For those who didn't like the Mandarin in Iron Man 3

All Hail the King, a Marvel One-Shot on the Thor 2 DVD might change that.
From wikipedia:

 

This better not be no falsehood.

 

Wait. The Iron Man series contains sexual relationships?

 

This is a nice treat, though it's a shame there won't be any more standalone Iron Man films anytime soon.

Tony Stark has had sex with many of the women he's met. Go back to the first film and you'll see.
Though if you meant homosexual relationships, this'd definitely be a first for the films.

 

I've never watched the series, hence my question. To be honest, I've never gotten into it -- I've seen commercials and bits of the cartoon, which is for younger audiences, so this surprised me.

 

I really liked the way the Mandarin was portrayed in the movie. It was a great twist of an adaptation. I knew something was up when the voice changed between trailers (specifically "they will never see me cominnnggg" became more...theatrical), but still didn't see it coming. Not to mention that Killian was the real Mandarin of the plot. I was disappointed that aside from taking the credit for terrorists act, there was no connection to the Ten Rings (or actual rings of any significance as you could see "Mandarin" not wearing them at times). The fact that there's a real Mandarin connected to the Ten Rings, however, that Slattery was unknowingly making a mockery and imitation of is a nice add-on, especially considering that they're apparently pissed...though why they never made a point of it until after Slattery was arrested makes me think this is simply Marvel reacting to the bad feedback of the Slattery/Killian switcheroo. It also makes you wonder whether or not Killian knew of it and used that persona specifically (maybe as a failsafe against Slattery if he was compromised? let the real Mandarin take care of him?)

I still liked my version of it better (but what fan doesn't?): Slattery became the legitimate Mandarin while wearing the magical rings and regressed to his crazy, drug-addled self when not wearing it. The rings were alien technology that AIM found and gave to someone "easy to control" after (incorrectly) guessing that they're Chitauri tech or something in order to have a figurehead bad guy. So Mandarin was a legitimate threat with alien tech-powered magical rings, but controlled by Killian who found Slattery on the streets.

Iron Man 3, the movie. Not Armored Adventures (or any of the other cartoons).

 

The cartoons are very watered down, but they still show Tony as a player in some sense.

Movies are good though -- apart from the second, but it relates to the overall MMU plot, so I suppose it's worth watching -- and I'd happily recommend them to you for no reason other than Robert Downey Jr.

 

I didn't know about the canon of the Mandarin but I loved the portrayal of the Mandarin but can understand why it would offend the comic book series fans. Still, I like this plot development, it just makes things seem more interesting.

 

Well in that case, anyone who doesn't know the origins of the Mandarin here's a helpful video!

 

Lol Leave it to Marvel to throw a wicked curve-ball.

 

I actually liked the Mandarin's portrayal in the movie. Like Bueno had said, it was a really nice twist that no one saw coming. It's cool that they're integrating the actual Mandarin at some point though, but I wouldn't have had much of a problem if they left it as it was for the movies.

also pepper saving the day was hot
like her

 

i havent seen iron man 3