Disney’s EPCOT Pitch
The first Iron Man movie glossed over Howard Stark’s role, but we get to see what Iron Man’s father looks like in the second film. We see a recording of Howard (John Slattery) presenting his City of the Future Project. To many people, the recording might look familiar.
The way John Slattery delivers his pitch was modeled after Walt Disney’s EPCOT pitch in 1966. The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow was supposed to show the way the world would be in the future, but it was left unfinished. This might seem like a shameless plug by Disney, but you have to remember that Disney purchased Marvel after Iron Man 2.