Iron Man 2 The Official Whiplash Thread

[SurfDUI]

She still looks good.
Not like a lot of her peers with they face allcut on & injected.

 

[Holiday]

She still looks good.
Not like a lot of her peers with they face allcut on & injected.

I think she looks damn good.

Kinda silly though, with her hair in her face trying to recreate that earlier photo.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Why mix Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo, why not just have him be one or the other?

 

[[A]]

because this is what they do: they mix 2, 3, 10 characters together..

 

[protocida]

Why mix Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo, why not just have him be one or the other?

Because they wanted to use elements of both without overcrowing the movie.

 

[Kent]

He'll be Whiplash, but his character also includes elements of Crimson Dynamo.

Did I miss when they confirmed this? (anyone have a link to such a confirmation?) Because all I remember is some articles saying he's Whiplash and then others contradicting that and saying he's Crimson Dynamo.

 

[Leto]

Did I miss when they confirmed this? (anyone have a link to such a confirmation?) Because all I remember is some articles saying he's Whiplash and then others contradicting that and saying he's Crimson Dynamo.

There's a quote by Downey where he says "Some approximation of the two"

There isn't an iconic bearer of the Crimson Dynamo armor. There's over a dozen pilots most of whom have died horrible deaths from the armor over-loading.

So using Whiplash, a more defined Iron Man foe who is based around using whips, seems like a good match.

 

[Holiday]

Did I miss when they confirmed this? (anyone have a link to such a confirmation?) Because all I remember is some articles saying he's Whiplash and then others contradicting that and saying he's Crimson Dynamo.

Here's a story from Empire that confirms it, and also talks about the money issues before Rourke signed on.


http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24360

 

[protocida]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the character that'll use Wiplash's armor (Ivan) is made up for the movie, isn't he?

 

[Chewy]

Could be. Or it could be a re-imagining of someone like Ivan Petrovich. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

Either way it wouldn't really bother me, as there isn't a single iconic character who held the name "Crimson Dynamo" or "Whiplash" like there are with characters like Mandarin, Iron Monger, or Madame Masque. There've been a dozen Crimson Dynamos and a couple of Whiplashes. Heck, if it is a new character, I wouldn't be surprised if Marvel added him to the comics around the time of the movie's release.

 

[protocida]

Agreed.

Right now, all that we know is that he'll be a bald and tatued russian arms dealer called Ivan who spend some time in prision.

 

[Chewy]

He won't be bald. He'll have black hair streaked with white

 

[protocida]

Where's that from?

 

[Chewy]

Here

http://video.tvguide.com/Access+Hol...+Premiere/2147266?autoplay=true&partnerid=vsc

Mickey talks about the movie some here towards the end. He sounds really enthusiastic about it

 

[protocida]

Ok.

 

[Kent]

Here's a story from Empire that confirms it, and also talks about the money issues before Rourke signed on.


http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24360

Thanks.

 

[Chris B]

Personally, I kinda wish that they were just using the Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man if they wanted a Russian villain. I still have my doubts about merging the Dynamo with Whiplash.

But I have faith in Favreau to make it work.

 

[Leto]

Personally, I kinda wish that they were just using the Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man if they wanted a Russian villain. I still have my doubts about merging the Dynamo with Whiplash.

But I have faith in Favreau to make it work.

I have to ask, have you ever actually read a comic featuring Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man?

 

[protocida]

Crimson Dynamo was going to be the first movie's villain, before Iron Monger came into play.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I think Iron Man getting owned by a whip is pretty funny.

 

[Chris B]

I have to ask, have you ever actually read a comic featuring Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man?

Yep; quite a few actually. So I consider myself pretty familiar with both, and that, particularly with the CD, that many guys have used both aliases.

I probably should've worded my post better but basically I was trying to say that I'm just not that crazy about making Whiplash the Russian armored equivalent of Iron Man.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Mickey has a new face for IM2. and i guess he will have black hair.

Rourke just looks awesome! I have a feeling he's going to give Iron Man quite a beaten in this film.

 

[irapogi]

My, how far they've come...

i was about to make the same comment, hehe

 

[Octoberist]

you kinda forget that Mickey was a good looking dude back then

 

[Boom]

Mickey Rourke looks awesome.