What's in an Acronym?
By Tom Shoop | Monday, May 05, 2008 | 02:03 PM
By Tom Shoop | Monday, May 05, 2008 | 02:03 PM
A lot, in the comic book and feature film universe. In the new movie Iron Man, the titular character, Tony Stark, is contacted by a representative of a shadowy government organization that has great interest in his newfound capabilities to take down baddies. It's name? The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, in previous incarnations of Iron Man in the world of comics, the organization was known as Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division and, later, Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage Logistics Directorate.
The varying names highlight the shift in national attention away from Communist cold warriors to the terrorists of the new millennium. But they all add up to the same apt acronym: SHIELD.
Comments
The stuff he's selling is a bit more high-tech than transistors this time around, but the idea is pretty much the same. As movies based on comics go, it's actually pretty good.
Tom Shoop | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | 11:00 AMI seem to remember reading the original comics as a child. The origin of Anthony Starck's wealth was established by selling great inventions (Transistors, at trhe time) to the Government. These inventions were used to faciliatate the American war fighting machine.
I am curious to see if the modern version is true to the original.
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