Iron Man 3

Watched Iron Man 3 recently. It was a fun movie but something about it just didn't sit right with me.

I really hated the ending. Mostly just the blowing up all the suits bit. That made no sense at all. Even with all the suits he almost lost and he would have if his recently superfied girlfriend hadn't helped out. After a fight like that, you don't blow up the method with which you fight the bad guys.

If he doesn't have a suit, just what is he going to do in the next Avengers? An argument can be made that this is Tony, he goes for extravagant displays, but I don't think it's a good enough justification.

Didn't really enjoy the closing credits, either. You can tell someone involved with the production was a fan of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. While it was a good movie, this is Iron Man. Superheroes not spy noir.

Also, it felt just a little too much like a wrap up. I really don't like the flogging-a-dead-horse trend going on but I will be sad if there are no more Iron Man movies.

Reactions to The Avengers

Hubby and I went to see the Avengers. Once I got past the Joss fangirl giddiness, I realized it served as a perfect example of an issue I have noticed since I started running games.

Everyone wants to be a superhero.

I don't mean it in a literal 'superhero with powers and such' way, but in a 'everyone is obsessed with getting stronger and better' way. Call it powergaming or munchkinism or whatever, it's frustrating (I'm guilty of it too, don't call me a hypocrite).

Don't get me wrong, growth is healthy, but it seems like everyone wants to skip over the origin story and get straight to the supreme bad-assness.

I loved the heroes of the movie (Stark is hilarious), but... want to know who I thought was the coolest person in the movie?

This guy.

Just an average person who did something incredibly brave and kinda stupid. No super-soldier serum, no souped-up tech (well sort of, but I don't think it counts). He took what he had and used it. His death scene was more poignant than Stark's risking his life to save the ship moment or the Hulk being more than mindless destruction and saving his friend.



And in his final moments, he got one over on a demi-god.