Comments on: Robert Downey Jr talks IronMan2 and Sherlock Holmes

By: bloodsteam

bloodsteam — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:38:35 +0000

Dave: “’A modern day Sherlock Homes who also happens to be a martial arts expert’

er, so NOT Sherlock Holmes then?”

Seconded.

By: Mattiac

Mattiac — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:26:59 +0000

@Mr. Chris: I’m afraid you are right! :(

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:03:18 +0000

lol dude you cant say anything about the penguin im sorry….but yeah i like the new version of mysterio that one is cool but not the older ones

mandarin is THE main villain. and hes popular to people who read ironman comix but not to average joes…everyone else knows who the joker is though.

thats why abomination was brown in the movie..because people dont know who he is unless they read comic books. but they would never change the main color of a character if hes say…spiderman (is that a bad comparison? im sorry i hope you get my point though) if you ask my grandma who the joker, the green goblin and the mandarin are shell know 2 of those guys

but you know what? when you put it like this it doesnt sound bad at all rodney

“A strong powerful wealthy Asian businessman who comes across magical rings that give him a variety of powers.”

just give him a cooler suit and dont mention his name…

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:53:49 +0000

Hazmat, as a guy who has read the comics for over 25 years I can assure you that Mandarin is one of the more popular Ironman villains.

See you justify the look of the other silly heroes I snarked about, so why cant you do that with Mandarin? A strong powerful wealthy Asian businessman who comes across magical rings that give him a variety of powers.

Mysterio looked silly in the 70s. The updated version looks way better. Penguin. Well he is still silly, but he is a criminal mastermind so he can be eccentric.

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:20:29 +0000

hey if you like the mandarin thats cool.
thing is- to make him not look ridiculous youd have to do TOO MUCH.
to adapt wolverene alls you had to do is give him a tanktop…but the mandarin needs a complete makeover and its not worth it because ironman has better bad guys and the mandarin isnt really known/famous

the only way id like him in a movie is if they take ALL his jewlery off and his mustache off and the suit must be changed..and hes gotta have a completely different name..the mandarin makes him sound like a guy whos going to sell me orange juice…or a guy that speaks fluent mandarin (chineese)

i think the green lantern is way cooler then the mandarin because the green lantern has one ring and it looks awsome, same with his suit. and its ONE ring not a bunch of them…one awsome green ring

and batman has extremely cool shit…im not even going to go there

and supermans looked alright in the red underpants (or overpants) at least he does cool shit like fly and destroy crap…

i only feel this way about the mandarin, misterio, and the penguin..

By: jaffahut

jaffahut — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:09:42 +0000

Bringing Holmes to our world, having him kick ass Jackie Chan style?! Now that’s how you rape a chararacter.
Okay, with Ritchie directing it might turn out pretty good, or at least a little different.
I just hope the name “Sherlock Holmes” isn’t there just to create huge buzz around the movie…

By: Supernetuser

Supernetuser — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:55:15 +0000

Sherlock Holmes as a martial arts hero may be a good thing. You never know. Hopefully he’ll have the logic part down too.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:48:56 +0000

@Hazmat, who says they will make Mandarin wear the Silk housecoat? And Green Lantern shoots stuff out his ring, so how is that less cool?

If you criticize any hero in a comic book with that kind of snark you wont buy into anything.

So what if superman is super strong… he wears his underwear on the outside. you cant adapt someone that lame
Boohoo.. Joker killed your parents in an alley so now you dress like a giant rubber bat??? you cant adapt someone that lame.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:46:19 +0000

790, in what way was Sherlock Holmes a joke? There is little to nothing to make fun of with this character.

Now THIS take on Holmes looks like it could be a joke, but I am trying to find out why you think the legendary literary classic character is laugh worthy?

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:08:52 +0000

rodney
yeah youre absolutely right, hes ironmans main villain but its just that his name and the way he dresses is so lame…he uses his ring to shoot stuff i mean- cmon..

i always liked the dinamo guy..now HES cool…..and the guy that dresses up in black that looks like a knight…if they make him a little less wack then i bet hed be a good villain…

i just dont see the mandarin adapting to the big screen…you cant adapt someone that lame

but everyone i know loves the guy..ugh.