"Iron Man 2" topped the box office charts for the second week in a row. "Once you get past that, you just have a bunch of dudes in suits whaling on each other." Telling the story of who the hero is and how he came to be is naturally compelling. "The origin movie is always going to be better," he says, "because the origin story is the hero's story" (with the exception of Wolverine). Still, Weldon still thinks Iron Man has the edge over its sequel. "Downey is Tony Stark, in a way that very rarely happens in superhero movies," Weldon explains. He's a drunk, he's a womanizer" - not the kind of guy you'd usually build a summer tent-pole movie around.īut in the Iron Man movies, Weldon thinks, the character works, largely due to Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal. Weldon describes him as "a weapons manufacturer, basically. "He's got a huge impact in the comics because he's the wealthiest guy in the Marvel universe," explains Weldon, "he bankrolls a lot of stuff."īut Stark isn't obviously appealing.
Neither thought "C-lister" Stark would be such a hit. NPR's comic book blogger, Glen Weldon, says the blockbuster is full of "Easter eggs" - inside jokes for longtime fans.įrom the outset, NPR's Neal Conan discloses that he and Weldon are unabashed comic-book geeks. Iron Man 2, the sequel to the hugely popular story of Tony Stark, continues to dominate at the box office.
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