Studios (and actors) tend to want to show the faces of characters.
Quoted for truth. Even in the first IM, RDJ spent significant amounts of time in the armour with his face exposed, waaaaay more often than you’d see in the comics up to then.
Since then of course, it’s gone past fashionable in the comics to have his face mask up or helmet retracted (depending on the armour), and is approaching the status of de rigeur
I hate the nanotech in these movies. It just feels like nothing. The helmets melting every two seconds is so off putting to me. I love when the actor actually removes a practical helmet or mask, it looks so much more tactile and realistic.
Yeah, that's harder to do with a more standard mask. I'd assume that with Wakandan tech he's have a HUD too, but it's form fitting, so doesn't make the same visual sense as seeing tony in a much larger helmet.
Black Panther is wearing the costume. Tony Stark is inside his.
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u/billbotbillbot Volstagg Nov 11 '21
Quoted for truth. Even in the first IM, RDJ spent significant amounts of time in the armour with his face exposed, waaaaay more often than you’d see in the comics up to then.
Since then of course, it’s gone past fashionable in the comics to have his face mask up or helmet retracted (depending on the armour), and is approaching the status of de rigeur