I'm alright with it. I thought that Tony's drinking was covered in a fairly subtle way in IM2 (the scene at his birthday party being the big one), and I don't want to see a full movie of Tony drunk off his butt. With the movie seemingly drawing on Extremis, The Mask In The Iron Man, the Len Kaminsky run, and various Mandarin stories, cramming eithe Demon In A Bottle or the Denny O'Neil run in there might be a bit of overkill. SO EXCITED for this... can hardly contain my Iron Fan nerd urges...
On Monday, April 22, 2013 12:24:16 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > > http://www.hitfix.com/news/iron-man-3-director-says-tony-stark-alcoholism-subplot-was-nixed-by-the-studio > > 'Iron Man 3' director says Tony Stark alcoholism subplot was nixed by > the studioIf Shane Black and Drew Pearce had it their way, Tony > Stark<http://www.hitfix.com/categories/tony-stark>would've been battling more > than just the Mandarin in this summer's > "<http://www.hitfix.com/categories/iron-man-3>Iron > Man <http://www.hitfix.com/movies/iron-man> 3." > > In a recent > interview<http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=77995#hYelKfDWMyiMlKYE.99>with > Comic Book Movie, the writer-director and co-screenwriter, > respectively, claim that while Stark's alcohol problems (inspired by the > classic "Demon in a > Bottle<http://www.hitfix.com/categories/demon-in-a-bottle>" > storyline from the late 1970s) were definitely a factor in the original > script for the threequel, the studio ultimately requested that they nix the > subplot from the movie's shooting draft. > > "I think we were just told by the studio that we should probably paint > Tony Stark as being kind of an industrialist and a crazy guy, or even a bad > guy at some points, but the Demon in a Bottle stuff of him being an > alcoholic wouldn't really fly," said Black. "I don't blame [them for] that." > > "It's also kind of a 'pick your battles' thing," added Pearce, who > described Stark as being "more rock 'n' roll" in the first draft of the > screenplay. "Alcoholism is a massive problem but it's also not the best > villain for a movie. > > Nevertheless, Black says, don't count out the possibility of a future > "Iron Man" film dealing with the subject. > > "I wouldn't be surprised if at some point someone wanted to make a movie > and they'd run out of directions for the character, then they've still got > Demon in a Bottle," he stated. > > *What do you think of the studio's decision not to include Tony Stark's > alcoholism in the finished film? Sound off in the comments.* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
