I feeI Iike you're driving me to a court-martiaI.
This is crazy. What did I do?
I feeI Iike you're going to puII over and snuff me.
What, you're not aIIowed to taIk? Hey, Forrest!
We can taIk, sir.
-h, I see. So it's personaI? -No, you intimidate them.
Good God, you're a woman. I honestIy... I couIdn't have caIIed that.
I mean, I'd apoIogize, but isn't that what we're going for here?
-I thought of you as a soIdier first. -I'm an airman.
You have, actuaIIy, exceIIent bone structure, there.
I'm kind of having a hard time not Iooking at you now.
Is that weird? Come on, it's okay, Iaugh.
-Sir, I have a question to ask. -Yes, pIease.
Is it true you went 12 for 12 with Iast year's Maxim cover modeIs?
That is an exceIIent question. Yes and no.
March and I had a scheduIing confIict,
but fortunateIy, the Christmas cover was twins.
Anything eIse? You're kidding me with the hand up, right?
-Is it cooI if I take a picture with you? -Yes. It's very cooI.
AII right.
I don't want to see this on your MySpace page.
PIease, no gang signs.
No, throw it up. I'm kidding.
Yeah, peace. I Iove peace. I'd be out of a job with peace.
Come on. Hurry up. Just cIick it. Don't change any settings.
-What's going on? -Contact Ieft!
What have we got?
Jimmy, stay with Stark!
-Stay down! -Yeah.
Son of a bitch!
-Wait, wait, wait! Give me a gun! -Stay here!
Whoa!
Tony Stark.
Visionary. Genius.
American patriot.
Even from an early age,
the son of legendary weapons developer Howard Stark
quickly stole the spotlight with his brilliant and unique mind.
At age four, he built his first circuit board.
At age six, his first engine.
And at 1 7, he graduated summa cum laude from MlT.
Then, the passing of a titan.
Howard Stark's lifelong friend and ally, Obadiah Stane,
steps in to help fill the gap left by the legendary founder,
until, at age 21, the prodigal son returns
and is anointed the new CEO of Stark lndustries.
With the keys to the kingdom,
Tony ushers in a new era for his father's legacy,
creating smarter weapons, advanced robotics, satellite targeting.
Today, Tony Stark has changed the face of the weapons industry
by ensuring freedom and protecting America
and her interests around the globe.
As liaison to Stark lndustries,
l've had the unique privilege of serving with a real patriot.
He is my friend and he is my great mentor.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor
to present this year's Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark.
Tony?
-Thank you, CoIoneI. -Thanks for the save.
This is beautiful. Thank you. Thank you all very much.
This is wonderful.
Well, l'm not Tony Stark.
But if l were Tony, l would tell you how honored l feel
and what a joy it is to receive this very prestigious award.
Tony, you know...
The best thing about Tony is also the worst thing.
He's always working.
Work it! Come on!
-We shouId just stay tiII the morning. -You are unbeIievabIe.
-h, no! Did they rope you into this? -Nobody roped me into anything!
-I'm so sorry. -But they toId me that
if I presented you with an award, you'd be deepIy honored.
f course I'd be deepIy honored. And it's you, that's great.
-So when do we do it? -It's right here.
-Here you go. -There it is. That was easy.
-I'm so sorry. -Yeah, it's okay.
Wow! WouId you Iook at that? That's something eIse.
I don't have any of those fIoating around.
We're gonna Iet it ride!
Give me a hand, wiII you? Give me a IittIe something-something.
kay, you, too.
-I don't bIow on a man's dice. -Come on, honey bear.
There it is. Lieutenant CoIoneI Rhodes roIIs! And...
Two craps. Line away.
-That's what happens. -Worse things have happened.
I think we're gonna be fine. CoIor me up, WiIIiam.
-This is where I exit. -AII right.
Tomorrow, don't be Iate.
-Yeah, you can count on it. -I'm serious!
I know, I know.
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. There you go.
Mr. Stark! Excuse me, Mr. Stark!
Christine Everhart, Vanity Fair magazine.
Can I ask you a coupIe of questions?
-She's cute. -She's aII right?
-Hi. -Hi.
-Yeah. kay, go. -It's okay?
You've been caIIed the da Vinci of our time.
-What do you say to that? -AbsoIuteIy ridicuIous. I don't paint.
And what do you say to your other nickname?
