• Toribor@corndog.social
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        Yes, good job. Now tell me… Do the movies frame this as a good thing? Or… maybe… the whole point of his entire ten year character arc is that he learns the error of his ways? He changes from a selfish jingoistic narcissist into a compassionate leader and mentor who eventually sacrifices himself to save others.

        Maybe one day you’ll have some character growth too and watch the second half of a movie.

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          Tony Stark was literally designed to be the worst person Stan Lee could imagine.

          Because they wanted to see how such a character could manifest as super hero anyway.

          I think he succeeded.

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          No, he remains an asshole that tries to solve the world problems with violence and vigilantism

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            Sure, if comics were real we all know Gotham would be better off if Bruce Wayne would focus on philanthropy instead of dressing up like a bat but no one would make a movie about that because it would be boring.

            Sounds like comic book movies aren’t your thing but generally when your story introduces problems like a purple alien guy with a genocide glove the right answer actually is to put on a robot suit and shoot lasers at em.

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              Nah, I think the message was that when Stark finally killed himself, the world was a better place.

              I was am a big fan of watchmen. This genre doesn’t need to celebrate terrorists. The comedian was condemned.

              Hell, X-men was great as an allegory for gay people defending themselves.

              MCU was just terrible.

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              3 months ago

              Russia, Hamas, Israel, or US. Take your pick. They’re all blatantly committing war crimes in 2023-2024

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        Tony Stark is a fictional character that can’t commit war crimes because he isn’t real

        Get your head checked 🤡