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Favreau talks 3D for Iron Man 2

Well, I don't think it is much as a challenge as you think. So as long as he respects the source material (which he has), and not underestimate the audience's ability to suspend disbelief and except a comic universe's excentricities (like most fanboys often do), then it won't be a problem. The twist of dumping the Mandarin in the mix intact just makes the world of Iron Man larger and more fascinating. Besides, the whole science vs. mysticism thing has always been something I've liked going back to the first Star Wars movie. You want realism? Nolan is all over that. I've been reading comics since I was 5. Why should some of my favorite characters be half assed realized on the big screen just because a few slack jawed audience memebers have as much imagination as an amoeba?
 
It's not about the imagination-- it's about making the Mandarin seem plausible in the IM movieverse. Favreau kept his first film grounded in realism, and a big part of why I've seen the movie so many times is there's that element of "this could happen."

The mystical/magic elements of the Mandarin will be a hard sell if IM2 stays true to the first one. That's why I am curious to see how they bring in the personality of the Mandarin without making him seem like some hackneyed supervillain with rings that have magic powers.
 
Sorry, forgot there was a big difference between alien heat/freeze/energy beams and magic fire/ice/energy beams.
 
They should do to the Mandarin what Batman Begins did for Ra's Al Ghul, in my opinion. It's a technology-based film, so make him a technological villain. The rings could be either miniaturized weapons, and the key would be stopping this technology from getting out (like even smaller suitcase nukes), or go the Bond approach and have the rings be remote controllers for massive weapons threatening the planet itself (weather control, perhaps).

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See, now that's usin' the ol' noggin! I'll buy your tech-villain version of the Mandarin for $200.

Hopefully Favreau and Theroux will jump on that idea.
 
In any case, I hope that Marvel studios aren't as tiny brained as the idiots at Warners, who, in light of TDK's success, have come to the conclusion that dark, tourtured, and real=$$$$ so they hope to apply that same formula with all their other DC heroes, including Superman.
 
I think Marvel is staying the same, while DC converts all future projects into dark and realistic features.

I don't know where some stand on realism but I like it.

Whereas there are some that think going all realistic holds back certain elements people would like to see on the big screen like Mr Freeze and poison ivy. If they want those two just watch B&R. To them it takes the fun out of comic book movies.
 
blockaderunner said:
In any case, I hope that Marvel studios aren't as tiny brained as the idiots at Warners, who, in light of TDK's success, have come to the conclusion that dark, tourtured, and real=$$$$ so they hope to apply that same formula with all their other DC heroes, including Superman.
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Agreed. I still haven't seen TDK yet(!) That level of darkness won't work for most of the Marvel Universe. One of the reasons I kept going back to see Iron Man was because it was lighter and fun.

Of course, there will be some darker elements due to the Demon In a Bottle storyline, but I think Favreau & co. aren't foolish enough to let the whole IM2 movie get overwhelmed by that.
 
The iron man suit itself and even Jarvis show that the audience seems pretty accepting of what falls under the "technology" umbrella.
 
There's AI running around now, and some advanced alloys. Mind control? Probably not, unless you're a conspiracy theorist.
 
Iron Man was a huge success for Marvel Studios, so I would seriously doubt they'd mess with the formula in pursuit of TDK's success.
 
Right, even in that interview with Downey jr where he jokingly dissed the dark knight, he said that Ironman does its own thing

http://www.moviehole.net/200814729-interview-robert-downey-jr-2
Now that may seem a bit prickish, but it was all in good fun. Everyone laughed at the table, including Downey himself, who then chuckled about burning bridges and expressed his affinity for the line “I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.” In no way, either, should Downey’s comments be read to express some ill-feeling towards the Batman franchise or its stars - he expressed great appreciation (thought it was fantastic) over the Nolan, Bale, Caine reunion flick The Prestige. He just felt that The Dark Knight was a bit high-brow, a bit intellectual, and while those aren’t necessarily bad things, he didn’t want Iron Man to go that route, which I can appreciate.Now that may seem a bit prickish, but it was all in good fun. Everyone laughed at the table, including Downey himself, who then chuckled about burning bridges and expressed his affinity for the line “I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.” In no way, either, should Downey’s comments be read to express some ill-feeling towards the Batman franchise or its stars - he expressed great appreciation (thought it was fantastic) over the Nolan, Bale, Caine reunion flick The Prestige. He just felt that The Dark Knight was a bit high-brow, a bit intellectual, and while those aren’t necessarily bad things, he didn’t want Iron Man to go that route, which I can appreciate.Now that may seem a bit prickish, but it was all in good fun. Everyone laughed at the table, including Downey himself, who then chuckled about burning bridges and expressed his affinity for the line “I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.” In no way, either, should Downey’s comments be read to express some ill-feeling towards the Batman franchise or its stars - he expressed great appreciation (thought it was fantastic) over the Nolan, Bale, Caine reunion flick The Prestige. He just felt that The Dark Knight was a bit high-brow, a bit intellectual, and while those aren’t necessarily bad things, he didn’t want Iron Man to go that route, which I can appreciate.
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Mandarin always was a technology based villain I don't know where people get the idea that he is some kind of sorcerer.
 
Leroy said:
Mandarin always was a technology based villain I don't know where people get the idea that he is some kind of sorcerer.
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That's the impression you get if you haven't read the source material. Being one of those (read IM as a kid but never Mandarin) I thought he was some magic guy as well.
 
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