I went to see Iron Man last weekend and, unsurprisingly, I have three opinions to share:

1. Does anybody else think it is slightly ridiculous that his solution to the problem of being captured by terrorists is to create an all-powerful suit powered by some futuristic reactor? The man is trapped in a bunker, being watched by cameras 24 hours a day, and surrounded by explosives. Isn’t there anything more practical? It worked out for him, but only because his captors were complete dolts.
2. I enjoyed the movie. I was particularly partial to his interaction with his own robots. This was extremely well done and very comical. Again we get into the problem of, why a super suit? If he is so capable that he built robots with intelligence so great they can make jokes and banter with us, why is he bothering with suits and not just super-robots?
3. I felt like the character was a lot like Batman. But I wasn’t so sure so I made the following table:
   

   Tony Stark	Bruce Wayne
   Has no parents around	Has no parents around
   Has an assistant who makes everything possible	Has a butler who makes everything possible
   Is fantastically wealthy	Is fantastically wealthy
   Got his money from a company his father created	Got his money from a company his father created
   The company is named after his father	The company is named after his father
   Was almost kicked out of his own company	Was almost kicked out of his own company
   Uses technology to fight crime	Uses technology to fight crime

Criticism aside, it was enjoyable. I’d recommend it. It is fun being old enough that all the movies coming out are remakes of television shows I watched as a kid!

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