MCU Rumor Round-Up: Kang To Doom Transition; ALPHA FLIGHT Plans, SPIDER-MAN 4 Plot, & More - Possible SPOILERS
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Don Cheadle Shares Reaction To Finding Out That Robert Downey Jr. Will Play Doctor Doom: What The F*ck?
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Don Cheadle Shares Reaction To Finding Out That Robert Downey Jr. Will Play Doctor Doom: "What The F*ck?"
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DirkLargepeck
DirkLargepeck - 8/23/2024, 12:14 PM
Needs Must?
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 8/23/2024, 12:17 PM
@DirkLargepeck - So says the Deodorant.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 12:31 PM
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DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/23/2024, 12:34 PM
@DirkLargepeck - Shilling 101.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/23/2024, 12:16 PM
They could have cast a different actor and he could have returned as Iron Man.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 12:43 PM
@marvel72 - yeah. I read why Momoa's turn to Lobo is better than Downey's.
The MCU is still in the same universe as from 2008. So, a guy who died a hero live long enough to become the villain.

Where, DC is starting everything over and Lobo won't remotely look like Aquaman. It'll be easier for audiences to accept that than the man who is Iron Man becoming the main baddie over the next years.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 8/23/2024, 5:02 PM
@marvel72 - lol no.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 8/23/2024, 5:47 PM
@marvel72 - And why the hell they would do that when Iron Man has nothing to do with this Doom except the actor and this will be RDJ's final run in the MCU and Iron Man isn't coming back. I mean they have stated that many times that they will not replace RDJ even with the multiverse shenanigans and that's from Feige.
Superheroking
Superheroking - 8/23/2024, 12:17 PM
I read through this. I can tell this “article” is just a bunch of words that don’t even make sense together.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 8/23/2024, 12:25 PM
@Superheroking - Josh is the original MCU hawktuah girl.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 12:44 PM
@Superheroking - ok. Not sure what school's you grew up in but that post made perfect sense.
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 8/23/2024, 12:19 PM
“Without The Iron Man Baggage, No One Would Complain...”

What an absolutely vapid and nothing point
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 12:25 PM
@CerealKiller1 - yeah lol

You can’t just dismiss that when that’s one of , if not the main reason the choice has been met with some backlash
DravenCorvis
DravenCorvis - 8/23/2024, 12:26 PM
@CerealKiller1 - Like always
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 12:47 PM
@CerealKiller1 - also some would indeed still have issues (valid ones) since some feel it should be a Romani actor.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 8/23/2024, 4:00 PM
@CerealKiller1 - Yeah, I try not to rag on Josh (or anyone here) too much, but this has the same energy as:

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/23/2024, 12:27 PM
Robert Downey Jr. IS The Best Possible Choice To Play Doctor Doom In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.

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Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 8/23/2024, 12:29 PM
Without the Iron Man baggage there would be plenty of complaints. Rdj is a great actor, but he in no way projects the threat and intimidation needed for Doom. I hope he can pull it off, but I honestly doubt he can.

At this point, I'm not sure "interesting story" and "multiverse" can go together in the same sentence
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 12:48 PM
@Izaizaiza - I do think he could pull it off.
It's just that Marvel is getting tiresome and it's gonna be a hard road to keep people's attention with "not the same" actors filling in for previous characters and, really? The whole "load-up-the-movie" with a billion characters just seems kinda old school now.
DOOMSPEAKS
DOOMSPEAKS - 8/23/2024, 12:29 PM
Ughhhhhh
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 8/23/2024, 12:42 PM
He’s definitely a Tony Stark variant. He might be named Victor von Doom, but there’s zero percent chance they make THE villain of two Avengers films be the same actor as THE face of the MCU for over a decade and not acknowledge it beyond a throwaway line.

He’s probably a version of Tony who was separated/taken from the Starks by Latveria (maybe in retaliation to something Howard did or developed) and raised as a von Doom. It’s possible he never even knew he was born Tony Stark. But you still get the parallels with the Doom bots and Ultron bots, etc. (maybe even a shot of Doom sitting on a throne with his cape to mirror Ultron in Age of Ultron).

