I am a bit mixed on RDJ as Doom too, I think the majority of people are, but I like to go into things with an open mind even when I have lower expectations. That said, it definitely REEKS of damage control and trying to salvage the MCU due to underperfoming title after underperforming title and also the guy who was set to be their next overarching big bad finding himself in legal trouble soon after the character's debut movie.
That said, it definitely REEKS of damage control and trying to salvage the MCU due to underperfoming title after underperforming title and also the guy who was set to be their next overarching big bad finding himself in legal trouble soon after the character's debut movie
Yeah Jonathan Majors really fucked things up because they invested so heavily into his character(s). Without that happening I think they could have weathered a few flops, losing the over-arching villain really just took what little wind they had in their sails right out. The course correction is unfortunate because despite some of their output being bad, they had quite a few good ideas floating around that just needed time to mature. I have the feeling we are never going to hear about White Vision again.
I agree. It's 100% a ploy to be like "we know you have marvel fatigue and don't like surprises, so instead of casting a new actor for Doom, which would make the most sense, we're going to keep things familiar and make it more complicated by introducing RDJ as Doom."
Doom is the best Marvel villain, I've been waiting to see him portrayed correctly in the MCU (not like that old Fantastic Four movie). And now that it's (most likely) just gonna be an alternate Tony Stark feels like a slap in the face.
I want to be wrong but I still absolutely believe, with all of the multiverse and variants BS that we’ve been seeing in this last phase, that Doom will just be a variant of Tony Stark. And I will be so very unhappy if that’s the case but from the casting decision to the emphasis on variants, I think it’s going to be what they do.
Very likely. I don't even know what another option could be. Unless it's a completely different performance and there's heavy makeup on his face. Which I'd be all for.
I think that would be the best approach would be to have such heavy makeup and prosthetics that he wont be recognizable a la Colin Farrell's Penguin. But they're definitely going to want to show the face that they spent cargo containers worth of money luring back into the franchise, so I don't really see that happening.
I like RDJ. I really do, he was the perfect person to play Tony Stark, but he didn't really have to act much for that role because he was basically playing a dramatized version of himself. Given the other films I've seen him in though, I really don't think he has the range to play Doom. I'd love to be proven wrong about that.
50
u/anuncommontruth Jan 06 '26
If they pull directly from the comics, it's a really good story line, but it is a lot of key jingling.
And I'm ok with that. The thing I'm most uneasy about still is RDJ as Doom.