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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8196461" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>The Iron Man in the movies? No.</p><p></p><p>That's the 1980s/1990s take on him personality-wise, with some 2000s elements (I was a big Marvel fan at one point), and 2000s armour. The thing with comic book characters is that they tend to eternally rejuvenated and changed in subtle ways to keep them up to date. In part because they'd all be in their 80s or older if they didn't! And it means you can draw in elements from across the history of the character.</p><p></p><p>If we look at the Avengers in general, most of them are pretty updated, with newer, more charming personalities (Banner and Thor particularly - Banner is particularly obvious when you contrast his personality with that of the other recent Banners, who are closer to the original comic-book Banner), more modern and movie-friendly appearances (which typically tie to 2000s-era comic book appearances). Similar things have happened with Guardians of the Galaxy and so on. Starlord in the comics is not remotely Starlord in the movies. With villains the changes are generally even bigger, often with only very basic concepts or look-elements being kept.</p><p></p><p>If they'd taken the 1960s or 1970s looks of the Avengers, or even the 1980s ones, it'd have been hilarious, rather than cool. You can watch Today's WandaVision for some very direct evidence of that.</p><p></p><p>Frozen 2 isn't GenericFantasyland, but it's fun that you think it is. It's Fantasy Scandinavia circa 1850 minus guns. You didn't get that with the whole group of people who look like Suomi, herd reindeer like Suomi, and so on? Those aren't generic people. They're a reference to a very specific ethnic and cultural group that once spanned the entire "top" of Europe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8196461, member: 18"] The Iron Man in the movies? No. That's the 1980s/1990s take on him personality-wise, with some 2000s elements (I was a big Marvel fan at one point), and 2000s armour. The thing with comic book characters is that they tend to eternally rejuvenated and changed in subtle ways to keep them up to date. In part because they'd all be in their 80s or older if they didn't! And it means you can draw in elements from across the history of the character. If we look at the Avengers in general, most of them are pretty updated, with newer, more charming personalities (Banner and Thor particularly - Banner is particularly obvious when you contrast his personality with that of the other recent Banners, who are closer to the original comic-book Banner), more modern and movie-friendly appearances (which typically tie to 2000s-era comic book appearances). Similar things have happened with Guardians of the Galaxy and so on. Starlord in the comics is not remotely Starlord in the movies. With villains the changes are generally even bigger, often with only very basic concepts or look-elements being kept. If they'd taken the 1960s or 1970s looks of the Avengers, or even the 1980s ones, it'd have been hilarious, rather than cool. You can watch Today's WandaVision for some very direct evidence of that. Frozen 2 isn't GenericFantasyland, but it's fun that you think it is. It's Fantasy Scandinavia circa 1850 minus guns. You didn't get that with the whole group of people who look like Suomi, herd reindeer like Suomi, and so on? Those aren't generic people. They're a reference to a very specific ethnic and cultural group that once spanned the entire "top" of Europe. [/QUOTE]
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