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Hip to Be Square: I Am Iron Man* Part 2

Posted in Movies, Reviews by Undead Knight on May 18th, 2008

Well, I finally got round to watching it. After hearing my friend rant on for a little bit about it, I decided “What the hey?” and went to go see it.

Thank god I did.

I have officially had my mind changed about comic book movies. No longer will I worry about them sucking. This was amazing.

The Hip:

Oh my god, the special effects. I really do mean wow. Explosions haven’t looked this good in a while. His suit’s all sleek and shiny. The fight scene’s spectacular. The action exceeded my expectations. Which were extremely high, as they were the one area I knew this movie would do well. (more…)

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Fusionman!

Posted in News, Technology, Videos by Daemonhunter on May 18th, 2008

The coolness is overwhelming…

The guy who created and built the wings is called Yves Rossy, a veteran pilot. Take not that the flight time was pretty short, I don’t think the wings can carry enough fuel or is efficient enough for sustained flight.

The military is probably contacting the guy who invented this, special forces that can’t parachute directly into enemy areas can use this technology to deploy from planes and fly in from a distance. A small team flying in the glare of the sun is a lot less noticeable than a big ass plane/helicopter.

Wired Article

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