He forewent (cool word) surgery for those reasons. silenus got it in one. Well, IMO, anyway. But isn’t that the point of a lot of these superheroes? Tony Stark is less overt about what he feels and what he’s responsible for, there’s only a couple of times where he comes out and actually says it (unlike Peter Parker who’s always whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining about it) but I still think he feels that he messed up, but in his surroundings and his life, I could see where he needed a physical reminder of what he was and what he had done, so he wouldn’t fall back into the old ways.
As for the old reactor, I didn’t get the idea it had permanently run out of power. I thought those things couldn’t? I more got the idea the suit was damaged in some way (since it exploded) and the linkups or something were not working.
And, by the way, I did catch the "both’ and the three adjectives in my original comment. I was going to make a crack about it (“Our three weapons are…”) but couldn’t be arsed to.
Besides, I have to imagine on some level, probably once he was able to sit down and make the second arc reactor, he was thinking, “I’m a cyborg. This is badass.”
I thought you’d like it. That said, I should have written “forwent,” without an e. I must now [del]hang my head in shame[/del] blame someone else for the mistake and swear vengeance.
I doubt he ever verbalized it, even to himself, but I agree that was his thought process. What I like about Downey’s acting style is that it’s much more gesture, expression, and implication than it is anything overt. He accomplishes more with just a look than most people can. Consider the expression on his face when he is fiddling with his gauntlet while watching news reports of the suffering his stolen inventions have caused; for that matter, the expression on his face when he realizes he has utterly screwed the pooch with regards to Pepper Potts in favor of evanescent coitus with shallow tramps.
Also, the difference between Peter Parker and Tony Stark is that, though Parker is probably a better person overall, Stark is more rational, even in his guilt. Peter’s uncle’s death isn’t really his fault; he has a massive case of survivor’s guilt and needs to spend a long time on the couch. Stark, on the other hand, is entirely correct to think that he’s going to be called to account for the deaths he’s contributed to on Judgment Day.
Hey! I made no such observation about an innocent typo. I’m a jackass, but not THAT kind of jackass.
He exceeded the power ratings of it, and drained most of its power out. The suit computer mentioned that he only had something like 1% of power left at one point. He no doubt would have needed to build another one fairly quickly, but I think he’s got the parts.
So, you’re telling me that Gates is not a nerd? Watch this 19 second clip and get back to me on that.
Well, it makes it even with my both/three mistake.
I fucking love Downey. I don’t know how I ever missed this gem of an actor and I’m glad he seems to have lifted himself out of the drug haze he was in and has come back. Tropic Thunder was stolen by him and him alone.
I agree with everything you say - Stark is troubled in that flick, but he doesn’t blame it anyone else. He just does it.
I love the scene with them dancing, and the balcony. “We’re dancing…and I’m wearing this ridiculous dress…in front of everybody…”
I like Pepper Potts. They made her a very strong woman in her own way, and she didn’t have to be annoying or bitchy to get there coughLoisLanecough.
Parker strikes me as the classic Nice Guy, who thinks he is a nice guy but has never come to terms with nor addressed the darkness in his soul. Even in the third movie he decides to beat up the demon and defeat him…but it’s never made overtly clear that the demon is a part of him, and merely fist-fighting it to death doesn’t make it go away.
Plus I like Stark because he’s self-made, and extremely intelligent to boot. Parker just got bit by a spider. That could happen to anybody. I prefer the Tick to Parker - don’t get me wrong, Spidey’s Ok, but really not my favorite.
I know this is a bit of a hijack in a thread about Iron Man of all places, but I believe this statement, and the previous one alluding to viewing Apollo objects with earthly telescopes is incorrect. Though the VLT does have the resolution you mention, I don’t think it would ever be able to actually take pictures of the Apollo artifacts because of the way the CCD’s work. The moon is just way too bright to allow it. The VLT is built to resolve very distant, very dim objects, not really close, really bright ones.
I believe the best images of the moon from the VLT so far have been at approximately 130 meters of resolution, though this was in 2002 so things may have improved. This image may be sharper, though at best it is at 50 meter resolution, which is still nowhere near enough to resolve Apollo artifacts. If you have any evidence of a better image from the VLT, I would love to see it.
Watched it last night: great fun, although essentially a remake of Robocop 2. Took me forever to pick the guy who played Coulson, the SHIELD agent: he’s the head Thermian from Galaxy Quest.
Ok, so I did finish rewatching it this weekend, and he does indeed have holes cut in his t-shirts - but only when he is actively working on the suit. So whoever said he needed access to it was indeed correct. All of the other times he has a solid shirt and you can see it shining through.
That assertion is, of course, bullshit. The movie storyline combined the Iron Man origin story from 1963and the Iron Monger arc from 1985. The first Robocop was released in 1987, and the second in 1990. You sound like my tutorial student who claims that *Hamlet *rips off The Lion King.
