I haven't see it yet but I can't see that being a problem, it's way more acceptable here than it was with say, Bane.

Also the predominately Gold armor was a poor design choice.

>>36930
>the predominately Gold armor was a poor design choice
I think it was to make the armor more recognizable. There's a point where you see multiple armors and it's somewhat important to know it's this one.

Good gosh Gweneth Paltrow looked fit in that sports bra.

Related an an Avengers way I am pretty satisfied with this Ant Man design.

So...was it better than Iron Man 2?

>>36946
I'd say IM1>IM3>IM2.

>>36946
I'd say yes. But not as good as 1.

>>36944
I'd switch the black for Blue since Black looks kinda icky as a texture in HD.

>>36948
Keep wondering if that was Partly because it operated largely as a single entity but now we've gotten to the point were this is a shared comic universe and its only getting bigger. Its a very Impressive feat to try and make a whole Cinematic Universe akin to what DC had/has? with the Animated Universe.

>>36946
Kid A = OK Computer > In Rainbows > The Bends > IM1 >>>>>>>>> IM3 > IM2

Sorry Iron Man 3, some fun times and all, but I can't give you more than a 6 out of 10, I'm afraid. And this largely ignoring comparisons to the comic.

Iron Man 1 > Iron Man 2 > Iron Man 3 in my opinion.

>>36929
i still smirk every time i think of tony using the RC armour to back him up in that argument

It was okay, better then two.
AND THAT MAG LIED!
Also where was >>36944 ?
I missed it.

>>36929
Yeah, that bit was a pretty rough slap in the face.
Over all, I have to say that it didn't quite follow the thematics of the first two films. Good follow up to Avengers, I will give it that, but it didn't have the clean bleeding edge tech feel of the previous movies.
And that was what I associated Iron Man with. Felt a little more like a Hulk movie starring Tony Stark.

>/tv/ reviews Iron Man 3

>>37001
3/10

Trying too hard.

By the way, I'm glad for Iron Man who just got his own theme, but...
>no AC/DC
>no Black Sabbath
Come on, now...

>>37001
...Nah.
/tv/ is all sci fi geeks and hollywood nerds.
Film buffs are a whole 'nother thing.

>>36998
I actually really enjoyed that twist. And in the end, we still have an antagonist who felt closer to a comic book supervillain than the big bads in 1 and 2: Exceptionally intelligent, skilled fighter, weird-ass powers that result from advanced technology, a twisting and nefarious plot for world conquest. Though I didn't really get how he started down the path of that last one...

>>37017
Was it even about world domination? Looked just like warmongering business for me.

The Avengers-Iron-man Vs Nuke scene

So if Pepper had picked up the phone during the rocket ride scene, what do you think Stark would have said to her?

>>37018
Speaking of which, where the Ten Rings also part of Killian's plan or was the part about Madarin being associated with them just another story?

>>37019
Red Dawn

Honestly, movie Mandarin is my second favorit take on it after Gene Khan.
Mostly for being a smart and "fun" twist.
And it is better then say a green satam cartoon villain that yells and points alot or a naked asian chick possessed by a super ghost that get beaten by Tony making her belive in herself or something stupid like that.
Plus I can see "plot gaps" where they can slot in a more classic take.
Maybe the Makluan will show up in Guardians of the Galaxy, who knows.

Also no one said that AIM was shut down, right?
Working on Project M.O.D.O.K. I bet.

I loved Iron Man-Lethal Weapon-James Bond-Jackie Chan.

'Twas fun.

I know mine wasn't the most elegant of performances, but at least I was more useful than the face of the last movie, the Mark V, right guys?

I was pretty cool, right?

>>37027
Better than the suitcase suit, at any rate.

One of the things that ground my gears was that the president didn't face ANYTHING for his dirty business with Roxxon. He didn't step down, apologize, get taken down or punished in any way.
Then again, I always thought about that as something that should happen in a Captain America movie.

>>37025
I got the impression all the remarks about the "big brain" from the holoprojection scene were their way of "including" or homaging M.O.D.O.K..

>>37020
Thinking about it after the movie, I assumed the whole Ten Rings thing ended up as part of A.I.M.'s master plan. What's worse, just a bluff apparently. Specially with Killian's "IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!" line.
Seriously disappointing for me, having the first movie in mind.

