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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY STARK!

Have a sampling of my favourite Tonys.

Animated - Just happy to be included.

MCU - Hates all these giant blue-eyed assholes.

616 - Having way too much fun.

Tales of Suspense - Trying not to brood, will blow a gasket if he doesn't mention his transistors at least 7 times.

FULL AUDIO:  Live audio commentary - Iron Man (2008), by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr.  (2h29m length)

There has never been a director’s commentary for the Iron Man films that included Jon Favreau and RDJ.  While promoting The Jungle Book, Favreau told Reddit that they actually did do an unofficial one back in 2008 for an Iron Man screening but it was not officially recorded by the venue.

Someone in attendance did manage to record the whole thing and it was shared on Reddit yesterday, eight years later.

The screening took place on September 6, 2008 at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA and was hosted by American Cinematheque as part of their “Live Commentary” series.

** NOTE:  the commentary starts at approximately the 7-minute mark. **

favreau talking nonstop about how rdj kept insisting on so many little editing tweaks that ultimately made the movie flow better

jay leno criticizing rdj for clearly not knowing what he was doing when tony clumsily takes apart a car engine [favreau’s own] (18 min mark)

tony waking up in the cave after being kidnapped was the first shot they did/rdj’s first time playing tony stark for the actual movie

rdj apologizing for this hat:

saying how that costuming choice had been his call and he didn’t knowingly mean to give such a dickensian sad boy look

when the next shot appears, favreau immediately demanding that rdj apologize for this hat:

telling how it irritated the marvel execs to no end (“we don’t show up for one day and he puts on a castro hat?!”) while rdj murmurs defensively in the background (“c'mon, that was a great hat.”)

favreau had to fight to keep in so many shots of tony working with his hands/just building things frame after frame, since he was adamant that these images were “what the whole movie was about”

the fact that tony wasn’t supposed to have his iron man mask up during the goodbye/death scene with yinsen – but they had him lift it for a single take for some technical reason that wasn’t meant to be used, then ended up using that take in the final cut (45 min mark)

rdj interrupting favreau’s explanation of the above, wanting silence for “my coming out part” (when iron man steps out of the darkness of the cave and unleashes hell)

favreau was simply indulging rdj when rdj suggested that tony make everyone sit down on the floor for the first press conference, saying that he went along with the kooky idea ‘once’ just so rdj would trust him as a director – but then ended up keeping it in bc it was so tony

rdj and favreau agreeing that the scene where pepper reaches into the arc reactor casing in tony’s chest is their ‘favorite scene’

the execs wanted to know why tony was drinking “that green shit,” which seemed to detract from the scene; favreau tells that rdj was adamant that tony would want to heal his body with superfoods

↑ “i would never not look someone in the eye when i shake their hand. but tony would.” —rdj

lots of references to indiana jones, star wars, robocop, alien

rhodey’s ringtone is the theme to the 60s iron man cartoon (same theme is used when obie introduces an absent stark at the award ceremony before the vegas scene)

the reason that tony ridicules dum-e and U so much is that these bots were used pre-production in a superbowl commercial to promote the upcoming movie, to show off what kind of ‘cool tech’ tony has around – rdj got annoyed by that, saying “these are THE DUMBEST robots anyone would ever have 🙄😑” – so when it came time to shoot his scenes with them he didn’t bother to hide how he really felt about them

↑ the photo of the iron man suit used in this newspaper shot was taken by real paparazzi, who caught up with the crew while they were shooting on a closed highway and snuck some photos; favreau thought it would be 'cool’ to get back at them by using their shot in this scene, but then they sued marvel for $5 million for stealing their photo

cantwell delivered a truly fresh interpretation of the charater, and explored all of tony's egomaniacal tendencies, as well as his detached attitude to other people and the fact that he's not really a hero, or even a good person. he also managed to complement this exploration of tony's psyche with a wonderful romantic interest in the form of patsy walker.

Dear Tony lovers, After many adventures, everything is donated and packages arrived. With your help, we raised an amazing total of

2535.45 €

for charity! We split the amount and donated half to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and half to The Ocean Cleanup. Below are the receipts for our donation, but the total sum also includes donations some kind people made directly to the Ocean Cleanup, in honor of the zine. With that, we have officially finished this project! Thank you again for your unwavering support in the zine, and for making this fandom a great place to be. Best, The Transistor-Powered Heart mods

First of all, thank you from all my heart to everyone who made this project possible. Mods, contributors, buyers, signal boosters, everyone. Without our collective effort, this zine would never have seen the light of day. So many people have spent precious time and energy into making this zine, and I can proudly say that it shows. This zine is a labour of love. I have it in my hands, but I still can’t believe that WE made it!!!

Secondly, it has been a learning experience for me. I knew that it was going to be a lot of work, but I was unprepared for how much work it would be. Thankfully, zine and self-publishing veteran @donkringel was the other head mod. Thank you so much for taking care of the production and finance, I would have run screaming for the hills after three weeks.

Finally, even though we had many many setbacks with the book printing, we finally managed to get it to work. We got really unlucky, and I was so anxious about disappointing all our supporters, but I got blown away by the response of the community. Everyone was super patient and understanding, giving us a lot of trust, and I was truly humbled by it. Thank you all for your awesome patience and kind words.

Thank you for giving us a chance.

And with all that, we even managed to raise a good amount of money for charity. I couldn’t be prouder of the Iron Man fandom.