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MMA the Focus of Iron Man 2Filed Under: Rantings

Above,  Jon Favreau (Hogan) and Robert Downey Jr (Stark) chillout after working their boxing.

After watching Iron Man 2 on opening night, I’m pretty impressed. Nice to see that Hollywood has taken a break from destroying my childhood joys and let a decent comic book movie slip by, un-bastardized. No really Hollywood, thanks for sodomizing Spider Man 2 and 3, Dare Devil, Ghost Rider, Judge Dredd, 80% of the Batman movies, GI Joe, and the new Superman stuff. I’m glad you did that.

Anyway, during one scene Tony Stark is boxing with Hogan and slips in an elbow to the head from close range.  Hogan says something like, “What the hell was that?!”, to which Tony mockingly replies, “It’s called mixed martial arts, and it’s been around for about three weeks.”  Hogan spits back, “It’s called dirty boxing, and it’s been around a long time.”  Of course, then Scarlet Johannsen  is there for some logical cinematic reasons and ends up jumping in the ring, doing this crazy flying-leglock-on-head throw and finishes Hogan with an armbar.

At least that’s what I think happened. Scarlet’s hotness made that part a blurr.

Where were we? Aw, yes. The point, if I even have one, is that the components of MMA have been around a long time, but it’s nice to have a little media love, besides the Diaz brothers kicking a dude while he’s down. To sign off, I leave you with some pics of Robert Downey Jr practicing his martial art of Wing Chung on set.

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