>>37029
...Really?

>>37020
I'm very seriously hoping it was set dressing that they ganked to make everything credible.

Just some of the many problems with Iron Man 3:

http://www.slashfilm.com/5-things-that-bothered-me-about-iron-man-3/

>>37035
Alright lets counter point this fuck!
*cracks fingers piano style*
1) Good point! Igor/Hulkbuster should have been bust out of that.
But I guess fucking rubble blocks the signal or more likely they did not want to tip their hand to early, even if they put it in the trailer.
2) Man, I am trying my hardest not to point out how you sound like my mom.
She has a MASSIVE hateboner for that shit.
I dont mind. Just look around yourselfs, tons for products, thats just our world.
Thats why I dont like it when movie set in "our world" dont lets say uses a real video game and instead fake one with cgi. I takes me out, do to nerdness.
3) Again good point, is that not what the fucking visor is for?
4) WAR ECONOMY!
And you get alot of money when you sell both sides and the more powerfull one being okay with that do togiving his dauther a new leg, loved that shot.
But then like alot off super villains he lost his shit when thing did not go as planed.
5) Because pepole got mad at the Hobbit for being to long so they cut out ALOT of stuff may?(fells like that to me)
Stuff that would fix some of your issues.
But no, cant have a 3 hour plus movie now can we?
Hope they make LotR style extra all version.
But that is no excuses for that ending.
No more Burning Pepper? Fuck that, we need more female hero in this, hell we need more female MAIN villains but no, bang, gone, moving on. BAH.
And if the rumors are true, then I am calling that Tony will be the Agent Coulson of Avangers 2.

More a general Marvel note than Iron Man Specific but DC continues to make films that run away from their comic book roots those making Marvel films seem to really like their connections.

>>37047
I'm not getting the connection, but given IM3's twist, Marvel will drop comic book ties too for believability.

>>37047
Are you implying pregnant Gwen?
That would be incredibly, incredibly, INCREDIBLY stupid to use.

...I wouldn't doubt.

>>37052
Dead Gwen, actually.

>>37047

Colors and Location

>>37054
Oh... OH.
sucks to be you, Gwen. Could be even worse though

And now EVERYONE will say their piece.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/7215-Iron-Man-3
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/7231-The-Big-Spoiler-Iron-Man-3
http://thecinemasnob.com/2013/05/03/midnight-screening-iron-man-3.aspx
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/lag/comic/39165-comic-book-issues-iron-man-3-vlog
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2013/05/06/iron-man-3/
And if you think Spoonys nitpicks were bad I know a swedish podcast where a guy bitch about the A.I.M research videos being edited.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/22/isaac-perlmutter-packing-heat-pushing-disney/

Interesting times at The Mouse and Marvel

HULK AM SORRY HE NOT SO GOOD AT LISTENING.

I liked it. Tony is the best asshole with a heart of gold ever.

Harley was adorable, more Rhodey and Pepper is always a good thing...I'unno about the whole Mandarin thing Is it even possible to have integrated him how he was in the comics? Did he even have the rings at all?, but it was pretty interesting regardless.

I also really liked seeing Yensin again. I was really fond of him in the first film.

>>37037
I actually didn't figure out what was up with the president, since when I saw the President's daughter my first thought was that he was going to assassinate the president by making his daughter into a bomb, though since that didn't happen I'll go with what you said. What I'm wondering is how they got the vice president.

And hopefully Pepper will turn out to have some residual powers, just without the high risk of spontaneously exploding.

>>37091
>What I'm wondering is how they got the vice president.

That girl was his daughter/granddaughter/etc. He was working for them because if they got extremis working properly, it could grow her leg back.

Marvel Studios are being cheap bastards again:

>The issue going forward is how many of the Avengers stars and starlets are still bound by early agreements and longterm options which Marvel can continue to exploit individually. To counter, I’ve learned the Avengers cast are becoming united behind Robert Downey Jr who is seen as the “leader” – like “a big brother” in the words of one rep - for all the younger actors in the ensemble. “He’s the only guy with real power in this situation. and balls of steel, too. He’s already sent a message that he’s not going to work for a place where they treat his colleagues like shit,” one source explains.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/robert-downey-jr-avengers-marvel-negotiations-fight/

RDJ truly is Iron Man.

