look asian enough to me. mongolian a lil bit.

I'm unfamiliar with the character and the Iron Man comic series in general, so I guess my "ignorance" to the sorts of details real fans will notice is a benefit in my case.

All the other films have been cast quite well in my uninformed opinion, so I have high hopes for this one.

As he fancy himself into the delusion of being a descendant of Genghis Khan , the mongolian look could be fitting . And he's half-white English, half-Chinese .

Finally the Mandarin has been quite a racist caricature at first ... so they needed to blur that line .

Jackie Chan wouldve been an interesting cast choice as a villain imo

He will still be asian . He is just moving away from the fu manchu kind of controversial stuff . In the comics' stories was always half british anyway , just portrayed in early comics as a full-on chinese tyrant .

And he only superficially tied with Tony Stark's original capture anyway in the comics .

It's the same with the established plot of the movies . Tony was only captured by a group with ties to the Ten Rings , wich is pretty much an international , or at least transcontinental group .

Dont see how it should change the mandarin's obvious chinese/eastern heritage

@Timmy
What are you talking about Thanos is one of the biggest name Marvel characters and has been at the center of the majority of Marvel Comic conflicts.

The fact that the Avengers started the process of openning up the doors for characters like Galactus.

I'm not sure if you are new to Marvel and it's background but the E.T comment kind of seems like you don't really know what you're talking about here.

...just saying

@Timmy

So based off of your comment it's pretty clear your not really a fan of Marvel or the comics...would that be a correct statement?

One of the biggest issues fans of comics hate is when a movie changes too much of what made the comics special. A good director and producer hell even the writer to need to be able to find a balance to the mix to produce something special. It has to stay true to the roots but at the same time appeal to a large audience since it's a movie adaption of a comic series.

My personal take is that by bringing Thanos as the next villain that they achieve what FF Rise of the Silver Surfer failed to do which is properly introduce a galactic level villain while still grounding it in reality and the original myth.

...just my take on the whole subject.