Iron Man 3 The IRON MAN 3 News & Speculation Thread - Part 3

[Chewy]

He's not going to be a villain.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Yet, at least.

This is exciting news for the future movies, though.

 

[Chewy]

Doubt he ever will be, the Chinese government won't release a movie about a bunch of American heroes fighting an evil Chinese baddie

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Doubt he ever will be, the Chinese government won't release a movie about a bunch of American heroes fighting an evil Chinese baddie

well.. not as a main baddie. I couldn't imagine they would ban it if it showed majority of the chinese populous in a positive light aside from one bad egg...

and.. truth be told. if it's a smaller film like ant-man, i don't think marvel would really consider losing china much of a loss

 

[Dark Raven]

They shouldn't have made him Chen Lu then if they're not going to turn him into Radioactive Man. He could've been any other Chinese scientist - a completely invented one even. Why use the name Chen Lu?

 

[The Infernal]

They shouldn't have made him Chen Lu then if they're not going to turn him into Radioactive Man. He could've been any other Chinese scientist - a completely invented one even. Why use the name Chen Lu?

Name dropping. It could just be for sake of a cameo or to give a sense of the wider Marvel universe within the MCU, even if they're not pursuing his story from the comics. Sort of like Maria Hill in Avengers. She was a supporting character in the movie, but apart from being critical of Fury they didn't really pursue her wanting to take over or hinting at anything Skrull related.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Name dropping. It could just be for sake of a cameo or to give a sense of the wider Marvel universe within the MCU, even if they're not pursuing his story from the comics. Sort of like Maria Hill in Avengers. She was a supporting character in the movie, but apart from being critical of Fury they didn't really pursue her wanting to take over or hinting at anything Skrull related.

but maria hill wasn't a skrull in the books.... for the role she played she was exactly like she should have been in the comics (though, i did picture maria to be a bit more butch so to speak.)

that being said.. they don't need her whole character history in one film either. I think it's very plausible that in a future movie she may be handed shield.

 

[cherokeesam]

Doubt he ever will be, the Chinese government won't release a movie about a bunch of American heroes fighting an evil Chinese baddie

But the Chinese government isn't releasing Ant-Man. Which is where Dr. Lu is supposed to turn up next. (Allegedly.)

 

[Hawkingbird]

I want Maria as head for a while I'm the 1% that likes her, especially in the comics.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

besides all the stuff about China, the film is bulging at the seams with villains already.

Mandarin
Firepower
Coldblood

AND the potential Extremis plot

AND Radioactive Man?

unlikely. But I could see him being in the after credits with Hank Pym. eh? eh?

 

[chamber-music]

Chen Lu probably won't be Radioactive Man until the Ant-Man movie if the rumors are true.

He will probably be used like samuel sterns (The Leader) in the Incredible Hulk.

 

[Dark Raven]

Iron Man and Spider-Man once teamed up to fight Radioactive Man. Chen Lu wanted to dissect Peter Parker for the radiation in his blood. In the end Spidey wore a radiation suit to protect himself from the effects of Chen Lu.


If Spidey had been at Marvel, that could've been a way to have Shellhead and Spidey meet. But then of course a big crossover film like that would be released in China, and there would be the Chinese villain problem again.

 

[cherokeesam]

besides all the stuff about China, the film is bulging at the seams with villains already.

Mandarin
Firepower
Coldblood

AND the potential Extremis plot

AND Radioactive Man?

unlikely. But I could see him being in the after credits with Hank Pym. eh? eh?

The rumormill has long had Chen Lu listed as a hero, not a villain. He's supposed to help Iron Man defeat Mandarin. (Which is odd, canonically, since Chen Lu used to work for the Mandarin in the comics.)

 

[Chewy]

But the Chinese government isn't releasing Ant-Man. Which is where Dr. Lu is supposed to turn up next. (Allegedly.)

