Great Stuff!!! I love the evolution of the suit. It proves that Tony is constantly trying to design a better, more advanced suit.

Also interesting is that fact that he talks about how the Story will tell how the suit evolves...IE: HULKBUSTER SUIT...BRIGN IT ON!!!!!!!!!!

Hope WarMachine makes a cameo in Avengers... doubtful :(

the Iron Man suit is 100% cool! love it!

I like all of the adaptations in this movie; Marvel really should do all they can to GET THE X-MEN BACK! Then we'd finally get to see them done well.

From what I've seen so far, I prefer the Letterier Hulk to this one. In the shot of Hulk running through the glass, he kind of looks...pudgy, a little too soft looking for the Hulk.

but, love the Iron Man suit and all its variations

ARMORS people. So yall can stop whinning about the chest piece shape.

Marvel has done a great job translating their characters costumes to the big screen. Thor and Cap were very impressive. I also think DC did great work with Nolan's Batman costumes as well as Cavill's Superman.

VALERIESGHOST

You do know that IM's main armors have gold legs, right?

Nomis, like Hawkeye? Or the X-Men uniforms?

I totally agree, these characters are as much a part of their uniforms/costumes as they are their individual personalities. I have no problem tweaking things, colors, shades, proportions, but I agree. To say, “Galactic us will not work on film because he's ridiculous.” Is just shortsighted and lazy.

Not to harp on it but as an example, Hawkeye's costume could have had dark purple highlights along with a mask. Explaining how a sniper, or assassin character needs to have his identity hidden is a natural.

Nothing frustrates me more than how “comic book fans” give in and argue about “believability” in CBM movies. Really? Anyways, I'm really looking forward to all the CBM movies this summer and beyond.

Mark VII armor is probably my favorite. I like the elements of War Machine they incorporated (unpainted pieces) after looking at it more.

Hopefully Hulkbuster will show up @superotherside, he's always rocked at least 2 armors per movie. 3 armors in IM2.

@Nomis
Agreed on most counts (except TDKR jab, the newest Batsuit is the best the movies have seen so far, imo).

The MOST important improvement to the armor this movie is the back jets seen here:



They did a terrific job in the first IM movie establishing the the repulsars were developed as flight stabilizers, but in doing they eliminated his ability to blast fools out of the sky while flying. And he did that silly "I'm a little teapot" pose for soft landing.
With the back rockets his flight is stabilized and he can shoot dudes with his repulsars, which you can see @ 1:42 of the new trailer. :D

how are they gonna explain war machines absence? i mean hes out there somewhere....

@Nomis

I liked the Begins suit, it just looked too stiff to me. I also didn't like the changes in texture between the "nomex" suit and cloth cape.

With the new suit I thought it was great they explained why it changed to improve range of motion and decrease weight. It also looked good to have Batman actually be able to turn his head. The elements of carbon fiber texture with the "nomex" look also impressed me. Could he have done with a wider neck piece to decrease the "bobble-head" look, definately.

@bezier
Those back jets are badass, aren't they?

BACK JETS WERE A MUST BECAUSE WHEN IRON MAN IS FIGHTING AN ALIEN HORDE, HIS HANDS BETTER BE FREE TO BLAST THEM.

For as long as they're being made...

No Batman movie...will EVER get the Batman suit right, and here's why:

Through all its incarnations, the evolution of the Batman costume has seen very little changes. Essentially, the comics have constructed the same costume throughout, and any reincarnation of it has uphoeld a particular look that is signature to its look:

A lightweight, single-piece black cowl, Nomex-reinforced fabric w/ 15 micro-layers, GREY, a black cape and black climbing boots.

Easy peasy.

How can you [frick] that up? Very easily, I'm afraid, with every live-action adaptation (with the exception of Adam West's 60's campfest version) attempting to do away with the more traditional look, for fear that it's not as effectively intimidating or doesn't look as good overall.

That it would look, more or less, like a Halloween costume. And they're right to have had these fears, but it'll always keep their hands tied, worrying over how not to approach the traditional look, instead of ensuring that whatever design they come up with doesn't stray away from what the comic book fan (and general audience) will find familiar.

That's just as important as the character themselves, to see what you've only seen in art come to life with such accuracy. It's an immediate turn off, when that doesn't happen, and that's simply because human beings hold a higher regard to things that are familiar to them.

Iron Man was able to get away with that altogether. Mainly because the Iron Man suit has soooo many different versions that become more slick, more high tech, and more Tony Stark as they go along.

The suit literally becomes part of the character, and, as the character changes, the suit changes.

Secondly, in comparison to Batman, Iron Man was, more a less, an obscure comic book character to the general, movie-going audience. Until 2008, that is. Practically everyone I know who didn't read comic books were absolutely blown away by the freshness of Iron man's gear, and that every part of it worked so seamlessly together.

Fans of Iron Man or the Avengers, for the most part, drool over the film adaptations of the armour, because the detail that is incorporated into the suit, that rarely gets the attention it requires in the comics, was realized beyond anyone's expectations of how brilliant the design would look on film.

The more I see the Mark. VII the more I like it. It will be tough to top the Mark. VI visually but if the Mark. VII has as many gadgets as Feige said i think it will look great!

iron man armours are the best comic book costumes,i've ever seen.