Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 26: Hands of the Mandarin: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 26: Hands of the Mandarin: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good.

Fundamental elements: there are cultural elements, background music, place jumps and time jumps I think.

Character developments: M.O.D.O.K. at some point in this episode explains why he puts up with the Mandarin and Stark/Iron Man comes to realize he sometimes needs help from other people or something to that effect.

Action sequences: they are good and we see Stark/Iron Man vs. the Mandarin for the final time.

This episode receives: 7/10, now if the truth was known I have watched this episode twice, just to make sure I didn't miss anything, but having said that I still missed bits and pieces the first and second time around. But I have to say that the final battle is a little bit short for me. Now I have said all of this; looking back over this TV program I have been struggling not to make this point now and again or it has just come to me but whatever the point may be, as this is the final episode it would seem a good time to bring up this point. The more I watched of this TV program the more the Mandarin is and was on screen, there is just one thing that kept popping into my mind and it would be this; how did the MCU get this character wrong [and before I have people leaving comments that without telling you too much, it wasn't him in the film title of Iron Man 3 2013, I know this; but it was him] and yes I am aware that what I have just said makes very little sense, so all I can suggest is for you to go and watch the film, so it makes sense.

I mean they had the right performer in Ben Kingsley, but in a nutshell the storyline elements and the whole it is the Mandarin but it isn't the Mandarin thing even to this day irritates me so much [I could go on and on about this point but I will not,] but in this TV program briefly it shows what kind of character we could have seen in the film I have just mentioned [and yes we do see elements of this iconic character in this film and without repeating myself too much the right performer was put in place, but what we ended up with was something in a nutshell; well it is just mind-boggling I think this is the best way for me to put it.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 25: Hands of the Mandarin: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 25: Hands of the Mandarin: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good.

Character developments: there are many returning characters, my next point will not make much sense now but if you watch this TV program up to this point in the right order, my point will make sense. Now at some point a character gets something of a technological standpoint put into his back and without giving too much away in this episode we see these characters having to stay away from this fog, because if they go in to it I think mostly everything of a technical background anything like this stops working. But for some strange reason this character is not affected whatsoever but Stark/iron Man is greatly affected [I would like to tell you more, but I cannot simply based on the facts I would be telling you too much of not one but two different episodes] and if it should happen I am wrong about this; I will apologize right now but it is one of those kind of points that is worthwhile mentioning even if I am correct or wrong.

Action sequences: they are all good and entertaining, here are just two examples that you can see in this episode a glider and parachutes gets used at different points.

This episode receives: 7/10, now I can't say too much about this point; but what I can say is this; something in this episode gets revealed and I have to say in my opinion the pay off in the moment is like this or feels like this ["okay moving on" or something to that effect] and it deserves or deserved much more than this or in the interest of fairness and balance may be they are going to do something in the next episode, but as I have already said in the moment or by this time the moment has gone, but generally speaking this episode is good.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 24: Hulk Buster by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 24: Hulk Buster by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is excellent.

Fundamental elements: there are time jumps and place jumps, voice-over elements and background music.

Storyline/Ongoing storyline: this storyline is a crossover, it does have elements of two origin storylines and on top of that we get an ending to the ongoing storyline as well.

Action sequences: Stark/Iron Man vs. Banner/Hulk going through different places and different times is interesting, well put together and entertaining.

This episode receives: 8/10, now how this episode is it does the right amount to get given this mark, you see anything less would be too harsh or anything more than this; it would have been maybe been too much based on my opinion, but having said all of this; this episode could have been quite comfortably a two-parter episode or episodes, without giving too much away there are not one but two of the Mandarin's rings in this episode and with what characters are being used, in a nutshell they could have got more out of this storyline, there is or was more mileage to be had here and seeing more of the Mandarin in this episode would have been a better idea as well.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 23: Empowered by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 23: Empowered by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good, but as you see in this episode review I don't have too much to say about it really.

Storyline/Ongoing storyline: well I am a little bit stuck on what to say about this episode and yes I will be discussing both of these points together, in a nutshell this episode has a storyline to it, but it has been based around recapping previous events from either the storylines or the ongoing storyline elements.

