““Robert Downey Jr Is Hardly The Obvious Choice To Play An Iconic Crime Fighter,” Sniffed USA Today

““Robert Downey Jr is hardly the obvious choice to play an iconic crime fighter,” sniffed USA Today in April 2007, when the then-washed up and scandal-ridden 42-year-old actor was announced as the improbable star of a forthcoming comic book film – you know, for kids.

Today, that sentiment reads like Albert Einstein’s famous 1895 school report, in which a Munich schoolmaster wrote that the 16-year-old future genius physicist and conceiver of the theory of relativity “will never amount to anything”.

But 11 years, 22 films and $18.8 billion in Marvel’s coffers later, Downey’s Tony Stark looks a lot like the single most inspired piece of casting in modern motion pictures. An actor no-one wanted to work with was playing a superhero with no special powers in a film no-one had asked for. Then he became the centre of the cinematic universe.”

– THE TELEGRAPH:  How Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man became the beating heart of Marvel.

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6 years ago
Guys, From Now On DC Will Be Changing Future Prints Of Batman: Damned #1 To Censor Out Batman’s D*ck,

Guys, from now on DC will be changing future prints of Batman: Damned #1 to censor out Batman’s d*ck, but the joke’s on them now because Batman’s d*ck is going to become a collector’s item. 

Printed copies of bat-dk are going to be selling for $35,000 a pop on ebay soon, it’s going to be absolute mayhem. Invest in Bat-d*ck if you can and invest in your future. Buy up every issue in your local comic store. Let Batman’s d*ck pay for your children’s college tuition. It’s what Batman would want.


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11 years ago
And Then There’s This Asshole
And Then There’s This Asshole

and then there’s this asshole


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6 years ago
He’s Very Polite

He’s very polite

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6 years ago

that little old lady in the captain marvel trailer: [smiles]

me: ok

carol danvers: [punches out the old lady]

me, trusting carol w my life: idk what that old lady did but she’s evil and had it coming


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2 years ago

actually yknow what fuck it heres a google drive of all the new dhmis episodes for my non british friends but PLEASE WATCH THE SHOW LEGALLY WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE.

6 years ago

i knew this reminded me of something

I Knew This Reminded Me Of Something
I Knew This Reminded Me Of Something

and then it hit me….

I Knew This Reminded Me Of Something

bye


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3 years ago

thinking about how they successfully put owen wilson, thee lightning mcqueen, in a run down pizza delivery vehicle like some sick and twisted pixar easter egg


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7 years ago
Chris Hemsworth angry writers reinvented Thor in Avengers Infinity War
Thor: Ragnarok signalled a massive change for Chris Hemsworth's hammer-wielding character, which in turn sparked rave reviews and huge Box Office returns.

‘I came into this and called Joe and Anthony and said, “Look, don’t write me the old Thor, we’ve got a new Thor now,”’ Chris said.

He was referencing the highly acclaimed shift towards a comedic, self-referential tone he and Taika made with Ragnarok.

But instead of observing his request to keep the character’s newfound mojo alive, the Russo brothers reportedly told him they’d ‘reinvented’ the character once again.

Chris recalled his response: ‘I was like “no, no, no” and I was really protective of what I’d created with Taika.’

They explained that the new direction was in line with the higher-stakes of the Avengers film, and to ensure the character worked well in an ensemble cast.


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7 years ago

WE ARE THOR STANS FIRST AND PEOPLE SECOND


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