Do we have any idea if he wanted to do stunts, and whether or not they had open jobs? That seems to be a way more complicated question than fans have info to answer.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
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§ ita § - May 05, 2013 6:08:49 pm PDT #24269 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese S. - May 05, 2013 6:36:18 pm PDT #24270 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Am I going to hate it until the villain reveal?
DavidS - May 05, 2013 6:40:53 pm PDT #24271 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't think so, Liese.
What's your main concern?
Liese S. - May 05, 2013 6:49:33 pm PDT #24272 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The potential race issues, I guess?
Connie Neil - May 05, 2013 6:49:53 pm PDT #24273 of 30000
brillig
I'm hating having to resist the white font!
Matt the Bruins fan - May 05, 2013 6:57:56 pm PDT #24274 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh I have no clue. Mike's just who I think of in terms of premiere male stuntman of the current generation, so it seems a shame.
I did see Zoe Bell's name in the credits, so they definitely had top-notch talent working the stunts.
le nubian - May 05, 2013 7:03:14 pm PDT #24275 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Liese,
I understand your concern. I do not think your concern on that score is warranted.
§ ita § - May 05, 2013 7:05:49 pm PDT #24276 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese, remember that this movie got a lot of money (effectively) from foreign concerns. The thing you are worrying about would have totally obviated that. It's not even teased.
Consuela - May 05, 2013 7:17:28 pm PDT #24277 of 30000
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OK, so I saw it. That was Hella Fun.
And my take on one of the outstanding questions is that Pepper is stabilized, not depowered. It's (a) more interesting from a narrative perspective; (b) puts her on a more equal footing with Tony; and (c) means she's way less at risk in the future, since she's basically invulnerable.
And I loved the Mandarin reveal. That was some good trolling. Well played, indeed.
I do agree with someone's question upthread, which is that not ALL the Extremis soldiers should have been onboard with killing the President & Iron Man and all. They didn't join the program for unsavory reasons, after all. Also, the data that Tony found was on the NSA servers: that program was closely coordinated with the federal government. It's hard to believe nobody other than Tony ever saw the connection between Davis & Extremis.
§ ita § - May 05, 2013 8:07:47 pm PDT #24278 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why would we think that all of Extremis was on board? In fact, since he's created Mandarin to cover his oopsies, we know that most of the problem (the first guy and the Mann's Chinese guy at the very least) were not shown to be on anti-government. For all we know, there are a bunch more Peppers, and the only people that get let out to fight for him were the loyal ones, the ones he bribed with walking/playing ping pong again. All we were shown is that a number larger than zero but smaller than than the total fit that profile.