>>37093
Marvel has had this problem since the beginning as shown with Terrance Howard in their relationship with their cast is utter shit when it comes to contract negotiations especially since they got someone that is really tightfisted in charge from the way some other articles have read. Any of the actors go for taking a portion of the box office or such?

I am not trying to defend Marvel or say that the actors dont' deserve more, but... I find it mind-boggling that a 500K raise is considered a ghastly, ridiculously low, almost insulting proposal.

>>37095
Think of the money the studio will actually make and then figure out what the percentage of that is being offered. Then consider other job offers and the time it takes to make a movie.

>>37096
Yea it made just over 600 Million in the US and around 888 Million in the Foreign Market and that is not even counting Media Sales. so yea considering what goes into their roles 500k is a bit of a short change for a movie that grossed about 1.5 Billion. I do like that RDJ is leading the charge to get them their fair shake in this.

I mean even after Film budgeting that would leave around a billion dollars after Marketing I think, I forget if marketing is averaged as twice or half the cost of production.

>>37094
As much as I love Don Cheadle, seeing Rhodey do cool shit, especially as Iron Patriot, makes me feel sorry for Terrance Howard.

>>37101
Yea finding out you've been fired Not by Marvel NOT by your Agent BUT by an article in the Variety trades is really shit.

>>37054
I told my sister about that story. Poor girl was almost crying.
And she loved Amazing Spider Man so uh.
Huh.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sibling-rivalry/39176-sibling-rivalry-iron-man-3
hhttp://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/39162-bum-reviews-iron-man-3

>>37103
thing is how will it be played since its always been kinda a "who shot first" kinda mythos to the event.

Will this show be able to run on Agent Coulson?

>>37116
Probably not, but the cult of personality around Joss Whedon nowadays will guarantee it at least two seasons.

>>37117
Yea the cast behind him, great job Joss going outside your wheelhouse and making people that look just like everything else you do.

>>37116
Hey, there is no asian man in that group aka no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Woo
But thats okay as long it has some of more goofy superhero stuff.
Like A.I.M agents dresses as keeper of radioctive bees.
Now thats an episode, living lazer bees my gods.

So glad this shitty rendition of rendition of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" wasn't used:

IRON MAN III "CONCEPT TITLES: …

welp that movies tone seems to be going all over the place

>>37138
Tell me about it.

From the artbook by the way.

Talking with some friends after watching the movie for a second time, somebody mentioned that the final fight with Killian was pretty similar to the final fight with Sen. Armstrong in Metal Gear Rising.

If anything that makes it even more awesome.

It really does feel like watching a comic book.

>>37211
Yeah I was thinking that too.
Guess thats another thing some with hate on this movie for.
But not me!
"normal dude" with awesome super power > no powers allowed
Also humans having a "free slot" in the brain for power, I see we are getting the casuals soften up for the Celestials~
Oh boy oh boy~

>>37219
And if you dont know who/what I am talking about this pic will sum it up.

>>37219
...You're excited for that?! Seriously?!

>>37222
What can I say, I like my comic ludicrous.
I still get a bit mad when I hear dude say "Ironman can't fight a magic user in his own movie".
Fuck that noise, give me a guy with magic space rings wearing magic powerarmor and has a pet spave dragon that wear pants and you get all my money!
All 300 kr of them!
I also love that he put his name on the chopper.

>>37222
If the mere thought of seeing those gigantic space gods in all their kirby-esque glory in a live action movie doesn't at least push a button on your inner geek, then I don't know what are you doing posting here.

>>37228
On the other hand, there is ludicrous, and there is plain out shitty. And the Mandarin kinda sucks, no way around it. It's telling that the guy is one of the big arch-enemies in the Marvel universe, and yet they barely ever use him.

>>37229
Sorry, it doesn't. Galactus? Alright. Celestials, on top of being plot-armored massive douches being behind all evolution and shit... just no, man. Too much information.

I could roll with the Guardians of the Galaxy center of operations on a dead Celestial head, but that's it.

