I haven't seen the movie. But, arguably, Iron Man 2 set him up, quite ably, to be a villain, for the reasons I've stated.
It's all well and good to see someone stand up to Congress and it's all a nice fantasy to see someone say "I can be trusted, because I'm good, but you're corrupted with politics." But, really, do you trust Tony Stark?
So, this easily places him in a position to either have another redemption, in which he learns the value of trusting others and not trusting himself so much, or to be villain. (Really, not trusting oneself as a good thing, it's unusual, but it's a thing that needs to be noted. Sometimes, you shouldn't trust yourself.)
I don't know what I'd think if I saw Civil War. But, I see the potential, there.
It's all well and good to see someone stand up to Congress and it's all a nice fantasy to see someone say "I can be trusted, because I'm good, but you're corrupted with politics." But, really, do you trust Tony Stark?
And then on top of that? One of the main arguments Tony makes against Congress to be able to keep his suits is "we're fine, America's safe" and "I have successfully privatized world peace". All of the racist, Western imperialistic implications of a white Western, American man saying that he successfully privatized world peace. Like...really.
You would have to fill up a whole book series to talk about the ugliness of that and yet, like you said, within the movie, it's considered a heroic triumph. What in all the world.
Yeah, that's a line that easily needs a response. "To privatize world peace is to make the private agency a world ruler. That's not peace, that's domination."
You know, a super-hero franchise that starts out with the superhero being the good guy then going through the evolution into bad guy (without ever really changing motivation or most characteristics) could be something to watch...
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Date: 2016-05-12 12:07 am (UTC)It's all well and good to see someone stand up to Congress and it's all a nice fantasy to see someone say "I can be trusted, because I'm good, but you're corrupted with politics." But, really, do you trust Tony Stark?
So, this easily places him in a position to either have another redemption, in which he learns the value of trusting others and not trusting himself so much, or to be villain. (Really, not trusting oneself as a good thing, it's unusual, but it's a thing that needs to be noted. Sometimes, you shouldn't trust yourself.)
I don't know what I'd think if I saw Civil War. But, I see the potential, there.
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Date: 2016-05-12 12:21 am (UTC)And then on top of that? One of the main arguments Tony makes against Congress to be able to keep his suits is "we're fine, America's safe" and "I have successfully privatized world peace". All of the racist, Western imperialistic implications of a white Western, American man saying that he successfully privatized world peace. Like...really.
You would have to fill up a whole book series to talk about the ugliness of that and yet, like you said, within the movie, it's considered a heroic triumph. What in all the world.
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Date: 2016-05-12 12:24 am (UTC)You know, a super-hero franchise that starts out with the superhero being the good guy then going through the evolution into bad guy (without ever really changing motivation or most characteristics) could be something to watch...
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Date: 2016-05-12 12:34 am (UTC)Get a movie contract and write that story. @___@
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Date: 2016-05-12 11:43 pm (UTC)