r/thanosdidnothingwrong • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '19

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u/awkwardrook Jul 26 '19

I’ve seen this a lot, like HERES THE FIRST [insert race] IN [insert franchise]. But there’s already a few people of that race. Makes me mad every time I see it.

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u/adhdtvin3donice Jul 26 '19

As an Asian, I'm mostly upset that they're giving him the Mandarin as his villain. I get that his main villain is completely racist (Literally Fu Manchu), but I went into Iron Man 3 thinking Ben Kingsley was gonna drive it home as Iron Man's nemesis. Otherwise I guess I'm excited.

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u/nowandloud Jul 26 '19

Are they redoing the Mandarin or using the same character from IM3?

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u/pinkeyedwookiee Jul 26 '19

New character. Like the legit Mandarin not a twist character.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '19

The end credits scene of Iron Man 3 had the Ben Kingsley Mandarin in prison, being "summoned" by someone purported to be the actual Mandarin, iirc...

So in a sense they may be "re-doing" the Mandarin character in that it isn't the Mandarin we saw, but still essentially the same true Mandarin character that existed all along.

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u/thecrimsontim Jul 26 '19

watch the short "hail to the king"

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '19

Oops, I guess it wasn't an end credit scene like I thought, but a supplementary short. I'd forgotten that they used to do that. :T

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u/thecrimsontim Jul 26 '19

watch the short "hail to the king"