I felt that it was unfortunate to dilute the Mandarin but Marvel (like most film companies) now rely on China for a large amount of their box office. That's why there was a obscure (to Western audiences) mainland Chinese actress in "The Expendables". Even the credits of Iron Man 3 list Chinese film companies and staff. This was the safest route they can take to deal with this.
Unfortunately, that resulted in us never having the great Iron Man vs. Mandarin moments like Batman has had with the Joker in previous films.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 05-11-2013 at 12:02 AM.
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