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Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division

Or as some people may know as S.H.I.E.L.D.

The foundation headed by Nick Fury got a little trailer at the end of Iron Man. And yes, I finally saw Iron Man.

What a good movie. I'd put it up there with the first Spiderman. Robert Downey did a better job then Toby McGuire as well.

Actually, Robert D. Jr. did a much better -- more convincing job as Iron Man than Toby did as Peter Parker.

He was a good womanizer, alcoholic than Toby was a professional nerd. But back to the whole SHIELD thing.

My friend told me to stay for the WHOLE thing, and I did. I waited and waited for those stupid credits -- who knew so many people had a hand in making one product -- and then a little teaser popped on the screen.

Iron Man was returning into his home when he notices his home security system has been tampered with. And then you see the silhouette of Nick Fury, played for 25 seconds by Samuel L. Jackson.

Less Jules Winnfield and more Mace Windu, Jackson was. He propositioned Stark with the thought of the Avengers.

God would I love an Avengers movie. Yes, they're doing another hulk right now, but I would like to see Captain America get his turn in Hollywood.

Either that or they'll tie the anticipated 2010 Iron Man 2 sequel to the Avengers plot. I would pay to see that. I'm sure by that time (my son is currently 15 months old) that I would end up buying every Avengers toy known to man.

I'm not saying that its a bad thing...toys are fun for guy's my age. Some call them action figures, a la the 40-year old Virgin, others walk the collectibles line.

Back to Iron Man.

One little subtle touch I don't think a lot of people picked up on. When Robert and Terrance Howard were on the plane and the supple stewardesses started dancing the pole the song playing was a Ghostface Killah song.

For those who don't know Ghostface is a rapper with Wu Tang roots. And forever and ever he's assumed the Tony Stark alias. He's used it over and over again and even made one of his greatest cds when he fully embraced the Tony Stark mantra.

Check out Supreme Clientele if you're interested. It's a Ghostface staple.

And as far as music goes I was hoping to hear the Black Sabbath song a little sooner in the movie not at the end. I liked when the commercial played the song, but the producers waited to long in my opinion.

Maybe when Iron Man walked out of the cave the producers could have queued up Tommy Iommi's riff.

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