hmmm. I remember thinking at the time, "why does he know Tony?" I don't remember that ever happening. What's the background of that?
"Hey, it's me! Your long lost brother, Thanos Stark!"
"Hey, I watched your TV show! I've been a fan for a long time! It's such an honor to finally meet you in person!"
I guess we will have to wait to find out what's up with that. Robert Downey Jr has been this character for a long time... and people have been thinking he might not want to keep doing it for much longer, so I was kind of expecting this movie to be his last hurrah in this role... but I guess he's down for at least one more.
As for the suit... I always liked the idea that he was just a regular guy wearing a piece of technology that he built... but at present the suit seems less like a piece of technology and more like magic. He has kind of become shiny metal Superman.
-k