Iron Man 2 Possible ARG/Viral Campaign

[kedrell]

Maybe Ivan IS secretly a Stark family member.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

no way, Favreau has stated that Rourke's character's name is Ivan Vanko, and that he's the son of Anton Vanko, the original Crimson Dynamo


**yeah, this Batfan did his Iron Man research haha

 

[WindsofHorus]

Maybe Ivan IS secretly a Stark family member.

I really hope not. That'd be terrible

 

[kedrell]

no way, Favreau has stated that Rourke's character's name is Ivan Vanko, and that he's the son of Anton Vanko, the original Crimson Dynamo

I was thinking only of him being a Stark biologically speaking. Of course he was probably raised as a Vanko. I'm just throwing **** out there to see what sticks to the wall.

 

[WindsofHorus]

no way, Favreau has stated that Rourke's character's name is Ivan Vanko, and that he's the son of Anton Vanko, the original Crimson Dynamo


**yeah, this Batfan did his Iron Man research haha

This Iron Fan applauds you

 

[WindsofHorus]

I was thinking only of him being a Stark biologically speaking. Of course he was probably raised as a Vanko. I'm just throwing **** out there to see what sticks to the wall.

I don't think that's gonna be it at all and I really hope it isn't

 

[Cth]

RE: "Walking on air" photo..

Two things come to mind:

1) There's an ad/commercial for some shoe with that tagline currently.
(.. That part could just be part of an advertisement in other words)

2) It's also part of the lyrics for THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO
(.. unlikely, but a nice touch, in other words)

 

[crimsonspider89]

Exactly who I thought as well. The articles mentions WWII along with Stark's grandfather. Secret Stark and Project will be the next one I bet. It will refer to Stark being involved in the Rebirth project or in reviving Steve.

 

[TankerX]

in the first clue, i may be clasping at straws, but i couldn't help notice these few:

Spoiler

In the DVD of Iron Man we see the Cap America shield in the background, and in Incredible Hulk we see the shield and body in an ice. So the "amazing captain" could have been found by Stark and his "Military Escort?"
And brought back to his HQ - possibly the S.H.I.E.L.D HQ? Cause we know about the whole Avengers Initiative so could Cap be discovered in the film or something?

Feel free to smack me upside my head if this seems far fetched but could it be hinting at the Inititative coming to life in the film to a certaine extent?

 

[kedrell]

I don't think that's gonna be it at all and I really hope it isn't

I agree mostly, I'm just trying to get some more ideas flowing.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Edit: Darn double post.

While I have this space, why couldn't Whiplash, or whoever ripped these articles out use a pair of scissors!!

Maybe he grabbed all the papers he could in the house fire that killed his dad.

Kidding, I have no idea.

 

[zbhbatman]

I just can't wait for this to actually get some traction. Jon Favreau just tweeted about the clue's though

 

[Mister Sinister]

When it refers to Howard Stark helping out during WW2, I could only think of one project he might have been involved with...

 

[the dmg]

Looking at the second article at a glance, it might go in the direction to give us background on Anton Vanko and why Ivan is seeking revenge on Stark. Maybe it's shedding some light on whether they're taking the comic route of the new Iron Man vs. Whiplash coming out, or something else.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Dynamo#Anton_Vanko

 

[crimsonspider89]

The viral is hinting at Captain America. LOL, yeah that is what it is saying.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

The viral is all about Starks past.

 

[I Am The Bat]

http://www.internapse.com/marvel/news.php?id=2570

The Washington Times - Weekday Edition
Stark Situation Paralyzed
[unclear text] nges: Tony [unclear text] dismantle [unclear text] acturing [unclear text] dustries.

In a move which caused shockwaves in markets around the world, Tony Stark declared that Stark Industries will be getting out of the weapons business. The announcement came hours after the CEO was rescued from terrorists who had been holding him hostage in an undisclosed location in the Middle East.

Sources within Stark Industries have said that the proposed changes in the company's business structure would likely devastate the weapons giant. Stark is the country's largest defense contractor and supplies materials, services and technology to some 30 other nations.

Markets from Tokyo to London reeled from the news on Tuesday, with investors stampeding to dump Stark shares. Indexes fell 4% on average.

Stark Industries was founded during World War II by industrialist Howard Stark. When President Roosevelet declared that the United States would build fifty thousand planes to fight the armies of Hirohito and Hitler, Stark rose to the challenge and set about building an astounding one hundred [unclear text].

His iconic effort cont-[unclear text]-oration on [unclear text] and every [unclear text]-tem deve-[unclear text] War.

For all [unclear text]

Pres-[unclear text] a hum-[unclear text]-ing st-[unclear text] lawma-[unclear text] to send [unclear text] bill th-[unclear text] some t-[unclear text] and fe-[unclear text] sooner.