>>37231
It's not that he's shitty, they just think he's dated and wouldn't work so well after the end of the Cold War. I haven't read the last times he showed up, there was that annual about his new-retconned history and something about an alternate future, but damn it turned me off from the comics more than anything... but I still think a good writer can make him work. Specially if they can make Iron Man work to begin with.

Kinda sad now we won't get an awesome epic fight between him and Iron Man in the movies because instead we got... whatever that was.

>>37239
Hell, I really enjoyed what Fraction did with him.
I might be in the minority with that though.

I will say, that annual was garbage. The rest of that story arc was great.

>>37239
> Too much information.

They are space gods who created life on earth. How is that too much info?

Honestly as someone who loved Iron Man before the movies (started with backissues of O'Niel's run and the 90s cartoon when I was a kid) I was so excited when I heard about the Ten Rings in 1. I knew what it was building up to.

I like the Mandarin. I think it goods hands he's as good as Dr. Doom or Magneto or the Red Skull. Hell Tony's villains were kind of cool in ArmoreAdventures (I wish the comics used that Whiplash and Blizzard). The yellow menace charge kind of falls flat when Mandarin hasn't been a stereotype in decades. Thats like saying Red Skull is offensive for being a Nazi when he ditched the uniform for a suit and tie in the 80s.

>>37244
Yeah that Blizzard had a great design even if his head was based on a frige.
No wait that make it better.
Its sad what Hammer did to him...
Also was his "real" name used for a hengeman in 3 or not?

>>37245
Actually most of AA's designs are better than their current ones. Except for scrawny dirty Ghost, when I think about it. I loved Blizzard basically using Mr. Freeze's backstory to fuck with Tony. I did hate their version of the Melter though. Especially when the movie game had a cool design.

I know Firepower was in the movie. I think Stane was really the only great villain of the trilogy. Jeff Bridges was fantastic. Kind of wish they stuffed a chessboard in his office as a nice little nod but I was happy with what we got. Vanko wasn't really played up as much as he should have been, Hammer was a joke. As for 3, I don't think the Mandarin was needed since they pulled a Bane with him. Killian really wasn't that great either, considering his motivation.

Oh well. I have to say, ten years ago I'd never believe they'd make an Iron Man movie, let alone that it would launch a universe. It's had its ups and downs and as a fan of the Avengers in general, I'm happy. Plus the movie was at least ok, could have better, but its not the worst thing to happen to the character. That honor would have to go to The Crossing.

So favorite armor?

<My favorite. The artbook stated Thumper was supposed to represent Tony's hard as nails, craftsman side.

>>37247
>Hammer was a joke.
It's not just that he was a joke, it was a joke they repeated over and over, as if they were afraid someone wouldn't get it. That's a fair analogy for the whole movie, actually.

>>37242
See, when you say "Cosmic Entities" or "Space Gods", one can tell they're big shit. You know there's stuff out there beyond human understanding.

When you say "Space Gods who created mankind, also the only reason why there are mutants is why they programmed it to happen", that kinda kills the mystery a bit, messes up the concept of genetic mutation and also removes the chances that things "just happened". Might be a pet peeve of mine, because I simply don't like the concept. Kinda like with Thor, the whole movie could have gone without the "lol our magic is just SCIENCE! way beyond your understanding" and it wouldn't lose anything.

Well damn it's Prometheus all over again.

>>37251

The Mutants should have had their own universe to begin with, lumping them in with Marvel's other superheroes and space gods has marred the whole message of the X stories for decades.

Just saying. First Class did it right.

>>37304
Yea they are the only one that shouldn't be brought into the cinematic fold if they get the rights back. I mean they treat them like separate entities anyway in the comics why not just keep it that way in the movies.

I agree with keeping the X-Men separate too, but for a different reason.

Their cast is so large already. Crossovers work better with characters who have small casts in their universe.

>>37231
I wasn't aware Mandarin purists were even a thing before Iron Man 3.

>>37309
Every character, no matter how lame they are, has a few fans at least. I likehim. The white washing didn't bother me as much. I was happy Mandarin was in. Then that twist came and I wonder why they even bothered adding him

>>37315
Probably so they could actually surprise comic book fans. I read an interview with the writer where he said that, as he sees it, "The Mandarin" is a mantle passed down to various terrorist leaders over many generations, and that, in this case, AIM co-opted the name for their own purposes. So the "real" Mandarin could show up later in the series without conflicting with what had already been shown, he said.

