Disney and Iron Man 2

[BRWombat]

Okay, I'm slow, but I just got around to seeing Iron Man 2 tonight, and I was chuckling at the obvious parallels between the footage of Tony Stark's dad and Walt.

And then when the "Make Way for Tomorrow Today" song came on in the credits I was laughing out loud, and I knew then that the Disney references were intentional -- all the more so when I saw who wrote the song! That's all I'll say without "Spoiler" tags, but if you're curious or have already seen the movie, read on...

[spoiler]The following is from Iron Man 2's trivia page on IMDb, and summarizes the Disney references quicker than I could:

[INDENT]Howard Stark's presentation of his idea for a futuristic city is heavily influenced by Walt Disney's television revelation of his new EPCOT Center and the accompanying Florida Project. The 3D map of the city heavily mimics that of EPCOT's, and the posters behind Stark are from World's Fairs in which Disney had a great influence, like Stark may also have been. In addition, one of the very few real-life 1964 World's Fair buildings included in the Stark Expo is a replica of the General Electric pavilion, which famously featured Disney's Carousel of Progress. Richard M. Sherman contributed the song "Make Way for Tomorrow Today" to the movie, a song similar to "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow," which Richard and his brother Robert B. Sherman composed for the Carousel of Progress, among many other classic Disney tunes. [/INDENT][/spoiler]

[darph nader]

Someone on one of those 'other' boards had mentioned this and they were correct. Kinda spooky. Would be nice to see 'out-takes' from some of Walt's intros.

[DragonFox98]

When we went to see the movie, I noticed the parrallels immediately and started chuckling to myself. Personally, I loved it!

[thankwalt]

I caught it right away, and then my mom elbowed me hard in the side and yelled, "It's Walt!" I was cracking up through the whole thing. The "Walt" bits were the best parts of the movie.