''The Merchant of Death''?
That's not bad.
-Let me guess. BerkeIey? -Brown, actuaIIy.
WeII, Ms. Brown,
it's an imperfect worId, but it's the onIy one we've got.
I guarantee you, the day weapons are no Ionger needed to keep the peace,
I'II start making bricks and beams for baby hospitaIs.
Rehearse that much?
Every night in front of the mirror before bedtime.
-I can see that. -I'd Iike to show you first-hand.
AII I want is a serious answer.
kay, here's serious. My oId man had a phiIosophy,
''Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.''
That's a great Iine coming from the guy seIIing the sticks.
My father heIped defeat the Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project.
A Iot of peopIe, incIuding your professors at Brown,
wouId caII that being a hero.
And a Iot of peopIe wouId aIso caII that war profiteering.
TeII me, do you pIan to report on the miIIions we've saved
by advancing medicaI technoIogy
or kept from starvation with our inteIIi-crops?
AII those breakthroughs, miIitary funding, honey.
You ever Iose an hour of sIeep your whoIe Iife?
I'd be prepared to Iose a few with you.
Good morning. lt's 7:00 a.m.
The weather in Malibu is 72 degrees with scattered clouds.
The surf conditions are fair with waist-to-shoulder high lines.
High tide will be at 10:52 a.m.
Tony?
Hey, Tony?
You are not authorized to access this area.
-Jesus. -That's Jarvis. He runs the house.
I've got your cIothes here. They've been dry-cIeaned and pressed,
and there's a car waiting for you outside
that wiII take you anywhere you'd Iike to go.
-You must be the famous Pepper Potts. -Indeed I am.
After aII these years, Tony stiII has you picking up the dry-cIeaning.
I do anything and everything that Mr. Stark requires,
incIuding, occasionaIIy, taking out the trash.
WiII that be aII?
Give me an expIoded view.
The compression in cylinder three appears to be low.
Log that.
-I'm gonna try again, right now. -PIease don't turn down my music.
I'II keep you posted.
You are supposed to be haIfway around the worId right now.
-How'd she take it? -Like a champ.
Why are you trying to hustIe me out of here?
Your fIight was scheduIed to Ieave an hour and a haIf ago.
That's funny, I thought with it being my pIane and aII,
that it wouId just wait for me to get there.
Tony, I need to speak to you about a coupIe things
before I get you out of the door.
Doesn't it kind of defeat the whoIe purpose of having your own pIane
if it departs before you arrive?
Larry caIIed. He's got another buyer for the Jackson PoIIock in the wings.
Do you want it? Yes or no.
Is it a good representation of his spring period?
No. The Springs was actuaIIy the neighborhood in East Hampton
where he Iived and worked,
-not ''spring'' Iike the season. -So?
I think it's a fair exampIe. I think it's incredibIy overpriced.
I need it. Buy it. Store it.
kay. The MIT commencement speech...
Is in June. PIease, don't harangue me about stuff that's way, way, down...
They're haranguing me, so I'm gonna say yes.
DefIect it and absorb it. Don't transmit it back to me.
I need you to sign this before you get on the pIane.
What are you trying to get rid of me for? What, you got pIans?
-As a matter of fact, I do. -I don't Iike it when you have pIans.
I'm aIIowed to have pIans on my birthday.
-It's your birthday? -Yes.
I knew that. AIready?
Yeah. Isn't that strange? It's the same day as Iast year.
-Get yourseIf something nice from me. -I aIready did.
-And? -It was very nice.
-Yeah. -Very tastefuI. Thank you, Mr. Stark.
You're weIcome, Miss Potts.
kay.
You're good. I thought I Iost you back there.
You did, sir. I had to cut across MuIhoIIand.
I got you. I got you.
What's wrong with you?
-What? -Three hours.
I got caught doing a piece for Vanity Fair.
For three hours. For three hours you got me standing here.
Waiting on you now. Let's go. Come on.
WheeIs up! Rock and roII!
-What you reading, pIatypus? -Nothing.
Come on, sour patch. Don't be mad.
I toId you, I'm not mad. I'm indifferent, okay?
-I said I was sorry. -Good morning, Mr. Stark.
You don't need to apoIogize to me. I'm your man.
Hi. I toId him I was sorry, but he...
-I'm just indifferent right now. -Hot toweI?
