Iron Man 3 Super Bowl Trailer Leaves Heart-Pumping Metallic After-Taste

Super Bowl 47 was full of surprises. The first-ever championship game black-out, a dull game turned into a nail biter, and a host of summer-blockbuster movie trailers to drool over. OK, the last part wasn't all that surprising, since we expected virtually every movie trailer (and commercial) we saw. Some like the Lone Ranger were rich and finally gave us a feel for, for example, what Johnny Depp's Tonto interpretation would really be like (not as serious as we thought). Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man 3, on the other hand, was 31 seconds of nail-biting fun, but all-too short.
The Iron Man 3 teaser Marvel Studios ran Sunday night during the Super Bowl and soon-after hit YouTube and iTunes features Air Force One being blown out of the sky. Iron Man (Downey) has to save 13 passengers, though he can only handle four at a time. The bit is lighter than the last teaser we saw, but adds little to our understanding of the story line. At the end of the trailer, however, Marvel leads you to its Iron Man Facebook page where you can digest a far longer, "extended" clip, which also incorporates the Super Bowl (and YouTube-residing) trailer.
The best part of the Facebook trailer, though, is the first few moments where Downey more or less stares at the screen and then says, "That might have been more 'extensive' than 'extended.' " Expect that little clip to end up on the Blu-ray edition.
The third chapter in the Iron Man saga hits theaters on May.
If you're fans of the metal guy as we are, we're sure you'll want to watch both. The short one is above and Facebook's version is below. Isn't it nice to see how Marvel is spreading the love? I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg is happy about this.
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