There's a lot of fire and huge explosions, as well as quite a few nightmarish hallucinations as the citizens of Gotham are exposed to the Scarecrow's Fear Gas. And along the way, Batman even rescues a young Joffrey Baratheon.
In Forever at least we had a cast capable of rising above the limitations of the story, and a coherent enough narrative that made the set-pieces entertaining.
Older and wiser now, I took the plunge and dove into this long-shunned Alex Toth production, and found an excellent, goofy, and surprisingly edgy late ‘60s cartoon.
This isn't just a team-up; it serves to move everyone forward to a new dramatic place from which to launch the next round of Marvel Studios films, as well as providing a launching point for the starts of new franchises.
Jon Favreau approached Avi Arad with the intention of making it a comedy, but luckily opted to make Iron Man instead. Then, Incredible Hulk director, Louis Leterrier, was shown concept art and offered his services, but Marvel turned him down.
That score was markedly lower amongst White Supremacists, who objected to Idris Elba's casting as a black Norse god and attempted to organize a boycott of the film.It had no effect.
Not only is this film set six months after the first film, through later interactions with Fury, we discover that it is occurring at the same time as The Incredible Hulk and that Stark's father was a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
