Iron Man 3 is undoubtedly a blast. If you haven’t already, go and see it Ironmediately. But, like most big action blockbusters, it has plot holes big enough to drive Hulkbuster armor through.
This FAQ attempts to answer some of the bigger questions you may have had about the film, and maybe even some you didn’t.
FULL SPOILERS BELOW!
So everything happens in this movie because Tony Stark made Aldrich Killian stand on a roof for an hour and a half?
Pretty much.
Wow. That seems like a mild overreaction.
Just imagine if Tony had done something really bad to Killian in 1999, like borrowing his ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ DVD collection and accidentally scratching one of the discs.
Wouldn’t it have made more sense for Tony to be a real ass to Killian, thus making their eventual face-off more emotive?
Probably, but they did the personal rivalry in the first two movies so now they have to do something different, irrespective of whether it makes more sense or not.
I’m not “Doctor Robotics” or anything but if Tony is so smart, why doesn’t he make a suit whose delivery method DOESN’T involve firing a jet-propelled codpiece at his own crotch?
You make an excellent point. Definitely something Tony should look in to ASAP.
To what extent do Tony’s anxiety attacks affect him during the film?
Not at all, really. They might, if he ever had one during fight scenes, when it really mattered. Instead, he has them when kids ask for his autograph or Harley, his precocious child friend, mentions “New York”.
If Tony cares about Pepper so much, why doesn’t he just make her a suit?
Because this would’ve made it much more difficult for her to get kidnapped later in the movie and it was just easier not to write it in.
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So, does the Extremis modification do that glowy red thing every time there’s any injury whatsoever?
It sure does! Paper cuts, stubbing your toe, you name it, Extremis fixes it. It even seems to activate for Eric Savin when he’s getting out of a car or drinking an overly hot beverage.
Wouldn’t that make it impossible to keep a secret?
Yes. Luckily, at no stage does anyone with Extremis seem concerned about secrecy. They’re all very happy to show off their glowy powers in public, despite the fact that Aldrich Killian has gone to extreme lengths to manufacture a terrorist plot to hide his Extremis experiments.
What is Extremis, exactly?
It’s a virus that recodes DNA, giving people super strength, a healing factor and the ability to generate extreme heat. But not everyone can process it, so sometimes they overheat and explode, like the guy outside Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
Did the bad guys WANT to blow up Mann’s Chinese Theater? Was that part of their plan?
It was an accident. The bomb guy could not adequately “regulate” his Extremis dose.
And nobody thought that maybe arranging an exchange with a highly unstable bomb person in the middle of one of Hollywood’s busiest tourist spots was a bad idea?
Apparently not.
If that was unplanned, what is the actual plan?
We’ll get to that.
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How come Tony doesn’t remote-activate any of the Iron Man armours downstairs when his mansion is being attacked?
Ummm… Because they aren’t ready yet. Or something. It’s never really explained.
Wouldn’t it have made more sense for this “the Mandarin” to send an Extremis person to blow the place up?
Probably. If the right person had been injected with Extremis, they could’ve walked right into the mansion, given Tony an extremely explosive hug, then “the Mandarin” could have claimed the attack as before. But that would be assuming the supervillain has an actual plan, which he does not, in fact, have.
Does that mean it’s time to talk about the plan?
Patience, grasshopper.
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Fine. Let’s talk about Tony’s Tennessee trip. Firstly, how did the suit run out of power?
It expended energy trying to stop Tony from being crushed by the mansion, then flew all the way to Tennessee.
Isn’t it running off the ridiculously powerful ARC Reactor in his chest? Wasn’t that the whole point of Iron Man 2?
Even if that were true (Which it is. Stop that!), it’s still been badly damaged and needs repairs.
About that. Tony’s rich, right?
CRAZILY rich. His Iron Man-sion, which you will recall he actively invited a terrorist to blow up, was valued at $117,250,000. This doesn’t even begin to include the value of the suits of armour under the house. It’s estimated that it would cost $1,612,717,000 to be Iron Man. Which, in Advanced Mathematical terms, is “a lot”.
So how come he needs to cobble his suit back together from junk lying around somebody’s house?
Because he’s playing dead for as long as possible so he can take the bad guys by surprise.
Okay, but once the bad guys know Tony is alive, why doesn’t he just go home, or to Stark Industries, build himself a new suit and go kick ass?
It would take time to do that. Valuable time he does not have, because he has to spend that time making exploding Christmas baubles and dart guns instead.
Speaking of those gadgets, this is still Tony Stark we’re talking about, right? The same guy who built his first suit of armour in a cave in the desert?
That’s the one.
So, with all of his money, access to gun and hardware stores, scrap yards, etc, how come the best he can do is come up with a shock glove and junk?
Maybe he was in more of a hurry this time? Anyway, if you’re willing to drop this we can talk about THE PLAN™ now!
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Finally! Can you explain what Killian’s Master Plan™ is?
Easy! He created “the Mandarin” persona as a cover for his failed experiments—
Wait, the Mandarin isn’t a real bad guy?
Nope, he’s just an actor, Trevor Slattery, who Killian has employed to create a fake terrorist in order to manipulate public opinion.
Why?
Well, he controls the world’s number one terrorist. Once he controls the President of the USA, he’ll “own” the war on terror and can create supply and demand for his Extremis soldiers, thus making a fortune.
Does Killian know there are many actual wars already going on?
He doesn’t seem to be aware of this, no.
And wouldn’t pretty much every country on Earth pay virtually anything to give their soldiers Extremis powers?
Would governments happily pay billions of dollars for fire breathing, super strong, ultra-healing soldiers? Hmm… Hard to say. Okay, FINE. When you put it like that, the plan is a little convoluted/completely redundant.
Also, how is kidnapping Pepper part of the plan?
Killian wants to use her as leverage because Tony is the only person smart enough to fix the Extremis formula. Killian needs Tony to make it completely stable.
Then why did Killian try and kill Tony before at his mansion?
Everybody makes mistakes.
To be fair, he asked for this.
The FAQ continues on the next page...
Source : ign[dot]com
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