Happy belated Mother's Day, hope everyone had some good quality time with family. I went to see Iron Man. Don't worry, I didn't ditch my mother, in fact it was her idea to go. So after visiting my Grandma my dad headed of to work and my mom, brother and I piled into the silver mini van and drove to a nearby theater, killing time at several mattress and guitar stores on the way. (If you know my family, that actually does make sense.)
I never realized that before this movie many people didn't know Iron Man was a superhero, they just knew the Black Sabbath song. But backwards and daft as I am, I always knew Iron Man but never figured out the song was about the superhero.
My brother used to have a huge pack of superheroes from my uncle, so Keith and I made up our own stories involving the Thing, Magneto, a war-torn Spider-man, the Hulk and of course iron man long before any of them were movie stars.
The whole film is very well-done: effects were great, the plot was coherent and at times even compelling, and the actors fit very well into their parts. Of course the movie is perfectly set up for a sequel, but that's completely expected from the Marvel movies by now.
Oh, and why did my mom want to see Iron Man on Mother's Day? Because a few weeks ago, when it first came out and she wanted to go, my dad refused. He insisted on seeing Made of Honor instead. Yup, that's the household I live in.
Also, I'm sorry for the near-month of inactivity, I'll be posting a lot more now, I promise. I still blame this stagnation on work and my very sexy boyfriend. Speaking of whom, make sure you check the blog BSD, they post weekly if not more. Go to blastshieldsdown.blogspot.com (or just click the link under "Dreamers of Fish Dreams" at the top right corner of this page.) You won't be disappointed, unless you're looking for tentacle rape porn - I don't think that section is up and running just yet.
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No one cares about your boyfriend. =b
I love your family. Just throwing that out there. Also, I'm not sure "Ironman" by Black Sabbath is about Ironman. Granted, I only know the first bit, which is:"Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all? Or if he moves, will he fall?" I dunno, maybe.
"He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
Where he traveled time
For the future of mankind
Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfold
Now the time is here
For iron man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved"
Doesn't... doesn't really sound much like Tony Stark, now does it?
lol....I dunno...not too familiar w/ the story of original comics, my mom and bf insist the song is about the iron man "What else could it be about?" Although it does make me feel less dumb that they might be wrong.
"The title of the song was conceived by Ozzy Osbourne; As a child Ozzy would spray paint Ironman and Ozzy Ironman everywhere he went[citation needed]. Geezer Butler took to writing the lyrics around the title, but was careful not to make it about the comic book character so as to avoid a copyright infringement lawsuit. Thus making the song telling the story of a vengeful villain instead of a superhero."
You've been lawyered.
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