Iron Man 4

With Iron Man 4 on the horizon for Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3, it remains unclear when the film will be set for theateratical release in the future. Before Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige even think about coming up with the characters, they are gonna need to recap over the past 3 movies and indeed as Feige said he and his staff are going to be thinking hard on what to use for the fourth film's character's villains and storyline based plot and before they along with possible returning director Shane Black even think about deciding, they should use everyone of these ideas to make the film go smoother and better than Iron Man 3 and maybe even fixing up some of the plotholes that their outrightful lack of sympothy, lack of character respect and inconfidence had messed up as well.


Now here the recommendations that Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige should use before getting started on Iron Man 4.

14. Stop Making the Villains be about Tony (ex. Obadiah, Whiplash and Aldrich Killian) because it's not only becoming too predictable but it's like the producers can't seem to think of other ways on doing the bad guys in the films

13 No More Ripping Movies Off with Boring Reality Crap (Such as taking away best features of the characters like the Mandarin over such sloppy excuses or ditching the cooler and better villains like Fin Fang Foom over bullcrap excuses)

12. No MODOK, No Firebrand, No Mallen, or any other villain that Aldrich Killian is more truely adressed as except for the Mandarin


11. Have Pepper officially suit up in her official new Rescue armor because she has waited long enough


10. Avoid ditching the armors because there are more villains that Marvel Studios may use that definatley requires TOny to wear Iron Man armors

9.No More Violating Characters over Excuses

In Iron Man 3, Feige purposely misused two of Iron Man's enemies, Firepower and the Mandarin. Instead of armoring Ashley Hamilton up as Firepower, Black wasted him as a bomb and instead of having Kingsley battle Tony with Magic rings guns, or swords, Feige and Marvel just wasted the character by turning the Mandarin into a joke and violating his MCU depiction by having to twist his name onto Aldrich Killian over such lack of capability on dealing with stereotypes like men. Not to mention that Feige's excuse for betraying everyone's expectations on the character for not having any other choice but to risk ruining him sounds like he's been brain damaged and that his mind has been reduced to scared little 10 yea old kid on not having to deal with the Mandarin the way he originally had him with Kingsley as the character. Well Firepower cannot be fixed because he's been completely vaporized, but the Mandarin on the other hand can be fixed simply by returning as Trevor Slattery with real magic rings either as Aldrich Killian's personal demon and idolized persona brought to life as a real existing threat or by retraction and all that it would take to get some conviction into Feige and staff to get Ben Kingsley to reprise his role as the Mandarin but properly this time with power rings and without denying that oppertunity over their bulls**t excuse of having the extremis powered Aldrich being their perfered MCU version of the character would be to persuade them with the right ideas and proper modivation

8. Reveal Aldrich Killian's Possible Connection with the Ten Rings


Because of the twist on the Mandarin when the arch enemy of Tony was meant to be the leader of the terrorists in Afghanistan, further explaination on Aldrich Killian's connection with the Ten Rings is needed to be revealed because leaving cliffhangers left undone is totally unacceptable especially on how could an american be the leader of Afghanistanian terrorists.

7. All Out War Between the Ten Rings and AIM


To make the 4th film more interesting, Kevin Feige is to have the terrorists called the Ten Rings to return and ally with the new Mandarin Trevor Slattery against AIM in retaliation of their boss Aldrich Killian using them and their symbol for his own dirty schemes.

6. Bring Back the Ten Rings

We can't forget about the terrorists who abducted Tony Stark because some of them have to still be alive and we still need to know where they are now.

5. Introduce the Ghost

With the Ghost debuting in the next film, not only will he be a suitable Iron Man villain adaptable for the MCU. but also with his skills of stealth and martial arts tactics, he should be capable of breaking the Mandarin (Trevor) out of jail and bringing him over to the Ten Rings to explain to him about Tony Stark and Aldrich Killian

4. Resume with the Mandarin as Trevor Slattery


Because Mandarin is still alive as Trevor Slattery and that neither he or Killian used magic rings in Iron Man 3, Marvel Studios and producer Kevin Feige should do a retraction for the Mandarin by bringing Ben Kingsley back for the fourth installment and consider him a second MCU interpretation of the Mandarin by doing the following:

* Shave off the beard so that it doesn't make the character's depiction look unbearable

*Have Trevor escape from prison with Ghost's help and team up with the Ten Rings

*Have Trevor acquire the ten power rings that should make him evolve into the more proper Mandarin we rightfully deserve to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

*Have Trevor suit up in dark knight based armor so that he is capable of battling his opponents

*Have The Mandarin(Trevor) lead the Ten Rings into war against AIM and use his power rings to help him reclaim everything he lost such as his wealth, home, and reputation

*Have the New Mandarin battle Tony at least once

*Have the character team up with Iron Man against Fin Fang Foom and the dragons after the dragon crosses him in their dealings

*The one and only thing Ben Kingsley's Mandarin will not have is being relentless against Tony Stark which is once sacrifice the producers are gonna have to make if they bring Mandarin back into the fourth film as Trevor Slattery because it's better for the Mandarin's interpretation to match up with
the ones from the comics instead of changing or violating him over such incapabilities.

