OH, JON FAVREAU, NO!
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thebitterguyWell, it was pretty much inevitable. After the initial wave of Geekgasm following IM's release last Thursday, there's been rumblings of discontent over the fact that, yes, Iron Man fights 'bad guys' in Afghanistan, and they happen to not be white.
Now I, as a brown man, didn't really care. Iron Man needs to be kidnapped by the enemies of America, and Yinsen has to sacrifice his life to help him escape.
Over the past 40 years, Iron Man's origin has shifted to accommodate the times. In the beginning, it was Vietnam (or occasionally 'somewhere in southeast asia'), and these days, it's Afghanistan (or possibly Iraq). I think for a short, regrettable period in the '80s he was injured during the invasion of Grenada and held hostage by Fidel.
The Ten Rings, the group that's holding him, is pretty much the most inoffensive group of evildoers ever. The second in command is a veritable teddy bear, even if he does take a bit of excessive glee in playing "dunk the billionaire", but who among us?
In any case, the groups methodology and tactics are pretty obviously secular poop disturbers. If you know the character of Iron Man at all, it's pretty obvious what they're up to, especially with the leader's affection for Genghis Khan.
Personally, I'm more offended by the trailer for Zohan than I was by the entire Iron Man film.
Now I, as a brown man, didn't really care. Iron Man needs to be kidnapped by the enemies of America, and Yinsen has to sacrifice his life to help him escape.
Over the past 40 years, Iron Man's origin has shifted to accommodate the times. In the beginning, it was Vietnam (or occasionally 'somewhere in southeast asia'), and these days, it's Afghanistan (or possibly Iraq). I think for a short, regrettable period in the '80s he was injured during the invasion of Grenada and held hostage by Fidel.
The Ten Rings, the group that's holding him, is pretty much the most inoffensive group of evildoers ever. The second in command is a veritable teddy bear, even if he does take a bit of excessive glee in playing "dunk the billionaire", but who among us?
In any case, the groups methodology and tactics are pretty obviously secular poop disturbers. If you know the character of Iron Man at all, it's pretty obvious what they're up to, especially with the leader's affection for Genghis Khan.
Personally, I'm more offended by the trailer for Zohan than I was by the entire Iron Man film.
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Date: 2008-05-06 09:57 pm (UTC)I wonder if they will save the Mandarin for The Avengers film, and if so, who might they team him up with? (I can hardly imagine a world with SHIELD that doesn't have something like HYDRA in it). I was also wondering if they might introduce Ultron as a Stark creation rather than Henry Pym's handiwork. He's a great Avengers sort of villain.
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Date: 2008-05-06 10:48 pm (UTC)Boy, that'll get'em packing the aisles.
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Date: 2008-05-06 11:04 pm (UTC)Clarification: The last word on the script for Ant Man is that it includes Henry Pym, Scott Lang, and Eric O'Grady as major characters, with Pym as Ant-Man in the 60's in Tales to Astonish style, and a flashforward to Lang as Ant-Man's successor in the 80's/90's, and then finally to the deviant yet lovable Eric O'Grady of contemporary times.
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Date: 2008-05-07 12:12 am (UTC)