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unmapped (cultural handoff):
W. → Iron Man.
After the Bush years, audiences wanted a new big-screen hero, Tony Stark, teasing the next episode.
“Not to mention time for a bold, new big screen hero.”
The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:45:08 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Iron Man.
Sean says two years earlier audiences were stunned that a comic hero could be sarcastic, and Scott Pilgrim is self-aware and glib in a way Watchmen, Batman and Superman were not.
“only 2 years before that, people were blown away that Iron Man was kind of a dick with a sarcastic attitude.”
The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Iron Man.
Jason says Iron Man and Watchmen spend time on origin and world setup, while Scott Pilgrim drops you in the middle with no explanation.
“Scott Pilgrim just drops you into it.”
The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:18:38 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them) -
theme (shared MCU characters):
The Incredible Hulk → Iron Man.
The two characters appearing in the first two MCU films were Hulk and Iron Man.
“It's the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, you fools.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 1:05:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Blade → Iron Man.
Blade came ten years before Iron Man, the first Marvel property to follow.
“And this is 10 full years before Iron Man.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:02:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
X-Men → Iron Man.
The X-Men films' approach of introducing everyone at once was the standard until Marvel changed it.
“that approach is really the kind of, what the standard approach for superhero films was up until that time”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:03:24 · Jason Concepcion (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Batman Begins → Iron Man.
Both the late-90s Batman films and the X-Men films hid the comic-book look; Marvel instead embraced what was authentic about its characters.
“They're very abashed to be like, this is a comic book movie.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:07:52 · Jason Concepcion (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Watchmen → Iron Man.
Snyder, while promoting Watchmen, doubted Marvel's B-list characters; then Iron Man made $300 million.
“I can't believe Iron Man made $300 million.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:10:20 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Iron Man → Robert Downey Jr..
Downey was a gamble at that stage of his career.
“Robert Downey Jr. was it sort of a, you know, that was a crapshoot when Iron Man one came out.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:13:01 · David Shoemaker (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Iron Man → Jon Favreau.
Iron Man's director had only Swingers and Jumanji behind him.
“a director whose experience with swingers and Jumanji.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:54:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Iron Man called the highest Q rating for a character nobody cared about in comics.
“Iron Man is probably the most the highest Q rating for a character that nobody gave a flying F about”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:55:00 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → Avengers: Infinity War.
Superhero movies as a genre are compared to 1940s-50s musicals: most vulnerable when strongest.
“are never more vulnerable than when they seem strongest.”
The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:55:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
career (career-turn):
Paul Bettany → Iron Man.
Bettany's revival came when Jon Favreau called to cast him as the voice of Jarvis, which also led to Vision.
“Favreau called me and was like, no, Sweden.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:54:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (casting-alternative):
Sam Rockwell → Iron Man.
Rockwell was reportedly seriously considered for Tony Stark, hence his part in the second film.
“I know Sam Rockwell was very seriously talked about.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:21:33 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
A host recalls his father's reaction to Downey being cast as Iron Man: scraping the bottom of the barrel, the movie is a predetermined flop.
“they're really scraping the bottom of the barrel, huh?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:22:09 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (champion):
Jon Favreau → Iron Man.
Favreau sold Marvel hard on Downey with about 20 screen tests; Marvel relented.
“Favreau goes to bathroom, sells them really hard because this is the only guy, he does like 20 screen tests, and Marvel finally relents.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:22:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Downey made the least money of any actor on the first film (Terrence Howard got three times as much), then wanted a proportionate raise for the second.
“Terrence Howard got 3 times as much as him.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:22:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (release-timing):
The Soloist → Iron Man.
The Soloist was shot before Iron Man and was pushed back to ride the bump.
“That was originally supposed to come out before Iron Man. pushed it back so it could receive the bump of him being figured out.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:23:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (snubbed-performance):
Iron Man → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Downey deserved nominations for the magnetic performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man.
“Robert Downey Jr. should have been nominated for Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. He should have been nominated for Iron Man.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:25:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
RoboCop → Iron Man.
The remake arrives six years after Iron Man nailed the cool-guy-in-a-robot-suit idea and gets nowhere close.
“Iron Man has nailed what they're trying to do and they're coming to the party 6 years late and not getting anywhere close, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:56:30 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Guardians of the Galaxy → Iron Man.
It opened to Iron Man-sized numbers, defying fears it was too weird to cross over.
“It opened to like Iron Man numbers.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:07:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Iron Man 3 → Iron Man.
The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
“as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Iron Man → Iron Man 2.
Stark arc: Iron Man 1 changing worldview, Iron Man 2 hubristic, Avengers trying not to care.
“Then Iron Man 2 is just like, he doesn't give a fuck anymore.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:27:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Downey doesn't want to wear the suit; so the suit transformations become all CGI and you never get the flip-up helmet shot.
“Downey Jr. just clearly doesn't want to wear any portion of the suit.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:57:55 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The Avengers → Iron Man.
Iron Man gives Marvel the template; Avengers sets the 80% spectacle / 20% funny template for the rest.
