Saturday, July 2, 2022

Astro Boy and Iron Man

 

I was watching the latest season of Stranger Things, and there was something about the new cast member, Joseph Quinn.  Then it hit me - he looks and acts like a young Robert Downey Jr.  I know Marvel is all into their de-aging technology, but if they ever want to have another Tony Stark a few years down the road, this actor might be able to pull it off on his own.

14 comments:

  1. Astroby: "If anyone can get you home again, it's me."

    Iron Man: "Then, let's go-go-go, Astroboy!"

    This was the very first anime I ever remember watching as a pre-schooler. Thanks for the nostalgia, Ross. :-)

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  2. Given how Marvel is leaning into the Multiverse, they could get Joseph to play a Variant Tony.

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  3. Osama Tezuka "The God of Comics" is great!

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  4. While he's in the past, Astro Boy should visit Astro City...

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  5. Quinn's an incredible actor. I had seen him as a poor but educated Londoner in Howard's End, and when I realized Eddie the American DM and Dio fan was the same actor I was completely gobsmacked.

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  6. @Simreeve said...
    While he's in the past, Astro Boy should visit Astro City...

    …and encounter Vance Astro walking the Jetsons dog, Astro!

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  7. Um, are you sure it's not Iron Man who's displaced in time?

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  8. Daviticus is right. From the word balloons, I gathered it was Iron Man who was stuck in the future. Or, at least, an alternate future. For example; that could very well be San Fransokyo in the background! Thereby making it possible for a sequel to be done...guest-starring Big Hero 6.

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  9. P.S.---yes, I know Baymax has already appeared here, twice. But, those were individual appearances alongside Hiro! Not the entire group.

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  10. Astroboy and Iron Man meet Big Hero 6? Yeah, I'd be happy with seeing that.

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  11. Daviticus said...
    "Um, are you sure it's not Iron Man who's displaced in time?"

    Oh, I'm sure that it is Iron Man who's displaced... but I thought that Astro Boy getting him back home might "have to" involve Astro Boy paying a visit to Tony's home time-period as well. I should have explained better in my previous post.

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  12. In that case, I retract my previous support for Carycomic's suggestion and recommend that Astroboy get to meet either the 1st or 2nd Robo Forces as part of Simreeve's suggested sequel.

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  13. Under any other circumstance, I might yield to the temptation of making a July 4th pun by calling Anonymous a "Benedict Arnold"! But, given the fact neither Robo Force has been seen here, for over a year and a half, I'll (reluctantly) second Anon's revised recommendation.

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  14. That's the American spirit, Cary! :-)

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