This episode receives: 6/10, now I had a choice between this number and another number in the more I thought about it, the more I went with a real reflection of this episode. I understand what they were going for in this episode in one way or another was to maybe find a weakness [I am not going to tell you who for] and begin building towards this kind of final confrontation thing, but then again you could kind of miss out so many episodes and just watch this one instead, that is how much they use bits and pieces from the previous episodes [I should quickly say I am not suggesting you do this,] I am just trying to put out a balanced review.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 22: The Armor Wars: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 22: The Armor Wars: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is excellent.

Fundamental elements: there is this voice-over element, place jumps and time jumps and background music.

Action sequences: they all give this episode great value for one example we get Stark/Iron Man vs. Rhodes/War Machine in this episode.

Character developments: the four main characters at this point in this TV series are either going a little bit crazy [Stark] or briefly as it relates to Rhodes and Carpenter, they are really concerned about Stark's mental stability and on top of that there is H.O.M.E.R. trying to say the right emotion or show the smallest emotion at the right time [it is a mixture between these two things really, you can see and feel what he is trying to say at this point] or in a nutshell there may be another job for him somewhere else if he doesn't give out the information, this will make better sense if or when you choose to watch this episode.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode has many fun or interesting elements to it.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 21: The Armor Wars: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 21: The Armor Wars: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is excellent.

Fundamental elements: there is voice-over elements, time jumps and place jumps, cultural elements and background music.

Storyline/Ongoing storyline: this storyline is really interesting, because without giving too much away and putting it in a nutshell, this storyline focuses more on Tony Stark as a person on a personal level and you can include his business in that as well over Tony Stark/Iron Man, yes the audience gets to see plenty of Iron Man and briefly there is no ongoing storyline elements at the end of this episode, on a quick side note there is this situation in this episode where the audience is seeing Stark talking to what seems to be these possibly board members [I could be wrong,] whilst at the same time there are two characters talking about this situation somewhere else [like a recap thing, but we are seeing it for the first time, once again I could be wrong.] I didn't know where to put this piece as you can see I went for this paragraph.

Character developments: now as I was making reference to in my previous paragraph these character developments are interesting and well placed throughout this episode [I am not going to tell you too much in great detail,] but I will make this point nonetheless I do like how the character developments are not rushed from everyone that is close to this situation.

This episode receives: 9/10, I did think about giving this episode an 8 out of 10 for about two seconds, but I quickly changed my mind because this episode hits the ground running with the action and then it switches from that to the character developments with action and other bits and pieces as well.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 20: Distant Boundaries by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 20: Distant Boundaries by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is excellent.

Storyline/Ongoing storyline: the storyline is good and as it relates to the ongoing storyline near the end of these episodes lately I cannot remember if it is going to be every episode that we get this ongoing storyline, I was thinking I would just that point out.

Outer space including this planet sequences/Action sequences: now I may as well talk about these two elements together, because between these two elements they are visually great looking and really entertaining.

Character developments: now if the truth was known I don't know too much about two of these characters that are used in this episode, so on top of this review, I have been looking them up, but generally speaking the character developments in one way or another are very good and interesting.

This episode receives: 9/10, now when I originally dictated this review I went for an 8 out of 10, but on reflection this episode does have another gear or gears to it, the more you watch of this episode the quicker through the numbers it goes and when I say numbers I mean going from 7 and pushing through 8 and into the territory of 9 in a nutshell when this episode goes into outer space and spends more and more time on this planet the better things get.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 19: Iron Man, on the Inside by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc C, 3] Episode 19: Iron Man, on the Inside by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: I have seen this episode twice and replayed a bit of it, just to make sure I could justify the mark I have given this episode.

Artistic visions/Action sequences: the artistic visions are of a very high standard, for one example when Tony Stark/Iron Man goes on this journey [this is as much as I can tell you without giving too much away,] everything gets excellently shown. Moving on to the action sequences these themselves are entertaining as for one example, the audience sees this character grabbing hold of this plane with Tony and Julia Carpenter in it.

