in way, feels like these movies always took place in the trump era? at the time i thought the early installments of iron man (et al) created a distinctly exaggerated alternate america—the tech shinier and more advanced, the people brasher, the events more absurd and chaotic. but in retrospect that vision resembles the past few years. this scene with jim cramer, for example, felt like a clear parody of cable news personality theatrics at the time, but now it feels toned down compared to alex jones and so on. but im guessing all that's been mentioned already.