While mooning over Tony Stark and admiring Pepper’s bad-assery, the hosts discuss their favorite moments of Shane Black’s Iron Man 3. Going through the various story arcs, they compare the film to Marvel canon with the help of Adaptation’s resident Iron Man expert and the 2010 Extremis mini-series.

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SHOW NOTES:

Music: Iron Man by Black Sabbath

Upcoming Films

Star Trek Into Darkness

-May 9 (UK), May 17 (US)

-Screenwriters: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof

-Director: JJ Abrams

-Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch and Zoe Saldana

Main Discussion

Iron Man 3

-Release: April 25 (UK), May 3 (US)

-Screenwriters: Drew Pearce and Shane Black

-Director: Shane Black

-Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley and Jon Favreau

-Based on the Marvel comics

Iron Man: Extremis

-Six episode mini-series in 2010

-Made from the six comic issue arc from 2005

Story arcs:

-AIM

-Extremis

-The Mandarin

-Iron Patriot

-Pepper

–All the suits

For more comic adaptations, check out our episodes on The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-man and The Avengers!

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