Only True Fans Will Understand, Shane

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2013)

May or may not contain spoilers.
Overall, I thought it was brilliantly made, but only the ones that have followed Iron Man since early in the comics will understand the hidden messages encountered.
For example, who would have thought about the shrapnel-necklace he gave to Pepper in the end?
Who would have thought about Yinsen's importance in the opening-scene? Who would have thought about the Chinese doctor mentioned in the first Iron Man movie later appeared in this one?
Who would have thought about the song in the opening scene could mean so much? Who would have thought it had something to do with every single action in this movie; and who would have thought the reason he threw the arc reactor into the ocean would have something to do with it?
Who would have noticed the message it brought to us about living in the shadow of your fear? Only the ones that look for it. The mortals, the averages, the normal people, the ones who merely stay after the credits -- they will never find it.