“It's like 80%'s got spectacle, 20% funny.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:01:33 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Captain America: The First Avenger → Iron Man.
Cap is ranked above all other Phase One films except Iron Man, which is more consistent.
“I like this the most of all the phase one Marvel movies.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:03:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Captain America: The First Avenger → Iron Man.
Iron Man is liked more but only just.
“I think I like Iron Man more than this, but that's it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:03:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Iron Man 2 → Iron Man.
The first film is Tony alone in the lab being weird; this one has a drunken party and fight, the opposite of what people liked.
“The 1st one is him alone in the lab being weird. and they get to that eventually in this movie, like eventually.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:58:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Tie-in memory: a guy in the theater at the Iron Man post-credits scene said 'it's Dr. Strange'; at Hulk someone else yelled 'it's Tony' at the bar cameo and the audience cheered.
“And the whole audience cheered.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:22:54 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Iron Man → The Incredible Hulk.
Both Iron Man's post-credits Fury scene and Tony's Hulk cameo got audiences cheering, building the idea of a shared universe.
“I was so invested in the idea, which seems hilarious now of a cinematic universe.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:23:12 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies → Iron Man.
That film parodies the page-flipping Marvel logo, which opens Iron Man.
“They, uh, they do a really good parody of that in, um, Teen Titans go the movies.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:08:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Iron Man → modern superhero movies.
Called the prototype format every later superhero film riffs on.
“this is the prototype for the modern superhero movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:09:11 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Iron Man → Disney-era MCU films.
Iron Man shows a promiscuous, drinking Stark that the Disney-era films would not.
“introducing the character through the whiskey glass is something I think would not happen in the Disney days.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:09:26 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Iron Man → Tom Cruise.
Iron Man was at New Line for Nick Cassavetes and Tom Cruise, who wanted it forever, and would have been less faithful.
“It was supposed to be a Nick Castavetti's movie starring Tom Cruise.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:13:52 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Tom Cruise wanted to do Iron Man forever, and it was set at New Line for Nick Cassavetes before Marvel took the character back.
“Tom Cruise wanted to do Iron Man forever.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:13:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Iron Man → Iron Man 3.
Pepper is the secret of why the first film works and of why Iron Man 3 works.
“Iron Man works best as a character through Pepper.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:18:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → Captain America: The First Avenger.
Marvel put up character rights (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor) as collateral for a $1B Merrill Lynch loan to self-finance.
“And what they put up as collateral was the rights to the characters.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:19:54 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → The Incredible Hulk.
Hulk remained at Universal, which helped make a new Hulk, so Marvel's Paramount five-picture deal excluded it.
“So Hulk was still set up at Universal, and they were able to be like, we'll help you make a new Hulk.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:21:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Iron Man → Stan Lee.
The film follows the first comic issue's origin; Lee wanted to make an industrialist war profiteer compelling to hippie kids.
“here's like an industrialist, war profiteer, Laos, and make him like compelling to these, like, hippie kids.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:27:36 · unknown (probably David) (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Iron Man → Venom.
Marvel third acts have the villain become a bigger version of the hero and they punch; Venom does the same.
“even like Venom, which I know isn't Marvel, does the exact same thing”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:32:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Iron Man → Batman Begins.
Studios used to fuck with comic origin movies to squeeze them into classic arcs, as in the Batman films, while Iron Man tore up the shooting draft.
“And so that's why you have the Batman movies where it's like fucking with the origin movie by movie or whatever.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:37:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
See the end-of-act-two set piece where Pepper has to download files to a USB (ghost drive, isometric folders) and hand Stane the paper without being noticed.
“a crucial 2nd act, end of the 2nd act set piece in which Pepper Pots has to put a USB into a computer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:38:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Ghostface Killah → Iron Man.
Ghostface is the Wu-Tang member particularly obsessed with Iron Man, who is the avatar of many of his songs.
“Iron Man is like the like his hero.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:40:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → Jon Favreau.
The lab sequence is shot like a horror movie, showing Favreau wanted a badass film after kid-friendly work like Elf.
“Yeah, I like that he shoots this like a horror movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:43:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Matthew Libatique → Iron Man.
Libatique shot it; later Marvel films use it as a template but a watered-down version.
“And the Marvel movies start looking a lot more generic after this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:43:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → AC/DC.
Instead of an original hero theme, the score identity is the song Iron Man, which becomes a lot of AC/DC.
“This is not a movie with a particularly recognizable theme, partly because they decide the theme should just be the song Iron Man.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:47:47 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Iron Man → Ghostface Killah.
A Ghostface Killah song should have been the film's music, given his devotion to Iron Man.
“It should have they should have gotten a Ghostface Killer song.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:47:56 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → The Avengers.
Lacks a recognizable hero theme (uses the AC/DC song instead); a hoped-for harmonizing of every hero's theme would have been exciting at Avengers.
“I love Alan Sylvestri's Avengers theme.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:48:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Alan Silvestri → Iron Man.