Was the bombing of the Chinese theatre intentional (as in they gave the Extremis soldier a bum dose) or accidental like what some of the Mandarin bombings were?

>>37320
So in essence, they didn't think a damn thing through then.

>>37323
I....fail to see your logic.

The Mandarin is one of the most offensive characters in Marvel just by existing. He represents fear of the "yellow peril" and exoticism of Asian culture.

We're just so damned used to it that it doesn't offend us.

>>37330
Well, not really. He had a bunch of contemporary Cold War villains from Russia which held pretty well later on, too. If Marvel wasted a decent enough concept and specifically avoided keeping a chinese villain around just because he's from China, couldn't that be wrong, too?

Also not sure, but wasn't he a bit reimagined as an unscrupulous business billionaire in the regular comics too?

>>37334
It's not that he's from China, it's that he's basically Fu Manchu, and the Fu Manchu character is more or less the asian equivalent of blackface.

>>37337
Fu Manchu style villains are actually worse than blackface; Blackface mocks and parodies African Americans, sure... but Yellow Peril outright states that CHINAMEN ARE COMING TO STEAL YOUR WOMENFOLK AND ADDICT THEM TO VILEST OPIUM, TO TURN THEM INTO PROSTITUTES.

>>37337
>>37338
Just saying, Marvel has an ACTUAL Fu Manchu, but at least he and Mandarin have no ties to the chinese government or opium anymore, as far as I know. One could say Luke Cage has always been a serious case of blackface one way or another, Dr Voodoo and etc... a lot of the good comic book characters are just stereotypes taken to the extreme.

(...To clarify, not that I think Luke Cage or Dr Voodoo, or necessarily Mandarin and Fu Manchu are among the great characters. Best Luke Cage stories I've read were in Wizard's Toyfare anyway.)

>>37334
There's also the fact that apparently the Chinese government is backing these films, so it wouldn't be wise to portray a villain whose major schtick is "evil Chinese guy whose name and backstory places a great deal of emphasis on the fact that he's Chinese".

>>37248
I do have a soft spot for movie Titanium-man but thats mostly my love for green.
But for the ones in 3 its has to be the frontman number 42, it may look shit but it did do tons of cool stuff.
And the worst I can say about IM:AA'svillains is that alot of them is forgettable.
So forgettable in fact that a have forgotten them.
Like how most guardian statues were supposed to be guy.
Other then that its the Living Lasers crappy being a dude with crappy special effects and Crimson Dynamo having a boat door for face.
But they had good storys so whatever.

>>37334
Yeah he's ditched the robes for the most part for a sharp suit. Same thing with Red Skull.
>>37356
My brother of African American heritage.

I loved that Titanium Man suit. It's blocky as all hell, which is a nice contrast to Tony's sleek armor. I loved the Crimson Dynamo armor from the other game too.

Melter and Firebrand were guardians if I remember. I would have loved to have seen actual villains though.

My friend saw the movie and loved the Gemini space armor. It looks way better than the space armor Tony is using in the comics right now. I agree.

>>37374
Yeah I so want that toy of him.
Most of the design suit from the games were good as far as have seen.
Guess that the best you can say about the game, trollolol~
Also AA Rescue > Comic Rescue.
Its the purple instead of samey red, jagged chest instead of weird orbs and not having a "sad bug" face.

And the guardian that got shafted the harded was the Gray Gargoyle.
"Watch out Tonys dad, this guy is a badass that can turn you to stone with one WHAT THE?!"
>Dr. DOOM was here
>Gene is a loser
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF-"
Ahahahahaha~ Good times.

>Yeah he's ditched the robes for the most part for a sharp suit
I still hope we get a Mandarin 2 with the magic rings from space and fuck all other thing about him...
Because they have already done the other stuff sort off...
*sigh*
Aw well.

There's some really beautiful concept art online for the Iron Man movies, but I was looking through one artist's work in particular, and Black Widow looks very "oh no!" and non-action-girl in every painting.

