http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2008/05/01/boys-and-their-toys/ Thoughts on screenwriting and creativity from a UK based writer, trainer, and script editor Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2008/05/01/boys-and-their-toys/#comment-281 grant Tue, 13 May 2008 19:48:15 +0000 http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/?p=117#comment-281 I think there's a thing with Iron Man that (not having seen the film yet) might get overlooked, and that's that he's essentially using a pacemaker + wheelchair as a weapon. In other words, the real trauma at the heart of Iron Man is literal - he's got a wounded heart. As a mythic figure, Tony Stark kind of has to be a little like MODOK, a big, powerful brain trapped by the limitations of a clunky, malfunctioning body. There's something Reichian about it, you know? The wounded Self encased in armor? I've never been that much of an Iron Man fan, but that's how I'd write him. I think there’s a thing with Iron Man that (not having seen the film yet) might get overlooked, and that’s that he’s essentially using a pacemaker + wheelchair as a weapon. In other words, the real trauma at the heart of Iron Man is literal - he’s got a wounded heart. As a mythic figure, Tony Stark kind of has to be a little like MODOK, a big, powerful brain trapped by the limitations of a clunky, malfunctioning body. There’s something Reichian about it, you know? The wounded Self encased in armor? I’ve never been that much of an Iron Man fan, but that’s how I’d write him.

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