Iron Man Mandarin Confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zer00]

This was totally ****ing unexpected. But a great surprise. Villians like Crimson Dynamo etc should be saved for sequels anyway. Nice of Fav to lead us off the trail.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Mandarin.....magic rings.....racist character when originally conceived.....odd choice indeed.

 

[Retroman]

Nice to have the villain confirmed

Wheres the teaser poster that they were going to unveil at Comic Con???!?!??!

 

[Hunter Rider]

This was totally ****ing unexpected. But a great surprise. Villians like Crimson Dynamo etc should be saved for sequels anyway. Nice of Fav to lead us off the trail.

Yeah i'm thinking part of the reason for not having a High tech armour wearing villain in the first movie is so Iron Man's thunder isn't stolen on his debut

 

[deathshead2]

Mandarin.....magic rings.....racist character when originally conceived.....odd choice indeed.

They mught make him more like the buisness man who wanted to buy starks company from him like in the 80s might wear th armor he used to wear.

 

[Darthphere]

Yeah i'm thinking part of the reason for not having a High tech armour wearing villain in the first movie is so Iron Man's thunder isn't stolen on his debut

True, people would be like "So what? Everyone has armor."

 

[Hunter Rider]

True, people would be like "So what? Everyone has armor."

Yep would have been like putting Zod in STM.......I just remembered this film isn't out until 2008

 

[ShadowBoxing]

 

[Hunter Rider]

Is this from the 90's toon ?

 

[Nightwing 52]

This is a pleasant suprise. The entire time when people asked Favreau if Mandarin would be in the film, he was just keeping it hidden for the big reveal. Mandarin is one of Iron Man's classic villains. With the direction Favreau is taking the film, I can see him doing a lot of justice to the character. Great news.

And if they go with an unknown as Favs has said he will, you need a big name as the villain.

Not necessarily a complete unknown. Favreau wants someone with experience in the acting genre. For him it depends who the right person for the role is, star or not.

Yeah i'm thinking part of the reason for not having a High tech armour wearing villain in the first movie is so Iron Man's thunder isn't stolen on his debut

Agreed.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Is this from the 90's toon ?

yeppers

 

[Red Mask]

Nice to have the villain confirmed

Wheres the teaser poster that they were going to unveil at Comic Con???!?!??!

Yeah. It's more than what I'm hearing about Wonder Woman. That's progress.

 

[GL's Light]

So it was Mandarin all along, eh? Favreau played us like a Stradivarius.

I can't imagine Mandarin will still be a villain who uses magic. That just wouldn't fit into the Tom Clancy techno-thriller vibe that Favreau has described. I'm thinking that Mandarin will still have his rings - they're too much a part of the character to dispense with - but they'll have a non-magical function. Perhaps each ring will have a technological function, instead of a magical one.

 

[Red Mask]

I thought the rings were originally from an alien technology.

 

[ang_hulk]

and the downward spiral continues.

 

[Nightwing 52]

I thought the rings were originally from an alien technology.

They are. I would also like to see the scientific side of Mandarin as well.

 

[Savage]

aw man, this is awesome news. This guy is one of my favorite villains ever.

I'm betting in the movie he's looking for the rings or collecting them but doesn't have them all in his hands till the end of the movie and is able to go toe to toe with Iron Man. I wanna see him like...Using telekenisis to throw boulders at him and crap. Move the floor from under him and slam him into the ceiling. Ooooh I can't wait!

 

[muscaremy]

three words on who should be cast....Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

 

[Savage]

three words on who should be cast....Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Read my mind!

That was always the voice I imagined anyway.

 

[illmatikk]

three words on who should be cast....Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Shang Tsung!?...eh, maybe...iunno. i still like Ken Watanabe...or the guy that played "Ujio" in the Last Samurai (watanabe's partner in crime/long hair guy that beats the **** outta Mr. Scientology/Cruise).

 

[The Hurricane]

 

[deathshead2]

Ken Watanabe he would be the best for the part and I hope to see the more business type tring to take power overs starks company sort of thing and that he wears hus own armor like in the comics not that lame green costume.

 

[Red]

This seems an odd choice, but I have confidence in Faverau.

 

[Parker]

Ken Watanabe he would be the best for the part and I hope to see the more business type tring to take power overs starks company sort of thing and that he wears hus own armor like in the comics not that lame green costume.

Watanabe all the way.

 

[citizenpain]

to play the mandarin... they need... jet li or jackie chan or maybe even keanu reeves.