^ My sentiments exactly.

My only "concern" is that at this point the Mandarin seems almost like an audibly coherent version of Bane: using his army of terrorists to bring down Stark in order to teach him a lesson for being a hero.

That said, I like the look they've gone for. It seems that they're aiming more towards the "Descended from Genghis Khan" side of things than the questionably-appropriate full-on Chinese stereotype, which is cool.

Did anyone else notice the tattoo on the back of the Mandarin's neck, by the way? I didn't, but some eagle-eyed bastards on a few blog sites did. It's a Captain America shield, with the Avengers "A" in the centre. Intriguing...