Are...are we thinking of the same character?

>>37481
Post a piece ot two to see what the hell are you talking about.

>>37482
I'm trying to refind it, but it's by Phil Saunders.

Nick Fury and Tony are posing like badasses in the front, while Natasha looks almost worried and dainty in comparison. It just kinda pissed me off.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/robert-downey-jr-avengers-2_n_3473765.html

>though you will never never see RDJ scream out "HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST - PROTON CANNON!"

>>37794
> "HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST - PROTON CANNON!"

But War Machine says that in the games, not Ironman.

Also, I can't beleive people were seriously thinking that RDJ wouldn't be hired again, or worse, that he didn't want to repeat being Tony. The guy obviously was bluffing to squeeze more $$$ out of Marvel Studios.

>>37886
I know that, but havin RDJ do it is just cooler.

>>37894
Are...you implying RDJ is cooler than Don Cheadle?

>>37895
Well, fuck, now I'm picturing Andre 3000 as War Machine.

>>37895
IMO Don Cheadle didn't do a very good job as War Machine. He seemed to have forgotten he's not still in Hotel Rwanda. He was a little better in IM3 though.

Speaking of Marvel movies I'm surprised there isn't a thread about Guardians of the Galaxy yet, there's been some stuff released on it.

>>38561
Once the teaser is officially released (instead of shit quality footage taken from a mobile phone) you will see a thread around here, you can count on that.

>>38561
>>38586
We talked a bit about it at the Marvel general on +/co/, there's also a "Marvel movies general" here somewhere. As much as I loved GotG in the comics, I just don't see it being too popular before we see the actual movie.

I think that the problem wasn't that it wasn't THE Mandarin, it's that what was a replacement wasn't able to top Ben Kingsley as a terrorist in robes and scary videos.

Iron Man movies have always been about how Tony Stark makes his demons. His alcohol, his narcissism, his snobbery, all make the Iron Monger and Whiplash and the Extremis guy, but the blow wasn't so great because it wasn't a character we'd seen be scraped through the mud constantly. We didn't get to build with shit getting pulled, we don't see Tony Stark's attempts to fix things just lead him to miss initially minor bits build into... this. This could be scary if we knew who he was. This could top Ben Kingsley if we had the time to sit down and sort out things. But one movie, and a 'I planned all this now fight ME' is not enough to top Ben Kingsley.

Have I pointed out enough that they're fighting the appeal of Ben Kingsley villainy? It's a great idea, a big hook then misdirect to a much more personal story of a betrayal you don't feel coming because it's a misdirect with Mandarin.

And shit if you really want the HE BECOMES THE MANDARIN, have him playing a bluff and feeding on that discontent, so our Mandarin is this street performer dude but he is much more powerful than he lets on. He's not braggy or boisterous or a modern twist, he's just objectively smarter and fucking with everyone very matter of factly. And maybe he does like living in a mansion in Florida with hookers because what kid from Croydon wouldn't? He's Coyote from Gunnerkrigg, he's much more powerful than he likes to act, and he's not going to need yellow peril to do it.

>>38801
Forgot the pic.

>>38801

I kind of like that idea, and it would have made the ending better if they went for a double fake out with Killian eventually realizing that, at some point, The Mandarin began controlling him and not the other way around. Like you think he's just this goofy mother fucker, and not an actual threat to anyone, and they go after Killian, who still believes he's the one in charge, only to find that his men are not his men. That the Ten Rings truly belong to The Mandarin, a farce turned force, and in the end all the blame will fall squatrely on Killian while the Mandarin, drunk on the power being the Madarin grants him, exerts direct control over the terrorist organization.

That might have been more entertaining.

Uhm, wouldn't Kingsley's character still be in prision for a long, long time? He still helped terrorists and benefited from them, even if it wasn't entirely by his own accord.

>>38803
I don't mean like a fake out in THIS movie. More playing just a 'yeah I'll play the fool for now, prison's fine, I'll get acquitted with the mento-rings, and lockbox the rest for later'. He's not about dramatics, he's about surviving and playing with everyone with a power he's clearly not using the whole force of.