This episode receives: 10/10, yes this may be a short review but this episode does have a lot to offer, be it some characters returning or the artistic visions or the action sequences or something else, this is one of those episodes where I couldn't really justify anything less than what I have given, that is why I have watched it twice, because maybe I had forgotten little bits and pieces but having seen it twice I still couldn't justify anything less, but generally speaking [because I don't want to give too much away,] the storyline is something different and interesting.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 18: Beauty Knows No Pain by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 18: Beauty Knows No Pain  by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good, I did watch this episode twice and replay some elements of it, because I went to do this review and I could remember the mark and some bits and pieces and that was it.

Fundamental elements: there are cultural elements, time jumps and place jumps [now I am thinking about it I can't remember if it is a time jump or jumps or a place jump or jumps] and there is background music as well.

Action sequences: the action sequences are good and the same can be said for the traps elements as well.

Character developments: the audience gets given some information in dialogue form about one of Tony's previous relationships [this is as much as I can say because it is a major part of this episode,] but I just wanted to say that it is well put together throughout and I could say more about it, but I will not because as I have already said it is a major part of this episode, but maybe I can just about get away with saying this or asking this rhetorical question how does this previous relationship know that Tony Stark is Iron Man? Because Tony is in his armour without his helmet on and at some point I think his helmet gets removed anyway, in fact I can't remember how many times his helmet is off in one way or another, but this previous relationship knows of the connection between Stark and Iron Man.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good it knows what it is doing and just gets on with it.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 17: Not Far from the Tree by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 17: Not Far from the Tree by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good.

Information: this information gets shown to the audience by these scenes with voice-over elements.

Action sequences: they are all good.

This episode receives: 7/10, now I am aware that this is a small review but then again I guess once in a while a small review is okay, but now I have a little bit of time, I have to say that ever since Tony Stark got given longer hair in this TV program, the episode or episodes qualities has either stabilized to a positive mark [where I don't have to think so hard about the mark in question] or highly rated and beyond up to this point anyway and yes I am just using Tony Stark having longer hair as a turning point kind of thing.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 16: Cell of Iron by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 16: Cell of Iron  by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is excellent.

Storyline/Origin storyline/Ongoing storyline: this storyline is good, the origin storyline with images and voice-over elements are good elements to this episode and the ongoing storyline which I am beginning to remember is a consistent theme, but in fairness to myself I hadn't seen this TV program in many, many years before now. But I don't know if I should continuously bring it up, maybe I should only bring it up if it is not there at the end of the episode, yes I can remember it now, but I cannot remember how it works out it is still good though.

Action sequences: they are lots of fun especially in outer space [I don't want to give too much away of these elements,] but how Iron Man takes out so many targets in one go is highly entertaining.

Character developments: I am beginning to get the feeling, that it was a good idea to remove some of the characters from this TV program, because so far the focus has been put on different characters, recurring characters that have been put in place, such as H.O.M.E.R. [the Heuristically Operative Matrix Emulation Rostrum] learns something in this episode and just for the record in some points throughout this TV program, I had to go and do some research on these characters, because I don't know what things stand for and not forgetting the usage of a secret organization or at this point two secret organizations, I will tell you one of these secret organizations and leave the other so I have told you a little but not everything A.I.M. [Advanced Idea Mechanics.]

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is an out of this world adventure.

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 15: Fire and Rain by AverageMansReviews

Iron Man 94 -- 96 [Disc B, 2] Episode 15: Fire and Rain by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this episode is good, I did miss bits and pieces of this episode again [I will stop bringing this up now, I am sure you are more interested in my opinion of this episode anyway.]

Character developments: without giving too much away, because a certain amount of characters are no longer around, it gives the characters that are remaining time to grow and develop which you will see in this episode in one way or another, be it mental imagery of previous events or in the dialogue or the dialogue exchanges seems to be of a much better quality.

Storyline/Origin storyline/Ongoing storyline: this storyline is good, no I am not too sure if in this episode and the previous episode I should have used the background story or keep it as origin storyline, I think I am going to keep it as it is, moving on the viewers get given this origin storyline with voice-over elements with imagery, but in fairness this may not be origin storyline because it focuses on someone else, but then again because of these actions it effects how this character may have turned out, I will leave it there and just before I move on I just want to say this; yes we will have this ongoing storyline just before the ending credit happening as well.

This episode receives: 7/10, I like how this episode looks and develops two characters, character developments and on a quick side note this recharging thing or refuelling thing between Iron Man and War Machine is a good touch.