Silvestri's Avengers theme is the recognizable hero theme that Iron Man lacks.
“I love Alan Sylvestri's Avengers theme.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:48:15 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Shot in California desert; the actor was buried in a sand dune for eight hours for one shot, while modern Marvel shoots in Atlanta.
“yes, I will allow myself to be buried in the sand for 8 hours for one shot.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:49:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
The Burger King product placement made the speaker crave Burger King, and the LG phone placement recouped about $1M of budget.
“I definitely wanted to eat Burger King after seeing this movie”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:51:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → Star Trek.
Both use real industrial locations (a factory) as sets rather than green screen; Star Trek's engineering was a Budweiser plant.
“like in Star Trek, which is the year after this, where engineering is a Budweiser factor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:55:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
See the scene where Pepper reaches into Tony's chest to swap the arc reactor, a prosthetic, and quips; the best Tony/Pepper scene.
“It's actually a prosthetic thing that she can reach her hand.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:58:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Iron Man → Batman Begins.
The suit-development process scenes are a funny version of Batman Begins' gadget-building.
“This is like funny version of Batman begins.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:05:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → Ghostbusters.
Like Ghostbusters, it lets you learn each piece of tech step by step so the payoff means something.
“This is like the same shit that makes Ghostbusters great”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:08:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Gwyneth Paltrow → Iron Man.
She uses the cachet of this movie to launch Goop.
“she uses the cache of this movie to Launch Goop.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:17:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Iron Man → Iron Man 2.
Griffin has a point about Paltrow in Iron Man 2 and promises a separate Iron Man 2 commentary.
“We're going to do an Iron Man 2 commentary so we can talk about the movie I want to talk about there.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
Initial plan was the Mandarin, then they swapped to Obadiah Stane and cast Bridges; the Ten Rings symbol remained as a leftover.
“Now, you know, like up until like, like 3 or 4 months before they filmed, it was always supposed to be the Mandarin.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:24:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Iron Man 3 → Iron Man.
Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
“And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
The Afghan village scene, when his computer figures out the hostage situation, made the audience scream in the speaker's theater.
“this is the scene in my theater. When the audience is just screaming.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Iron Man → Iron Man 3.
Each sequel repeats the Tony-alone-in-the-basement-with-robots plot; Iron Man 3 does it better.
“Tony Stark is very weird. He mostly sits in his basement building robots.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:33:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Jeff Bridges → Iron Man.
Argues Bridges is wrongly ranked bottom five in Marvel villain lists; it is one of the best performances.
“It's one of the best performances.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:44:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → Sam Raimi.
The paralyzed-Stark crawling sequence has Raimi's shaky expressive camera and Evil Dead Ash-crawling feel.
“The sequence feels very Sam Raimi, actually.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:47:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Iron Man → Thor.
The hosts preview the next trio: Thor, Captain America, Avengers; one hates Thor.
“So what our next three is going to be Thor, Captain America, Avengers.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:48:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Iron Man → RoboCop.
The Ironmonger voice and suit recall ED-209, and the finale is ED-209 versus RoboCop.
“You know what the voice is? He's Ed 209.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:53:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Iron Man → The Avengers.
Iron Man's lo-fi highway fight vs the later hole-in-the-sky stakes inflation seeded by Avengers.
“And now the stakes don't mean anything because every movie has that level of things.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:54:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Iron Man → Avengers: Infinity War.
Prefers Iron Man's visible plate-and-gear machinery to Infinity War's seamless nanobite suit.
“I like it so much more when it's the thing where like one plate has to like rise up”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:55:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
See the scene where Tony walks out as armor flies on in the throwaway silver suit's 'next time' line; the audience clapped in the speaker's theater.
“But I remember the next time getting, um, a clap from my audience.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:56:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Fantastic Four → Iron Man.
Argues the Fantastic Four wouldn't work if established as the 25th superhero group.
“I also don't think the Fantastic Four would like work if you establish that they're like the 25th superhero group on the block.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:57:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Iron Man → Captain Marvel.
Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie.
“And then like models herself after Captain Marvel.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → The Avengers.
Iron Man dropped the secret identity, treating it as a punchline, unlike Batman and Superman.
“We're not Batman and Superman.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Iron Man → The Incredible Hulk.
Hulk is what Marvel wanted all its movies to look like, and it is generic and lacks personality; Iron Man came out first and lucked into its looseness.
“that's what they, I think, wanted all these movies to look like, and it's so generic and lacking in any sort of personality.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:04:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Iron Man:
The film opened to $98.6M, nearly $100M for a character without name recognition, with Maid of Honor second at $14M.
“And they almost hit 100.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:07:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → Maid of Honor.
The weekend's counter-programming: Iron Man $98M, Made of Honor $14M second, Baby Mama, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
“Number 2 is a classic piece of counter programming opens number 2 at 14 million, which is called Native Honor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:07:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Iron Man → The Avengers.
The post-credits Nick Fury scene established the shared-universe model that changed Hollywood for a decade or more.
“I mean, this has changed the next 10 years of Hollywood filmmaking.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)