Hmm, I think in the original comics the Mandarin is very Yellow Peril because a) he's the only Chinese person in the story and b) He seems to be working specifically against 'The West'.
In the comics, in the recent years, Mandarin is increasingly being portrayed as a thorn in the Chinese Government's side. His first point of order is usually "First China... And then the WORLD! MWAHAHAAHA!" (Huh, I just realized, Iron Man seems to have gone from the explicitly Red Scare hero, to the hero with the best relationships with both Russia and China. What a turnaround! O_O) They can probably make it that it's a 'Whole World' kind of plan and Tony gets involved at first, because his college friend Maya is involved as well.
I get that it's kind of irritating and obnoxious to have the American save the world (again) but when we're choosing to watch an Iron Man movie, something we'll have to suffer through. ._.
And this is a really long shot, but I'm kind of hoping for Temugin to be there as well. Maybe as the son who does not know about his father's terrorist connections and helps IM when he learns about them. (Those weird two issues where Temugin inexplicably turned evil in the comics, DO NOT EXIST, okay? >:[ BAD MARVEL.)
An interview I read, that puts in print that the writers are very aware of how skeevy Cap/Sharon seems, so soon after Cap/Peggy, makes me hope for a Tony&Pepper in IM1 kind of situation. (Though of course that does not preclude graduation to the IM2 kind of situation. :/)
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In the comics, in the recent years, Mandarin is increasingly being portrayed as a thorn in the Chinese Government's side. His first point of order is usually "First China... And then the WORLD! MWAHAHAAHA!" (Huh, I just realized, Iron Man seems to have gone from the explicitly Red Scare hero, to the hero with the best relationships with both Russia and China. What a turnaround! O_O) They can probably make it that it's a 'Whole World' kind of plan and Tony gets involved at first, because his college friend Maya is involved as well.
I get that it's kind of irritating and obnoxious to have the American save the world (again) but when we're choosing to watch an Iron Man movie, something we'll have to suffer through. ._.
And this is a really long shot, but I'm kind of hoping for Temugin to be there as well. Maybe as the son who does not know about his father's terrorist connections and helps IM when he learns about them. (Those weird two issues where Temugin inexplicably turned evil in the comics, DO NOT EXIST, okay? >:[ BAD MARVEL.)
An interview I read, that puts in print that the writers are very aware of how skeevy Cap/Sharon seems, so soon after Cap/Peggy, makes me hope for a Tony&Pepper in IM1 kind of situation. (Though of course that does not preclude graduation to the IM2 kind of situation. :/)