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[quigonejinn]

Freedom Hangs Like Heaven.

Iron Man set to Iron and Wine.
20MB, XviD or play in VLC

I'm going to end up recutting this when the DVD comes up because right now, there's this CERTAIN SCENE where SOME FUCKING DOUCHEBAG decides to HANG HIS FUCKING HAND off the side of the CAMERA and then some other asshole walks across andf;lkjgdf. I couldn't figure out a way to cut around it, so that scene sucks. And there's one bit where Rhodey is a talking head, but I figured that I've wasted a week of my life already on this.

So yes. Iron Man and Iron and Wine with Calexico production. And just ignore the fact that they use the wrong reign/reins on that Forbes cover. XD

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Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

AHAHAH. I think I just replied to you above about this. very. thing.

The "O lost his goddamn mind" theme is probably the one that coheres the best with movie canon (and the scatterbrained ???? PROFIT model you posited up above), but man. I have to say it doesn't offer much meat for writing.

Though, OK. I totally dig your idea that Stark Sr. blew as a businessman and that the firm didn't really take off until Obediah stepped in. The novelization suggests that Stark Sr's major contributions were manufacturing, not in R&D, so it makes sense that they might struggle to redefine themselves. And it explains why Stark Sr. might mount a full-court press of OMG MY SON IS A GENIUS as a PR kinda thing as part of re-trenching. And coheres with that line about how nobody has made advances in arc reactor tech since the 1970s.

And it's been pointed out among the original participants o' doom that maybe, Daddy Stark and Obediah had been dealing under the table together.

Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.

[obsession-inc.livejournal.com]

The "O lost his goddamn mind" theme is probably the one that coheres the best with movie canon (and the scatterbrained ???? PROFIT model you posited up above), but man. I have to say it doesn't offer much meat for writing.

Yeah, I know. It annoys me. I am currently going with the theory that he was doing great up until Pepper ratted him out, at which point his grip on reality got chopped off real fast, and he was like "well, fine, if I'm going down YOU ARE ALL GOING WITH ME." And went for the suit.

Though, OK. I totally dig your idea that Stark Sr. blew as a businessman and that the firm didn't really take off until Obediah stepped in.

Oh yay! Because as long as something explains the psychology behind it, I am happy to handwave other specifics. I am also digging on dafnap's whole idea with the paper-signing and all, because then I can retrofit CHAOS AFTER STARK'S UNTIMELY DEATH as the reason that Obadiah didn't end up in charge permanently-- and because seriously, what is WRONG with people that they would put a traumatically-orphaned 21-year-old engineering genius in charge of a company? It must have been some sort of thing where there was nothing written down about the company going to Obadiah after they died, and so ownership went to Tony, the blood relation, along with all the money... and in order to keep the ship afloat they got Obadiah to stay on.

So on this one, Obadiah is like "okay, fucker, this business isn't getting away from me this time". I AM OUT ON A LIMB.

And it's been pointed out among the original participants o' doom that maybe, Daddy Stark and Obediah had been dealing under the table together.

That one fascinates me, particularly given the murky politics of the late Cold War era; I can totally see this happening in the 70s and 80s. And ARGH now I have to go home from work and will be back in on this probably later, but I will ponder on the train. Daddy Stark being a lot less clean than Tony thinks: AWESOME.

Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.

[besyd.livejournal.com]

I have to say it doesn't offer much meat for writing.

True. But thinking about, I'd posit the idea that that temporary paralysis device could very well have contributed to his demise. I mean, that thing made people's ears bleed! It was very bad! And while the little earbuds Obie wore protected him from the overt effects, it might not have protected him as well as he thought. (Wonder how many other times he used it.)

And it explains why Stark Sr. might mount a full-court press of OMG MY SON IS A GENIUS as a PR kinda thing as part of re-trenching.

Yeah. And sad for Tony, that. Because that kind of attention just ain't good for a kiddo.

And it's been pointed out among the original participants o' doom that maybe, Daddy Stark and Obediah had been dealing under the table together.

That just ... that's just painful to think about. I wonder if Tony's had a chance, yet, to have that thought bubble find its way through the quicksand in his head. Or if that's something his psyche just wouldn't allow. And if Dad did, then may that secret RIP with Obediah, because Tony doesn't need that on top of everything else. (That kind of knowledge would certainly nudge more scotch his way.)