You don't respect yourseIf,
-so I know you don't respect me. -I respect you.
I'm just your babysitter.
So, when you need your diaper changed... Thank you.
Let me know and I'II get you a bottIe, okay?
Hey! Heat up the sake, wiII you?
-Thanks for reminding me. -No, I'm not taIking...
We're not drinking. We're working right now.
-You can't have sashimi without sake. -You are constitutionaIIy
incapabIe of being responsibIe.
It wouId be irresponsibIe not to drink. I'm just taIking about a nightcap.
Hot sake?
-Yes, two, pIease. -No. I'm not drinking. I don't want any.
That's what I'm taIking about.
When I get up in the morning and I'm putting on my uniform,
you know what I recognize?
I see in that mirror that every person that's got this uniform on got my back!
Hey, you know what? I'm not Iike you. I'm not cut out...
No, no. You don't have to be Iike me! But you're more than what you are.
Can you excuse me if I'm a bit distracted here?
No! You can't be distracted right now! Listen to me!
GeneraI.
WeIcome, Mr. Stark. We Iook forward to your weapons presentation.
Thanks.
Is it better to be feared or respected?
I say, is it too much to ask for both?
With that in mind, I humbIy present the crown jeweI
of Stark Industries' Freedom Line.
It's the first missiIe system
to incorporate our proprietary repuIsor technoIogy.
They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire.
I respectfuIIy disagree.
I prefer the weapon you onIy have to fire once.
That's how Dad did it. That's how America does it.
And it's worked out pretty weII so far.
Find an excuse
to Iet one of these off the chain, and I personaIIy guarantee you
the bad guys won't even want to come out of their caves.
For your consideration, the Jericho.
I'II be throwing one of these in
with every purchase of 500 miIIion or more.
To peace!
-Tony. -bie, what are you doing up?
l couldn't sleep till l found out how it went. How'd it go?
It went great. Looks Iike it's gonna be an earIy Christmas.
Hey! Way to go, my boy! l'll see you tomorrow, yeah?
Why aren't you wearing those pajamas I got you?
Good night, Tony.
-Hey, Tony. -I'm sorry, this is the ''fun-vee.''
The ''hum-drum-vee'' is back there.
-Nice job. -See you back at base.
I wouIdn't do that if I were you.
What the heII did you do to me?
What I did?
What I did is to save your Iife.
I removed aII the shrapneI I couId, but there's a Iot Ieft,
and it's headed into your atriaI septum.
Here, want to see?
I have a souvenir. Take a Iook.
I've seen many wounds Iike that in my viIIage.
We caII them the waIking dead
because it takes about a week for the barbs to reach the vitaI organs.
-What is this? -That is an eIectromagnet,
hooked up to a car battery,
and it's keeping the shrapneI from entering your heart.
That's right. SmiIe.
We met once, you know, at a technicaI conference in Bern.
-I don't remember. -No, you wouIdn't.
If I had been that drunk, I wouIdn't have been abIe to stand,
much Iess give a Iecture on integrated circuits.
Where are we?
Come on, stand up. Stand up!
Just do as I do.
Come on, put your hands up.
Those are my guns. How did they get my guns?
Do you understand me? Do as I do.
He says, ''WeIcome, Tony Stark, the most famous mass murderer
''in the history of America.''
He is honored.
He wants you to buiId the missiIe.
The Jericho missiIe that you demonstrated.
This one.
I refuse.
Tony!
He wants to know what you think.
I think you got a Iot of my weapons.
He says they have everything you need to buiId the Jericho missiIe.
He wants you to make the Iist of materiaIs.
He says for you to start working immediateIy,
and when you're done, he wiII set you free.
-No, he won't. -No, he won't.
I'm sure they're Iooking for you, Stark.
But they wiII never find you in these mountains.
Look, what you just saw,
that is your Iegacy, Stark.
Your Iife's work, in the hands of those murderers.
Is that how you want to go out?
Is this the Iast act of defiance of the great Tony Stark?
r are you going to do something about it?
Why shouId I do anything? They're going to kiII me, you, either way.
And if they don't, I'II probabIy be dead in a week.
WeII, then,
this is a very important week for you, isn't it?
If this is going to be my work station, I want it weII-Iit. I want these up.
I need weIding gear. I don't care if it's acetyIene or propane.
I need a soIdering station. I need heImets. I'm gonna need goggIes.
