We all know recognize this chant from the playground, said by the sore losers to feel important. If you really consider it, when has the second ever been best?

The premiere of Iron Man 2 is just days away and I’m getting excited! While I don’t know the conditions surrounding Terrence Howard’s decision not to the return so I am trying not to be biased against Don Cheadle, I would have loved to have seen Howard up there as War Machine.

The situation is similar to that of the two Dumbledores.The original Dumbledore I feel had an impeccable portrayal and he set a precedent that unfortunately, he could no longer fulfill and could not be matched by his replacement. In the hearts and minds of the entire Harry Potter universe, the second Dumbledore, try as he might, just can’t seem to live up to the first.

This is where perspective and order of presentation of information comes into play on our opinions. Had we never been exposed to the idea of Terrence Howard as War Machine, would we be content with Don Cheadle in the role? Had we never known the greatness of the first Dumbledore, would we have even known what we were missing with the second?

Remakes and recasts are always greeted with a cold reception, though we sometimes may eventually come around to the idea. It’s almost like a parental instinct to protect that which we love; or it is a reflection of our own fear of being replaced by someone else – to be tossed aside like yesterday’s news to watch the world crowd around what should have been you. We all seem to have this tendency to flavor the originals in most cases. My question is: Is the first thing genuinely better? or do sentiments come in and cloud the judgement? I wonder…

Marvel Musings
Also, Iron Man 2 is just one of the many movies Marvel has in the works to eventually led to an Avengers movie. And as part of this process, there is all this talk about reinventing Spiderman? Makes sense, I mean it’s crazy to think Sam Raimi’s Spiderman is already like a decade old?? I’m pretty sure that just happened. Anyway, I am all for discontinuing the Toby Maguire as Spiderman movies because they just…were losing it. I love Sam Raimi and I loved what he did with Doc Oc but Spiderman 3 was just terrible.
Rumors say Joe Jonas is a possibility for the new Spiderman? Honestly, I think the guy has potential as an actor but he would need to fill out his acting resume a bit more before taking on a role like that. I am not as against it as most are, though. I think he has a chance.
Jake Gyllenhaal was also in talks for the role. He would be perfect I think, but too similar to Toby Maguire at this point.
My choice for Spiderman: Milo Ventimiglia (aka Peter Petrelli)