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Jun. 22nd, 2008 07:18 pmSooo, more movie thoughts! Because. That's why.
A lot of the Iron Man movie reviews I've seen complain about the reveal just before the credits (Not the Nick Fury one). If you've seen it(and if you haven't, do), you know what I mean. "I am Iron Man."
They don't like that line, and wish he'd added "But I'm passing it on to my bodyguard!" or "Kidding! You people are so gullible". To this reaction, I say, "Huh?"
Yes, his secret identity is now nonexistent. Lately, I've found that I hate secret identities. The double-life kind, I mean. They irked me in the Spider-Man movies, for example. Just - well, if you can't see it, I doubt I can explain it. They get old, and they get old fast. I mean, they really do seem reasonable, you'd think. But there's only so many times you can hear or read "Peter Parker is such a cowardly lad, always running at the first sign of trouble" or see that the hero is late because of superheroing and suffers for it. Or, something is happening while the hero's playing civilian, and can't do anything without revealing themselves. Ghh. Not to mention the fact that no one ever puts it together and realizes who is who without an unmasking or something nearly as explicit. With the exception of DC's Mia, of course.
And for someone like Peter Parker, a secret identity works, much as I hate it. He's a normal guy. If his enemies know who he is, he's got family and friends who could get hurt. For that matter, he's out and about among normal people who would probably give him a hard time.
But for Iron Man? This version of Iron Man? An open identity is perfect. His only friends(and it's rather sad) are his robots/AIs, Pepper, and Rhodey(Maybe Happy Hogan and one or two others). They're as protected/protectable as anyone in a superhero 'verse can get. And hey, Rhodey goes on to be War Machine, a superhero in his own right. Stark doesn't mingle with lower-class citizens. He'll get some barbs from people he's working with, about whether flying off is going to affect his inventions, and he might get a few assassination attempts if he keeps going to red carpet things. But he'd be fine; not only that, but the confession was totally in character. And awesome.
Side note - there was le parkour in The Incredible Hulk. That's cool. I always like seeing that kind of agility.
Aaaand damn it, LJ's not letting me hotlink, because that would be nice and convenient. Fine. Stupid program.
http://elspethdixon.livejournal.com/169859.html#cutid2
http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5367267.html
A lot of the Iron Man movie reviews I've seen complain about the reveal just before the credits (Not the Nick Fury one). If you've seen it(and if you haven't, do), you know what I mean. "I am Iron Man."
They don't like that line, and wish he'd added "But I'm passing it on to my bodyguard!" or "Kidding! You people are so gullible". To this reaction, I say, "Huh?"
Yes, his secret identity is now nonexistent. Lately, I've found that I hate secret identities. The double-life kind, I mean. They irked me in the Spider-Man movies, for example. Just - well, if you can't see it, I doubt I can explain it. They get old, and they get old fast. I mean, they really do seem reasonable, you'd think. But there's only so many times you can hear or read "Peter Parker is such a cowardly lad, always running at the first sign of trouble" or see that the hero is late because of superheroing and suffers for it. Or, something is happening while the hero's playing civilian, and can't do anything without revealing themselves. Ghh. Not to mention the fact that no one ever puts it together and realizes who is who without an unmasking or something nearly as explicit. With the exception of DC's Mia, of course.
And for someone like Peter Parker, a secret identity works, much as I hate it. He's a normal guy. If his enemies know who he is, he's got family and friends who could get hurt. For that matter, he's out and about among normal people who would probably give him a hard time.
But for Iron Man? This version of Iron Man? An open identity is perfect. His only friends(and it's rather sad) are his robots/AIs, Pepper, and Rhodey(Maybe Happy Hogan and one or two others). They're as protected/protectable as anyone in a superhero 'verse can get. And hey, Rhodey goes on to be War Machine, a superhero in his own right. Stark doesn't mingle with lower-class citizens. He'll get some barbs from people he's working with, about whether flying off is going to affect his inventions, and he might get a few assassination attempts if he keeps going to red carpet things. But he'd be fine; not only that, but the confession was totally in character. And awesome.
Side note - there was le parkour in The Incredible Hulk. That's cool. I always like seeing that kind of agility.
Aaaand damn it, LJ's not letting me hotlink, because that would be nice and convenient. Fine. Stupid program.
http://elspethdixon.livejournal.com/169859.html#cutid2
http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5367267.html
