hahahaha...

call me stupid, as i've never read any of the Iron Man comics, but I couldn't make out what that was in the secret clip?

help anyone?

If you mean the after credits scene, it was Thor's mythical hammer Mjolnir to lead into the new Thor movie.

hmm, not shocked I didn't know that. this film really should have focused more on Iron Man.

Just watched this on blu-ray. Decent enough, I suppose, but far from great. I blame mostly Favreau's direction and the lack of a decent score. It shouldn't be that hard to have a "goosebumps moment" in a superhero movie. Most of the Superman films have one (or more), even most of the Star Treks, for crying out loud. There just isn't any pathos or gravitas given to any of the characters in this film to make you care, and no cavalry-riding-in moments to wow you.

Honestly I didn't think much of the first beyond the fact that it was a good film that did a very good job of introducing a lesser-known superhero. I don't see how this one could be much different from the first.

Also, and it looks like I'm the only one that may have noticed this, but isn't Seth MacFarlane one of the party-goers at Tony's b-day bash?

I finally watched this yesterday. The plot was weak and there seemed to be less action than the first movie. The one scene that really bothered me was one moment Tony was in the Monaco (or Morocco, wherever they were...) restaurant bathroom talking to himself, and the next he's in full racing gear getting into his Indy car. No transition whatsoever for the amount of time that would have taken.

Also the hammer of Thor scene did nothing for me since I really know nothing about Thor.

Didn't see him, but I did recognize who I'm pretty sure was Anya from Deal or No Deal:

Seth MacFarlane?

No way.

really? you should re-watch the first one then because there wasn't a whole lot of action in that one (which was fine by me)

which was one of the things that was so great about this movie ... it played out like panels from a comic book
did you really need every moment of time spelled out for you? this wasn't/isn't "24"

hence, you were not the target audience of this nice bonus thrown in for Marvel faithful to set up the upcoming movie
I'm sure Cap's shield held little interest for you as well

Really?

that first pic maybe but that 2nd one is off. It's not him.