Why would we think that all of Extremis was on board? In fact, since he's created Mandarin to cover his oopsies, we know that most of the problem (the first guy and the Mann's Chinese guy at the very least) were not shown to be on anti-government. For all we know, there are a bunch more Peppers, and the only people that get let out to fight for him were the loyal ones, the ones he bribed with walking/playing ping pong again. All we were shown is that a number larger than zero but smaller than than the total fit that profile.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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§ ita § - May 05, 2013 8:07:47 pm PDT #24278 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela - May 05, 2013 8:19:20 pm PDT #24279 of 30000
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Hmm, good point, ita. We don't know how many Extremis people there were. But that's a lot a lot of test subjects, if the fighters Tony & Rhodey were dealing with were only some of them. And I don't see how the NSA didn't know that there was this fairly significant flaw in the program (where they blow up!), if AIM was getting their subjects from the government.
Plot hole, anyway.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 06, 2013 12:47:31 am PDT #24280 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Based on the military hardware used to knock Tony's home into the Malibu surf, I'm guessing that the VP was pulling a lot of strings on Killian's behalf. Maybe he was pink-slipping or otherwise dealing with intelligence directors who put the pieces of the puzzle together?
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2013 5:12:39 am PDT #24281 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm always amused by opening weekends like this:
1. Iron Man 3 $175M
2. Pain & Gain $7.6M
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2013 5:57:03 am PDT #24282 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For those interested, this article handily summarizes the Chinese content.
From the sound of it, the Chinese version of Iron Man 3 brings four minutes of film nobody really wants or needs, save the film's producers so they could presumably secure whatever funding was necessary. Shame that they weren't smarter about the deal.
"It literally offends me as an American in China and as an ethnically Chinese person that Hollywood would attempt to sell this to the Chinese audience," says Jou. "It undermines Chinese people's intelligence and movie savvy." But it makes money, no?
billytea - May 07, 2013 5:44:13 am PDT #24283 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hey Americanistas, when you reach May 8 check out Google's header. They've done an animated tribute to Saul Bass. It's quite excellent.
Polter-Cow - May 07, 2013 6:31:01 am PDT #24284 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How is the future, man? Are there jetpacks? Is Justin Bieber still a thing?
chrismg - May 07, 2013 7:25:54 am PDT #24285 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Yeah, I saw Warren Ellis' name on a line with a bunch of other comic writers that did significant Iron Man stuff, like Bob Layton and David Micheline.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 07, 2013 8:02:49 am PDT #24286 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ah, imdb is listing Mike Massa as lead stunt double on IM3. The credit may have been on its own line somewhere rather than the big stunt section I was looking through in the theater.
§ ita § - May 07, 2013 8:23:46 am PDT #24287 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, god, speaking of "doubles" I swear there was an awful Cheadle doubling--you see Rhodey approaching a wall, and what flashed through my head was "who's the new black guy in the polo shirt?" followed by "why are all the black guys in polo shirts?" before realising it was supposed to be him. It was blurry, but it felt like they blurred weirdly.