syrus372
Since: Nov, 2013
Aug 5th 2014 at 4:23:50 PM
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I was wondering that maybe we should change the name from Iron Man 1 to just Iron Man. How often do first movies in trilogies actually get called "[Generic Action Movie] 1?
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SeptimusHeap
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Aug 6th 2014 at 1:51:08 AM
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We cannot change the name because Iron Man is already taken, and it's a single medium franchise so Franchise/ is not suitable.
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Grin and tonic
Since: Jan, 2001
Grin and tonic
Feb 20th 2014 at 3:11:55 AM
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Jarvis: we have only 14 percent power remaining
Tony/Iron man: put it on the screen, stop telling me
later: (ironman stumbles in mid air)
jarvis (quietly): 2%
I'm sure that's a trope but I'm not sure which one
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MrDeath
Since: Aug, 2009
Larkmarn
Since: Nov, 2010
Feb 20th 2014 at 7:58:06 AM
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Borders on Critical Annoyance, but I don't think that's what MCE means.
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ArkadyDarell
Since: Dec, 2011
Feb 20th 2014 at 8:01:03 AM
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There's Never Tell Me the Odds! but I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're going for.
Can someone who has seen both Iron Man and "The Brave One" help to verify whether there's an actual Actor Allusion in play with the entry:
An Actor Allusion is a deliberate, intentional reference to previous works/roles of an actor. I haven't seen the film, only read the Wikipedia summary. I can see the potential overlap but the "vigilante that does the official's job better" is a common story trope.
Is Terrance Howard's character, Sean Mercer, ever told that the vigilante is doing his job for him (or some similar wording)?
If so, then there's a reasonable and tenable case that Downey's line is an Actor Allusion. If not, then it's more that similar themes arise when a story has a character enacting vigilante justice and hard to justify that it's a deliberate reference.
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