Of those, it is estimated that maybe 25% of the views are by myself, as I return often to check my posts for grammar, and to respond to tags. However, it is to be noted that the view-counter was only added after some time. Therefore, the first few months were not recorded.
(Not that we had a lot of visitors back then, either.)
So, anyway, Iron Man.
Iron Man is certainly a unique superhero. He's like the Batman of the Marvel universe. Like Batman, he's this bloody rich guy who happens to have enough brains and time to make some really cool weapons. The difference is that Iron Man is practically invulnerable to bullets. Batman isn't.
Now, let's sidetrack a little and notice something about Batman. Batman is supposed to be like a ninja. Yes, his fighting skills are definitely there. He can take on seven or eight henchmen at once, and almost always win. He's got the ninja gadgets, like bat-shaped shurikens, bat-shaped grappling hooks, bat-shaped sunglasses... Yeah. But he there's just something about being a ninja that he distinctly lacks...
We've ever seen him. That means he can't really be a ninja.
So then. Back to the real man of steel. Or iron. Or rather, a gold-titanium alloy. How that works, and why gold would enhance titanium's durability so much is beyond me. Hmm.
Well let's have a look at Iron Man's gear. Power suit, virtually indestructable, allows him to fly, has built in Street Fighter-esque repulsor cannons on his palms, and also on his chest. This essentially makes him an awesome killing machine, without him having to hold any weapons.
And then there's his really awesome computerised targeting interface, which grants him something like 10x digital zoom, even when moving at supersonic speeds. Okay. That part was slightly unrealistic. When used in conjunction with his shoulder-mounted mini-missile launchers, he can take out an entire group of enemies without having to raise a finger. Literally.
In the movie, it seems that he controlled his suit by giving it verbal commands. I guess they needed it to be slightly more realistic than in the comics, where the suit was wired directly into his brain. This not only explained(with much suspension of disbelief) his ability to control the suit so well, but also provided an important plot device where a to-be War Machine temporarily donned Iron Man's suit during his alcoholic reprise.
Alcoholic reprise. I think I just invented a new term here.
Now, the only other superhero that has more imbalanced powers than Iron Man would be Superman. Super speed, invulnerability, X-ray vision, eyebeams, flight, strength... Enough strength to turn the world backwards on its rotation to turn back time itself. His only weakness is kryptonite, so if you just happen to have the glowing green crystal in your pocket, you're in luck.
Iron Man, on the other hand, doesn't have absolutely gay powers, but still manages to hold his own in fights against... Pretty much everyone other than Magneto.
Yeah, I still want to see that fight.
Because, you know, Magneto's powers aren't really magnetism. He can control non-magnetic metals, too.
So anyway, I feel another need to rant about something. But I'm tired and I have an amazingly irrelevant chemistry project to do.
And that's pretty much what my rant is about. Irrelevance and pointlessness. They've all really got something against proper, academic work. I'm talking about things like essay-writing, and memorising loads and loads of cellular processes and technical terms.
Their emphasis on... Not these things is just frustrating. I also find it wrong that Communications Skills is taking priority over the other modules for me. It's just wrong. I came here to do science, not learn how to propose to a future reproductive partner.
-Joe