IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES - Talkaback

[ryuuseipro]

The initial reactions to this series from myself and others is pretty legendary. But having been an Iron Man fan, I saw this series out of curiosity.

Having seen the first three episodes, I have to say, the series has more potential than is realized.

Obviously, the mythos of Iron Man are totally altered here to "connect" with its target audience, because they don't seem to accept grown-up characters; Tony Stark (now a high-school student; he still invents the Iron Man suit), Jim Rhodes (Tony's best friend), Pepper Potts (now a sassy student reporter), "Happy" Hogan (a jock), Gene Khan (a classmate of Tony's), and other characters, are made into teenagers. (Obadiah Stane is still an adult, thank God!) So it's somewhat more like Danny Phantom than Iron Man. At this rate, it makes me wonder if they'll do Tony's legendary addiction story arc (and if so, how?). Someone suggested Capri Suns...

But I really like the animation, designs (especially the elaborate city sets, and the villains in the latest episode!), and action! They are very well done. Iron Man looks impressive, as does the Mazinger-like Mandarin! It's even better, IMHO, than MTV's Spider-Man the Animated Series. (That was done in Canada, with US voices; this series is done in France, with Canadian voices.) The potential is there, more in the visuals and the action.

 

[DigDoug]

I think that was me who said Capri Sun :laugh:

I wasn't really expecting anything great out of this, being a longtime Iron Man fan. However, I liked Danny Phantom, so I think I'll give this a shot.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

I've only seen the first episode OnDemand.

I hate the animation. I'm not even a big comic reader and Teen!Tony pisses me off to no end, and yet, I think I enjoyed it.

Liked it enough to catch more episodes, anyway.

 

[ryuuseipro]

I've only seen the first episode OnDemand.

I hate the animation. I'm not even a big comic reader and Teen!Tony pisses me off to no end, and yet, I think I enjoyed it.

Liked it enough to catch more episodes, anyway.

I have to agree.

I'm still rather bothered with the teenization of the characters. It's getting old, cliched, and it reeks of non-diversification, as this sort of thing works better with Spider-Man than Iron Man. So this version's more like Spider-Man, or should I say, Danny Phantom wearing the Iron Man armor. (I will admit that one good thing about this is that the hero's friends don't make all of his decisions for him!)

But that aside, like I said, I'm impressed with the animation and designs, as well as the action! That was more in the spirit of Iron Man than the rest of the show.

Like I said, it's got more potential than is realized, and I'm interested enough to check out more episodes.

 

[Kivat]

I've only seen the 1st 2 eps, and i gotta say....I'm impressed, I mean it seemed real good to me, good enough to keep me intrigued for more eps. The OP theme is hot.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

I liked the second episode a lot better than the first.

I know nothing about Iron man's villains, but the armored guy (Mandarin?) seems cool. Even more since he usurped the position in the most badass way possible.

 

[Kivat]

^ I don't know or remeber shiz about IronMan's villians. But this one seems pretty hardcore. :hmm:

 

[Punk]

Apparently most of the villains in the show have armor similar to Mandarin.