QUOTE: Al - ironically enough, I do believe Sabbath wrote that song about Marvel Comics very own Iron Man.

You might want to read the lyrics.

QUOTE: Soooo... in other words, the press is not going to be inspired by that song to name Tony Stark in the movie "Iron Man"

Well, such context hasn't stopped them from utilizing all of the "(fill in the blank)-gate" monikers, when "Watergate" was called "Watergate" because that was the name of the hotel, not because it was a scandal regarding water.  Likewise, the press frequently refers to "paranormal investigators" as "ghostbusters."  I don't think that, when doing so, the press thinks the subjects are running around with proton packs trapping free roaming vapors...real nasty ones, too.

The average person, like - it would appear - many of us here, are aware of the song, may have heard the song many times, but what seems to stick with most is the guitar hook and the "I am Iron Man" opening.  It's an easily digestible, familiar reference.

Heck...if anything, their not understanding the context of using a reference like that makes me believe in the press giving him the name "Iron Man" even more.  (Even Tony, upon seeing the headline comments to the effect, "It's not really iron, you know.")

Soooo... in other words, the press is not going to be inspired by that song to name Tony Stark in the movie "Iron Man" 

Well...like many popular rock songs (especially of the heavy variety) I don't think the actual lyrics are all that well-known amongst the general audience. Most know the title and the intro along with the familar guitar riff. So I can see the press getting the name from that song. (Kind of like how event organizers love using "Born in the USA" at any type of patriotic or America-themed event...despite what the lyrics actually denote).

Well, such context hasn't stopped them from utilizing all of the "(fill in the blank)-gate" monikers, when "Watergate" was called "Watergate" because that was the name of the hotel, not because it was a scandal regarding water.

My favorite was when the Clinton/Lewinski scandal was briefly dubbed "tailgate" by some pundits.

I could easily believe that the press would use Iron Man rather than any other moniker. They don't really care that their short hand names for things are 100% accurate and they do like to use slang that is already known.

Now the question I guess should be, in a world without the Iron Man comic, would the term 'Iron Man' be as popular as it is in this real world (As in the previous mentioned examples). If it would be, and I could see that it would as it is usually used with regard to being a someone at the top of thier game (See the programme Iron Chef - there it is used to denote a chef at the top of his game) then I see no problem that the press would use it rather than somehting like Gold Man.

However, it is a shame that the press name him and not Tony Stark, especially as Tony is shown to have a sense of humour (See the Jerecho missile)