When: Feb. 16th, 2024 2:57 AM EST Medium: Television, Streaming, or Optical Medium Show Name/Title: Iron Man 2 Season: – Episode: – Episode Name: – Series: Yes (Iron Man Series/Marvel Cinematic Universe) Prequel: Iron Man Sequel: Iron Man 3 Network: Marvel Studios/Disney Actors/Actresses: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, John Slattery as Howard Stark, Scarlett Johansson as Natalie Rushman/Agent Natasha Romanoff, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, and Paul Bettany as Jarvis First Aired or Released: Apr. 26th, 2010
This is an excerpt from Iron Man 2 that covers the full segment quoted in the first of four parts quoted from the movie.
Tony Stark: I’m not saying that from the ashes of captivity, never has a Phoenix metaphor been more personified! ….. It’s not about me. It’s not about you, either. It’s about legacy, the legacy left behind for future generations. It’s not about us!
Tony Stark: “And now, making a special guest appearance from the great beyond to tell you what it’s all about, please welcome my father, Howard.”
Howard Stark: “Everything is achievable through technology. Better living, robust health, and for the first time in human history, the possibility of world peace. So, from all of us here at Stark Industries, I would like to personally introduce you to the City of the Future. Technology holds infinite possibilities for mankind,and will one day rid society of all its ills. Soon, technology will affect the way you live your life every day. No more tedious work, leaving more time for leisure activities and enjoying the sweet life. The Stark Expo. Welcome.”
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The second of four parts from the movie excerpt:
Howard Stark: “Everything is achievable through technology; Better living, robust heath, [Tony is flicking through a notebook as the video plays] and for the first time in human history, the possibility of world peace. I’m Howard Stark, and everything you’ll need for the future can be found right here. City of the Future? City of Tomorrow? City of… I’m Howard Stark and everything you’ll need in the future can be found right here. So, from all of us”
Howard Stark: So, from all of us at Stark Industries, I’d like to personally show you my ass. I’d like to… I can’t… This is… I can’t… We have this, don’t we? This is a ridiculous way
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Everything is achievable through technology.
Howard Stark: Tony, you’re too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you.
Howard Stark: I built this for you. And someday you’ll realize that it represents a whole lot more than just people’s inventions. It represents my life’s work. This is the key to the future. I’m limited by the technology of my time, but one day you’ll figure this out. And when you do, you will change the world. What is and always will be my greatest creation…. is you.
Tony Stark: Look, that goes without saying, and I’m working on that. But I haven’t been entirely upfront with you, and I just want to try to make good. Can I move this? This is crazy. It’s like a Ferris wheel, going. I’m trying to get some…
Tony Stark: Do you know how short life is? And if I never got to express… And by the way, this is somewhat revelatory to me. And I don’t care… I mean, I care. It would be nice. I’m not expecting you to… Look, here’s what I’m trying to say. I’m just gonna say it.
Pepper Potts: Let me stop you right here, okay? Because if you say “I” one more time, I’m gonna actually hurl something at your head, I think. I am trying to run a company. Do you have any idea what that entails?
Pepper Potts: People are relying on you to be Iron Man and you’ve disappeared, and all I’m doing is putting out your fires and taking the heat of it. I am trying to do the job that you were meant to do. Did you bring me strawberries? Did you know that there’s only one thing on Earth that I’m allergic to?
Tony Stark: Allergic to strawberries. This is progress Pepper. I knew there was a correlation between you and this.
Tony Stark: I lost both the kids in the divorce. [Tony looks over to Happy, who shakes his head.] Are you blending in well here, Natalie? Here are Stark Enterprises? Your name is Natalie, isn’t it? I thought you two didn’t get along?
Tony Stark: Boy, you’re good. You are mind-blowingly duplicitous. How do you do it? You just tear things… You’re a triple imposter. I’ve never seen anything like you. Is there anything real about you? Do you even speak Latin?
Jarvis: Am I to include the Belgium waffle stands?
Tony Stark: That was rhetorical. Just show me. [Clicks his fingers and the model begins to spin and lifts upright] What does that look like to you Jarvis? Not unlike an atom. In which case the nucleus would be here. Highlight the unisphere. Lose the footpaths. Get rid of them.
There’s a lot here, and with good reason. It’s why it had to be broken up into four parts. It wouldn’t make sense as four posts simply linked together. The seamless continuation without the stopping of clicking, waiting to load etc, is important.
I never had a dad to look up to, to raise me, i was a product of a single, never married family home. It wasn’t your typical nuclear family that developed after WWII and into the cold war era. But now not being in a “nuclear” family isn’t so different.
What I did have was…
Drop your socks and grab your crocs, we’re about to get wet on this ride.
