WHO IS THE Iron Man newspaper
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monkeywrench
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Looks great so far!
Lancer
Sr Member
yeah, I'd be interested in one of these. price is reasonable but can you clarify if the all the text will be actual articles etc? or just repeated blocks of text? I'm thinkin of having this in a frame so would like it to have something you could actually read.
TK9120
Sr Member
Was that scene in the movie? The supposed spy scene they were shooting. Or was it just for that shot which I doubt? I looked for it during the movie but wasn't sure if I saw it. I'm thinking it could have been near the end. I don't want to get in to specifics to avoid any spoilers.
Sweet!
Here's the update. I have worked the top of the paper and I am pretty happy with it. To answer some of your questions, I doubt I will write a real life article. If someone wants to tackle this and send it to me, I might be able to work with it. I doubt the real prop had a real story anyway. I may rethink this and do it later. The funky question mark is correct, wierd but correct. Here are some updated pics and pics of the scene from the movie.
Here are some updated pics and pics of the scene from the movie.
Lancer
Sr Member
will do. I'll whip something up over the next few days. as it happens I'm off work for the next two weeks so have a bit of time to put into this.
as a help, if you could tell me what the headlines are for the other articles on the front page. Also, on the main article. how many words per column is it on average and approximately how many lines per column? just so I know rougly what space I need to fill.
also, same goes for the ancillary articles below. I can't read what the two others are so please give me a headline you want filling.
I might also point out, on the enlarged shots you have, it would appear that starks left hand is covering a single column article, which is different from the mayor headline immediately to the left of his fingers. there seems to be a dividing line right by his fingertip.
finally. for the back page of the newspaper. Are you going to just copy a sports page to put on the back?
one other request (yes I know, I'm demanding) but I think I'm right in saying that US newspapers are a different size to UK ones. when I get this from yourself, I'd be willing to pay extra postage etc for a US newpaper of the correct size to be shipping with this so it could be put inside and make the whole thing look like a proper newspaper.
as a help, if you could tell me what the headlines are for the other articles on the front page. Also, on the main article. how many words per column is it on average and approximately how many lines per column? just so I know rougly what space I need to fill.
also, same goes for the ancillary articles below. I can't read what the two others are so please give me a headline you want filling.
I might also point out, on the enlarged shots you have, it would appear that starks left hand is covering a single column article, which is different from the mayor headline immediately to the left of his fingers. there seems to be a dividing line right by his fingertip.
finally. for the back page of the newspaper. Are you going to just copy a sports page to put on the back?
one other request (yes I know, I'm demanding) but I think I'm right in saying that US newspapers are a different size to UK ones. when I get this from yourself, I'd be willing to pay extra postage etc for a US newpaper of the correct size to be shipping with this so it could be put inside and make the whole thing look like a proper newspaper.
Hey Lancer,
I will get all the info on the lines and words per column. Unfortunately this will be the front page only. I have not found a source for large enough newspaper print that can go into a large format inkjet printer like mine. If anyone knows of a source for that, let me know.
Brad
I will get all the info on the lines and words per column. Unfortunately this will be the front page only. I have not found a source for large enough newspaper print that can go into a large format inkjet printer like mine. If anyone knows of a source for that, let me know.
Brad
Lancer
Sr Member
okay guys, here is a first pass at a suggested article that can run alongside the photo on the front page. I show my UK ignorance at this point, I'm assuming long beach is a separate town but if it isn't I'm sure someone will be quick to correct me. I'm using Long Beach as a photo of a business card prop gives long beach as the address of the Stark Industries head office.
The events of last night have left downtown Long Beach, California in shock. It all started when reports began to creep in of armoured machines fighting on the freeway. This was followed soon after by a cataclysmic explosion at the Stark Industries building on Industrial Avenue that lit up the sky for miles around and later left a number of homes without power.
Official sources remain tight lipped to all enquiries but a scheduled press conference at Stark Industries tomorrow morning may give some answers. Our own sources inside Tony Starks weapons empire suggest a staff member may have lost control of a new weapons prototype, although this is yet to be confirmed.
Around 7pm last night commuters driving home were shocked to be met with a sight you would be more expected to find in a science fiction film or a Marvel comic. Eye witness reports describe a fight taking place between metallic humanoid figures that brought traffic to a standstill. These armoured fighting machines had burst through the perimeter wall of the Stark Industries manufacturing plant that borders the freeway.
A number of vehicles were damaged during a confrontation that saw a city bus reduced to a pile of scrap. A mother and her family were taken to St Elgius Hospital and received treatment for shock and minor injuries.
Mrs Spooner(38), said “It just came out of nowhere and landed right in front of us. There were two of them I think but it all happened so fast. One was all red and quite small, and the other one was huge and silver. My kids were screaming and I was just terrified. I thought it was the terrorists attacking again. The big one just picked up my car like it was a toy and threw it at the red one who caught it. They were treating us like some ball in a twisted game of catch. I can’t believe we weren’t killed.”
Officers from the Metro Division were soon on the scene but even they were helpless to stop the carnage that was being waged across the city streets. Experts estimate the freeway will be closed for at least 3 months while repair work takes place. City officials were at the scene this morning, inspecting the damage and talking to local residents to help reassure a community which has been left in shock by last night’s events.
It is not known if these armoured behemoths have any connection with the later explosion on the roof of the Stark building which houses the companies famous Arc Reactor. Eyewitnesses describe a blue flame reaching up to the clouds for over a minute before a massive explosion shook the building.
