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Iron Man
Melodic:
--- Quote from: no one special on 03 May 2008, 19:27 ---
You expect a little bit of a thin storyline with comic book movies, but this one was fairly stong, with minimal plot holes - none actually come to mind at the moment.
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How about the whole descent from second-in-command to crazed lunatic running the streets in a gigantic power suit? I found the logic behind the final fight a little silly, considering that the entire objective of the operation was to sell the thing, not control the world.
RedLion:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 04 May 2008, 10:55 ---To explain in further detail the significance of the terrorist organization (Emilio and Jordan obviously got it):
The terrorist organization made multiple references to a classic Iron Man villain by the name of the Mandarin. He was a very powerful crime lord with who had ten rings that each did something different and destructive. He was also allegedly a descendant of Ghengis Khan.
Considering the leader of the terrorist group called it The Ten Rings and was obsessed with Ghengis Khan, it was a pretty obvious reference.
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See, I never read any Iron Man comics. I was always a Batman/Superman guy.
But, again, my point still stands--the vast majority of people who see this movie aren't going to have read the comics either, and so many will have the same reaction I did (I know that sounds presumptuous, but it's the reaction I've gotten from literally everyone I've talked to who's seen the movie--"Why weren't they just the Taliban/Al-Qaeda?")
0bsessions:
It's not even just that. It's the same reason you don't mention George Bush or Paris Hilton in most movies. It horribly dates it. Fifteen years from now, no one who didn't live through this era is going to know what the fuck a Taliban is.
RedLion:
Sure.
Because no-one today knows what a Nazi is.
Dimmukane:
Comparing the Taliban to Nazis is more than a little inaccurate...I've already half-forgotten who they were, and it's only been 7 years since the last major event involving them occurred. Face it, they don't really do much compared to the Nazis.
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