I don’t count your gaudy rings, I just know I’ve seen you with at least 3 rings to a hand before
I'll cop to that
But only when I
wanted to look ridiculous.
Does he rap now too? If so, I think it's time for an intervention.
Rockers where rings too.
That was part of the contention. Take the only real interesting Iron Man villain...cast Sir Ben freaking Kinglsy as him...then give us....that. Total Waste. But...they did later reveal there is the Real Mandarin in the MCU in a one shot. He is due to appear in the Shang Chi film.
In my minute of research I gave the character, I too discovered this as well.
I don't consider them a "trilogy" myself since they are part of a larger whole...more like chapters. But while that worked for IM 1 and 2...it was one of the many reasons IM 3 was trash IMO. Tony had now met gods, monsters and seen things he never though would happen. Then was the time to bring the "magical" into his more personal world.
I think this was one of the advantages of coming into the MCU with no comic knowledge. I could see them as cinematic ONLY, and then be able to judge if the story elements gelled. For the frame of the movie, I think it worked. I thought the deception was diabolically genius....like Sith level sneaky.
You'll be happy to know that when they made Lego Marvel Superheroes the Mandarin was in fact the one from the comics.....which confused the hell outta me.