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Nexus of the World
Re: Invincible Iron Man by Ellis & Granov
Granov draws so beautifully.
I'm listening to these slow music tracks, these pensive, thoughtful, and serene pieces of music - and it fits his artistic style, and the story perfectly. I love this series.
As for the whole, "Super Duper Iron Man 3.0" - I too was apprehensive at first. Iron Man seems... omnipotent. But then I realise, all the interfacing with satellites and things? He could do that BEFORE, but it went into the Iron Man view screen inside the helmet, and he had to read it. Now, it's directly in his brain, so he can see it directly, thus making it faster for him to access the information.
So basically, when you realise that the Iron Man suit is just faster than it once was... you realise that's all Ellis had done. Made him faster. Which is what he said he was doing.
Ellis just does it in a way that I think is meant to be deliberately unsettling. After all, this Extremis has only worked once before and it created a monster.
Also, the mythic structure of the story is very adept.
In all myth, the hero goes through the "rite of passage", but truly exemplary myths understand there is no greater rite, than that of delving into the underworld, into death. Should the hero return, he is granted the elixir of life, or immortality.
Iron Man descends into death, into a cacoon, where he meets old people, his past life - it is very much death - and then awakens with his wishes granted and virtual ominpotence.
It also demonstrates the weapon of the mythic hero - he uses the weapon of the villain against the hero, a contradiction. Myths generally attempt to reinforce and exemplify the contradictions of certain truths.
Also, Extremis, it's worth noting, stole the "elixir" and has become a monster, a very archetypal image.
And Iron Man has an inner conflict, a desire for meaning, greatness, and the future - but also, it seems, of redemption. What that redemption is, would seem to be relating to the weapons of war he manufactured. This is similar to Gilgamesh's fear of death, Heracles shame of murdering his family, and no doubt, many other mythic heroes.
Yeah, I like Iron Man.
Granov draws so beautifully.
I'm listening to these slow music tracks, these pensive, thoughtful, and serene pieces of music - and it fits his artistic style, and the story perfectly. I love this series.
As for the whole, "Super Duper Iron Man 3.0" - I too was apprehensive at first. Iron Man seems... omnipotent. But then I realise, all the interfacing with satellites and things? He could do that BEFORE, but it went into the Iron Man view screen inside the helmet, and he had to read it. Now, it's directly in his brain, so he can see it directly, thus making it faster for him to access the information.
So basically, when you realise that the Iron Man suit is just faster than it once was... you realise that's all Ellis had done. Made him faster. Which is what he said he was doing.
Ellis just does it in a way that I think is meant to be deliberately unsettling. After all, this Extremis has only worked once before and it created a monster.
Also, the mythic structure of the story is very adept.
In all myth, the hero goes through the "rite of passage", but truly exemplary myths understand there is no greater rite, than that of delving into the underworld, into death. Should the hero return, he is granted the elixir of life, or immortality.
Iron Man descends into death, into a cacoon, where he meets old people, his past life - it is very much death - and then awakens with his wishes granted and virtual ominpotence.
It also demonstrates the weapon of the mythic hero - he uses the weapon of the villain against the hero, a contradiction. Myths generally attempt to reinforce and exemplify the contradictions of certain truths.
Also, Extremis, it's worth noting, stole the "elixir" and has become a monster, a very archetypal image.
And Iron Man has an inner conflict, a desire for meaning, greatness, and the future - but also, it seems, of redemption. What that redemption is, would seem to be relating to the weapons of war he manufactured. This is similar to Gilgamesh's fear of death, Heracles shame of murdering his family, and no doubt, many other mythic heroes.
Yeah, I like Iron Man.
