I am the same sort of die-hard Bat fangirl, which also explains why I pinged so hard with Tony in the first place, but the difference (and this is something that makes BB so joyless for me) is that Tony doesn't take himself too seriously (even when he really fucking should. like, oh I don't know, when single-handedly trying to turn the tide of a decades long conflict that has only been made worse each time a western foreign interest has tried to do the same, Tony.) Sort of like why I sort of fell in love with the Ultimate Peter Parker - his brand of funny comes from mortal fear bordering on utter hysteria, he's funny because he's scared shitless, because he's fully cognizant of the situation he's in (this is also what the Spider-Man movie missed: the funny. but that's another rant for another time.)
Pretty much the only parts I liked in BB were when Bruce was in full on boozy playboy mode (hitting on the secretary, crashing his own birthday party, etc.) which is probably why I adore Tony Stark and Iron Man so much, it manages to be funny, sweet, and deadly serious when it needs to be, never letting one aspect overshadow the others. BB didn't do that. BB just sat there, being way too serious for a story about a dude that immediately jumps to cosplay to solve his inner angst.
That, and how perfect was the opening for Iron Man? The first shot we see is the scotch glass, that touch of class incongruous with the military surroundings, setting off just how out of touch Tony Stark really is from the rest of the world.
Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
I am the same sort of die-hard Bat fangirl, which also explains why I pinged so hard with Tony in the first place, but the difference (and this is something that makes BB so joyless for me) is that Tony doesn't take himself too seriously (even when he really fucking should. like, oh I don't know, when single-handedly trying to turn the tide of a decades long conflict that has only been made worse each time a western foreign interest has tried to do the same, Tony.) Sort of like why I sort of fell in love with the Ultimate Peter Parker - his brand of funny comes from mortal fear bordering on utter hysteria, he's funny because he's scared shitless, because he's fully cognizant of the situation he's in (this is also what the Spider-Man movie missed: the funny. but that's another rant for another time.)
Pretty much the only parts I liked in BB were when Bruce was in full on boozy playboy mode (hitting on the secretary, crashing his own birthday party, etc.) which is probably why I adore Tony Stark and Iron Man so much, it manages to be funny, sweet, and deadly serious when it needs to be, never letting one aspect overshadow the others. BB didn't do that. BB just sat there, being way too serious for a story about a dude that immediately jumps to cosplay to solve his inner angst.
That, and how perfect was the opening for Iron Man? The first shot we see is the scotch glass, that touch of class incongruous with the military surroundings, setting off just how out of touch Tony Stark really is from the rest of the world.
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We're all going to be fired, aren't we?