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To be honest, I was not overly thrilled when I heard Robert Downey Jr was going to be Tony Stark. But he is a pretty brilliant actor (I recently saw US Marshalls again and he impressed me) so I am willing to give it a chance. It does look pretty good so far.
Having seen the Comicon footage and the official theatrical trailer (as well as reading the Downey interview in the new Wizard), I have upgraded my feelings for this flick from Please, God, don't let it suck™ to This might be pretty freaking cool™. I am not in the uber-excited mode yet but I will probably get there soon.
As for Robert Downey Jr playing Tony Start to a "T", Stark is a womanizing, self-destructive boozer. Not much of a stretch for Downey, you know? I am just glad to see him funnelling his own past demons in a constructive and hopefully cool way.