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[QUOTE=Huntsman Spider;5656277]Which is a shame, but then that seems to be the logic --- better to take risks and be hated for them than play it safe and have nobody really care one way or the other. The attention economy, or something like that, I think it's called nowadays.[/QUOTE]
[COLOR="#000080"]Yeah, it's like how do you get noticed in a sea of mediocrity. You have to do something shocking and outrageous and see what happens.[/COLOR]
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[QUOTE=Marvell2100;5656905][COLOR="#000080"]Yeah, it's like how do you get noticed in a sea of mediocrity. You have to do something shocking and outrageous and see what happens.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
Or in cruder terms, throw s*** at the wall and see what sticks.
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It did have some amazing art for most of the run by Schitti.
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[QUOTE=Tony Stark;5658032]It did have some amazing art for most of the run by Schitti.[/QUOTE]
[COLOR="#000080"]That was the best part. Schitti did some great work.[/COLOR]
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I've been reading silver age Iron Man and the phrase "transistor powered armor" is getting annoying. He doesn't say transistor anymore does he?
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[QUOTE=shooshoomanjoe;5658390]I've been reading silver age Iron Man and the phrase "transistor powered armor" is getting annoying. He doesn't say transistor anymore does he?[/QUOTE]
LOL. No he doesn't. That was really a sign of the times.
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Transistors were the nanotech of the time.
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[QUOTE=MichaelC;5658506]Transistors were the nanotech of the time.[/QUOTE]
Tiny machines that could nonetheless greatly magnify the power and efficiency of all kinds of technological devices. That said, in retrospect, Extremis (and then Bleeding Edge) [I]was[/I] a sensible modern update to that concept, and having them integrated with human biology to magnify the power and efficiency of a human body's processes . . . well, I'm a sucker for a good transhumanist take on superheroes, considering that a lot of superheroes, at least by origin, are basically enhanced humans.
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Why War Machine took over the Iron Man duties from Tony Stark. [url]https://www.cbr.com/iron-man-war-machine-replaced-tony-stark/[/url]
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[QUOTE=Tony Stark;5659168]Why War Machine took over the Iron Man duties from Tony Stark. [url]https://www.cbr.com/iron-man-war-machine-replaced-tony-stark/[/url][/QUOTE]
I actually had some of the comics from that period when I was growing up. Interesting times. And yeah, I could see Armor Wars in the MCU on Disney+ next year ending in a similar place with Rhodey becoming the new Iron Man.
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And then he could be the Iron Man that inspires Ironheart. It would make sense for her to be inspired by a black guy becoming Iron Man.
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[QUOTE=Digifiend;5659481]And then he could be the Iron Man that inspires Ironheart. It would make sense for her to be inspired by a black guy becoming Iron Man.[/QUOTE]
I don't think they would take away from Tony's supposed role in her life to that extent...in fact I could see Rhodey being concerned about her stealing the armor.
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[QUOTE=Digifiend;5659481]And then he could be the Iron Man that inspires Ironheart. It would make sense for her to be inspired by a black guy becoming Iron Man.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Frontier;5659681]I don't think they would take away from Tony's supposed role in her life to that extent...in fact I could see Rhodey being concerned about her stealing the armor.[/QUOTE]
If they go with the backstory established where she reverse-engineered an earlier Iron Man model, Rhodey might be more concerned with her being a target for bad actors wanting to get their hands on a functional replica of the Iron Man Armor.
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[QUOTE=Digifiend;5659481]And then he could be the Iron Man that inspires Ironheart. It would make sense for her to be inspired by a black guy becoming Iron Man.[/QUOTE]
[COLOR="#000080"]She's a tech person so it would make more sense for Tony to inspire her than Rhodey. She tried to build her own armor, not become a pilot in the military.[/COLOR]
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Of course I wish Tony was still alive for it, but I’m very interested in the Armor Wars series. I think RiRi is going to be BIG and it will be a chance for Don Cheadle to get his turn in the spotlight. It would be cool if Tony was the AI for RiRi like in the comics, but I won’t be holding my breath.