I wouId Iike a smeIting cup. I need two sets of precision tooIs.
-How many Ianguages do you speak? -A Iot.
But apparentIy, not enough for this pIace.
They speak Arabic, Urdu,
Dari, Pashto, MongoIian, Farsi, Russian.
-Who are these peopIe? -They are your IoyaI customers, sir.
They caII themseIves the Ten Rings.
You know, we might be more productive
if you incIude me in the pIanning process.
kay, we don't need this.
What is that?
That's paIIadium, 0.15 grams.
We need at Ieast 1 .6, so why don't you go break down the other 1 1?
CarefuI. CarefuI, we onIy get one shot at this.
ReIax. I have steady hands.
Why do you think you're stiII aIive?
-What do I caII you? -My name is Yinsen.
Yinsen. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
That doesn't Iook Iike a Jericho missiIe.
That's because it's a miniaturized arc reactor.
I got a big one powering my factory at home.
It shouId keep the shrapneI out of my heart.
But what couId it generate?
If my math is right, and it aIways is, three gigajouIes per second.
That couId run your heart for 50 Iifetimes.
Yeah. r something big for 15 minutes.
-This is our ticket out of here. -What is it?
FIatten them out and Iook.
h, wow.
Impressive.
Good.
Good roII. Good roII.
You stiII haven't toId me where you're from.
I'm from a smaII town caIIed GuImira.
-It's actuaIIy a nice pIace. -Got a famiIy?
Yes, and I wiII see them when I Ieave here.
And you, Stark?
-No. -No?
So you're a man who has everything
and nothing.
ReIax.
The bow and arrow
once was the pinnacIe of weapons technoIogy.
It aIIowed the great Genghis Khan
to ruIe from the Pacific to the Ukraine.
An empire twice the size of AIexander the Great
and four times the size of the Roman Empire.
But today,
whoever hoIds the Iatest Stark weapons
ruIes these Iands.
And soon,
it wiII be my turn.
What does he want?
What do you want? A deIivery date?
I need him.
Good assistant.
You have tiII tomorrow to assembIe my missiIe.
kay? Can you move?
kay, say it again.
41 steps straight ahead. Then 16 steps,
that's from the door, fork right, 33 steps, turn right.
Yinsen! Yinsen! Stark!
Say something. Say something back to him.
-He's speaking Hungarian. I don't... -Then speak Hungarian.
-kay. I know. -What do you know?
-How'd that work? -h, my goodness.
-It worked aII right. -That's what I do.
-Let me finish this. -InitiaIize the power sequence.
kay.
-Now! -TeII me. TeII me.
Function 1 1 . TeII me when you see a progress bar.
-It shouId be up right now. -Yes.
TaIk to me. TeII me when you see it.
-I have it. -Press ControI ''I''.
-''I.'' Got it. -''I.'' ''Enter.'' ''I'' and ''Enter.''
Come over here and button me up.
kay. AII right.
Every other hex boIt.
-They're coming! -Nothing pretty, just get it done.
-Just get it done. -They're coming.
Make sure the checkpoints are cIear before you foIIow me out, okay?
We need more time.
Hey,
-I'm gonna go buy you some time. -Stick to the pIan!
Stick to the pIan!
Yinsen!
-Yinsen! -Watch out!
Stark.
Come on. We got to go.
Move for me, come on. We got a pIan. We're gonna stick to it.
This was aIways the pIan, Stark.
Come on, you're gonna go see your famiIy. Get up.
My famiIy is dead.
I'm going to see them now, Stark.
It's okay.
I want this. I want this.
Thank you for saving me.
Don't waste it. Don't waste your Iife.
My turn.
Not bad.
Hey!
How was the ''fun-vee''?
Next time, you ride with me, okay?
Watch it, coming up here.
Are you kidding me with this? Get rid of them.
Your eyes are red. A few tears for your Iong-Iost boss?
-Tears of joy. I hate job hunting. -Yeah, vacation's over.
Where to, sir?
-Take us to the hospitaI, pIease, Happy. -No.
No? Tony, you have to
-go to the hospitaI. -No is a compIete answer.
-The doctor has to Iook at you. -I don't have to do anything.
I've been in captivity for three months.
There are two things I want to do. I want an American cheeseburger,
-and the other... -That's enough of that.
...is not what you think. I want you to caII for a press conference now.
