Iron Man 3 Discussion Thread

[Brandoloneous]

I'm eager to see where Thanos fits in the badguy hierarchy of awesomeness.

Turns out he's actually an operatic singer who's also into goth, in space!

 

[DiFabio]

Wasn't stated nor implied in the movie, however. But that's good news for me then, as it still leaves the door open for Marvel to correct this mess should they choose to

Kilian does say this though.

 

[Brandoloneous]

Kilian does say this though.

He said he posed as the Ten Rings and used their image instead of created it? What part? But then you would think the real Ten Rings would've said something?

 

[DiFabio]

During/after the scene with Tony in captivity with Maya. It's clear that Killian isn't associated with the terrorists we saw in film one, he was simply using them as a scapegoat for his scheme and his spearhead figure.



You're right though, there isn't a response from the real Ten Rings organization, maybe they're purposely saving that for a future film.



That makes me wonder about our real world. You always hear how a terrorist organization will say "we didn't do that one, that wasn't us, we had no part on it" in the media. That always makes me chuckle. Is there some kind of terrorist hotline where governments or organizations can call in and say they weren't responsible? "Yeah, we didn't do that bombing, that was someone else, sorry. Maybe next week though!"

 

[Brandoloneous]

During/after the scene with Tony in captivity with Maya. It's clear that Killian isn't associated with the terrorists we saw in film one, he was simply using them as a scapegoat for his scheme and his spearhead figure.



You're right though, there isn't a response from the real Ten Rings organization, maybe they're purposely saving that for a future film.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I remember him explaining a lot of his plans at that part, but I forgot about him mentioning that.

 

[DiFabio]

No problem. He also tells Stark how he wanted him to feel despair, just like he had decades before.


I take the lone time frame (1999 to whenever Iron Man 3 takes place) as the length of time it took for Killian to rise to the top and have all those resources to enact his plan. Extremis had to work for anything to come to fruition.

I'm still wondering if he's even dead. That didn't seem like a real clear cut, definitive death. Especially after seeing everything he could survive.

 

[The Josh]

I'm still wondering if he's even dead. That didn't seem like a real clear cut, definitive death. Especially after seeing everything he could survive.

I've thought the same thing myself.

 

[lerath666]

No problem. He also tells Stark how he wanted him to feel despair, just like he had decades before.


I take the lone time frame (1999 to whenever Iron Man 3 takes place) as the length of time it took for Killian to rise to the top and have all those resources to enact his plan. Extremis had to work for anything to come to fruition.

I'm still wondering if he's even dead. That didn't seem like a real clear cut, definitive death. Especially after seeing everything he could survive.

Super-Regeneration FTW.

 

[Brandoloneous]

No problem. He also tells Stark how he wanted him to feel despair, just like he had decades before.


I take the lone time frame (1999 to whenever Iron Man 3 takes place) as the length of time it took for Killian to rise to the top and have all those resources to enact his plan. Extremis had to work for anything to come to fruition.

I'm still wondering if he's even dead. That didn't seem like a real clear cut, definitive death. Especially after seeing everything he could survive.

Maybe he'll come back as a full on, ring-wielding, bearded Mandarin that happens to also have Extremis? Wishful thinking, likely won't happen.

Anyone notice that Pepper has been the one that takes out each CEO villain in all three films? Her overloading the Arc reactor > Stane, Her calling the cops > Hammer, Her spontaneous kung-fu > Killian.

 

[DiFabio]

Yeah, I noticed that about Pepper too.


Stark should just give her her own suit.

 

[The Josh]

Stark should just give her her own suit.

If they follow the comics closely they will. She'll get the Rescue Suit.

 

[jye4ever]

Maybe he'll come back as a full on, ring-wielding, bearded Mandarin that happens to also have Extremis? Wishful thinking, likely won't happen.

Anyone notice that Pepper has been the one that takes out each CEO villain in all three films? Her overloading the Arc reactor > Stane, Her calling the cops > Hammer, Her spontaneous kung-fu > Killian.

You've got potential kid.

 

[lerath666]

Maybe he'll come back as a full on, ring-wielding, bearded Mandarin that happens to also have Extremis? Wishful thinking, likely won't happen.

Anyone notice that Pepper has been the one that takes out each CEO villain in all three films? Her overloading the Arc reactor > Stane, Her calling the cops > Hammer, Her spontaneous kung-fu > Killian.

Perhaps after the defeat of thanos, the infinity gauntlet gets destroyed, and made into rings... which end up in mandarin's possession?

Or perhaps his rings are in the Treasure vault of Odin already...

 

[jye4ever]

pfft, i'll put my wedding ring up against any of Mandarin's 10.

My one ring will smash your soul into oblivion!

 

[Biojex]

pfft, i'll put my wedding ring up against any of Mandarin's 10.

My one ring will smash your soul into oblivion!

Was this part of your wedding vows?

 

[jye4ever]

Was this part of your wedding vows?

Till death do something or other to me.

 

[Niltusk]

During/after the scene with Tony in captivity with Maya. It's clear that Killian isn't associated with the terrorists we saw in film one, he was simply using them as a scapegoat for his scheme and his spearhead figure.



You're right though, there isn't a response from the real Ten Rings organization, maybe they're purposely saving that for a future film.

I haven't read it personally, but earlier in the thread someone posted that there was a IM3 prequel comic and that the Ten Rings were basically broken and in hiding at this point in time; probably another reason Killian picked them as the scapegoats since they probably have no agenda of their own at this time nor the organization to say anything different.

 

[Brandoloneous]

I haven't read it personally, but earlier in the thread someone posted that there was a IM3 prequel comic and that the Ten Rings were basically broken and in hiding at this point in time; probably another reason Killian picked them as the scapegoats since they probably have no agenda of their own at this time nor the organization to say anything different.

Maybe Trevor was the figurehead to Killian who's the figurehead to the real Mandarin and it was the Ten Rings all along anyway? Ironception.

 

[ZaCHw117]

The Mandarin does mean "advisor to the king".

 

[Brandoloneous]

The Mandarin does mean "advisor to the king".

I rest my case! But Iron Man 3 would be forgiven if we got a real Mandarin in Iron Man 4 as a "double twist"