![]() When they return to Stark’s office, he reveals dozens of suits and yet it appears that none of them have really been field tested. Not only that, but we soon find out that Stark’s Iron Man armor isn’t really the Mark I, but the Mark XVII-something. But there are many differences, instead of a weapons deal, Rhodey is leading an excavation team to raise a buried temple in China and is captured along with Tony, which makes little sense as to how he survived the capture since he really wasn’t needed. He then creates his first Iron Man suit, claiming it’s something for his captors, and uses it to escape to freedom. The story starts off somewhat similar to the Iron Man origin we know, there’s a weapons deal gone wrong, Tony Stark gets mortally wounded and captured, but saved thanks to an enemy doctor. It’s interesting to see a different take on the origin story, and they do even introduce the Mandarin, though I highly doubt there will be any connecting thread between this Mandarin and the one in Iron Man 3, but there are so many better versions of Iron Man to watch out there. The other characters also feel much more shallow than they have become with Rhodey being the only character to come off as good or better than he’s seen in the movies so far, though he disappears halfway through the movie. and Jon Favreau did with the character in the years that followed, it feels so weird to go back to the totally selfish, uncaring playboy shown here. There are honestly very few similarities to the two movies, and this is only the third animated Marvel movie after the Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2 and honestly it shows. Over a year before Iron Man hit theaters welcoming our Marvel Studios overlords they released another origin movie for ol’ Shellhead direct to DVD. ![]()
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