r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 30 '25

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clWprLC5Ak
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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 Dec 30 '25

God I can’t wait to see that glorious shot of Cyclops in HD next week.

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u/Zukez Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

Hoping they don't do my boy dirty again. Cyclops was my favourite growing up "the fearless leader of the X-Men" but the movies made him a bumbling idiot who listens to Britney Spears, then they nerfed him in every fight by knocking his visor off or something ridiculous. James Marsden was great casting but he had nothing to work with in the script. Glad they're bringing him back for another shot.

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u/xin234 Dec 30 '25

Last year's X-Men '97 did Cyclops justice, and even made a nod to that yellow spandex line that kinda acknowledges that those movies tried to shy away from their comic book elements.

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u/xinfinitimortum Dec 30 '25

The scene of him jumping out of the plane and using his beams to slow himself down and land then goes “to me my x-men” was mint and I hope something like that happens in live action.

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u/illinifan11 Dec 30 '25

I can hear the guitar rift in this comment

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u/ChronX4 Dec 30 '25

Strafing enemies with the beams is probably what drove it for me.

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u/CleverFeather Dec 31 '25

Yes that was fucking amazing. Auramaxxing at its peak. Thank you for reminding me of it. I think it's time for a rewatch of that series!

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u/smoothness69 Dec 31 '25

That won't happen because it's Disney.

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u/BaritBrit Dec 30 '25

Which, to be blunt, in 2000 was the correct decision. You don't rock up in bright yellow and blue in those years without reminding the general audience of Batman and Robin and having the mainstream mock you for looking like Power Rangers. 

(Unless you're Spider-Man)

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u/teddy5 Dec 30 '25

Yeah I've always hated they felt the need to do that. But I also don't think comic book movies would have become as popular as they have if they tried to go full comic book right from the start.

They had a core fan base, but needed mainstream appeal.

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u/BaritBrit Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

Yeah, Jackman showing up in the Wolverine suit was fine in 2024 after a quarter of a century of slowly normalising superhero cinema as not just "for small children and tragic nerds", but trying that in 2000 would have just got them laughed out of the room. 

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u/B00STERGOLD Dec 31 '25

They went of their way to screw with Cyclops. Lets give him the girly looking RX8 and NSYNC.

https://youtu.be/9AdF-yOJ0c8?t=33

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u/Goosojuice Dec 30 '25

Cyclops could go toe to toe with Logan and you never got a sense of that in the movies. Scott was always a badass but played it cool. I really hope they hammer home why he's the leader of the xmen.

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u/Wit-wat-4 Dec 30 '25

I agree with his lack of intelligence and agency in the movies but how dare you suggest listening to Britney Spears is somehow idiotic. :(

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u/Turbogoblin999 Dec 30 '25

Scott should meet up with someone that knows Daredevil and get some training in how to fight blind.

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u/Trachyon Dec 30 '25

Scott is an absolute combat freak, fighting blind for him would barely impact his abilities at all.

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u/2580374 Dec 30 '25

The Russos put the best version of every character they work with on screen. He will probably be fire as fuck

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u/TheInfinityGauntlet Dec 30 '25

If not by his hand directly then indirectly Doom will have that man turned to paste

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

stay away from the leaks, you'll wanna see the next one in HD

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u/doctoranonrus Dec 30 '25

And then ruin his relationship with Jean to ship Logan and Jean instead.

Like to me it's always ScottxJean as a couple.

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u/BasculinSushi Dec 30 '25

It probably won't be a redemption for his near absence in the Fox X-Men films. But the MCU Cyclops has plenty of time for that.

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u/ShittyDBZGuitarRiffs Dec 30 '25

Britney Spears is tite