Actor Guy Pearce Shares Thoughts on Iron Man 3's Mandarin Character

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How does that help him. Does the FDA suddenly approve Extremis somehow because the president has changed? The only hold that he seems to have over the VP was that he had a relative that was an amputee who he would want to give Extremis too. But they never solved Extremis blowing people up. If he wants to make money as well and they know Extremis can be fixed (Tony did it at the start of the film) why not come to him with this joint venture where the proposal is, "We can make this drug which regrows limbs but its unstable and you can fix it, lets work out a deal". They would make a fortune. Like they capture him and keep him alive for this very purpose so they know he can do it. But at no point do they just ask him, why not tell Pepper at the start when he has a meeting with her?

The whole film is because they refused to ask Tony Stark to help in the very noble goal of helping amputees regrow limbs. Hell when Stark was a weapons manufacturer what a massive thing to get into because you know what results in amputated limbs? War.

The villains actions only make real sense if there is an ideological goal but there isn't. The goal is to make money with a drug that would be a guarantee to make money and lots of it if they can get it to work.

They did go to Pepper (CEO or whatever of Stark Industries). She turned Killian down saying that there were too many possible military applications of Extremis, and Stark was no longer in that business.

I think the VP was assisting because Extremis would regrow his daughter's leg.

Tony didn't solve the blowing up issue in the beginning of the film. At the end when Pepper was afraid she would blow up, he said something to the effect of "don't worry! I almost figured this out one night 10 years ago. You'll be fine."

I agree though, I don't know what Killian's ultimate goal was. I THINK he was trying to get a government contract to introduce Extremis to the US military, but knew that he couldn't do so until it was stabilized. I understand why they put the Mandarin in the movie as an "appease the fans/pull the rug out" type move, but I would have preferred to see a movie focused on Killian as the villain. I know it has already been said that Killian vs Stark was like the relationship of Syndrome vs Mr Incredible, in that one idolized the other, was shunned, and then turned to evil as a result, so it's not something that we haven't seen before. But I would have like Killian's ultimate goals to have been ironed out, and him be the main villain from the second act.

As for Extremis being able to melt the armor, but not burn the clothing of the wearer, ask The Incredible Hulk about his pants, or Superman on the burning oil rig about is. Or Superman's suit and hairgel not being out of place while being tossed through buildings. Not even a bit of dust of debris sticks to em. Some mysterious are just that.