Just finished watching Iron Man 2 and re-watched Iron Man 1. Woohoo!!! Iron Man rocks! Great movie! Lots of action and lots of Iron Man. Love Pepper Pots and Natalie Rushman/Natasha Romanoff.
But story aside, I couldn’t help but think about Tony Stark’s comment to Senator Stern. “The Iron Man suit isn’t a weapon, it’s a prosthesis.” It’s very interesting to note that there’s a Japanese company by the name of Cyberdyne Systems that manufactures the HAL-5 “Iron Man” suit to help people and there’s also another similar suit made to help the paraplegics walk again. So in a way, his statement corroborates the reality of such technology.
Another interesting thing I noticed, and this is in no way truth, just an observation after having read the blog posts below, is the similarity of the story to the current tech wars. A few weeks ago Apple sued HTC for patent infringement and soon after Google stepped up behind HTC to lend support. Then Microsoft comes in to lend its support to HTC, as well. The imagery is a little too similar to Iron Man 2′s storyline. (a few spoilers)
Justin Hammer goes after Tony Stark. Whiplash attacks Iron Man. Hammer allies with Whiplash. Iron Man fights off the Hammer/Whiplash combo. Then comes SHIELD to help Iron Man’s fight by going after the people behind the drones. Then lastly enter War Machine, helping Iron Man defeat Whiplash. Pepper, of course, brought down Hammer.
Interesting coincidence? Or was it by design? Lest my maternity ward accuse me of thinking too much over 5 bottles of beer, I will end this post now and leave you with your thoughts. If you care to share yours, the comment form is open below. Fire away! 
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The alarm blared loud and incessant. He opened his eyes slowly, picked up his phone and shutoff the alarm. Lying in bed, he concentrated on the dream he just had, which was slowly fading into nothingness. Another one to be forgotten. It wasn’t important anyway. Just that it was a beautiful dream. Time to get up.
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