Iron Man Short Films

For those that have not noticed, the big screen movie of Iron Man isn’t the only IM film that is making it’s way to the public. There are two instances where he has made more appearances in the form of videos, one courtesy of Marvel itself, and another of a fan.

The first is a three part installment on Marvel Kids found here: http://www.marvelkids.com/videos These CGI videos feature Iron Man as the primary hero, but also has Spiderman and the Hulk making prominent appearances. The graphics are quite good, about the level of cut scenes in gaming consoles. If you look closely you’ll seem some neat little additions like Stark Tower with the Sentry’s watchtower in the background.

The best thing about this video is not that it is more promotion for Iron Man, but it’s that the writers have shown the ability to get all three heroes personalities down pat, something most of Marvel’s book writers have failed miserably at doing. For the first time in a long time you feel like you’re actually seeing Tony Stark there with his quick witted responses and nonchalant attitude. Spiderman is wise cracking and quirky, and the Hulk, well, smashes. Though made for kids, it was really what the old comics were about and it was refreshing to see something like that again.


Next up we have a fan film from a guy by the name of David Guivant that you can find here with more background information. http://screenrant.com/archives/exclusive-new-iron-man-fan-fil-1274.html (This site is run by Vic Holtreman, who currently runs the Advanced Iron site). This is a very well put together piece with actors who really look the role of the characters. Plus, David did an excellent job of getting the high tech feel down that Iron Man portrays, something that seems to be sorely missing from the character anymore.

If you’ve looked at the links on the side bar, you will see one to Advanced Iron. I frequent this site’s forum under the same name, and in the following thread David himself was nice enough to give some background information on the film and answer some questions people had, and I’m sure would still be willing to do so. This is the best Iron Man forum I have come across on the internet, and would urge people to join and discuss with other long time other man fans, and not just fan boys. You can get some really good in depth and opinionated, but more importantly reasoned arguments on this site.

http://www.advancediron.org/forums/index.php/topic,1238.0.html