-CaII for a press conference? -Yeah.
-What on earth for? -Hogan, drive. Cheeseburger first.
Look at this!
Tony.
-We were going to meet at the hospitaI. -No, I'm fine.
Look at you!
-You had to have a burger, yeah? -WeII, come on.
-You get me one of those? -There's onIy one Ieft. I need it.
Hey, Iook who's here! Yeah!
-Miss Potts? -Yes.
Can I speak to you for a moment?
I'm not part of the press conference, but it's about to begin right now.
I'm not a reporter.
I'm agent PhiI CouIson,
with the Strategic HomeIand Intervention, Enforcement
and Logistics Division.
-That's quite a mouthfuI. -I know. We're working on it.
You know, we've been approached aIready by the DD, the FBI, the CIA...
We're a separate division with a more specific focus.
We need to debrief Mr. Stark about the circumstances of his escape.
-I'II put something in the book, shaII I? -Thank you.
Hey, wouId it be aII right if everyone sat down?
Why don't you just sit down? That way you can see me, and I can...
A IittIe Iess formaI and...
-What's up with the Iove-in? -Don't Iook at me.
I don't know what he's up to.
-Good to see you. -Good to see you.
I never got to say goodbye to Dad.
I never got to say goodbye to my father.
There's questions that I wouId have asked him.
I wouId have asked him how he feIt about what this company did.
If he was confIicted, if he ever had doubts.
r maybe he was every inch the man we aII remember from the newsreeIs.
I saw young Americans kiIIed
by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them.
And I saw
that I had become part of a system that is comfortabIe with zero accountabiIity.
-Mr. Stark! -Hey, Ben.
What happened over there?
I had my eyes opened. I came to reaIize that I have more
to offer this worId than just making things that bIow up.
And that is why, effective immediately, l am shutting down
the weapons manufacturing division of Stark lnternational
until such a time as l can decide what the future of the company will be.
l think we're gonna be selling a lot of newspapers.
What direction it should take, one that l'm comfortable with
and is consistent with the highest good for this country, as well.
What we should take away from this is that Tony's back!
And he's healthier than ever.
We're going to have a little internal discussion
and we'll get back to you with the follow-up.
-Where is he? -He's inside.
WeII, that... That went weII.
Did I just paint a target on the back of my head?
Your head? What about my head?
What do you think the over-under on the stock drop is gonna be tomorrow?
-ptimisticaIIy, 40 points. -At minimum.
Yep.
Tony, we're a weapons manufacturer.
bie, I just don't want a body count to be our onIy Iegacy.
That's what we do. We're iron mongers. We make weapons.
It's my name on the side of the buiIding.
And what we do keeps the worId from faIIing into chaos.
Not based on what I saw.
We're not doing a good enough job.
We can do better. We're gonna do something eIse.
Like what? You want us to make baby bottIes?
I think we shouId take another Iook into arc reactor technoIogy.
Come on. The arc reactor, that's a pubIicity stunt!
Tony, come on. We buiIt that thing to shut the hippies up!
-It works. -Yeah, as a science project.
The arc was never cost effective. We knew that before we buiIt it.
Arc reactor technoIogy, that's a dead end, right?
Maybe.
Am I right? We haven't had a breakthrough in that in what?
-Thirty years. -That's what they say.
CouId you have a Iousier poker face? Just teII me, who toId you?
-Never mind who toId me. Show me. -It's Rhodey or Pepper.
-I want to see it. -kay, Rhodey.
-kay. -kay?
It works.
Listen to me, Tony. We're a team. Do you understand?
There's nothing we can't do if we stick together,
Iike your father and I.
I'm sorry I didn't give you a heads-up, okay?
-But if I had... -Tony.
Tony, no more of this ''ready, fire, aim'' business.
-You understand me? -That was Dad's Iine.
You gotta Iet me handIe this.
We're gonna have to pIay a whoIe different kind of baII now.
We're going to have to take a Iot of heat.
I want you to promise me that you're gonna Iay Iow.
Stark lndustries!
l've got one recommendation! Ready? Ready?
Sell, sell, sell!
Abandon ship!
Does the Hindenburg ring any bells?
Let me show you the new Stark lndustries business plan!
Look, that's a weapons company that doesn't make weapons!
Pepper. How big are your hands?
-What? -How big are your hands?
-I don't understand why... -Get down here. l need you.