Not releasing Ant-Man in China would be throwing away a good 30ish million USD at the box office.

And anyway, where does that rumor come from? That podcast with all of the silly rumors, right?

 

[Chewy]

besides all the stuff about China, the film is bulging at the seams with villains already.

Mandarin
Firepower
Coldblood

AND the potential Extremis plot

AND Radioactive Man?

unlikely. But I could see him being in the after credits with Hank Pym. eh? eh?

Supposedly people on set said Mandarin's henchmen were a pair of "twins". My guess is that doesn't mean actual brothers, just two guys who look alike and work as Extremis-powered assassins for Mandy.

So you've got Mandy, his "twins" (Coldblood & Firepower), plus Extremis being sold on the black market

The Chinese lead they've been looking for has always been for a role that was a Chinese scientist, and an old friend of Stark's, who helps him out. Radioactive Man has been a "hero" with the Thunderbolts for a while now anyway, so it's not like ignoring the villainous stuff is a huge bastardization anyway

 

[marvel_freshman]

Major Spoilers

Spoiler

The Extremis-enhanced bad guys under direction of Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin villain are going to be too much for Tony to handle on his own, so he thinks ahead, thinks big and has a plan. Tony’s about to go out and fight some bad guys when he mentions the Mark XLVII to Pepper Potts. Pepper asks what happened to the other forty and Tony just smiles.

From the cockpit of Mark XLVII Tony is able to control multiple armors in battle. We over here at LR have been vaguely aware of an action scene where Tony was going to control multiple Iron Man suits (presumably they look similar to distract his enemies as to the location of kill-able Iron Man Prime), but the number 40 seems…awesome. 40 Iron Men.

http://latino-review.com/2012/09/04/iron-man-3-exclusive-mach-xlvii-armor/

 

[Chewy]

Ugh... wish I hadn't read that

Oh well, the trailers will probably spoil that anyway

 

[Dark Raven]

Supposedly people on set said Mandarin's henchmen were a pair of "twins". My guess is that doesn't mean actual brothers, just two guys who look alike and work as Extremis-powered assassins for Mandy.

So you've got Mandy, his "twins" (Coldblood & Firepower), plus Extremis being sold on the black market

The Chinese lead they've been looking for has always been for a role that was a Chinese scientist, and an old friend of Stark's, who helps him out. Radioactive Man has been a "hero" with the Thunderbolts for a while now anyway, so it's not like ignoring the villainous stuff is a huge bastardization anyway

Hayley Atwell's henchmen are a pair of twins as well. Unfortunately she didn't release them much in Captain America.

 

[Quasimod0]

Major Spoilers


http://latino-review.com/2012/09/04/iron-man-3-exclusive-mach-xlvii-armor/

That is sick. Cant wait to see it in live action. Also, I wonder if the number 47 is related to the item-47 short in any way

 

[darkslayer101]

That is sick. Cant wait to see it in live action. Also, I wonder if the number 47 is related to the item-47 short in any way

maybe he reverse engineers some of the chitauri tech on how they controlled all the soldiers from the mother ship....

 

[TheHeatKitchen]

Major Spoilers

http://latino-review.com/2012/09/04/iron-man-3-exclusive-mach-xlvii-armor/

I might be the only one, but I think that is horribly stupid. In trilogies, the third movie should up the ante on an emotional and personal level, not just effect wise.

 

[terry78]

^Yeah, that would kind of take away from the whole concept. Then you'd have to ask why he doesn't use it in future movies and crossovers.

 

[darkslayer101]

im hoping this 47 armor isnt in the final battle and hopefully IM goes one on one with Mandarin with an advanced armor

 

[marcvader]

Y'all have yet to see the movie boys and girls. Context, context, context.

 

[Chewy]

I might be the only one, but I think that is horribly stupid. In trilogies, the third movie should up the ante on an emotional and personal level, not just effect wise.

Not exactly mutually exclusive concepts.