If you've been living in a blog free cave you probably missed this picture of Mickey Rourke from the set of Iron Man 2. In it he plays "classic" Iron Man villain Whiplash and you know what? He kinda looks stupid. Of course Whiplash, while being one of my favorite Iron Man villains, has always looked a bit stupid. Lets stroll down memory lane...
Here's his first costume.. nice pony tail dude. It really goes well with the blue spandex/orange cape and loincloth thing he has going for him. Whiplash entered the "scene" at Marvel as a sort of throw away Maffia enforcer. He has no special powers just a super charged whip and a side-kick that can hypnotize you... oooooo!
Here's his second, and in my opinion best, costume. This is from a couple years later, when he started calling himself Blacklash and was written as a more sympathetic character. Instead of just some 2 bit hood, he was shown to be a insecure guy who was just trying to make a name for himself. This particular comic (Marvel Team-Up #145) ends with his mother refusing to take his phone call from prison. kinda sad.
Enter the late 1990s. Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit were popular, so I'm going to blame his "gimp from pulp fiction" look on the MTV. I'm guessing that when the Iron Man 2 costume designers were coming up with something for Mickey Rourke to run around in, this was the look they were referencing. It's to bad considering this outfit looked dated the second it first appeared. It's easily Whiplash's worst outfit, big words considering all the fake pony tails he's sported in the past.
Anyway if this is what they've come with up for Whiplash, it should be interesting to see what they do with Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow's costume.
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