Posted on 05/06/2010 5:31:41 PM PDT by Sneakyuser
(Kyle Smith is a media columnist for the New York Post, and amazingly, not a Lib):
"Not so with “Iron Man 2,” in which Tony Stark is a Randian hero who all but goes Galt when seemingly the only force that could ever defeat him — the U.S. government — begins to make the outrageous demand that his Iron Man technology is somehow public property. Because … well, it’s really important. And everyone knows that when it comes to important stuff, only the government can be trusted to handle it."
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In a very Howard Roark/Galt-ish moment, Stark chastises the government that it cannot take away his private property.
So is THAT why it’s getting panned by the critics?
I did like the part in the trailer where he tells congress to take a hike.
Okay, I was going to see it anyway, but now it’s a MUST-SEE!
Iron Man has been a longtime favorite to a great extent because he cannot be easily politically labeled.
He has personal problems, a bad heart and alcoholism, but he is loyal to his people, and they are to him. Though he makes conventional weaponry, he does not sell his best stuff, that is, his armor and its weaponry and propulsion, but provides its services for free, as long as it is for a good cause.
At one point in the comic book series, a mercenary hacks into his computer system, then sells his technology to anyone and everyone, which is used by others for both good and villainous purposes. So after his computer expert creates a computer worm that will perpetually seek out and destroy computer records of his technology, he seemingly goes amok, destroying any and all of the technology he can trace.
In doing so, both villains and heroes get hurt, and he seemingly betrays several heroes, because he cannot tell them that he is after the stolen technology they are using.
I loved the first one and expect this next one to be great. Tony Stark is one of the most realistic super heroes and therefore one of the most interesting.
GOOD! This should helps spread the philosophy of Ayn Rand. The sooner people abandon socialistic concepts like “altruism” and “selflessness” the sooner we will re-establish LIBERTY!
“The Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational selfishness—which means: the values required for man’s survival qua man—which means: the values required for human survival—not the values produced by the desires, the emotions, the “aspirations,” the feelings, the whims or the needs of irrational brutes, who have never outgrown the primordial practice of human sacrifices, have never discovered an industrial society and can conceive of no self-interest but that of grabbing the loot of the moment.”
Source: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/selfishness.html
“I loved the first one and expect this next one to be great”
That is Exactly how I am thinking. Maybe even get hubby to go see this in the big theatre!
The first one was sooo good I watched it 2 days in a row. There are very few movies I watch more than once and they are almost all musicals!
It looks good from the ads too and it’s great to hear it has ANY wee drop of conservatism in it, the first one was pretty good on that count, I must say.
Same here! If the ticket was $20, I’d gladly pay that amount. As a member here in Hollywood of the Hollywood Republicans, there’s been a rumor for years that Jon Favreau is a libercon, like his pal Vince vaughn.
OH geez I can’t wait to see this Saturday!
I am Iron Mom.
Don’t leave until after the credits are totally over.
Got my IMAX tickets for Saturday.
IS IT IN IMAX?!?
I better get my tickets in advance.
Does anyone know what the Obama joke is?
Was it filmed for Imax? Dark Knight was AWESOME in Imax. Watchmen, not so much
“Don’t leave until after the credits are totally over.”
Great! Thanks for that tip. I usually am someone who stays till the very last logo goes by (and it often is quite worth it!) but sometimes the others I may be with don’t want to stay.
LOL, now I am looking forward to the movie even more!
Any more, I’m always looking for something after the credits.
But with Iron Man 2 (just like Iron Man) I know what’s there.
Report back and tell us how you liked it.
“Report back and tell us how you liked it.”
I definately will, it probably won’t be until next week.
I saw Iron Man 2 at noon and loved it.
My favorite line is Tony to Pepper who is talking about alternative energy, “I’m not for the Liberal Agenda.”
WooooooHOOOOOOO!
Oooops sorry, DH and daughter says the line is, “I’m tired of the Liberal Agenda.”
Even better.
Wonderful film, really enjoyed it!
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