3. Next Wave of Enemies to be alien Dragons

Since Iron Man has fought terrorists, robots, armored villains, extremis enhanced soldiers, and normal level thugs, it's time that Feige and Marvel Studios should go with one more specific type of enemies before even thinking about ditching the armors as well as making the next films non Iron Man based and the next wave of enemies best for them to use while wearing armor are the Makulan dragons


2. Main Villain for Iron Man 4 Should be Fin Fang Foom


That's right as one of Iron Man's greatest foes, Fin Fang Foom is the biggest of them all. Very well known for his association with Iron Man's arch enemy the Mandarin, Fin Fang Foom, the alien dragon is also the villain responsible for the origin of the Mandarin as well. And as big and fearsome as he is in the comics, Fin Fang Foom is the ultimate villain that Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige should use as the main villain for Iron Man 4. That way it should make the franchise regain its proper reputation after the blowback twist in Iron Man 3 and that it will be considered a sign that Marvel isn't going to continue ripping films off with more boring reality based crap as well because this time by bringing the Dragon and his race into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Fin Fang Foom will be Tony Stark's ultimate challenging villain yet!

1. Iron Man 4 to be based on the Dragon Seed Storyline


Oh yeah, and the best thing about this storyline in the Iron Man comics is that it's so far the only one where Iron Man and his arch enemy Mandarin team up against other villain threats and as remarkable as it is, it would be the only storyline in the comics that Feige and Marvel would use to make the Mandarin still work as Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All they have to do is have Trevor get the power rings from Fin Fang Foom and have him do things that do not fully follow up with the storyline up until the doubecross and the Mandarin's team up with Iron Mand against the alien dragons and then everything will go a lot better than Iron Man 3.

Cast

Now for the recommended cast members for the film


Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man


As the armored avenger, Tony Stark returns once again as Iron Man

Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin


Formerly a bankrupted actor, Trevor Slattery had been locked up for posing as a terrorist without knowing that he was set up by Aldrich Killian, the real villain from Iron Man 3. Now after being freed by Ghost and the Ten Rings, Trevor aquires the 10 power rings from Fin Fang Foom and uses them to lead the terrorist into war against AIM for framing them for the Extremis suicide bombings.

Don Cheadle as Iron Patriot


Colonal and friend of Tony Stark who uses the Mark 2 armor as Iron Patriot Armor for his own needs of serving his country

Gweneth Paltrow as Rescue


As Tony Stark's assistant and girlfriend, Pepper will be back to help him out with both her brand new Rescue Armor and the Extremis injected into her by Aldrich Killian, the villain she killed in Iron Man 3

Faran Tahir as Raza


The leader of the Ten Rings. Raza will return and hires Ghost to free Trevor Slattery from prison who in return joins forces with the terrorist as the Mandarin. Raza and the new Mandarin team up to lead the ten rings against AIM to make them pay for their boss Aldrich framing them with their symbol.

Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan


Tony's buddy and bodyguard who was recently put in a hospital by a self destructed Jack Taggert and now back in business after making a long recovery

Michael Shannon as The Ghost

For his outstanding performance as the relentless General Zod, Michael Shannon would do an excellent performance as the steal master mercenary villain who would be hired by the ten rings to break Mandarin out of jail and the two join forces with the terrorists against AIM and Iron Man

Tyler Simpkins as Harley


The cute little boy Tony met in Tennessee when JARVIS crashed him there after Savin destroyed his mansion

As for the main villain of Iron Man 4, it is none other than Fin Fang Foom


Fin Fang Foom is an alien makulan dragon who is most known for being Iron Man's biggest enemy. Often associated with the Mandarin, Fin Fang Foom and his kind created the 10 power rings that the Mandarin took from his ship and uses them for his own deeds. Foom would also have more of his kind scattered across the earth disguised as humans that are businessman, crime lords, senators, workers, and maybe even henchmen

Anyway, once Fin Fang Foom is confirmed, he will be defeated by Iron Man and the dragon himself will be voiced by Clancy Brown


So all this is what Kevin Feige, Shane Black, and the rest of Marvel Studios must use for Iron Man 4 and they should be notified ASAP

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I'd be surprised if The Great Stupendo doesn't start demanding royalties for the Fing Fang Foom concept as it's too much like Piff Paff Poof - the Great Stupendos immortal catchphrase.

However, not to throw a spanner into the works, as some of your suggestions deserve merit.

But surely we need an ingenius hacker to turn Iron Man on it's metal head. One who can corrupt Tony's new armourware with a a malicious virus. Thus instantaneously making Stark Industries accountable for the armour-ware malfunction which is now engaged in attacking strategic volatile war torn zones across the globe. Causing carnage and uproar amongst opposing militaries and nations who campaign to destroy the US.

Stark has to go into hiding - for his own protection - to another lair (alien wormhole?) to redesign and reprogramme the software now the genie is out of the bottle.

Pepper and Rhodesy unsuccessfully try to locate Tony who has gone off the radar.

The USAF's armourware project are reluctantly also drawn into the battle - in Starks absence to protect american soil. They simultaneously hunt for Stark but fail to fulfil their mission objectives, so the suits return to base whilst turning on themselves wiping out all in their path. Including homeland air defence bases.

I could go on...for an astronomical fee...

...but I envisage ( and man, ain't this a vivid imagination?) the endgame demanding Stark, freshly suited up in 4th generation upgraded armourware, to try to bring the battle to its conclusion, He needs to find Pepper, who with Rhodesy are both themselves battling for survival donning old generation armourware, but the armourware inevitably malfunctions - and both Pepper - and Rhodesy - attack Stark in a mexican stand off, all out, full on artillery hell fire hurricane. Starks graves concern is that he can't take either opponent out or make them a casualty.

Oh yeah...and a few explosions wouldn't go amiss. I love it when he blows sh*t up. And a few Avengers on a regrouping initiative sprinkled in for good measure.

Ker-Ching!