I kind-of know what you mean, and I am sometimes astounded when I see someone actually work in a show or film. I loved the first Iron Man movie because it seemed to be all about engineering. The film was a great advertisement for how cool engineering can be, but, of course, Tony Stark was rich and genius-talented before he channeled his energy into his projects. His work wasn't all good stuff, either, but he faced up to that. At least he didn't sit around and cut coupons.
The second movie seems to be all about his personality, though, at least judging from the trailers. I've never read the comic.
On TV, I'll watch Burn Notice. The conceit of the show is that the main character is presenting step-by-step lessons on how to be a spy. Still ... not a lot of depth there, and who can say how accurate the information is. I don't want to find out, frankly. MacGyver was about as close to that as I wanted to get, or the Bourne series. Talk about competent at your job!
Leverage sounds like the old Mission Impossible. I've never watched Leverage, for some reason. Con men are just not my thing, I guess.
I'm sort of the person who looks beyond the job to see who a person really is. So many people I know are consumed by their jobs. It really disturbs me. Some jobs are interesting, though. Reality TV covers some of that. I'm always amazed at how chefs and designers manage to do the things they do under incredible pressures.
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The second movie seems to be all about his personality, though, at least judging from the trailers. I've never read the comic.
On TV, I'll watch Burn Notice. The conceit of the show is that the main character is presenting step-by-step lessons on how to be a spy. Still ... not a lot of depth there, and who can say how accurate the information is. I don't want to find out, frankly. MacGyver was about as close to that as I wanted to get, or the Bourne series. Talk about competent at your job!
Leverage sounds like the old Mission Impossible. I've never watched Leverage, for some reason. Con men are just not my thing, I guess.
I'm sort of the person who looks beyond the job to see who a person really is. So many people I know are consumed by their jobs. It really disturbs me. Some jobs are interesting, though. Reality TV covers some of that. I'm always amazed at how chefs and designers manage to do the things they do under incredible pressures.