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

[Cyrusbales]

Yeah, I could get behind that choice.

Yer, i agree he'd be good for this, But I don't think he'll get it, I reckon they'll give it someone unknown or someone you really didn't expect would get it.

 

[kedrell]

He's still pretty unknown.

 

[Cyrusbales]

He's still pretty unknown.

Well Lost isn't exactly low profile is it??? And Angel had some big viewing figures. I think you'd be hard pushed to find someone who watched TV and didn't recognise him.

 

[Yellow Cyclone]

dae kim is the man

he always had minor roles until lost came along...agent baker in 24, and as somebody state he must sorta know comics. he even did stuff in the dcau

 

[GL's Light]

Daniel Dae Kim is the ubiquitous man in sci-fi/fantasy film and television: Lost, Angel, Crusade (Babylon 5 spinoff), Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Spider-Man 2, Hulk, Charmed. He's everywhere!

 

[Hunter Rider]

Well Lost isn't exactly low profile is it??? And Angel had some big viewing figures. I think you'd be hard pushed to find someone who watched TV and didn't recognise him.

yeah but wouldn't know him as more than the dude from Lost

 

[kedrell]

I've never seen Lost. I only remembered seeing him as Gen. Ross's aide in Hulk.

 

[kedrell]

I don't remember how it was in the comics. Was the Mandarin about the same age as Tony or older than him?

 

[socalsam]

this soo kicks ass i was blown away as he said that it was out of no where

 

[3dman27]

I don't remember how it was in the comics. Was the Mandarin about the same age as Tony or older than him?

the same age i think

 

[Neto Magnus]

In 3 words ? Daniel Dae Kim.

He now weights a lot more after LOST and he's been in Hulk and Spider-Man 2 already, he's already a Marvel boy !

great choice!

I just hope he doesn't get the chinese mustache. maybe a goatee for the new millenium.

 

[Chuck_the_bear]

Bring The Crimson Dynamo

 

[Dr.Dude]

Wow.... consider me surprised. I never thought in a million years that they'd actually use the Mandarin.

But since they are.... definitely looking forward to see what they do with the character. Should be interesting, definitely more than, say, Howard Stark, could ever be.

 

[emi]

I have the feeling that the Mandarin is going to be used in the same way of Ra's Al Ghul in BB.

 

[3dman27]

Mandarin is a good choice and I hope he still has his magic rings. It make a more interesting conflict to have technology face magic.

maybe the'll use the aloen nanotecnolgy staryline to explain his power rings

 

[emi]

Sorry folks,
no magic skills for the Mandarin. Favreau talked with Comics Continuum about it:

"You want to pay homage to the comics, but you want to say what The Mandarin is today," Favreau told The Continuum. "Back then, we were very paranoid about Asia and paranoid with Communism. We live in, I think, a more culturally enlightened time. Things you got away with them, you don't now.

"But I think there are aspects to the character than you can maintain and make a formidable enemy."

Favreau said he feels this is the foe fans want to see.

"They all gravitate toward this guy because he was always one step ahead," Favreau said. "Well, we're going to keep it all tech-based. I don't want a magical character. But I'm definitely pay attention to what was written and how do you transpose that in a way that you're showing the fans that you're paying attention, but you don't sell the reality of the movie out where you have this magical, Fu Manchu type of character."

 

[Hunter Rider]

Sorry folks,
no magic skills for the Mandarin. Favreau talked with Comics Continuum about it:

"You want to pay homage to the comics, but you want to say what The Mandarin is today," Favreau told The Continuum. "Back then, we were very paranoid about Asia and paranoid with Communism. We live in, I think, a more culturally enlightened time. Things you got away with them, you don't now.

"But I think there are aspects to the character than you can maintain and make a formidable enemy."

Favreau said he feels this is the foe fans want to see.

"They all gravitate toward this guy because he was always one step ahead," Favreau said. "Well, we're going to keep it all tech-based. I don't want a magical character. But I'm definitely pay attention to what was written and how do you transpose that in a way that you're showing the fans that you're paying attention, but you don't sell the reality of the movie out where you have this magical, Fu Manchu type of character."

Fav gets it IMO,im sure there will be some fans upset with Mandarin not being magical but I think Fav will balance keeping it true to the comics while also making it cinematically workable

 

[bbf2]

I hope he's still Chinese, if he's Arab then it makes no sense for him to be called the Mandarin.

 

[GoblinScrier]

With this said about Mandarin being technological for the movie, does that mean he won't have the rings or will they now be a techno creation that can shoot energy bolts., etc. ?

 

[3dman27]

I hope he's still Chinese, if he's Arab then it makes no sense for him to be called the Mandarin.

he could be of chineese desent

 

[Savage]

Fav gets it IMO,im sure there will be some fans upset with Mandarin not being magical but I think Fav will balance keeping it true to the comics while also making it cinematically workable

Yeah, I am kinda iffy about that. I always recognized him by the 10 ring thing he had going. Oh well.

 

[Ironfan72]

If people remember, Mandarin didn't go anti technology until the 90's, when he turned into the magical Mandarin we know today, for decades he was Techno based, it turned out anyway that his 10 rings of power where alien tech, so I don't foresee to many changes to Mandarin that weren't already there before the 90's.

 

[Hiruu]

If people remember, Mandarin didn't go anti technology until the 90's, when he turned into the magical Mandarin we know today, for decades he was Techno based, it turned out anyway that his 10 rings of power where alien tech, so I don't foresee to many changes to Mandarin that weren't already there before the 90's.

I don't think Mandarin ever fully when the magic route, but he did seek ways to increase his powers. The rings seem to be a bit like the "one" ring, where the posseser gains some lasting benefits, plus Mandarin was skilled in Martial Arts, which has a strong spiritual aspect. So, for the movie, I'd like to see a more tech-based Mandarin, rather than a mystical one.

 

[GL's Light]

Comics Continuum spoke to Favreau about Mandarin:

Before the Marvel Studios panel at Comic-Con International on Saturday, Iron Man Jon Favreau revealed to The Continum that the film's villain will be The Mandarin.

"You want to pay homage to the comics, but you want to say what The Mandarin is today," Favreau told The Continuum. "Back then, we were very paranoid about Asia and paranoid with Communism. We live in, I think, a more culturally enlightened time. Things you got away with them, you don't now.

"But I think there are aspects to the character than you can maintain and make a formidable enemy."

Favreau said he feels this is the foe fans want to see.

"They all gravitate toward this guy because he was always one step ahead," Favreau said. "Well, we're going to keep it all tech-based. I don't want a magical character. But I'm definitely pay attention to what was written and how do you transpose that in a way that you're showing the fans that you're paying attention, but you don't sell the reality of the movie out where you have this magical, Fu Manchu type of character."

 

[XCharlieX]

Thats an interesting villain to do i would think. I hope they make the rings scattered across the globe or something as he collects them throughout the films.

But I'm definitely pay attention to what was written and how do you transpose that in a way that you're showing the fans that you're paying attention, but you don't sell the reality of the movie out where you have this magical, Fu Manchu type of character."

And im still puzzled as to what style hes aiming for... this could be like spiderman or more serious... who knows.