holmes the Jar Jar Binks thing was about how Jar Jar is essential to the plot. And, you know, the movie doesn't have too much good stuff in it. I like him, but I get how you can find him annoying.
That “he considers himself already dead” section is such a good analysis of the character and it made me start crying.
Dam you're soft if you ACTUALLY started crying 😂
Typical MCU fangay
I remember when the first trailer came out in 2007. I showed it to my physics teacher in high school because he was a Marvel fan and I remember the whole class coming to see it on the small computer and no one knew who Iron Man was. One girl asked if he was like a Robocop.
I remember thinking it was gonna be like the iron giant lol
Intelli-cromps just about killed me.
Back when Ironman loved AC/DC songs.
Then he switched to Led Zeppelin.
The Pikmin music and Bo Burnham reference during trivia killed me and I loved it. ❤😂
I heard that Pikmin music and was so confused where it was coming from
No one remembers the post post credits scene where pre plastic surgery Rhodey asks “So what, we some kind of Iron Man (2008)”.
@Stellvia Hoenheim "Obadiah, you are evil!"
Sarah Finn deserves a $100M bonus and a statue alongside Stan, Kevin and RDJ. That incredible woman literally cast every single person in the MCU (films AND the new TV shows)
Let's give it up to the most influential movie about the America's 20 years of War in Afghanistan
"1st in, 1st out" hahaha I almost chocked on my food
"The suit-in-a-briefcase of actors" is strangely a very fitting description for Sam Rockwell. You just don't know what kind of suit you're going to get.
Where did the catchphrase "grab that gem" even come from? I love it
Guardians of the Galaxy
I was also wondering this so thank you for asking. And thank you Much Ado for answering.
episode 45 of The Weekly Planet podcast
"45 Guardians of the Friggan Galaxy!"
@@The8347135 really? I thought that it was from the very first episode or the first 5 of the podcast, Maso would keep saying that phrase and james would not like it and it just stayed as that.
I thought he says Gym
My favorite MCU movie! I love the practical effects on this movie, the direction by Job Favreau made me love him as a filmmaker, and the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/ Iron Man is perfection!
Every fan theory of every movie ever made ‘the whole movie never happened, it was all in the head of character x’
I think this was one of the first ever action movies I enjoyed. I remember being an 9 year do girl with her family in the cinema being all like ''ugh a boring boy movie for grownups", and then loving it. The ending conference scene blew my tiny child brain
Be honest, you just thought RDJ was hot ;)
@@mattevans4377 haha, no. That was mark ruffalo in the avengers. I'm a simple girl, I like nice boys bing sad
@@CharlieViola100 Wait, those types of girls exist? I've certainly never met them....
@@mattevans4377 sorry, I'll rephrase. Hot guys who are tortured
@@CharlieViola100 So nice means hot to you? Even though r/niceguys exists....
I remember being 10 years old when I saw Iron Man in theaters. Little did I know that Iron Man would be the beginning of the MCU.
8:49
Superman/Spider-Man/Batman/most of the cast of Jupiter's Legacy/Various other superheroes: "I must not kill, ever, ever, no, not even if I really, really want to."
Iron Man: "We don't do that here."
If Tony hadn’t gone lethal those villagers would’ve died. I accept heroes killing if there’s literally no other freely available option.
@@li-limandragon9287 Right - this is how professional law enforcement or military organizations etc. (even non-trigger-happy ones) operate in hostage situations, when they're facing people with military weapons who're willing to kill, etc. The MCU has generally followed this principle, while showing the heroes generally being against shoot-first-ask-questions-later or warmongering attitudes (cf. the Helicarriers in Winter Soldier, mass-produced Iron Man suits, the plot of Black Panther, etc.). It makes sense since the MCU often places characters in effective or literal war situations rather than just having them fighting lone supervillains (cf. Captain America fighting in WW2, Tony Stark intervening in the Ten Rings' ISIS-style conquests, the plots of all the Avengers team-up films).
This was partly why I found all the hand-wringing in Jupiter's Legacy about one of the heroes killing a seemingly unstoppable supervillain to be absurd and unrealistic.
Just wanted to say that I noticed and appreciated "Here we go again" at 22:05
I love when earlier Yusef asks Stark if he has a family, Stark tells h2008) im "I don't" then Yusef responds back with "You are a man who everything but also nothing" then later when Yusef sacrifices himself , Stark says "C'mon. you're going to see your family" then Yusef says "It's alright Stark. I'm going to see mine now" This is the pivotal moment that changes Stark. Where Stark tells Potts, "For the first time in my life I feel like I'm doing something right!!!" It's great screenwriting. Iron Man (2008) follows the Hero's Journey perfectly just like Star Wars (1977)
I have always believed that RDJ would absolutely crush it in a Billy Joel biopic and this video has only served to cement that belief.