Idk, but he’s for sure some kind of Tony variant. Mark my words.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 12:44 PM
5 Reasons Robert Downey Jr. IS NOT The Best Possible Choice To Play Doctor Doom In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 12:51 PM
@KennKathleen - I'm Josh Hartnett all the way. He'd KILL IT as Doom.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 12:56 PM
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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 1:04 PM
@KennKathleen - Do you not think so? Or do u agree?

30 Days of Night is all I need as proof.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 3:49 PM
@lazlodaytona - I'm with you 💯 %. Either would do, but I think Hartnett would DOOM!
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/24/2024, 8:40 AM
@KennKathleen - you're right. He doesn't want to be stuck in a franchise, he spends lots of time with his family, and is incredibly choosey about his projects because it's fun and challenges him.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 12:45 PM
Sigh , I guess this is what happens when the news is slow…

Anyway , I’m sure RDJ will be great personally even if ideally he wouldn’t be my choice though I also would just proceed with the Kang storyline and save Doom for later with a fresh actor but oh well.

Given that this is the route they are going in , I do think we can get some juicy emotional stuff out of it for the characters such as mask coming off during battle and while scarred , he’s still recognizable enough for others to realize he has the same face as Tony who was a friend to some and savior of the universe…

Just imagine how the fallout of that could affect the likes of Bruce ,Peter etc?.

Also I hope he’s indeed from the FF’s universe or Earth 838 from Mom rather than a random one , it’s just more streamlined & cohesive that way imo.

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Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 8/23/2024, 12:47 PM
Didn’t have to read a word to know this is garbage. Marvel took the wrong lessons from endgame, no way home and now Deadpool. Cameos and call backs. No story. It’ll make money but [frick]
Arthorious
Arthorious - 8/23/2024, 7:11 PM
@Twenty23Three - I’ll give em credit, they did try with the Eternals and Shang Chi, but honestly those movies did nothing for me, so back to the greatest hits.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 8/24/2024, 1:26 AM
@Arthorious - I personally really enjoyed Shang Chi, but I get it. Throw RDJ in and make money now. It’s just creatively bankrupt and short sighted. Ironically the exact opposite of when they hired him the first time.
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 8/23/2024, 12:48 PM
lmao, this guy actually thinks RDJ isn't a Tony variant or will be "Doom prime" . They're not paying him all that money to have his face covered for two movies, they're not paying him all that money to play 2nd fiddle to the heroes, and they're not paying him all that money and bringing him back only to get defeated/or die again, at the end of it all.

He's not Doom prime, this is a misdirect by Marvel, with the leaked pics of the three Spider-Men, and all the leaks over the years of "did you see *insert actor here* actor in this country/part of the word filming" snap shots or the public record/knowledge that an actor got hired on by a studio, no way would they keep RDJ filming two huge productions like that a secret. So they had to break the news, with some misdirect and some truths. He may very well be a "Dr Doom" in Doomsday, but so could others, look at all the fake Dooms that were on stage, they probably want to keep some of the storyline with all the Kangs. Point is, RDJ is back as "Doom" in the first one but he'll also be Iron Man again for Secret Wars. And will get a better ending in that one.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/23/2024, 12:52 PM
I like movies 😬🥱😏😀🤘
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 8/23/2024, 12:55 PM
Meh. Superior Iron-Man just feels like it would've made more sense if you want RDJ playing bad.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 1:03 PM
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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 8/23/2024, 1:12 PM
We need more Deadpool articles rather than this shit.
hainesy
hainesy - 8/23/2024, 1:31 PM
My biggest complaint is that RDJ is too short and Doom should be physically imposing. Easy fix with CGI and/or camera angles. I'm just curious why they would have Doom look like Tony Stark. I guess we will find out in 2 years.
Timerider
Timerider - 8/25/2024, 4:07 PM
@hainesy - You don’t think he can build a hulk buster and paint it green, there’s your imposing large Doctor Doom.
sophia711
sophia711 - 8/23/2024, 1:33 PM
Agreed
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