http://www.metafilter.com/tags/impotentomnipotence Posts tagged with 'impotentomnipotence' at MetaFilter. Fri, 16 May 2008 12:53:31 -0800 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:53:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71720/even%2Dafter%2Dfive%2Dagonizing%2Dyears%2Dof%2Dthe%2DIraq%2DWar%2Da%2Dsummer%2Dblockbuster%2Disnt%2Dprepared%2Dto%2Dsay%2Dthat%2Dnot%2Donly%2Dis%2Dits%2Daction%2Dhero%2Dis%2Dcorrupt%2Dhes%2Dcorrupt%2Dbecause%2DAmerica%2Dhas%2Dbecome%2Dcorrupt <a href="http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=iron_man_vs_the_imperialists"><i>Iron Man, who represents an imperial America, can only win Pyrrhic victories.</i></a> Spencer Ackerman of Tapped Online has a nice history of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man"><i>Iron Man</i> comics</a> that reads the <a href="http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/i/ironman.htm">character</a>'s <a href="http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/117627465123472.htm">alcoholism</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58472/ComicsFilter-Civil-War-Is-Over-If-You-Want-It">Civil-War overzealousness</a>, and <a href="http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/04/30/10-must-read-stories-before-you-watch-iron-man-in-theaters/">persistent blundering</a> "into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Machine#Fictional_character_biography">hell</a> of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59246/Capt-Americas-Command-Termintated-with-Extreme-Prejudice">unintended consequences</a>" as a symbol and subtle critique of American exceptionalism and what <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/schell">Jonathan Schell</a> among others has called <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/schell/4">"impotent</a> <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/schell/5">omnipotence"</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71720 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:53:31 -0800 Afghanistan americanexceptionalism comics impotentomnipotence Iraq ironman jonathanschell marvel politics robertdowneyjr spencerackerman tonystark Vietnam war gerryblog