Comments on: Marvel Stock Rockets As 'Iron Man' Soars: Plans Sequel, Unveils 2010-2011 Releases

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:04:17 +0000

the sequel hints dropped in Iron Man were pretty obvious, the next one should be awesome

By: ckn8

ckn8 — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:58:13 +0000

Isn’t Ant-Man supposed to be an Edgar Wright thing? I know they said it’s not supposed to be a spoof, but I’d imagine it’s not really a mainstream action pic either. More likely sci fi/comedy… more niche.

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:49:06 +0000

I hope they leave Captain A’s codpiece in the movie version.

By: Furious D

Furious D — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:24 +0000

I wish the Marvel folks well, though I am not sure about The Incredible Hulk’s performance, and I’m confused about picking Ant-Man when they could do Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, or other characters.

I guess that what Marvel must do is find a balance between striking while the iron is hot, and pacing themselves to avoid over-saturation.

By: Webster

Webster — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:23 +0000

Every time I see Marvel trot out that “5,000 characters in our library” line, I want to hurl. Granted, they’ve had the occasional hit with a minor character such Blade, but get past the top 40 (half of whom are X-Men) and you’d be hard-pressed to find a character to build a movie around.

By: milo

milo — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:26:41 +0000

Final numbers in, overestimated a bit.

About 98M for the weekend, 102 including thursday.

Still extremely good, I can’t imagine anyone being disappointed with those numbers.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:55:57 +0000

i wouldn’t concentrate so much on the hulk. i think marvel has already identified when it will jump the shark with ant man in the pipeline (wtf?).

By: milo

milo — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:09:05 +0000

It’s too bad Marvel is following up the awesome Iron Man with the weak Hulk. I would have loved to buy some MVL but with Hulk coming in a few weeks I don’t think the stock is going to hold up.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:00:41 +0000

The Box Office gives, the Box Office takes away. I hope Marvel isn’t counting on big money from Hulk. I’ve seen a few online clips plus the trailer before Iron Man yesterday.

The CGI of Hulk is poor. It looks like a videogame figure. Bruce Banner bopping around the poorest slums in South America has the stench of the Ugly American about it.

Besides, everyone still recalls how the other Hulk movie stank. This doesn’t look like any improvement.