The thrill of the 1st movie definitely wasn't included in this one, due (IMO) to the fact that Iron Man is already here and Tony has obviously gotten use to this part of his life. I would have liked to have seen more of Ivan Vanko's character develop, but perhaps he was never really one for much speaking... All in all, I thought it was pretty cool! And the road has definitely been laid for a few other Marvel characters to come about in the future...