4:32
"a great agent" and then cutting to Agent Coulson. I love it. The editing is so insanely good.
20:42 jesus lads that tweet part has got to be the funniest thing I've seen on this channel hahahaha I'm in tears
I'm guessing that was Ben?
Ben-making-all-the-best-stuff am I right lads?
@@jliller Ben good but also James and Maso good. Great bunch of lads. Great mates, if you will.
It's crazy watching this movie again 13 years after it was released and finally realising that every character is played by John Krasinski.
And that it was Mephisto that leaked tony starks location to the terrorists.
Being John Krasinski.
Starring John Malkovich, Hugo Weaving, and Michael Keaton.
But not John Krasinki.
Terrence Howard: *Next time, baby!*
Don Cheadle: *So anyways, I started blasting...*
It’s a real shame, I actually like Terrence Howard as Rhodey even if I’ve gotten used to Don. Some people only see dough.
Looking at Tony stark as a "man who knows he's on borrowed time" is actually super interesting and I might have to rewatch the movie he's in now through this lens
that's literally the only way to see the character they showed. it's how it was written.
@@Janzer_ not everyone is media literate though
Do the granddaddy of all modern action films, “Dirty Harry.”
18:25 Do you want Talkie Toaster!? Cause that's how you get Talkie Toaster!
Bless you for the Red Dwarf reference.
Everyone knows Iron Man 4 was called Spiderman: Homecoming
Nah that's Iron Man 5. Civil War was Iron Man 4
@@thatplaystationgamer3262 hardly, Iron Man was one of the films main antagonists, it was a Cap film through and through, that's why he's in the right, and everyone fucks off the accords as soon as shit gets real in later films.
just cuz he was in the movie fo a couple minutes? You sound dumb
He had less than 1/8 of total screentime in that movie, but sure, hilarious joke.
I guess you guys will be upset about me calling Far From Home Iron Man 5
My dad took me to see this movie opening day when I was about 7 years old, and we have gone to almost every MCU movie opening day since then. I have been watching these movies evolve for over half my life, and it's really interesting to go back again and see the humble origins of a franchise that has grown as large as this
“It was all a dream…I used to read Word Up magazine.”
Literally everyone who did a review of Mortal Kombat (The Knew Kombat) or a retrospective on RUclips kicked off because they got copyright striked because of theme. And here we are... An Iron Man video and Ben puts it in!? Fearless. A hero. An iron hero.
The real Iron Man was the friends we made along the way
The arc reactor runs on FRIENDSHIP.
Yep.
@@KeithFraser82 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Friendship is magic. Your logic not only checks out, but proves My Little Pony is set in the MCU.
"A quip and a joke, and a light of his smoke"
"And he's still in the navy-- except for Terrence Howard" LMAO
Best bit was "I am Ironman" and leaving behind the silly secret identity thing from comic books.
For everything they address they mess something else up in consistency lol its bound to happen with 23 films though
His secret identity was revealed in Iron Man (vol. 3) #55 (July 2002), six years before the first film.
Depends on the type of hero.
Tony, even as he becomes a better person, is too much of an egotist to be a superhero and not tell everyone about it.
And then he got his house bombed by an international terrorist.
You can always tell when Ben is editing it together. The intelli-cromps bit killed me
I wanted to add that the reporter lady Tony sleeps with in the beginning has various cameos in future MCU stuff, mostly those WHIH News segments on RUclips, but it's still something pretty cool that stuck around after this first movie
I love how every mention of New Line Cinema is now accompanied by the theme of Mortal Kombat.
This has got to be some sort of multiverse timeline I’ve found myself in.....surely James and Maso have already done COG for Ironman in my original timeline
Anyone noticed how when he's tweeting at 20:44 his profile pic is him opening his arms, which in-universe had probably happened like 10 minutes before? 😂😂
i know the visuals are added after the audio’s recorded but when they’re talking about how the stunt double was only able to do 1 hour in the mark 1 suit at first while bts footage of him literally being shot at with a gun is playing isn’t explained at all lmao, i’m sure it’s prop or blanks or something but it looked fucking metal
Whoever edited this deserves mad props for that ERJB clip
I remember at the time how people online were going on about Marvels B team being made, now look at them!
When I was little kid, all I remember Iron Man from is the Marvel Superheroes fighting game. I was more familiar with War Machine because of the Spider-Man cartoon.
19:42 I’m confident that Jeff Bridges forgot the line here and then remembered it last second.
the funny thing is, it works because it makes him look like he is trying too hard to sound like tony's smartass.