Usin-[unclear text] to date [unclear text] the D-[unclear text] -gress [unclear text] brea-[unclear text] work [unclear text] he re-[unclear text] the [unclear text].

The title above the picture reads Walking on Air. The caption below the picture is J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times. Eddins Jr. is an actual Washington Times staff member.

...

I'm ready for the next clue, cause I'm already stumped on this one.

The link that you have on your website is not all the photos done by that guy for the washington post... When you search his name in google, you get over 600 results from him alone.... most of which weren't in the gallery... A lot of which having to deal with Mongolia... I'm totally not saying that it is related at all, but I think it might spur some interesting conversation to read :P

 

[I Am The Bat]

I'd bet that Eddins Jr. name is only in the paper to make it look more official. Same goes for "Getty Images" under the Stark image.

These clues need to be more obvious, or at least a little easier to spot, or at the very, very least, somebody needs to tell us how many "clues" there are.

I just want the real image... so I looked thru all of the photos... all 600 results...

nothing...

 

[ihustlevidz]

i was reading the new piece of CLUE and if anyone else notice or maybe im tripping but certain words are BOLD anyone else see that?

 

[Khemik@L]

in the first clue, i may be clasping at straws, but i couldn't help notice these few:

Spoiler

In the DVD of Iron Man we see the Cap America shield in the background, and in Incredible Hulk we see the shield and body in an ice. So the "amazing captain" could have been found by Stark and his "Military Escort?" And brought back to his HQ - possibly the S.H.I.E.L.D HQ? Cause we know about the whole Avengers Initiative so could Cap be discovered in the film or something? Feel free to smack me upside my head if this seems far fetched but could it be hinting at the Inititative coming to life in the film to a certaine extent?

Speaking of far fetched and following your train of thought.. What if we get a Captain America Cameo in Iron Man 2. I mean fully facial cameo. Granted he should be still in the ice and unconscious (if that is how you spell it) but that would be cool could be the last shot of the film or something. Don't know if by then we would know who is playing him. But if we don't it would be a real cool way of revealing him.

 

[Khemik@L]

Sorry Double Post

 

[Khemik@L]

TRIPLE POST. Seems like I'm having some connection problems

 

[the dmg]

Alright, what we have so far:

First Article:
Age (Page Buckner) [might be nothing]
Ancy (Nancy King) [might be nothing]
Secret (Highlighted)
U (Trauma) [misspelling]
N (Substantial) [misspelling]
T (Industries) [misspelling]
DE (Kidnapping) [misspelling]

I didn't include the I in military because I'm not convinced it's missing.
Also, Stark Enterprises and Stark Headquarters are mentioned in the article, being interchanged with Stark Industries as someone pointed out and I forgot to include. I entered both into the url by themselves and with "now" at the end, but nothing came up.

Second Article:
Stark (Highlighted)
rnie (Ernie Avila) [now I'm convinced it's nothing, and just them putting their names]
ames (James Rothwell) [now I'm convinced it's nothing, and just them putting their names]
S (Sources) [there's a marking before the S]
DE (Defense) [marked]
TRAC or RAC (Contractor) [marked]
Walking on Air [might coincide with all the attention being on Tony or could be nothing, as the set up is like an actual front page. The question is, why include that and the picture at all? Man's head in the picture is missing, but could be nothing. Picture is from U.S. National Arboretum.]

EDIT:
Made a correction to second article finding. Defense and Contractor are not misspelled, but the DE and T/RAC are marked.

EDIT#2"
Added part with Stark Enterprises and Stark Headquarters to first article.

 

[khaur]

I think it's still to early to figure anything out.
But then I've never been good at virals...

 

[Indie]

Alright, what we have so far:

First Article:
Age (Page Buckner) [might be nothing]
Ancy (Nancy King) [might be nothing]
Secret (Highlighted)
U (Trauma) [misspelling]
N (Substantial) [misspelling]
T (Industries) [misspelling]
DE (Kidnapping) [misspelling]

I didn't include the I in military because I'm not convinced it's missing.

Second Article:
Stark (Highlighted)
rnie (Ernie Avila) [now I'm convinced it's nothing, and just them putting their names]
ames (James Rothwell) [now I'm convinced it's nothing, and just them putting their names]
S (Sources) [there's a marking before the S]
DE (Defense) [misspelling]
TRAC or RAC (Contractor) [misspelling]
Walking on Air [might coincide with all the attention being on Tony or could be nothing, as the set up is like an actual front page. The question is, why include that and the picture at all? Man's head in the picture is missing, but could be nothing. Picture is from U.S. National Arboretum.]

Very good summary of the clues/possible clues so far. thanks!