Iron Man 2 - Rourke's Whiplash revealed!

[T'Baio]

http://chud.com/articles/articles/19803/1/MICKEY-ROURKE039S-WHIPLASH-REVEALED/Page1.html

I'm...interested. Looks like Rourke in Death Race 2000. It's definitely not what I expected.

 

[od0_ital]

The Iron Man equivalent of Doc Ock? A villian who won't have to take his mask off to fight the hero.

 

[DWF]

It looks like he's got an Arc reactor too.

 

[CaptainCanada]

I'm skeptical about choosing Whiplash as a major villain; he's a dude with a mechanical whip. But we'll see.

 

[miraclefan]

Hurm...

 

[Anwar]

I would've liked him more as Boris Bullski (Titanium Man), he has the "Big Hulking Guy" thing down pat.

 

[DeadmeatDiggory]

It looks like he's got an Arc reactor too.

Yeah, you can buy them down at the corner store now.

 

[Leroy]

Why Whiplash? I thought they were going with Titanium man and Crimson Dynamo?

 

[Praetor]

...Interesting.

 

[DWF]

It looks like he's got an Arc reactor too.

Yeah, you can buy them down at the corner store now.

LOL! Well they are supposed to combine elements of both Whiplash and The Crimson Dynamo so that would explain things a bit.

 

[miraclefan]

...Interesting.

You and I seem to have had the same reaction!

 

[Dream]

So will Wiplash and Iron Man have a drinking contest when they first meet?

 

[T'Baio]

Now I know why Rourke's negotiations went on so long.

The producers were probably trying to get him to change his hair for the role.

The producers lost.

 

[Anthony Sabre]

From Iron Monger to... this? Pretty underwhelming.

 

[Praetor]

...Interesting.

You and I seem to have had the same reaction!

Now, why are you surprised?

Seriously, why not just do Crimson Dynamo. What's so great about Ock-like whips?

 

[shivkala]

With the set-up in the first movie, I thought we'd get the Mandarin. While I'm pretty underwhelmed by the series, as a whole, the new cartoon has an interesting explanation (maybe the comics too, but I'm not as up on those as I am the other media) for the rings: they are not magical, rather they are technological, which I think would fit the movie quite nicely.

To me, not using the Mandarin as the main villain in this movie is akin to Nolan deciding not to use the Joker in favor of Catman in The Dark Knight.

 

[Thrall]

I thought Justin Hammer was going to be in this movie as well?

 

[Anwar]

Favreau said that Mandarin is the villain in the movies, but he's a background manipulator who sends other guys up against Iron Man. Like Emperor Palpatine and the Imperial Forces (and Vader). Stane was the one who usually did this in the comics but he's out now.

 

[Praetor]

I thought that Hammer was in it, too. And I still want the Mandarin.

 

[miraclefan]

...Interesting.

You and I seem to have had the same reaction!

Now, why are you surprised?

Seriously, why not just do Crimson Dynamo. What's so great about Ock-like whips?

Agreed! When I heard they cast ''Rourke'' I thought for SURE that he was cast for Crimson Dynamo!