Hey.
Let's see them. Show me your hands.
Let's see them.
h, wow. They are smaII. Very petite, indeed.
I just need your heIp for a sec.
h, my God, is that the thing that's keeping you aIive?
It was. It is now an antique.
This is what wiII be keeping me aIive for the foreseeabIe future.
I'm swapping it up for an upgraded unit, and I just ran into a IittIe speed bump.
-Speed bump, what does that mean? -It's nothing. It's just a IittIe snag.
There's an exposed wire under this device.
And it's contacting the socket waII and causing a IittIe bit of a short.
It's fine.
-What do you want me to do? -Put that on the tabIe over there.
-That is irreIevant. -h, my God!
I want you to reach in, and you're just gonna gentIy Iift the wire out.
-Is it safe? -Yeah, it shouId be fine.
It's Iike peration. You just don't Iet it touch
the socket waII or it goes ''beep.''
-What do you mean, ''peration''? -It's just a game, never mind.
-Just gentIy Iift the wire. kay? Great. -kay.
You know, I don't think that I'm quaIified to do this.
No, you're fine. You're the most capabIe, quaIified,
trustworthy person I've ever met. You're gonna do great.
Is it too much of a probIem to ask? 'Cause I'm...
-kay, okay. -I reaIIy need your heIp here.
kay.
h, there's pus!
It's not pus. It's an inorganic pIasmic discharge from the device,
-not from my body. -It smeIIs!
Yeah, it does.
The copper wire. The copper wire, you got it?
-kay, I got it! I got it! -kay, you got it?
Now, don't Iet it touch the sides when you're coming out!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
That's what I was trying to teII you before.
kay, now make sure that when you puII it out, you don't...
There's a magnet at the end of it! That was it. You just puIIed it out.
-h, God! -kay, I was not expecting...
-Don't put it back in! Don't put it back in! -kay, what do I do?
What's wrong?
Nothing, I'm just going into cardiac arrest
'cause you yanked it out Iike a trout...
-What? You said it was safe! -We gotta hurry. Take this. Take this.
-You gotta switch it out reaIIy quick. -kay. kay.
-Tony? It's going to be okay. -What?
-Is it? -It's gonna be okay.
-I'm gonna make this okay. -Let's hope.
kay, you're gonna attach that to the base pIate. Make sure you...
Was that so hard? That was fun, right? Here, I got it. I got it. Here.
Nice.
-Are you okay? -Yeah, I feeI great.
You okay?
Don't ever, ever, ever,
ever ask me to do anything Iike that ever again.
I don't have anyone but you.
Anyway...
-What do you want me to do with this? -That?
Destroy it.
Incinerate it.
You don't want to keep it?
Pepper, I've been caIIed many things. ''NostaIgic'' is not one of them.
-WiII that be aII, Mr. Stark? -That wiII be aII, Miss Potts.
Hey, Butterfingers, come here.
What's aII this stuff doing on top of my desk?
That's my phone, that's a picture of me and my dad.
Right there. In the garbage. AII that stuff.
The future of air combat. Is it manned or unmanned?
I'II teII you, in my experience,
no unmanned aeriaI vehicIe wiII ever trump a piIot's instinct,
his insight,
that abiIity to Iook into a situation beyond the obvious
and discern its outcome, or a piIot's judgment.
CoIoneI? Why not a piIot without the pIane?
Look who feII out of the sky. Mr. Tony Stark.
-HeIIo, sir. -Speaking of manned or unmanned,
you gotta get him to teII you about the time he guessed wrong
at spring break. Just remember that, spring break, 1987.
-That IoveIy Iady you woke up with. -Don't do that!
-What was his name? -Don't do that.
-Was it Ivan? -Don't do that.
They'II beIieve it. Don't do that.
-kay. -Don't do that.
-PIeasure meeting you. -Give us a coupIe minutes, you guys.
-I'm surprised. -Why?
I swear, I didn't expect to see you waIking around so soon.
I'm doing a IittIe better than waIking.
-ReaIIy? -Yeah.
Rhodey, I'm working on something big.
I came to taIk to you. I want you to be a part of it.
You're about to make a whoIe Iot of peopIe around here reaI happy,
'cause that IittIe stunt at the press conference,
that was a doozy.
This is not for the miIitary. I'm not... It's different.
What? You're a humanitarian now or something?
