Yeah the details on paper were the same, arrogant billionaire playboy with daddy issues and alcohol issues and commitment issues, etc But the *personality* was absolutely new "Tony Snark"
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I mean from my POV it's kind of obvious that their actual most popular character, Spider-Man, was still languishing under Sony's control So they just said "Let's do a movie where Peter Parker is Iron Man instead"
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Which for a Marvel fan at the time sounds like a hilariously bad idea BUT IT WORKED It worked so well Somehow all this snarky bitchy angsty scrappy teenager energy transplanted into a middle-aged billionaire struck a deep chord with America
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To the point where they took it full circle, when they got the Spider-Man rights back and could have an actual Peter Parker in the movies he's just Iron-Lad He's defined by worshiping Tony and being in his shadow
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yep. RDJ’s Tony Stark has almost nothing to do with the morose, self-serious character he was pre-MCU.
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Thesis: RDJ’s Stark is only possible because of Bale’s Wayne.
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And Thor possibly even more so.
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You're dead on there. I'd also credit them with somehow making Cap a relatable human being, which I wasn't sure could be done in live action.
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Part of that credit goes to Chris Evans too. He sold the shit out of that role.
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