Personally, I've always had a bias against RDJ ever since "Less Than Zero" (I know, get over it). But I have to agree, he is the
perfect candidate to play this role, IMO. They'll have to go Hollywood to some degree in order to get the tickets sold. I'm sorry, but the die hard comic-book carrying folks aren't a big enough audience to get the payback their after. Unless someone (probably a comic-book die hard himself) is footing the bill, the companies backing the production will want maximum return on investment...hence, FF and X-man
I've always like Iron Man, but didn't get deep enough to know his boss, very many of his villians, etc. The statement of Nick Fury being originally black....that just doesn't jib with my memory, which is biased by the Nick Fury that was Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, and then Nick Fury agent of SHIELD - I've got the square jawed white guy stuck in my mind and Samuel L just isn't it, no matter how good of an actor he is - he's not white. Now, I'm not saying the role
has to be white, and I certainly have no footing to undercut SLJ's acting (I love the guy), but I don't get this part about Fury being black unless they have changed things from when I grew up. My comics were made by guys who grew up in the 50's and 60's, when racism was still publicly strong - how many black super heroes where there? Villians? Even generic citizens in the background gasping and cheering? I don't see it, unless later versions of Iron Man (the ones Axl's generation grew up with) went back and rewrote the origins and beginnings (which many newer 90's and later comic books have done....hell, even FF was reshaped periodically to revamp the characters and storyline). I'll accept it, I just don't see it.