I’ve said it for some years now, but it’s still a statement of truth: Iron Man can be kind of a putz. Yes, with the advent of Robert Downey Jr., he’s a much more approachable and charming putz, but he’s still pretty insufferable as a person and especially as a love interest. Sure, he’s worth millions, but he’s also a public target for lunatics with exploding weaponry who want to hurt him through the people he loves, and a notorious womanizer to boot. It’s a no-win situation for all involved. Of course, even money can’t explain the strange romantic magnetism of George Costanza, who gives hope to all fat, balding Jewish men everywhere (and bless him for it, by the way), which leads us into today’s pheromonic query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) thinks that there’s also the question of why girls flock to James “Wolverine” Howlett, whose poor hygiene is referenced in story and whose dozens of wives and girlfriends have all been ripped to pieces, asking: Who is the most inexplicable ladies’ man in all of pop culture?
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Pre “Torchwood: Children of Earth” Captain Jack Harkness. Although he’s less of a “ladies” man and more of a “If it moves and breathes” man.
Wolverine until he began to be played by Hugh Jackman.
James Bond is quite accomplished in that regard.
Second pre-Hugh Jackman Wolverine. Or comics Wolverine, for that matter.
That’s kind of what I meant. Wolverine became noticeably better looking once Hugh Jackman played him in the movies.
He also grew like 9-10″.