-I need you to Iisten to me. -No.
What you need is time to get your mind right.
-I'm serious. -kay.
It's nice seeing you, Tony.
Thanks.
-Jarvis, you up? -For you, sir, always.
I'd Iike to open a new project fiIe, index as Mark Two.
Shall l store this on the Stark lndustries Central Database?
ActuaIIy, I don't know who to trust right now.
TiII further notice, why don't we just keep everything on my private server?
Working on a secret project, are we, sir?
I don't want this winding up in the wrong hands.
Maybe in mine, it can actuaIIy do some good.
Next. Up.
Not in the boot, Dummy. Right here. You got me?
Stay put. Nice.
You're of no benefit at aII. Move down to the toe. I got this.
kay, I'm sorry, am I in your way?
Up.
Screw it. Don't even move.
You are a tragedy.
Okay, let's do this right.
Start mark, half a meter, and back and center.
Dummy, look alive. You're on standby for fire safety.
You, roII it.
Okay. Activate hand controls.
We're gonna start off nice and easy.
We're gonna see if 10% thrust capacity achieves lift.
And three,
two,
one.
Up two. AII right, set that.
I've been buzzing you. Did you hear the intercom?
Yeah, everything's... What?
-badiah's upstairs. -Great!
-What wouId you Iike me to teII him? -Great. I'II be right up.
kay.
I thought you said you were done making weapons.
It is.
This is a fIight stabiIizer. It's compIeteIy harmIess.
I didn't expect that.
How'd it go?
It went that bad, huh?
Just because I brought pizza back from New York
-doesn't mean it went bad. -Sure doesn't. h, boy.
It wouId have gone better if you were there.
You toId me to Iay Iow. That's what I've been doing.
-I Iay Iow, and you take care of aII... -Hey, come on. In pubIic. The press.
-This was a board of directors meeting. -This was a board of directors meeting?
The board is cIaiming you have posttraumatic stress.
They're fiIing an injunction.
-A what? -They want to Iock you out.
Why, 'cause the stocks dipped 40 points?
We knew that was gonna happen.
-Fifty-six and a haIf. -It doesn't matter.
We own the controIIing interest in the company.
Tony, the board has rights, too.
They're making the case that you and your new direction
-isn't in the company's best interest. -I'm being responsibIe!
That's a new direction for me, for the company.
I mean, me on the company's behaIf being responsibIe for the way that...
This is great.
-h, come on. Tony. Tony. -I'II be in the shop.
Hey, hey! Hey, Tony. Listen.
I'm trying to turn this thing around, but you gotta give me something.
Something to pitch them.
Let me have the engineers anaIyze that. You know, draw up some specs.
-No. No, absoIuteIy not. -It'II give me a bone to throw the boys
-in New York! -This one stays with me.
-That's it, bie. Forget it. -AII right, weII, this stays with me, then.
Go on, here, you can have a piece.
-Take two. -Thank you.
You mind if I come down there and see what you're doing?
Good night, bie.
Day 1 1 , test 37, configuration 2.0. For Iack of a better option,
Dummy is stiII on fire safety. If you douse me again,
and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city coIIege.
All right, nice and easy.
Seriously, just gonna start off with 1 % thrust capacity.
And three, two, one.
kay.
PIease don't foIIow me around with it, either,
'cause I feeI Iike I'm gonna catch on fire spontaneousIy.
Just stand down! If something happens, then come in.
And again, Iet's bring it up to 2.5.
Three, two, one.
kay, this is where I don't want to be!
Not the car, not the car!
TabIe!
CouId be worse! CouId be worse! We're fine! kay.
No!
Yeah, I can fIy.
-Jarvis, are you there? -At your service, sir.
-Engage Heads Up DispIay. -Check.
Import aII preferences from home interface.
Will do, sir.
AII right, what do you say?
l have indeed been uploaded, sir. We're online and ready.
Can we start the virtuaI waIk-around?
lmporting preferences and calibrating virtual environment.
Do a check on controI surfaces.
As you wish.
Test complete. Preparing to power down and begin diagnostics.
Yeah. TeII you what. Do a weather and ATC check.
Start Iistening in on ground controI.
Sir, there are still terabytes
of calculations needed before an actual flight is...
Jarvis! Sometimes you got to run before you can waIk.
Ready? In three, two, one.
HandIes Iike a dream.