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Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
Re: The Mandarin in the first Iron Man.
Aside from the Ten Rings terrorist organization, there is a deleted bit, late in the film, where Jarvis tells Tony he has a call from The Mandarin (among other people) that Tony chooses to ignore. The scene was featured in a sizzle reel at SDCC, and inspired a good bit of comment in the fan press at the time.
Edited by Robbery on Jun 22nd 2021 at 5:17:49 AM
New Shang Chi trailer will debut tonight in conjunction with Game 1 of the NBA finals.
Edited by Beatman1 on Jun 24th 2021 at 11:09:17 AM
In which it turns out Shang Chi is actually a kung-fu basketball legend, and it turns out the whole movie is actually about the Mandarin's team of monstars with stolen skillz trying to kidnap-
Wait, wrong movie, I think.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 24th 2021 at 9:53:27 AM
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
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I am now imagining the song from the Shang-Chi trailer remixed with the Space Jam theme.
This is your fault. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Fin Fang Foom in a basketball jersey. 
Not that I entirely buy the theory that he's in the movie. 
Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 24th 2021 at 10:15:12 AM
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Hoops.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
You joke but that's not entirely inaccurate given what the rings look like in this film.
The sleepiest good boi
Shang-Chi: The Master of Shaq-Fu
Disney100 Marathon | DreamWorks Marathon
- Wenwu: "You are my son. I trained you. I gave you those skills. You are mine.Shang-Chi: "No. I have since joined another master."<out walks Michael Jordan>
New Shang-Chi trailer!
And next on the train of completely unexpected cameos, it’s The Abomination??
Lies and Violence!
Abomination vs. Wong?
Okay, consider me hyped.
The Head of the Hydra
Huh so thats what those rings do.
And is that Abomination?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Goku Black
So the ten rings are arm bands here.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
In screenshots that I've seen he looks like a comic accurate Abomination but unless they decided to give him a redesign it's not him. Also was he fighting Wong?
Edited by ComicFan on Jun 24th 2021 at 6:18:58 AM
Very cool trailer. And no one is talking about the dragon underwwater.
Regarding the other spoiler, I'm going with the theory that they decided to handwave Abomination looking more comic-accurate (and less creepy) because of further transformation he experienced. In light of the cage fighting, I'm feeling good about the idea that he'll be substituting for Absorbing Man in the She-Hulk and I'm going to guess that his further transformation was a good thing for his mental state.
Queen of Good Things, Honest
I mean. I feel like Bruce Banner has changed more dramatically since that movie than Abomination here, if that is him.
My Tumblr. Currently liveblogging Haruhi Suzumiya and revisiting Danganronpa V3.
The King Without a Kingdom
But I thought he was showing up in She-Hulk first?
It's been 3000 years…
Surrounded by weirdoes
At this point, it's easy to guess that Marvel's schedule is pretty shot, so who even knows.
Wake me up at your own risk.
"Cool. Coolcoolcool."
I am more curious about who the dragon is than the Abomination.
Edited by Bullman on Jun 24th 2021 at 9:01:31 AM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
Fin Fang Foom?
No, that was debunked by Simu Liu. Merchandise has it named The Great Protector. It could be based off him though.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
And the rings are arm bands now. Interesting.
Abomination is a twist if it's really him. But yeah, Marvel had a schedule and COVID-19 foot its foot up the ass of that schedule so who knows now.
One Strip! One Strip!
Yeah, that appears to be the dragon who appeared on the Funko merch, who looked nothing like Foom and was named something different.
I'm not sure what it is, tbh. The Shang Chi comics this is story is largely based on weren't too mystical, that came later, and it isn't an Iron Man thing brought over to this movie like Mandarin's stuff. It looks like we're delving into MCU original stuff with that, or stuff that's so far removed from the source material that it might as well be MCU original (like Hope van Dyne was, or JARVIS).
Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 24th 2021 at 7:23:13 AM
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
I never got into any of the marvel tv shows because they were on platforms that were inaccessible to me I think
New theme music also a box