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The parallels between Musk and Stark seemed perfect on paper. Both are billionaire tech innovators with a flair for the dramatic and dreams of changing the world.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Elon wants to be Stark. He's actually Iron Monger. He wants to be Stark so fucking badly.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

From the article:

Back in 2016, Iron Man director Jon Favreau revealed that Musk had been a direct inspiration for their version of Tony Stark. Downey Jr even spent time with Musk to better understand what it would be like to walk in the shoes of a real-world tech mogul.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

At most, Elon Musk is Tony Stark with none of the redemption ark that Stark got. That's assuming he isn't just the purse string holder that he is.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

"This is what rich guys act like"

"Oh, except you'll be playing one who is actually quite intelligent"