After missing numerous clues before 9/11, the security services have been quick to refute that this was another terrorist attack on the US mainland. No Terrorist organisation has yet claimed responsibility for last nights events. Officials from S.H.I.E.L.D have suggested this event was a weapons test gone wrong. This newspaper puts little credence in this however, as this rarely heard from agency is at worst, nothing more than a mouthpiece of the military.
If this was a weapons test gone wrong, can we now call Tony Stark and the board of Directors of Stark Industries liars? When a company CEO announces his business interests will cease the production and supply of weapons to the military, one has to wonder what armoured suits are doing battling in the streets. And if it was a test gone wrong, must the city council now take a serious view to allowing weapons manufacturers to base themselves amongst residential areas?
Can we allow innocent civilians be put at risk by weapons of destruction that can land in a downtown suburb and wreak havoc? These are just some of the questions that Stark Industries and Tony Stark are going to have to answer.
Terrified witnesses managed to snap a photograph of one of these armoured suits. The US Army recently demonstrated a powered exoskeleton for loading of supplies, but that is a child’s toy in comparison to the sophistication displayed last night. We are all familiar with the concept of powered armour but experts have been predicting that something practical would be years from fruition. Last night showed that is it not only possible, but a reality.
So we ask ourselves, who is the Iron Man? Is he a force for good, or for evil? As weapons get smarter is it right that such destructive power can now be placed into the hands of an individual? Only time will tell.
this article is based on two columns, 54 lines per column, six to seven words per line as an average, based on what I could count in the photograph of the actual prop.
oh, few nods. Mrs Spooner as in Spooner from I-robot. St Elgius as in st elsewhere. I know the TV show was set in Boston, but that show did a lot of nods to other shows and programs so a bit of the other way round.
The events of last night have left downtown Long Beach, California in shock. It all started when reports began to creep in of armoured machines fighting on the freeway. This was followed soon after by a cataclysmic explosion at the Stark Industries building on Industrial Avenue that lit up the sky for miles around and later left a number of homes without power.
Official sources remain tight lipped to all enquiries but a scheduled press conference at Stark Industries tomorrow morning may give some answers. Our own sources inside Tony Starks weapons empire suggest a staff member may have lost control of a new weapons prototype, although this is yet to be confirmed.
Around 7pm last night commuters driving home were shocked to be met with a sight you would be more expected to find in a science fiction film or a Marvel comic. Eye witness reports describe a fight taking place between metallic humanoid figures that brought traffic to a standstill. These armoured fighting machines had burst through the perimeter wall of the Stark Industries manufacturing plant that borders the freeway.
A number of vehicles were damaged during a confrontation that saw a city bus reduced to a pile of scrap. A mother and her family were taken to St Elgius Hospital and received treatment for shock and minor injuries.
Mrs Spooner(38), said “It just came out of nowhere and landed right in front of us. There were two of them I think but it all happened so fast. One was all red and quite small, and the other one was huge and silver. My kids were screaming and I was just terrified. I thought it was the terrorists attacking again. The big one just picked up my car like it was a toy and threw it at the red one who caught it. They were treating us like some ball in a twisted game of catch. I can’t believe we weren’t killed.”
Officers from the Metro Division were soon on the scene but even they were helpless to stop the carnage that was being waged across the city streets. Experts estimate the freeway will be closed for at least 3 months while repair work takes place. City officials were at the scene this morning, inspecting the damage and talking to local residents to help reassure a community which has been left in shock by last night’s events.
It is not known if these armoured behemoths have any connection with the later explosion on the roof of the Stark building which houses the companies famous Arc Reactor. Eyewitnesses describe a blue flame reaching up to the clouds for over a minute before a massive explosion shook the building.
After missing numerous clues before 9/11, the security services have been quick to refute that this was another terrorist attack on the US mainland. No Terrorist organisation has yet claimed responsibility for last nights events. Officials from S.H.I.E.L.D have suggested this event was a weapons test gone wrong. This newspaper puts little credence in this however, as this rarely heard from agency is at worst, nothing more than a mouthpiece of the military.
If this was a weapons test gone wrong, can we now call Tony Stark and the board of Directors of Stark Industries liars? When a company CEO announces his business interests will cease the production and supply of weapons to the military, one has to wonder what armoured suits are doing battling in the streets. And if it was a test gone wrong, must the city council now take a serious view to allowing weapons manufacturers to base themselves amongst residential areas?
Can we allow innocent civilians be put at risk by weapons of destruction that can land in a downtown suburb and wreak havoc? These are just some of the questions that Stark Industries and Tony Stark are going to have to answer.
Terrified witnesses managed to snap a photograph of one of these armoured suits. The US Army recently demonstrated a powered exoskeleton for loading of supplies, but that is a child’s toy in comparison to the sophistication displayed last night. We are all familiar with the concept of powered armour but experts have been predicting that something practical would be years from fruition. Last night showed that is it not only possible, but a reality.
So we ask ourselves, who is the Iron Man? Is he a force for good, or for evil? As weapons get smarter is it right that such destructive power can now be placed into the hands of an individual? Only time will tell.
this article is based on two columns, 54 lines per column, six to seven words per line as an average, based on what I could count in the photograph of the actual prop.
oh, few nods. Mrs Spooner as in Spooner from I-robot. St Elgius as in st elsewhere. I know the TV show was set in Boston, but that show did a lot of nods to other shows and programs so a bit of the other way round.
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TK9120
Sr Member
The scene itself was not but the newspaper was. I want one! Maybe two if the price is right.
I realize that. There was "spy footage" of them shooting a scene. I was wondering if they specifically shot that to use for this photo or if it was a scene in the movie. They could have shot in a studio just to get the photo. Maybe the scene got cut?
decaturvader
Sr Member
bumpity bump bump. After the Copperpot newspaper...I'm all ears for this one...
