LostSon88
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Don Cheadle was a vast improvement over Howard.
Like everyone's already said, Cheadle's Rhodey was a very no-nonsense authority figure that Howard just couldn't pull off. You saw Cheadle's Rhodey and just knew that he was a guy in charge. I can't tell you how much it bothered me how 'soft' Rhodey was portrayed in the first movie. That part with the major talking down to him during the jet sequence always bothered me.
Rhodey: "Major we don't even know what we're dealing with call off the Raptor"
Major: "That UAV just blah blah blah Whiplash 1 if you have a clear shot TAKE IT!"
Rhodey: :just turns away:

Which is why I totally relished the brief scene where Cheadle's Rhodey makes it a point to put him in his place when he removes the arc reactor from the Mark II:
Major: "Do you think that's the power source?"
Rhodey: "Major, this is not a science project. Keep your focus blah blah blah"
Major: :softly: "Yes sir."
That's not to say that the scene in IM1 was Howard's fault, its in the script. I'm just saying that I can't imagine him being able to convincingly pull off that scene in IM2 the way Cheadle did. That among a bunch of others.
Cheadle was miles ahead of Howard and I kinda wish we had him to begin with.
Like everyone's already said, Cheadle's Rhodey was a very no-nonsense authority figure that Howard just couldn't pull off. You saw Cheadle's Rhodey and just knew that he was a guy in charge. I can't tell you how much it bothered me how 'soft' Rhodey was portrayed in the first movie. That part with the major talking down to him during the jet sequence always bothered me.
Rhodey: "Major we don't even know what we're dealing with call off the Raptor"
Major: "That UAV just blah blah blah Whiplash 1 if you have a clear shot TAKE IT!"
Rhodey: :just turns away:

Which is why I totally relished the brief scene where Cheadle's Rhodey makes it a point to put him in his place when he removes the arc reactor from the Mark II:
Major: "Do you think that's the power source?"
Rhodey: "Major, this is not a science project. Keep your focus blah blah blah"
Major: :softly: "Yes sir."
That's not to say that the scene in IM1 was Howard's fault, its in the script. I'm just saying that I can't imagine him being able to convincingly pull off that scene in IM2 the way Cheadle did. That among a bunch of others.
Cheadle was miles ahead of Howard and I kinda wish we had him to begin with.