The Trevor Slattery persona is real, it's just how he defuses people about the power he holds. The misdirect of the clearly trumped up Mandarin actions. He can be forboding and monstrous, he just doesn't like to because it's much easier playing the fool and pulling the strings, and if worse comes to shove and he's found out... well he's still got a good nine rings to fuck around with.

He likes attention and a stage presence. He's the Mandarin redesigned as Penn and Teller mixed with Nick Frost and Orpheus from Venture Bros., he's just better than people and has way more power than he's going to let on, but is more about the attention and the game than any sort of world conquest motif.

I'm having a hard time describing him, he's got power but he's not a villain that takes in how EVIL he is because of it, he just sort of flounders about and does what he wants because he's clearly on a higher level than people take him for.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/leon-thomas/renegade-cut/40783-renegade-cut-iron-man-and-post-911-america
To bad he missed some importent plot point.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/10/marvel_movies_rethinking_the_mandarin.php
Okay.
Hope that they take ideas from Armored Adventures like I said.
Lee Byung-hun could play him.

Finally saw it. Goddamn that was Spider-Man 3 levels of "I want my time back."

The movie was funny and had a lot of heart but that's where my interest stopped. It was chock full of bad decisions from left to right, top to bottom, nothing made any sense and they didn't even pretend that Tony was going to lose at any point.

Airing of butthurt grievances are as follows:
1) No Infinity Gauntlet/ring things? Fuck off. Come on, I was super psyched for some hokey science magic bullshit, and then they get grabbed by Thanos or something because it was all part of his plan in the after credits. Come ON.
2) Where was Shield Where was Shield Where was Shield Where was Shield WHERE WAS SHIELD THEY TOOK AIR FORCE ONE WHERE WAS SHIELD
3) Good call on the terrorism being a boogeyman, bad call on the vets being ticking time bombs (nice stereotyping there, so wait, they were just participating in an experiment but were willing to fight Iron Man to death in the climax because why exactly? A handsome scientist told them to?)
4) Oh holy shit you gave Pepper powers yes this is the best thing ever, wait fuck no why are you taking them away what are you doing how can this not be a lead-in to her being on Agents of Shield god dammit shit
5) Tony's anxiety just kind of. . . goes away? I guess? That was fast, good thing he didn't need any therapy, what a lucky guy
6) No Fin Fang Foom? Franchise dropped, dropped Marvel, dropped America, called the Army, called the President, called Stan Lee

And so on.

>>39198
If you admit the movie was "funny and had a lot of heart", that alone its it ahead of Spidey 3.... unless you also think that crap was funny and had heart.

1) Expecting Thanos and the infinity gauntlet in Ironman 3 is ridiculous. You alone are to be blamed for the disappointment.

The rings is a valid complain, but personally I loved the twist with The Mandarin. People are VERY divided on this matter.

2) SHIELD apparently was busy with whatever happens in the next Captain America film. The Phase Two movies allegedly happen very close chronologically.

3) Killian had the vets on a leash, they basically could do his bidding and remain superhuman, or be punished by blowing up. Even if they survived and Killian was stopped, the result would be returning to being a cripple, and be put in jail.

4) Because she did not want the powers? And why would you want her in that horrible show?

5) He got better, but it didn't fully go away. He still needed to talk about what happened with somebody.

6) There is a movieverse Fin Fang Foom, appeared in a mini

Can I just say the Iron Legion felt wasted on this movie. Especially after all the work the art team put in

>>39210

>bunch of awesome suits fly in
>it's dark as fuck so you can't see any of them properly
>catch a glimpse of Thumper, a few split seconds of JARVIS flying some kind of samurai suit
>the rest is just flying around and pew pewing in the dark

yep

kind of like how The Mandarin was wasted on the movie because he didn't exist

funny, that.

>>39210

>bunch of awesome suits fly in
>it's dark as fuck so you can't see any of them properly
>catch a glimpse of Thumper, a few split seconds of JARVIS flying some kind of samurai suit
>the rest is just flying around and pew pewing in the dark

yep

kind of like how The Mandarin was wasted on the movie because he didn't exist

funny, that.

>>39227
The art team had all this cool shit storyboarded but we just get like five minutes of them.

That, the Mandarin and War Machine's role were disappointing.