Yeah, but that teenaged Stark wasn't an "Iron Man" in this sense, and certainly not anything like they're planning. And yeah, you're right about stripping away everything that makes Tony Stark work. I completely forgot about that part of it, so focused on my dislike of the overall concept. But seeing Rhodes reduced to a geek who runs tactical support from his bedroom network--that's really upsetting!
----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 2:15:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: What's Next, "Baby Iron Man"? Well there are two young Iron Men in the mythos: the teenaged Tony Stark that replaced the Kang corrupted older version after The Crossing storyline. He was rebooted to the "normal" version during Heroes Reborn. The Young Avengers had Iron Lad but he turned out to be not a young Tony Stark but a young Kang. That said I agree with you. This Tiny Tony version of Iron Man is not needed and strips away a lot of what makes Tony work as a character. The alcoholism, the guilt about his tech being used for weapons and being sold to the underworld to create a class of tech criminals, etc. are integral to the mythos. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Why oh why do people always feel the need to create "young so-and-so" shows? > There is *nothing* in the Iron Man mythos to support this, yet here NickToons > is debuting a new show next month, based on sixteen-year-old boy genius Tony > Stark, wielding the power of the armour! And yes, the show has all the > regulars like teen Happy Hogan, teen Pepper Potts. There's even a young > computer geek Rhodey Rhodes, who stays at home in his room and runs > logistics/tactical/computer support for Tony's missions (and who was it > saying that "Leverage" marginalized the brother to nothing but > behind-the-scenes support?) And this not-old-enough-to-vote Iron Man (Iron > Boy?) will be fighting classic villains like Mandarin, Crimson Dynamo, and > Living Laser. I guess all the villains will be disaffected youth, alienated > from their parents and schoolmates? Gaaah! > > I've always hated stuff like "Baby Looney Toons", "Flinstone Kids", that > horrible Superbaby back in the day that showed an infant Superman, etc. So > I'll avoid this one. Let's just hope they don't follow this up with a show > about the infant Iron Baby, flying around in steel diapers, saying stuff like > "Me need to charge up me armor real quick!" > > ************************************************ > > http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.4184.First_Look~colon~_Iron_Man~colon~_Armored_Adventures > > > > First Look: Iron Man: Armored Adventures Animated Series > Watch the debut trailer for Shellhead's 2009 animated series right now! > > > > > > Iron Man " Iron Man: Armored Adventures " launches Marvel's newly crowned > box-office king Tony Stark on to the small screen, and in 2009 the first 26 > animated episodes will begin airing on Nicktoons. > > Here's a brief description of this high tech new action adventure series: > > > > > Mandarin "Tony Stark, heir to a billion-dollar corporation, lives a life of > luxury, free to pursue his chief interests -- seeing extreme thrills, solving > scientific mysteries, and creating mind-boggling inventions. > > But everything goes horribly wrong when a tragic accident robs Tony of his > father and nearly costs him his own life. Now dependent on his own amazing > technology for survival and dedicated to battling corruption, Tony must > reconcile the pressure of teenage life with the duties of a super hero. > > > > > Iron Man and > the Mandarin > Duking It Out Inside his remarkable invention, Tony Stark is geared for > high-speed flight, high-tech battles and high-octane adventure! He is IRON > MAN!" > > Although, we are still months away from its Nicktoons television début, you > can be the first to see an episode of "Iron Man: Armored Adventures" at the > San Diego Comic-Con. > > > > > Tony Stark Come meet Co-Producer Josh Fine, Head Writer Chris Yost and others > involved with this invincible new Iron Man series on Saturday at 10:00am PT > in Room 6CDEF. > > Join Tony, Rhodey and Pepper as they enter a high tech world of science, > super-villains, and mystery... and square off against the malevolent > MANDARIN! > > Be sure to come back to Marvel.com to find out the latest Comic-Con related > news and sneak peeks. >
