Happy Iron Man Day!

Cassie has been anticipating the next Iron Man movie ever since watching the first one. He's her new number two hero (her father being number one of course, right?) and as soon as tickets were available online we purchased them for the midnight show. Today's the day and the entire family has Iron Man fever.

I still contend that the first in the series was the definitive "comic book movie", combining the best of action film making and comic book sensibilities. Hopefully Robert Downey Jr. and crew will be able to maintain the feel of the first without falling into the typical snares of these kind of things, keeping away from the hokey but still staying true to the spirit of the original.

To add to all the Marvel Magic, they've now released the first glimpse of Thor from the next Marvel blockbuster! If you're unfamiliar with the God of Thunder then check out your Norse mythology at Wikipedia, the Marvel character actually stays pretty true to the original fabled version. He's a noble son of Odin the All Father, king of the Norse pantheon and wields his trusty hammer Mjolnir to deal out justice! In the Marvel story he's been banished to earth by Odin to learn the lesson of humility (being a nigh omnipotent god tends to go to your head) and must live a dual life as a humble disabled human Dr. Donald Blake and The Almighty Thor!

It's going to be hard to stay clear of the hokey in this one! The film makers have a difficult task but with master Shakesperian thespian Kenneth Brannagh heading the production there just might be a chance. And so far, the look of Thor seems to fall into a good place. Like Thor and Dr. Blake, it seems to be precariously balanced between the classic look of the comicbook and something that could actually exist in the real world (or as real as a superhero tale can possibly get).

And I understand we might get a little tidbit of Goldilocks after the credits of Iron Man II so stick around and cross your fingers!