Iron Man Superhero vs Terrorists

[afan]

An oft discussed topic across all the super-hero character forums is whether super-heros should be portrayed battling terrorists. Well no doubt about it Iron Man battles terrorists.

What's the verdict folks yea or nay? Will this precedent in Iron Man set the bar? Is it open season on super-powered pay back?

 

[Badfish40oz]

That was my favorite part of the movie and F anyone offended by it.

Definite YEA X 100

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

That was my favorite part of the movie and F anyone offended by it.

Definite YEA X 100

Blunt response, but QTF.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

I'm not actually sure....

Would Iron man have responded if they weren't using his own weapons?

I think he's happy for people to fight as long as he happens to be selling to either the good guys or who he happens to think are right.

I could see stark selling tech to weaponary for two nations in conflict against one another but I think he draws the line at militia or at least in confrontations were the innocents are targeted.

 

[bunk]

Doesn't bother me. Seems more obvious in Captain America movie though.

 

[3dman27]

you'd think iron monger and green goblin[SPIDER-MAN WOULD BE CONSIDERED TERRORISTS

 

[DACrowe]

Easily coolest scene in the movie. It could have been really lame if not done right, but Favreau pulled it off (and this was Favreau's part).

 

[EML]

An oft discussed topic across all the super-hero character forums is whether super-heros should be portrayed battling terrorists. Well no doubt about it Iron Man battles terrorists.

What's the verdict folks yea or nay? Will this precedent in Iron Man set the bar? Is it open season on super-powered pay back?

Well it's one thing to have a superhero fighting a terrorist organization, and another to have them fighting religious radicals...

 

[Nathan]

Definitely one of the greatest scenes in any superhero movie. Seeing him descend like a heavy metal Angel of vengeance and put the beatdown on the terrorists who threaten innocent people and hide behind women and children was amazing.

 

[Prefix]

It would be a little bit stupid if he had just randomly found terrorists in a middle-eastern country and beat them up, but these were the same terrorists that kidnapped him earlier and were using his weapons.

 

[thewhyteman]

That was classic good verse evil. And I loved every second of it.

"Oh you were gonna execute all these folks hay? Well repulsar blasts for all of you. Exept you, you get death by angry mob."

 

[The Major]

What's the verdict folks yea or nay? Will this precedent in Iron Man set the bar? Is it open season on super-powered pay back?

Most certainly.

Super-heroes do tend to fight terrorists besides crime.

Iron Man wasn't the first to do it on the big screen. Batman Begins and X-men did it a few years earlier.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

non-superpowered terrorists...

i.e. the middle east terrorists i believe is what this thread is about...

 

[hatebox]

It's an odd one.

It doesn't exactly fit in with the reality of the situation (anyone who thinks America is in the Middle East purely to help civilians out there is kidding themselves) but it's good enough for an escapist movie I guess.

 

[Badfish40oz]

(anyone who thinks America is in the Middle East purely to help civilians out there is kidding themselves)

What does that even have to do with anything? The terrorists were bad, and doing bad things (as they TEND to do), so Iron Man stopped them and saved innocent people from death.

Anyone offended by that needs to step back, turn off Air America for a few minutes, and SERIOUSLY examine their belief system.

 

[hatebox]

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[hatebox]

Who said I was offended?

However since we're talking about it, I would have thought the movie to be REALLY brave if it featured Iron Man actively stopping a US strike on a small town that had both civilians and Insurgents. Not Iron killing US soldiers, of course, but something like stopping the missiles hitting their targets.

Now THAT would have been thought provoking.

 

[Badfish40oz]

No, it would have been "every other movie in the last 5 years ever."

 

[hatebox]

No, it would have been "every other movie in the last 5 years ever."

While this blunt statement suggest you're not exactly up for a real debate, I might as well ask 'such as'? I certainly don't recall such a thing happening in any superhero movie recently.

 

[Badfish40oz]

The moral symmetry angle is old hat and it was refreshing to see a movie actually take a stand against terrorists for once. Having him ALSO take a stand against US forces in that scene would have taken away what made it special.

 

[hatebox]

The moral symmetry angle is old hat and it was refreshing to see a movie actually take a stand against terrorists for once. Having him ALSO take a stand against US forces in that scene would have taken away what made it special.

Well again, you haven't provided any examples. And I'm talking about in the superhero genre. Because America and/or an American taking on wallpaper terrorists strikes me as being the thing that's nothing new.

I'd like to reiterate I did enjoy that scene but there was nothing new/exciting about the that particular theme in itself.

 

[The Major]

non-superpowered terrorists...

Ra's didn't have any super-powers in Begins. None of his men did, either.

 

[Prefix]

Who said I was offended?

However since we're talking about it, I would have thought the movie to be REALLY brave if it featured Iron Man actively stopping a US strike on a small town that had both civilians and Insurgents. Not Iron killing US soldiers, of course, but something like stopping the missiles hitting their targets.

Now THAT would have been thought provoking.

Well, he kinda actually did that, because the entire reason he was involved was because the terrorists were using his american technology. He was fighting against himself, in a way. So yeah, Iron Man did stop american weapons from harming innocent people.

 

[X Knight]

well, yeah.....more specifically, though, IM was stopping terrorists from using american weapons to harm innocent people.

IM didn't attack the US fighter jets when they pursued him ( he used evasive maneuvers ), nor did IM seek to destroy all of his weapons that were in the hands of the US military.

IM's mission was to prevent his weapons from being used by our enemies ( terrorists ).

 

[IronLion]

he only went there because it was gilmera, the place yelsin(sp) came from. it was revenge, he was p'd off that after everything he went through to not make the jericho, they still had it. dont think hes bothered too much.