I know; It was just a bit of friendly ribbing.
What you say makes sense.
The thing is though, the IM films are gonna have to deal with the magical aspect at some point - if not with the Mandarin, certainly with the apparent inclusion of Thor as a cameo and definately with IM being in the Avengers.
Well, based on the fact that his name is going to be "Ivan", it looks like they're just going to make their own version.
Or have Ivan Petrovich become Crimson Dynamo instead of his son