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Now, if there is one movie I am reeeeeally looking forward to, it would undoubtedly have to be Iron Man 2. The first movie was just fantastic from start to finish and rivals The Dark Knight for best comic book superhero movie to date in my book. Robert Downey, Jr. just absolutely embodied Tony Stark and Jon Favreau did an amazing job bringing it all to life.

Well, now they’ve added Mickey Rourke. And my heart throb, Scarlett Johansson!

I’m sure we’ll be seeing something at Comic Con about Iron Man 2. Maybe even a few actor drop bys and some footage!

If Scarlett is there, I’ll probably pass out.

Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait for Iron Man 2!

The San Diego Comic Con 2009 is less than a month away!

That’s right, fan boys and girls! The largest extravaganza of pop culture is mere weeks away!

Comic books, comic book artists, comic book writers—all in one place. Novelists, editors, dust jacket artists—all in one place. Graphic artists, sculptors, special FX people—all in one place. Free advanced reader copies, free comic books, free goodie bags—all in one place. People dressed as Wookies, people dressed as Darth Vader, people dressed as Slave Princess Leia—all in one place. Hollywood actors, Hollywood directors, Hollywood trailers and premieres—all in one place. Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Jae Lee—all in one place.

Last year, Stan Lee even bumped into me while gaining his hotel room key.

It’s enough to put a big grin on my face! Once again, Team Suvudu will be bringing coverage of the San Diego Comic Con 2009 to the internet(s), through posting, interviews, pictures and video!

But I have a guilty pleasure in going—the Exclusives galore!

Comic Con. 126,000+ people crammed into a convention center. The San Diego Fire Marshall must sweat every minute of all four days every year. With all of those people in one spot, exhibitors must do what they can to entice the most people to their booths instead of a competitor’s booth. They do this in various ways, but the coolest is the use of Exclusives—rare items either given away or sold at Comic Con or bear the Comic Con logo in some way.

Here is a list of my Top 5 Comic Con 2009 Exclusives!

#5. Grifball Spartan
McFarlane Toys has been a leading toy manufacturer for more than a decade now, creating some of the coolest toy figures on the market. One such property that has been given the toy treatment is the Microsoft game Halo, a first-person shooter released in 2001 to much acclaim. With sales comes merchandising and Todd McFarlane has taken advantage of that, producing very cool Halo figures for the franchise.

The Grifball Spartan is a character from a team-oriented game called Grifball that is similar to lacrosse but with hands. The ball is used to score points but the other team tries to prevent its foe from scoring by wielding gravity hammers and/or swords. Since I played Halo quite often when I was in college, this figure appeals to my past and is a pretty cool exclusive at Comic Con this year!

The Grifball Spartan is limited to 6,000 pieces and will sell for $15. This exclusive will be available at the Toys “R” Us Comic Con booth, in limited quantity at the Toys “R” Us Times Square store, and through www.toysrus.com.

Evidence! Evidence that Iron Man 2 is now filming!

Here we see Mickey Rourke, hot off of his wrestling Oscar nomination, suited up in what is assuredly a prototype of the weaponry he will use as the Marvel baddie Whiplash!

I’m still angry that Rhodie won’t be played by Terrence Howard, even though Don Cheadle is one helluva actor. I like continuity. But, I really like the casting of Rourke, who actually fits this character’s dark past quite well.

Hope to see more soon, Jon Favreau!

The nominations for the Oscar Award season were announced early this morning, with some surprises and lack of surprises.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads with 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture. Based on the 1921 F. Scott Fitzgerald novella, Button is definitely one of those fiction tales laced with science fiction / fantasy and deserves the nominations it received. It also was nominated for best actor Brad Pitt and actress Taraji P. Henson, as well as director David Fincher.

Posthumous Golden Globe winner Heath Ledger, meanwhile, got a nomination for supporting actor for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. But sadly Knight was shut out from all other major nominations like best picture, screenplay and direction.

Like The Dark Knight, science fiction, fantasy and supernatural movies were mostly ignored by the Academy altogether. Iron Man, a movie I considered one of the best last year, got nominated in technical categories as did Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Amusingly, Robert Downey, Jr., who played the reborn Tony Stark in Iron Man, was nominated for best supporting actor for Tropic Thunder

WALL-E got nominated for original screenplay, however, leaving me quite happy about that as it is an unusual occurrence for an animated movie. Gotta keep my fingers crossed for that one. Such a great movie!

What do you think about the nominations? Are the Oscars relevant any more? Do you watch? Do you care?

The Oscars will be handed out in ceremonies Feb. 22 in Hollywood, which will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

We survived another year. Mostly.

The weather is still terrible here in the Pacific Northwest. More snow is on the way, surely leading to flooding of epic proportions. It never ends. But the gift-giving holidays have ended, leaving in their wake debt and a lot of love shown. For Christmas I received a $200 gift card to my favorite local independent, University Bookstore, as well as several movies… Wall-E, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Iron Man. Can’t believe I had the will power not to buy them each on release day. I guess I should go out and finally buy my new flat screen television now, huh? Hmm… Support the economy?

Anyway, I feel like I received some pretty neato gifts. They showed that my friends and family really do understand me.

So, what fun stuff did you receive? Share!

Iron Man opened in movie theaters earlier this year to starred reviews—not only from comic books fans but almost unanimously among movie goers the world round. It had a great cast, every single actor matching up with how I always envisioned those characters. An awesome movie in this post-Batman Begins world of movie making!

Terrence Howard, who played Jim Rhondes and who ultimately would have become the hero War Machine, will not be back to reprise his role.

The Hollywood Reporter has announced Howard will not return due to financial differences. How much Howard asked for or how much Marvel was willing to pay has not been disclosed. Don Cheadle, great actor and someone I admire a great deal, will take on the role in Iron Man II.

Good news? Bad news? Although I like Cheadle, I am annoyed at the change of actor to play Rhodes. What do you think?

The movie Iron Man blew my socks off! I went into it with no notions of how good it was and came out thinking, “Wow, that almost rivals Batman Begins as my favorite superhero movie!”

Now Access Hollywood has posted a 3-minute clip that was edited from the movie and has posted it online. It will be part of the DVD, which will be released September 30th! Nothing major happens in the clip, but it was nice seeing Robert Downey, Jr. again as Tony Stark—and what a playboy he is!

“I’m thinking of a number between one and five…”

Just walking the show floor at Comic Con is pretty mind-blowing: There are epic monuments to geekdom everywhere. Take a look at some of the highlights after the jump: