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Hermit-The-Prog

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15. Then they totally screwed up. Tony Stark began with Iron Man -- Lee and Kirby.

Reply to Bucky (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 22, 2022, 08:28 AM

Dec 2022

The characters created by Lee and Kirby were plausible for this world long before any screenwriter tried to portray them in a movie. Any similarities of Stark to any real person are coincidental, as the disclaimers say. The ego may be as large, but the abilities and intentions are different.

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So I'm watching Iron Man 2, and who pops up on the screen? Elon Musk [View all] CatWoman Dec 2022 OP

Probably because the directors thought there's parallels between Tony Stark and Musk Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #1

See reply 2. highplainsdem Dec 2022 #4

Hate to tell you this, but the writer of Iron Man said Musk was the inspiration highplainsdem Dec 2022 #2

yes it does CatWoman Dec 2022 #6

Iron Man, warts and all, was around way before Musk, before he was born. haele Dec 2022 #8

I don't see any reason to doubt Mark Fergus's explanation of how highplainsdem Dec 2022 #18

Musk in the 2000's/2010's was hyped as one of the darlings of the tech world. haele Dec 2022 #21

Esquire should fact-check. Iron Man: 1963. Elon Musk: born 1971. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #12

I think you know what they meant Bucky Dec 2022 #13

Then they totally screwed up. Tony Stark began with Iron Man -- Lee and Kirby. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #15

It always amuses me when people double down on clearly erroneous ideas Bucky Dec 2022 #16

I said the screenwriter screwed up. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #17

I never even saw the film DFW Dec 2022 #3

Stan Lee, per chance? (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #7

Whatever gave it away? DFW Dec 2022 #10

Cool pic! Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #11

You've known some very interesting people. And that's a great photo! highplainsdem Dec 2022 #19

Stan called my family (except for me)...... DFW Dec 2022 #20

Tangeranus did that because they filmed on one of his properties (I think). Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2022 #5

Musk and TFG are very alike LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 #9

To be completely fair, Musk can read Bucky Dec 2022 #14