User blog comment:TheOne1000/Mandarin Twist/@comment-1895174-20131028180307/@comment-3317214-20131030153459

LoveWaffle: Of course the film's Killian character drew from a number of characters, but to deny that a major one is the Mandarin is ridiculous. Sure, he has the powers and position of Mallen and the Scientist Supreme respectively, but in terms of his actual character, there's a lot more Mandarin there than anything else. The Mandarin was a suave businessman and scientist who manipulates people from the shadows as a CEO businessman in order to gain access to Extremis while supporting terrorists, right? Isn't that Killian?

As for the MODOK thing, wasn't it you that was separating the novelisation of Ang Lee's Hulk from the film in an earlier discussion about Absorbing Man?