Tony Stark was the arrogant son of wealthy, weapon manufacturer Howard Stark. Tony cared only about himself, but he would have a change of heart after he was kidnapped by terrorists and gravely injured. Pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction, Stark instead created a suit of armor powerful enough for him to escape. Tony used his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place as The Invincible Iron Man. Stark's super hero identity led him to become a founding member of the Avengers.
I feel like they might be able to pull a better story out if its not actually a mainstay villain, an help with the cohesion into the Avengers movie. No rule says the villain can't be someone from the MU really, and many of these offer a predictable storyline.
@FadeToBlackBolt said:
" Btw, Ultron is Hank's villain, not Tony's. =] "
QFT. where Crimson Dynamo? thats as classic as it gets and given the characters in 2 he would really tie together with the series.
" I feel like they might be able to pull a better story out if its not actually a mainstay villain, an help with the cohesion into the Avengers movie. No rule says the villain can't be someone from the MU really, and many of these offer a predictable storyline.
@FadeToBlackBolt said:
" Btw, Ultron is Hank's villain, not Tony's. =] "
QFT. where Crimson Dynamo? thats as classic as it gets and given the characters in 2 he would really tie together with the series. "
Dude, in Marvel's infinite wisdom, they had decided to merge Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash into one villain, which is what we got in Iron Man 2. There is no hope that we'll have the real Crimson Dynamo now.
@Reactor: i didnt buy it as Crimson Dynamo for one. Additionally Crimson Dynamo is a mantle worn by many people throughout the years, so really not. they could introduce the next of kin or what not as the armored and named Crimson Dynamo. so actually there's a lot of hope. (will they though, probably not but who knows).
Mandarin as the main villain and hopefully Ghost or maybe Radioactive Man as the secondary.
Masque could work as well, as long as they incorporate Nefaria and the mob as the main villains.
So far they haven't gone with magic or meta-humans in any of the Iron Man movies, bu since it ties with Thor, Avengers, Hulk etc., there shouldn't be a problem.
This movie needs to be huge, even though I know people get "annoyed" that Iron Man only fights "evil Iron Men" but really I'm personally not bothered by this, give Iron Man a good villain, even if he/she has their own suit of armor, that can be a great badguy and I'm good. But if I had a choice, I'd love to see....
I'm going with Ezekiel Stane cause it would be a great revenge story for the film series I mean I'd like to see the mandarin used at some point I'm just not sure how he could be incorporated into Jon Favroe Iron man without loosing credibilty
I guess if i pick one i pick Ghost, just because he makes a great opposite of Tony and would look really cool in live action. Plus then kids would be in Ghost costumes the next Halloween and that would be too cool.
I vote for Madam Masque and alcohol! Mandarin would be great too since he was foreshadowed in the other two movies and it could show off magic versus science as a theme(or something like that).
@FadeToBlackBolt: I know Hank made Ultron but Ironman has fought him a time or two and with film adaptations it's not too out of the realm of possibility to have them fight each and since it's after the avengers movie where they'll probably have some cameo of ultron I can see it happen in Ironman 3 or an Avengers Sequel
Ultimo would be a good so they could use him to setup Mandarin (even tough i think they said they weren't going to do Mandarin but oh well) then they could Blizzard, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom just trying to think about the big picture
" @FadeToBlackBolt: I know Hank made Ultron but Ironman has fought him a time or two and with film adaptations it's not too out of the realm of possibility to have them fight each and since it's after the avengers movie where they'll probably have some cameo of ultron I can see it happen in Ironman 3 or an Avengers Sequel "
Fair enough, but Ultron is Hank's villain the same way that the Juggernaut is the X-Men's. Just because he fought Spidey a few times doesn't mean he should show up in his movies, especially when the real rival has a film on the way.
