Comments on: He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel* http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:01:08 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: VonZeppelin http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8916 VonZeppelin Mon, 05 May 2008 11:04:12 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8916 <p>Clearly, the real conservative hero in this movie is Obadiah Stane. Talk about a patriotic capitalist! He sells weapons to anybody with cash. He cruises around in a giant SUV in Third-World countries. He’s a big, broad-shouldered manly man who smokes expensive cigars. He is condescending toward women. His iron suit is big and menacing and brutal-looking, perfect for picking up some little country and throwing it against the wall. Also, he worries a lot about Stark Industries’ stock price.</p> Clearly, the real conservative hero in this movie is Obadiah Stane. Talk about a patriotic capitalist! He sells weapons to anybody with cash. He cruises around in a giant SUV in Third-World countries. He’s a big, broad-shouldered manly man who smokes expensive cigars. He is condescending toward women. His iron suit is big and menacing and brutal-looking, perfect for picking up some little country and throwing it against the wall. Also, he worries a lot about Stark Industries’ stock price.

]]> By: flemsnopes http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8912 flemsnopes Mon, 05 May 2008 07:52:34 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8912 <p><em>“…I think there should be more movies about self-destructive chronic alcoholic superheroes.”</em></p> <p>I’ve had enough of self-destructive, chronic alcoholic, <strike>superheroes</strike> chuckleheaded incompetents to last me a lifetime.</p> <p>Let’s have a movie with them all in the dock at The Hague.</p> “…I think there should be more movies about self-destructive chronic alcoholic superheroes.”

I’ve had enough of self-destructive, chronic alcoholic, superheroes chuckleheaded incompetents to last me a lifetime.

Let’s have a movie with them all in the dock at The Hague.

]]> By: brent http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8908 brent Mon, 05 May 2008 05:16:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8908 <p>You know, there is one thing that has bothered me since I saw the film and have read reviews talking about the people who kidnapped Stark as terrorists. They aren’t terrorists or at least nothing indicates that they are except that they are swarthy and have dark complexions. Its pretty clear that they are Afghani Warlords with pretty much zero interest in holy wars. It is certainly no mystery why they can be casually referred to as terrorists insofar as that seems to be the common language for any darkly complected villain these days but it still really irks me.</p> You know, there is one thing that has bothered me since I saw the film and have read reviews talking about the people who kidnapped Stark as terrorists. They aren’t terrorists or at least nothing indicates that they are except that they are swarthy and have dark complexions. Its pretty clear that they are Afghani Warlords with pretty much zero interest in holy wars. It is certainly no mystery why they can be casually referred to as terrorists insofar as that seems to be the common language for any darkly complected villain these days but it still really irks me.

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8907 captphealy Mon, 05 May 2008 04:46:51 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8907 <p>It is axiomatic that anyone who wants to hear the opinion of Roger L. Simon is waiting to inherit the wind.</p> It is axiomatic that anyone who wants to hear the opinion of Roger L. Simon is waiting to inherit the wind.

]]> By: darthvegas http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8906 darthvegas Mon, 05 May 2008 03:21:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8906 <p><em>I also kinda dig the pairing of “patriotic” and “capitalistic” as super-hero virtues. These people genuinely are nuts, aren’t they.</em></p> <p>If these chuckle heads were writing comics, Superman would have been started working for LexCorp a long time ago; Spiderman would still be pulling the fat money in pro-wrestling; and Batman would hang up his tights and would trade junk bonds.</p> I also kinda dig the pairing of “patriotic” and “capitalistic” as super-hero virtues. These people genuinely are nuts, aren’t they.

If these chuckle heads were writing comics, Superman would have been started working for LexCorp a long time ago; Spiderman would still be pulling the fat money in pro-wrestling; and Batman would hang up his tights and would trade junk bonds.

]]> By: dsidhe http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8905 dsidhe Mon, 05 May 2008 03:15:55 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8905 <p>I’m still wondering when people began unironically referring to themselves as “pro-war”. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, Any war in particular, or just generally well-disposed toward wars in general?</p> <p>I also kinda dig the pairing of “patriotic” and “capitalistic” as super-hero virtues. These people genuinely are nuts, aren’t they.</p> I’m still wondering when people began unironically referring to themselves as “pro-war”. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, Any war in particular, or just generally well-disposed toward wars in general?

I also kinda dig the pairing of “patriotic” and “capitalistic” as super-hero virtues. These people genuinely are nuts, aren’t they.

]]> By: Chup http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8904 Chup Mon, 05 May 2008 03:06:32 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8904 <p>I think it’s sad that people give a fuck about what a comic-book movie says.</p> <p>Of course, these folks have comic-book brains, so what should I expect?</p> I think it’s sad that people give a fuck about what a comic-book movie says.

Of course, these folks have comic-book brains, so what should I expect?

]]> By: darthvegas http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8903 darthvegas Mon, 05 May 2008 03:04:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/he%e2%80%99s-a-cool-exec-with-a-heart-of-steel/#comment-8903 <p>these WATBs must have read different comics then I have, cause it was pretty much dead on to the source material. He was always conflicted about the military and his role in it. I think there should be more movies about self-destructive chronic alcoholic superheroes.</p> these WATBs must have read different comics then I have, cause it was pretty much dead on to the source material. He was always conflicted about the military and his role in it. I think there should be more movies about self-destructive chronic alcoholic superheroes.

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