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5 min readIron Man doesn't deserve this.. | Asmongold TV
"Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave. With a bunch of scrap." Asmongold is furious, and he's not hiding it. The trigger is a new Marvel project featuring a female Iron Man successor, and he sees it as a fundamental disrespect to the character who "defined the MCU," rebuilt Robert Downey Jr.'s career after years of addiction, and "spawned 15 years and billions of dollars of enterprise." For Asmongold, this isn't just another bad movie — it's a betrayal of the audience that made Marvel what it is.
Who actually watches superhero movies
Asmongold's central argument is that superhero movies have a clear, stable audience: men. "Dudes watch superhero movies. That's who watches them." He describes a conversation at McDonald's with a fan who recognized him from his stream — a father excited to take his son to see Sonic 3 because he grew up playing the games. "All of these movies are millennial and like maybe younger Gen X guys that grew up with this content and now they have children and so now not only are the kids into it but the dad wants to take them to see the movie too."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:03) **The Core Complaint: Disrespecting Iron Man's Legacy** - Asmongold reacts to the idea that Tony Stark is only a billionaire, arguing this disrespects the character who built the MCU and sacrificed himself.
- 2 (01:14) **Why the New Direction Fails: The Real Audience** - Asmongold argues that superhero movies are made for men/boys, and the new "woke" direction ignores this core audience.
- 3 (03:47) **The One Piece Analogy: Know Your Audience** - Asmongold references the One Piece creator (Oda) as someone who ignored critics and catered to his real (male) audience.
- 4 (05:50) **Virtue Signaling Defenders Don't Even Consume the Content** - Asmongold calls out critics who defend "woke" content without having watched or played it themselves.
- 5 (06:54) **Men's Spaces and the Ruination of Male-Coded IP** - Asmongold argues that when women are allowed into male spaces, they ruin things; he agrees men have a right to male-only spaces.
- 6 (08:00) **The Black Panther Comparison: Why Replacing Icons Fails** - Asmongold contrasts the failed Ironheart introduction with the success of *Black Panther*, which was built on strong male characters.
- 7 (09:34) **The Inevitable Nostalgia Cash-In** - Asmongold predicts Marvel will eventually use a "force ghost" or hologram of Tony Stark to try to salvage the Ironheart series.
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