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Iron Man 3, Movie and Game

Hey, everyone. Yesterday I went to see the new Iron Man flick and really enjoyed it. Don't you think that Robert Downey Jr. was born to do this role? Maybe he really was Tony Stark in a past life? His flamboyant, devil-may-care style is endearing. In this film, I love the part where he makes friends with a rural Tennessee lad. Tony is injured, stressed and has a damaged suit. He barters an anti-bullying device into a tuna-fish sandwich and some electronic swag. When you get right down to it, the human element in stories trumps the "wow" factor of special effects. Oh, there are plenty of those in this show. The dramatic attack on Tony's lavish Malibu pad is spectacular.
     Stark's denunciation of the Mandarin for the reporters showed Downey's skill as an actor. Great threat! It gave me cold chills. Always liked a good revenge tale. Like in The Cask Of  Amontillado, in which the dude chained his enemy to a wall and bricked him in.
     I had been playing the popular movie-tie-in game of the same title for a week or so before seeing the movie. I had enjoyed flying the clanking Avenger up Pacific Coast Highway and dodging missiles, planes, trucks and AIM adversaries while doing so. (A.I.M. being the bad guys in the movie. They don't have suits of armor, really; they are transformed genetically into android-type people.) One of Pepper's former admirer's is the head of the organization. The guy, working in concert with the ring-loving Mandarin, kidnaps Pepper and plans to inject her with some of his serum. Diabolical, and certainly shows a lack of imagination on his part.
     I had been to Malibu, several decades ago, and enjoyed the graphics in the game. The sound effects are great when the jets come zooming at you, flipping over precisely as they attack. This game is a probable 4 star because of two things. The time delays for your repairs and the constant demands for in-game spending. Other than that it would be one of the best games of all time on the app store. Man, does it come at you fast! There are cool power-ups that you can snatch as you fly along like a bat out of hell. You have the awesome stun blasts that shoot from your metal hands. There are some small missiles that you can fire which divvy up into multiple warheads. Cool. Then you fly through airplane hangers, zig-zagging around planes and missiles that some varmint has the temerity to fire at you.
    One of my favorite things is flying through a tunnel at about a 1000 MPH, dodging trucks and partitions. Their air-horns blast out in alarm, reverberating from the concrete walls as they are shocked by my sleek metal form, approaching like a rocket. Speaking of evasive maneuvers, go to settings and set your controls to max for sensitivity; you'll need it.
     By the way, the new suits of armor cost dearly and you'll need to spend real money to advance very far. I spent a couple of bucks so far and bought a suit with gold arms. He is fairly low on the food chain but I am becoming attached to the thing. I've spent a lot of time with him.
    I also have played a cool game called Clear Vision 2. In this game you are a hit-man. You receive contract offers by e-mail and take out targets for a surprisingly modest fee. The game itself is free and great fun. It has a cool story that goes with it. It is like a graphic novel which you are inserted into, complete with towns you can go to, stocks to buy and a nightclub you can own. You can upgrade weapons with no in-apps, believe it or not. I highly recommend this one, but it has adult language and is for 17 and older.
    I also got a new game called Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. So far, it is a lot of fun. I have just started on it.
    Well, it is a rainy Saturday morning, about daylight, and I think I will sit on my porch swing and drink coffee. Have a great weekend.
    From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.  

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