13:28
What's important there is that in all honesty in this movie its really only Tony not taking it that seriously, everyone else is basically dead serious for most of it outside of a few moments, and I think that works well for it. When EVERYONE treats it like a joke it really takes you out of the world, but when a guy who, in universe, seems to be joking at least in part to deal with a lot of emotional stress isn't taking it that seriously it helps keep it grounded.
My issue with it now is that Marvel will often times ruin emotional moments with quips that don't need to be there. Just look at Black Widow and the grave scene.
(12:46) That dude should have been wearing a glove because that mask would have been scalding hot after sitting in the sand as long as it did. That's always bothered me for some reason.....
I watched this for the first time the other day and honestly was so surprised how much I enjoyed it. I can't believe I slept on it for so long
"Thrillogy" - y'all were so proud of that haha. I'll allow it. 😂
For every Brit watching this, we felt that sarcastic “thanks Boris” more than you’ll ever know!
These reviews need more Billy Joel references.
You nailed it with Piano Man here Uptown Girl next?
Did Timothy Olyphant narrowly miss out on literally every role.
"Hacks!"
Cuts to Mike and Jay from RedLetterMedia
Bravo. BRAVO. I recognized it and I clapped!!
Anyone else remember how awful some of the news outlets were when they announced RDJ was going to play Iron Man? There were headlines and photos of RDJ locked up and on trial and bold words like “really? This guy?”
He wouldn't get the job in woke Hollywood.
Same with Heath Ledger playing Joker. Everyone was like "Really? That guy from the gay-cowboys-eating-pudding movie?!?! REEEEEEEEEE"
We can't know until we see it. And most of the time, it surprisingly works.
@@blackmantis3130 I mean there are a lot of troubled actors who still get work so…
@@Wyattoons yeah but now the scrutiny is much than 2008.one bad move and you are blacklisted.
Holy shit, shout out to the editor for putting cosmonaut in the clips! Love that channel
There's lots of intellicromps, like wheamt, flamx, barlemy, and sormghum!
Please give me all of the iron man movies caravan of garbage 🙌🏻 also James I love your take about how Tony knows he’s been on borrowed time. That’s so true and you can hear it in his voice every time he talks about New York. Like he’s been seriously fucked up ever since the first avengers movie and it just keeps getting harder for him. Excellent take
I love the practical-ness of all the suits. I love the helmet clanking down and somewhat accurateness of the science. Feels believable. The later nano masks and nano suits feel like magic and not so special.
I was in high school when this came out and I remember a friend who worked at a theatre telling me about the post credit scene and how they were going to set up other movies. That was really the only reason I went to see it.
I want them to confirm that Rhodey is a skrul to explain his change in appearance.
Have you seen the WandaVision “They recast Rhodey meme?”
They might make a racist joke about Rhodey, which hints to why he was recast.
Nic Cage photoshopped into the iron man armor is the stuff of nightmares. So thanks for that.
“The truth is… I am stuff.”
The truth is. I am butt stuff
"Behold! My stuff!"
-Skurge, Thor: Ragnarok
When I was a kid, I went to the movies to see things like The Shadow, The Rocketeer and The Phantom. I loved them all back then- and they all sort of promised that one day, there’d be something as cool as Iron Man. Imagine being a kid now and growing up on these? 🤯
I can't wait for them to see the weird Elongated Muskrat cameo in Iron Man 2
The scene where Iron Man arrives in Afghanistan for the first time is still one of the best scenes in the history of the MCU. The shouting and crying that turns to silence as soon as he lands - unbelievable.
It’s such a shame that the mandarin will not fight iron man
Who told you that?
Eh he'll probably fight Ironheart and War Machine in Armour Wars or something
Yeah they blew that in 3
@@barryallen871 Iron Man is dead, he never fought the real Mandarin.
With the way they are doing the Mandarin now, it doesn't even matter anymore. the guy actually has arms rings! lol
I love all the other movie RUclipsrs the editor shouts out, I’ve seen redletter media, cosmonaut variety hour, high top films, just a bunch of the guys I love, now I get why I love your vids also
Rich evans was left out of the picture with RLM lol. He can’t escape it
It’s because Rich Evans is just Mike Stoklasa’s hallucination
He's just too famous. Mr Sunday would start getting harassed by lawyers.
Dick the Birthday Boy
Best editing of all the videos to date, well done editor 👏 👏 😂
We love Ben the editor
The shaking in the "Tony made it in a cave..."-scene...not Ben!
Super interesting to think Tony knew he was on borrowed time... then Mason comes in "It was all a dream?" LOL