@Icon: I'd like to see Ezekial Stane work with Mandarin myself but I'm always cautious about more then one villain in a movie it can get pretty bad if Batman Forever, Spider-man 3 and Batman and Robin taught us anything
@The Angry Comic Book Critic: I agree, it's a balancing act. I would hate to see it get out of hand like Batman Forever or Batman & Robin, but both Batman movies by Christopher Nolan handled multiple villains well. As did Iron Man 2. I think it can work great with 2 villains working together like in Iron Man 2. The Mandarin is a mastermind kind of villain and has used others as agents so it would make sense.
@Icon: cause Nolan knows how to use multiple Villains without making the plot incoherent Iron man 2 it was good villain wise but it listed dangerously close Okay with that pair and honestly I didn't consider Justin hammer a villain in that film annoying Douche bag yes but credible villain....not so much
" This movie needs to be huge, even though I know people get "annoyed" that Iron Man only fights "evil Iron Men" but really I'm personally not bothered by this, give Iron Man a good villain, even if he/she has their own suit of armor, that can be a great badguy and I'm good. But if I had a choice, I'd love to see....
Fin Fang Foom! "
I say Mandarin as the main villain, with Fing Fang Foom as his ally. I don't think a giant dragon monster can handle being the main villain of a franchise like Iron Man.
Not to mention Foom has a ridiculous name, especially for a villain. It's like how Galactus would look stupid outside of comics, same principle applies to Foom's name (and his purple pants)
" This movie needs to be huge, even though I know people get "annoyed" that Iron Man only fights "evil Iron Men" but really I'm personally not bothered by this, give Iron Man a good villain, even if he/she has their own suit of armor, that can be a great badguy and I'm good. But if I had a choice, I'd love to see....
Fin Fang Foom! "
I say Mandarin as the main villain, with Fing Fang Foom as his ally. I don't think a giant dragon monster can handle being the main villain of a franchise like Iron Man. Not to mention Foom has a ridiculous name, especially for a villain. It's like how Galactus would look stupid outside of comics, same principle applies to Foom's name (and his purple pants) "
Disagree. His name is normal, now Mandarin is a stupid name. A sorcerer with a name of a fruit ? Epic fail. Foom for sure should be in the movie as a main villain, hands down. Especially if he will be made like in the picture.
@Inevitable: LOL, he's not named after the fruit, the word Mandarin has a few meanings.
But no-one at the movies is going to take someone called Fin Fang Foom seriously. It works in comics but, in real life, it's pretty lame. They'd have to give him a different name.
@-Eclipse-: And what is wrong with the name "Fin Fang Foom" ? FIN.. FANG... FOOM. What is wrong with it ? Mandarin is a stupid name for the sorcerer, who wears a f...cking green dress.
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
any high government official or bureaucrat
a high public official of imperial China
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
So I think it's definitely a suitable name. Also...
Who says they have to use the green robes? Plus, that argument doesn't really work in this case. You're saying that Mandarin's classic look is stupid, but your argument is that Fin Fang Foom is a better choice...
So a dragon wearing purple pants is cooler than a green robe, right?
@Inevitable: A robe is not a dress. And again, you're talking about the classic version of the character. The classic version of Foom wears purple pants, so your argument simply doesn't hold water. And I'm sure the classic version of Whiplash looked stupid, but he still made a good villain. My point is that their looks are irrelevant because movies often change a character's look to make them more realistic. Batman is a good example of this.
I also disagree with Mandarin looking horrible there and I'm starting to think you're just insulting the character for the heck of it, lol
Most people know that Mandarin is a dialect of Chinese. Sure there's be a few fruit jokes on the internet, but who cares? Movie audiences are still going to take him more seriously than a giant dragon called Fin Fang Foom.
I'd love to see Sub-Marina as Ironman's foe. Their classic battle (reprint Hk & S.M.. #37) was one of my all time favorites. The punch Namor gave to Ironman on page #4 was the best power shot in comics. Then, let Namor and the Hulk meet and greet the Avengers, as it was in the day.
This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along
with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely
increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.
Comment and Save
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other
Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll
send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment